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YOL. 14. NO. 24.
SOME TALK ABOUT TOWN.
What the People of Cordele Are
Talking About To-day.
The News And Gossip in a Roundup—
a Few Little Sayings Fixed up In
Bunch—You May Read or Let
it Alone as You Wish.
Talking is a rather dangerous
business, unless you know what
you are. talking about, but this
fact doesn't set back a heap of
folks. And those folks who do
the ,, most , talking , „ . pretty ,,
are gen
erally possessed of the fewest
faults—in their own estimation—
the faults are alwavs in the other
fellow. However, those folks who
do not talk have a gieatei or less
curiosity to know what the talkers
are talking about and betwixt the
two I must come in, gather up the
conservative talk and dose it out
in broken doses upon the curiosity
of the non-talker. In this way I
am able to serve the talking folks
and also gratify the curiosity of
the non-talking folks—that’s ex
actly where I come in at and that’s
the reason I write this column.
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A couple of fellows in conver
sation, one bragging on Vienna
and the other one was praising
Cordele. The Vienna fellow re
marked that Vienna was on a sub
stantial growth and that the many
improvements in that city were
being paid for with home capital,
Of course this was a direct thrust
at Cordele. The Cordele fellow
owned up that building and loan
money and other foreign capital
had largely built Cordele, just as
was the case in Atlanta, and
argued it was all in knowing how
to be shrewd enough to get the
other fellow’s money with which
to build. A third fellow came in
as umpire, and decided it didn’t
matter where the capital came
from, that capital always sought
investment offering greatest in
ducement, and that’s why Cordele
is three times larger than Vienna.
This decision was final and cigars
were passed around.
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1 am constrained to commend
Dooly’s representative, Mr. Har
vard, for his work in the legisla
ture. Mr. Harvard has been heard
from. He has done something.
He has, in fact, served his county
well, not only in passing four im
portant county measures, but he
has introduced and successfully
championed two of the most im
portant general bills before the
legislature, his anti-cigarette bill
and his pension bill. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars will be
saved annually to the state of
Georgia, due to the Harvard Mr. Har- pen
sion bill. It is said that
vard will not again offer for the
legislature, but he has hundreds
of friends in Dooly who are al
ready talking of returning him to
the legislature whether or no.
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This session of the legisla
ture hasn’t accomplished very
much. They did pass the
Wright dispensary bill, hut
the governor killed it. Wright
convinced the legislature the bill
was right, but the governor said,
wrong. Right or wrong Wright
meant right and not wrong, and
it does look nearer right for the
people to settle this question by
popular vote just like they settle
It “wet” or “dry” by a method popular of vote.
beats the present es
tablishing dispensaries by legisla
tive enactment, for it’s in the
power now of the legislature to
force a dispensary in a dry county
over the protests of a majority of
the citizens provided the repre
sentative of that county urges the
dispensary The upon the also, legislature. vote to
legislature did, that At
appropriate $500,000 for
lanta depot and I’ll say more
GTordete A >entinel
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
Will be Given at the School
House Friday of Next Week
The Entertainment Will Mark The
Close of the Fall Session. Teach
ers and Pupils Preparing Some
thing Good for the Occasion.
On Friday afternoon and even
ing of next week, December 20th.,
the closing exercises for the fall
session of the public schools will
be given. The teachers and pu
pile are preparing something good
f or the occasion, in fact, the best
entertainment yet given. Miss
I^aing, the elocution teacher, and
^nfng" ^A 8 . 8 Harris, the music teacher,
entertamment Fnda >'
No programme has been given
out yet but one is being arranged
and will be given out later.
about that after the people talk
more about it.
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It’s an every night occurrence
now to tell the children about
Santa Claus, especially the two.
three, four and five vears old
children. Yon see, you started
that racket about two or three
weeks when to call
the child’s attention to Santa
Claus, how long before Santa
Claus was coming, etc. So now its
as regular as clock work every
night just before the little fellow
goes to sleep that you must tell
the same old story and just as of
ten as you tell it, it becomes new
to the child, and since you have
so aroused the curiosity and ex
pectation of your child you dare
not fail to see to it that Santa
Claus does come—but this will he
quite a pleasure to parent as well
as child.
