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Place Your Ad. THROUOH The Sentinel. VOL. 14. NO. 25. 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. Just as I said and so it will be, we are going to have that Christ mas tree. It will be at the school house , and wont we have a high rolling time though ? Christmas trees come but once a year and if all the boys and girls do not at tend, it is not my fault, it is simply the fault of those who do not go. Now don’t get huffed up and think you wont get anyth mg and for that reason stay away. Just be sure that you are there and just bank on old Santa Claus being there too, and remember his goodness. He cannot stand to see any little boy or girl go away without something in the .shape of a present. * * * The Christmas tree occasion will furnish a magnificent opportunity for the generous hearted to do the magnanimous act, one to be ap preciated by the recipient and will make the donor feel good. Just remember some kind friend needy one if you please—one who is not only appreciative but will never forget your kindness, by placing on tnat tree something that you know ought to be put there and to whom it should be given. If talk be true, and in this case I am sure it is, the time to get it there to go on the tree will be Tuesday afternoon next between one and four o’clock. Now won’t you feel bad if you dont. give something to somebody? I would! * * There are some boys in this town who will have to be chained Christmas. In fact, they to be chained all the time, if half about them I hear is true, and I . borne „ get it from „ a true , source, . - , boys, . little upstart, J manish Cordele, not out of their teens, drink whiskey, curse, chew tobac co, smoke cigarettes, stay out at night, rock houses and cut up gen erally. Now these boys think there is nothing like them and, I must say, from the way other peo ple talk, nobody wants to be like them, and their mothers, fathers and all decent folks would like them better and think more of them if they’d change their course from towards the chaingang to the road that leads the other way. * * The Independence, of Brussels, says that Dr. Sylvester, formally an American, but now a natural ized French physician, has inven ted a spectograph, which enables users of telephones to see each other. I expect there are a few of us who had rather not have the spectograph attachment, for in stance when the wires are crossed, or a young lady has a previous en gagement, when her second best fellow rings up—sometimes the voice can be tuned to a very de lightful pitch while she feels any thing but pleasant to look at hence I should think the specto graph will not prove altogether successful. * * # There are lots of suffering poor people in Cordele, but the men tion of this fact will be glanced only with a passing notice by the average reader and, in fact, this item may be skipped altogether without being read at all. H would us to stir around a lit pay week, tie next week, Christmas QTortlele Sen line! determine to make a personal visit or two into the homes ot some of our less fortuuate people, learn a lesson as to actual conditions now prevailing, about which we are ignorant, and the sight of which would prove astounding to the selfish better classes, It would do you much more good to actual ly go and see for yourself than to simply donate a mite and be con tent. It will teach you also to be more patient with your own con cl it ion and better satisfied with the luxuries you now enjoy. # * We’ve had an exceedingly cold snap this time to be sure. The thermometer went on down to sixteen degrees above zero, but the other day when it was 25 above zero here, it was 25 below zero in St. Paul, a difference of 50 degrees, and when this comparison was made I heard a fellow say he was surely glad he didn’t live in St, Paul. But it’s an ill wind that blows no good and so in this cold weather the farmers can kill hogs, and too, the folks continue to get married and the world just con tinues to move along as though the cold spell didn’t come. the mean time keep your eyes open for those marriages that are to either take place or else the people are talking fool talk. In flemorium. Died on the 21st. ult., Mrs. Fan nie E. Smith wife of Mr. .T. D. Smith, of Cordele, Ga. She leaves besides her husband a son, Mr. Walter Cody, of Stewart county, and daughter, Mrs. Mamie Lip ford, of Cordele, to mourn her loss. Mrs Smith had been in bad health a year or two. She was about 