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*
Cordele ought to have a union
Christmas tree at one of the
churches this Christmas. She has
had some mighty good ones and
she can have another. A Christ
mas tree is next to Santa Claus to
the children, and the grown folks
enjoy it too (if they it, get then, a present) why
and if we all enjoy
not have a Christmas tree? Old
Santa can be on hand for the
children and we can all get pres
ents if we manage right. The right
way to do is for me to give my
sweetheart a present and my sweet
heart can give me a present, and
everybody else can do the same
way and all get a present. So Jet’s
have the tree one night during
Christmas at one of the churches
and have a good time,
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Cordele is blessed with good
preachers, far better than the
average town of like size. Brother
Winchester has just closed a most
succesful series of revival meet
ings, several accessions to the
church. Brother McGehee has
just returned from the conference
and to the delight of his church
and everybody else will remain in
Cordele another year. Brothers
Burch and Owens both have an ex
cellent hold upon their respective
churches and the public generally
There is really no excuse for any
one staying away from services in
Cordele unless they just simply
prefer darkness rather than light.
So it is natural to suppose when
you see a fellow stay away from
church, especially on Sunday, that
fellow needs brains or something
else to merease his powers of ap
preciation and spirit of thank
fulness.
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This Christmas is going to be
just what we make it. We can
make it a pleasant and profitable help
one, have fun and frolic,
others to enjoy it, or, we can make
it a miserable failure to ourselves
see nothing enjoyable in it to
others. Possibly Mrs. C. M. Mc
Kenzie will call for that package,
and, if she does, Tannie will be
happy and if a fellow like Tannie
gets happy he’ll make forty Teven
dozen other people happy, and a
similar spell from some other
source may help to start the ball
rolling with the balance of us and,
after all, there is as a chance of
having a most enjoyable occasion _
0 f it—at least, it’s mv wish that
all may have a happy, merry
Christinas.
CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1901.
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
South Ga. Conference in Session
at Macon Adjourned.
List of Appointments tor the South
Macon and Valdosta Districts
Which are of most Interest to
The Sentinel Readers.
The South Georgia Conference
which convened at Macon ad
journed last Monday. The follow
ing are the new appointments for
the South Macon and Valdosta
districts:
SOUTH MACON DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, J. B. McGehee.
Macon, First Street, J. B. John
Centenary, H. B. Bardwell.
Second Street, I. F. Griffith.
Bibb Circuit, S. W. Roberts.
Bonair Circuit. H. C- Brewton.
Snow and Unadilla. J. M. Bass.
Vienna and St. Paul, H. P. Myers.
Vienna Circuit, C. W. Snow.
Hawkinsviile, J. W. Domingos.
Fort Valley, E. M. Whiting.
Marshallville, F. A. Branch.
Montezuma, T. W. Ellis.
Oglethorpe Circuit, G.P. Reviere.
Knoxville Circuit, W. C. Wade.
Roberta Circuit, I. F. Carey.
Byron Circuit, B. E. Whittmg-
ton.
Perry and Providence, J.
Simmons.
VALDOSTA DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder,.!. O. A. Cook.
Valdosta and Mission, O. B.
Chester, W. W, Seals.
Quitman, T. W. Daily.
Cordele, E. H. McGehee.
Ashburn, W. F. Hixon.
Tifton and Sparks, J. W. Foster.
Lake Park Circuit, W. C. Glenn.
Morven and Pavo, S, W. Brown.
Sylvester Circuit, M. F. Beals,
Fitzgerald, R. Kerr.
Alapalia Circuit, M. B. Ferrell.
Ata . , >i . Lit „ cuit, J. T V Reese. _
.
Adel and Hahira, S, S. Kemp.
Mystic Circuit, Supplied by E,
E. Register.
Sumner Circuit, W. A, King.
Moultrie, 0. H. Branch.
Sycamore Circuit, R. P. Pain.
Ty-Ty Circuit, D. B. Merritt.
Clinch Mission, A. G, Brewton.
Antioch, J. W. Willis.
Berrian, C. E. Crawley.
Doerun, C- A. Norton.
A NEARLY FATAL RUNAWAY
Started ,, a horrible ulcer on the , leg
of J B Orner, Franklin Grove, 111.,
which defied doctors and all reme
dies for four years. Then Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve cured him. Just as
good for Boils, Burns Bruises, Cuts
Corns, Scalds, Skin Eruptions and
I lies, loc at J. B. Ryals – to,
drug store.
The Cordele Lyceum.