65 years of age and had been a consistent member of the mis sionary Baptist church ever since her youth, and was a dutiful and consecrated Christian, bearing her sufferings with Christian fortitude j j without murmur or complaint, land ! when the dread reaper came, with sickle keen to garner in an j other 9heaf, she sank peacefully to rest, entering i:i that home | whence no traveller returns. Her I . carried . , to , Chatta | remains were hoochee county and interred at the old family cemetery at Shiloh church. Her loved ones have a blessed assurance that having so patiently borne the cross of suffer ing, she now wears the crown of rejoicing. “Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From whence none ever wake to weep.” E. F. A. A DOCTOR’S BAD PLIGHT. ‘‘Two years ago, as a result of a severe cold, I lost my voice,” writes Dr. M. L. Scarbrough, of Hebron, ()., “then began an obstinate cough. Every remedy known to me as a practicing physician for 35 years, failed, and I daily grew worse. Be ing urged to try Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, I found quick relief, and for last ten years have felt better than for two years.” Positively guaranteed for Throat and Lung troubles by J. B. Ryals – Co. Christmas Holiday Rates via Seaboard Air Line Railway. During Christmas holidays the Seaboard Air Line Railway, will sell round trip tickets between all of its stations and to points in the Carolinas, Virginia and to Washington, D- C. at rate of one and one-third fares; tickets on sa le December 21, 22,28,24, 25,30, 81.1901 and January 1st. 1902, good returning until January 3rd. 1902. For students of schools and col leges tickets on sale December 16 to 22nd, good returning until Jan. 8th. 1902. For further information apply to or address any agent of the line. Old papers at this office 25 cents per hundred. CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901. THE CITY ELECTION QUIET. No Opposition Developed in the Nomination Yesterday. Kennedy, Cox, Smith, are the Nomi nees Who Will be Regularly Elec ted in Januarv. They are all Good Men. Pursuant to a c.;Ii of the city democratic executive committee a primary election w as held yes terday to nominate three alder men for the city of Cordele. The election was exceeding quiet, due to the fact that there were only three candidates for the three positions, a condition never before witnessed in the history of the city. There was never a time be fore this that a city election in Cordele was not about as lively and spirited as could well be. So it was quite out of the ordi nary and usual condition of things yesterday to realize that a city election was actually in progress and many thinking so little of it as to not go to the polls and vote, but such was the case. The three candidates who were go fortunate ag to be crow ned with the distinct honor for which go many have strived and failed to obtain and over which so many hard fought political battles have been waged, are: D. Ed Kennedy, the jeweler, J. M. Cox, manager of the foundry department of the Tomlin-Harris Machine Co., and J, B. Smith, the well known Jus tice of the Peace. All three have property holdings in the city and are interested in the city’s welfare and growth. The following gentlemen were chosen without opposition as members of the city democratic executive committee for another year: C. M. McKenzie, U.V. Whip ple, W. II. Dorris, G. M. Bulloch and C. B. Bowen. Only 62 votes were polled each candidate receiving practically every vote. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF Tlie Cordele National Hank, at Cordele. iu the State of Georgia, at the Close of ItuHinesa, December 10, 1901. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts......$170,445.79 i j Overdrafts, secured and un- ' secured............;■ • • 2,<338 - 94 tt U. S. Bonds to secure circula tion .................... 12,500.00 Premiums on U. S. Bonds... 953.13 Banking house, furniture and fixtures................... 1,260.62 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents).......... 942.21 Due from State Banks and Bankers ... ..... 5,447.50 Due from approved reserve 1.079.35 Agents.................. and other cash items 1,936.24 Checks National Banks 560.00 Notes of other Fractional paper currency, 30.24 nickels, and cents....... Specie......... $3,202.20 ( 11,302.20 Legal-tender notes 8,100.00 ) Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 % of circula tion) ................. 