Sarah MacDonald Sheridan, the
southern ballad singei, and Nor
raine L. Cochrane, reader, de
lighted a large audience at the
opera house Tuesday night. This
was the third of a series of fine
entertainments given under the
auspices of the Cordele Lyceum
Association aud the opera house
was not only filled with people
hut the entire audience was
charmed with the entertainment.
The entertainments given by the
Cordele Lyceum are proving the
most attractive of this season as
only the best talent is employed
the Alkahest Lyceum sys
of Atlanta.
Quite an awkward hitch, how
ever, was in not opening the doors
of the opera house until 8 o'clock
and about one hundred people had
to stand out in the cold until the
doors were opened.
Cow For Sale
Gives from two and one-half to
three gallons milk daily. Calf only
three weeks old. O. B. Parker.
CAPT. P. C. CLEGG.
History of His Life From
Early Manhood.
rirg‘.Inteicd Furtnoiship With Capt
t>. W- honey at Gum Greek Three
Miles From Coruele. Lost One
Fortune and Emassed An
other.
BY C. J. SHIPP.
Mr. lVnvC. Clegg, who died last
week on his farm near Conev,
Ga., was in many respects a most re
markable man. He was born in
Walton count v, December 7th. 184t>,
so was just titty-five years old. Lie
moved to Doolv county when quite
a young man, in 18«tt was married
Capl!bam al Coney. About .S'lime
lie entered into a partnership with
Capt. Coney, and the firm did a
a large supply business at Gum {.k eek,
about three miles from where Cot -
dele now stands. Tins firm was very
prosperous and in a short time open
ed up a branch stoie at. Hawkinsviile
to which place Mr. Clegg removed
his family, leaving Capt. Coney in
charge of the business at Gum Creek.
He remained in Hawkinsviile eleven
years and while there united him
self witli the Baptist church of which
church he was an earnest member
at the time of his death. A widow
and four children, Mrs, Lee Allen,
Messrs. Retry and Sam Olegg and
Miss Lucile, a young lady, survive
hun. At the time of Mr. Clegg’s
death he was engaged principally in
farming, he having closed out his
large wholesale grocery business in
Cordele a few months previous.
Iu conversation with a gentleman
a few days ago, who had known Mr,
Clegg quite a while, he said : “Mr.
Glegg was business incarnate. Iu
1892 he lost nearly everything that
he had, and at forty-six had to begin
life over again, but nothing daunted
by ill luck he proceeded to begin
anew the struggle for success, and
to the time of his death his ener
£ ies "f'® 1 ', la ? g ® d -” He further
stated that he had never known a
more honorable, warmer hearted
tan or a truer friend.
Mr, Clegg was again a man of
wealth; his estate, including his life
being worth fully one
hundred thousand dollars, practi
all of which he had accumula
since 1892.
| His whole life four was devoted to in
i business; except years spent
the Confederate army. He paid very
little attention to politics; during his
whole life he was never a candidate
for office, he took the position that
a business man had no time for oflice
j j seeking. Mr. Clegg had great confidence in
I the future unfolding of Cordele. He
: made the remark recently that Cor
dele had the brightest prospects of
any town in all South Georgia, and
that even at the piesent time that it
was the best business point in this
geoti he pred icted that she would
jn a ghort time out . gr ow all of the
surroiinding ° towns and would he the
°he t busin 88 cenlre of thig part of
country
Mr. Clegg was a man of clear
j ud „ eraent and j U8 t business metli
odgj and b y b is dea th a land-mark
has been erased, A good man has
gone to his reward.
Notice.
Owing to the death of my fath
er and the consequent necessity
of giving my attention to his busi
ness, I am forced to discontinue
my merchandise brokerage busi
ness until after January fist next,
after which time I will he able to
serve my customers as usual.
Very truly,
Perky C. Clegg.
i jBtoair"i
On Jellies
I 1 preserver a thin vnd coating pick lea, ot spread
m mm REFINED
i H RAF 8b
wm keep them absolutely moisture and
t$BJ acid proof. I*u re Keiined Paraffine ih also B
Wt useful in u dozen other ways about the Bp
house. Full directions in each package, Lfc
Mold everywhere. tv
STANDARD OIL CO.
ANOTHER CHANGE.
J. C. Tracy – Co. Purchase
Stock of Goods of J. A. Wilson.
Will Conduct a General Mercantileand
| Supply Business. r\r. Wilkes Buys
the Wilson milinery Depart
ment. Wilson In Whole
sale Business
J. C. Tracy <fc Co., a firm com
posed ot J. C. Tracy and S. C.