625.00 Total... . ..... $209,721.22 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in....... $ 50,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid, 3,130.94 National Bank notes outstand ing. . ................ 12,500.00 Duo to other National Banks 220.50 Individual deposits subject to 112,527.52 check.......... • 7,266.12 Demand certificates of deposit 3,432.07 Time certificates of deposit 644.07 Cashier’s checks outstanding Bills payable, including certifi cates of deposit for money borrowed................ 20 , 000.00 Total $209,721.22 State of Georgia, / County of Dooly. ) I, B. IT. Palmer, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear the that the above statement is true to best of my knowledge and belief. B. II. Palmer, Cashier. ( Dave Browder, Correct— Attest • I R L. Wilson, B H. Palmer, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this J8th day of December, 1901. W. T- Dodghtry, Notary Public, Dooly County, Ga. The Sentinel job presses Send are in running at full speed. your orders. r OLD SANTA CLAUS WRITES. Invites all the Boys and Girls to the Christmas Tree. Says, Rheumatism Permitting, he will Be at the Public School Building Tuesday night With a Present For Every One To Editor Bivins: Please say through your valuable paper to the boys and girls of Cor dele—God bless them every one— that, rheumatism permitting, I will be at the public school build ing next Tuesday night, Dec. 24th. and that I want every one of them to be there. I will have some thing for each one of them, whether lie or she was m school last term or not. Tell Holmes Morris and the other boys that my deers will be tied back of the music room and to not shoot any fire-crackers and make them run away. I wouldn’t mind it myself, but they are not as thoroughly “broke” as I am. I hope every boy or girl who was not in school will come next Tuesday night. They ought to make arrangements to enter school the first day of next term. It will not be long before they cau’t go, and they will be sorry they didn’t. But it will do no good to be sorry then. Give ail the little fellows about the size of Florence Needham or Edwin Rugele\ r my best love. Tell the big boys and girls to not for get that Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ—God’s best gift to (them, and that we ought to give ourselves in deeds of loving kindness to each other, I want to say, sir, that Sam Jones has requested me to offer you his humblest apologies for having forgotten to say that the Sentinel is the best paper. I fully agree with him, and wish you to mail me the paper regular ly as heretofore, to Snow Castle. With love for all the children, especially for those who try to do right—whom I have, for many, many years, tried to make happy and good. Santa Claus. Mr. O’Neal Writes. By request we gladly change ad dress of the Sentinel to Mr. B. P. O’Neal at Tucson, Arizona. Mr. O’Neal writes that the climate is delightful, that his health is improved, that lie and family will house keep there until February, when they will spend a few weeks in California before returning. That it was like homefolks to meet with Mr. and Mrs. Murphey who moved from Americus to Tucson four years ago, Mr. Mur phey holding a prominent govern ment position there, Mrs. Mur phey is a sister to Editor Bivins of the Sentinel, and we are glad to note that Mr. and Mrs. Mur phey rendered valuable assistance in ". securing quarters for Mr, O’Neal and family while in Tuc son—1500 miles from Cordele. I S ° ft ’ M Harness vAYou S?> can soft mr.ko your fflovo hnr- 11 • 3 »<■» 113 a M\ VS and p.h tough jib wire by , 1 U«in'; cntLKA Uar ; 1/ \>* WA A ’ciHjtnon noHfl Oil. u.8 life—make You can it I iJ'Uit AV twice na long as it If oiMiD.nrily would. Ef tissm mmm Oil j nn;:ea a poor looking har JjgJj ne.-'-j like now. Made of raj®// pure, heavy bodied oil, ee per i:\llv prepared to with* HMtl! k][s£tl: Bold the everywhere weather, $3B} in cans—all Bizet*. fi C- Mstfa by STANDARD OIL CO. • rtN ' The Gubernatorial Race. BY C. J. SHIPP. I see from Atlanta papers that the Hon. J. M. Terrell will resign the office of Attorney-General about the 10th of January and make a vigorous campaign for the gubernatorial nomi nation. This is in line with the ex pectation of his friends, as it has been known for the past twelve months that at the proper time he would enter this race. He is a man of fine delicacy and was not inclined to enter the race as a full fledged candidate while receiving a salary from the state. That lie will be a strong candidate, goes without say ing. He is a young man, only about forty years old, and has, perhaps, more strong personal friends than any man in Georgia; and he is more generally beloved by people of all classes who know him well than any man that I have ever met. While in conversation with sev eral gentlemen a few days ago, a gentleman remarked that he thought that he would support Dupont Guerry for governor, when another gentleman who was present re marked: “Well, that is only be cause you are not personally ac qhainted with Joe Terrell.” He then went on to gay, that if Joe Ter rell was elected Governor of Georgia that the humblest citi/.en in the state would have a governor that would treat him with proper consideration if he should require his services. On one occasion a gentleman came to ine and told me of some business that he had failed to get attended to properly in one of the State depart ments ; be was making his arrange ments to go to Atlanta in person, but I told him that if lie would write to Joe Terrell, that I was sure that he would attend to it for him with pleasure. “But,” said he, “I am not even acquainted with Col. Terrell and I would feel a delicacy in asking a man with whom I have no personal acquaintance to give me several hours of his valuable time.” How ever, he wrote him, and, in a few days, the whole thing was attended to tor him. 1 his is the secret of Terrell’s great popularity. He is so unselfish and never tires of working for liis friends. Besides this, he is a very capable man, a great lawyer, and a shrewd, sagacious business man. He has been a success from the beginning, and the better he is known the more he is loved. I see that the Hen. J. M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, is also in the race. He is a level-headed, shrewd man. but the general opinion is that he made a mistake in announcing hid candidacy at this time. The race is certainly between Terrell and Guerry with Terrell in the lead. We hear very little of Pope Brown at present. He is a good man and a strong man, but his friends generally think that he should be satisfied with his present job,and many of his strong friends will refuse to support him on this account. Estill’s friends say that he will poll a big vote in South-east Georgia but I see very few who will support him in this community. USEFUL PRESENTS • • Pocket Air - Rifles. Hanging Knives. Lamps. Guns, Pistols, Carving Bouquet Sets. Crockery. Lamps. Water Sets. Decorated Shears and Andirons, Lamps, Scissors. Fire Sets. Etc. *. Cordele Hardcuare Co. Job Printing AT OPF1CB OP The Sentinel. $1.00 A YEAR FATE McNEIL KIDNAPED. Ten Year Old Son of Mrs. Mat tie McNeil Spirited Away. All Efforts to Regain Possession of the Lad Have Proved a Failure and the Broken Hearted riother Has About Abandoned all Hope. Fate, the ten-year-old sou of Mrs. Mattie McNeil, who was kid naped about three weeks ago by one Mr. Mooney, cannot be loca ted. Warrants were sworn out and all efforts possible have been made to regain possession of the lost boy, but all in vain. Mrs. McNeil resides on Seventh street near Sixth avenue and for sometime before the disappearance of her son he was at work for Mr. Mooney, who was engaged in the horse trading business. About three weeks ago Mr. Mooney dis appeared and with him young Fate McNeil, leaving not a trace of where he went. Mrs. McNeil is a widow lady and, natually, is broken hearted at the thought of her boy being lost to her, possibly never to be seen again. She has practically given up all hope of his recovery yet efforts are still being made to find him and Mrs. McNeil' would appreciate the assistance of any one in locating her lost boy. Miss Mary Wooten Hurt. Miss Mary Wooten, sister to Mrs. W. W. Shipp, and who quite frequently visited Cordele pre v ‘ oue 4,0 M rs - Shipp s removal to Gainesville, was seriously injured a *’ Gull–den, her home, a few ul0u ths ago, caused by a loco.no five frightening liei horse which rftn awa y and overturned the bug b r J Miss Wooten was riding in. Miss Wooten sued the Southern Railway for damages and recover f a $8,500 verdict in the United The rftllroad wi n carry the case to a higher court. 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 iu 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” . order—and —pay for what you the prices are extremely reasonable The “Metropolitan Limited” i» 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 eta via Seaboard Air Line Rail * • way.