(
Weisiger, have purchased the en
^ . B r°°k ot goods , ot Mr. .1 A.
ire
Wilson, except the millinery de
partment, purchased by the Wil
k es Dry Goods Co,
J-C. Tracy – Co. will conduct
a general merchandise and supply
business at the Wilson old stand
and will cater to the country as
well as city trade. By' this deal
Mr. Tracy also becomes a joint
partner of Weisiger – Co. ici the
wholesale produce business.
Mr. Wilson, who sells, as al
ready announced, will go into the
wholesale grocery business under
the style and name of the Wi 11 is—
Wilson Grocery Company, their
warehouse will he of brick and
location just across the first side
track from the Cash Store.
Marriage.
As announced last week in the
Sentinel, Miss Anna Hamilton,
of Vienna, and Mr. J. M. Hunt
of Cordele, were united in mar
riage on Wednesday morning at
11 o’clock, at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. M. S. Ham
ilton. Rev. H. P. Myers periormed
the ceremony.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Hunt took the south
bound train for Cordele where an
elaborate dinner awaited them at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. M.
Hunt. They were the recipients
of many handsome presents.
Cure Eczema and Itching Humors
Through the Blood.—Costs Noth
ing to Try.
B. B. B. (Botanic Blood for Balm)
is a certain and sure cure eczema,
itching skin, humors, scabs, scales,
watery blisters, pimples, aching bones
or joints, boils, carbuncles, prickling
pain in the skin, old eating sores,
ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm
cures t he worse and most deep-seated
cases by enriching, purifying and
vitalizing the blood, thereby giving
a healthy blood supply to the skin.
Other remedies may relieve, but B,
B. B. actually cures, heals every sore,
aud gives the rich glow of health to
the skin, making the blood red and
nourishing. Especially advised for
old, obstinate cases. Druggists, $1.
Trial treatment free and prepared
by writing Dr. Gillam 213 Mitchell
St., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical advice given. J. B.
Ryals <fc Co.
Enterprise Stoves.
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Guaranteed Fire Backs, $9 to $26.
Cordele Harduiare Co.
Job Printing
AT OFF1CB OF
The Sentinel.
$1.00 A YEAR
THE WELCH CAR C0DPL1NG.
One of the Most Valuable Pat
ents Ever Issued a Georgian.
Messrs. Welch and Averett Own the
Coupling and Now Have Every
thing Complete to Put It on the
Market. It’s a Sure Go.
One of the most valuable pat
ents ever issued to a Georgian was
issued to M. I. Welch, of Cordele,
on last Tuesday the 10th, inst.
One undivided half interest in the
entire right being assigned to Mr.
L. C. Averett also of Cordele.
Messrs. Welch – Averett have
not waited for the patent to be
granted before comeneing oper
ations, but having unbounded
faith in their enterprise, have had
a fine set of patents manufactured
and had a pair of the couplings
on exhibition several weeks ago, of
which mention was made in the
Sentinel at that time. Mr- Welch
is not a novice in the car coupling
business by any means as this ia
the sixth patent that lias been
granted him in the last eight
years, and several thousand dol
lars have been m the busi-
ness, but he has certainly attain
ed his ideal ‘at last, as it is unani
mously conceded by the hundreds
of railroad men, both north and
south, who have examined it, that
“The Welch” is the most perfect M.
C. B . coupler ever invented—being
strong and durable, and absolute
ly safe and reliable, will couple
on curves or rough and uneven
tracks equally as well as on a
straight smooth line and cannot
become accidentally uncoupled.
New Cafe Car Service Via Seaboard
Air Line Railway.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
recently inaugurated a modern
and up to date service of Cafe Cars
upon its “Metropolitan Limited”
Which leaves Atlanta daily at
noon. This service is the par ex
cellence of luxury and new depar
ture in dining car service in the -
South. The menu is upon the
highest standard and the tables
are constantly supplied with all
the delicacies that the market af
fords. The service is “a lacarte”
—pay for what you order—and
the prices are extremely reasonable
The “Metropolitan Limited” is
one of the fastest and most super
bly appointed trains running be
tween Atlanta and New York and
is composed of Pullman’s most
palatial drawing-room sleeping
cars and day coaches.
When you travel “ask for tick
ets via Seaboard Air Line Rail
way.”