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OFFICIAL ORGAN THE CITY OF Cordele. VOL. 14, NO. 35. POLITICS IN OLD DClLY. LOCAL POLITICS GREW QUITE WARM AND INTERESTING THIS WEEK. The Usual Lack of Candidates and Surprises During Court—Which Really Are Never Lacking— Were Not Lacking at Vien na This Session. Gubernatorial politics was not the only and all-absorbing topic of conversation at Vienna this week. In fact, this feature grew quite tame when local or county politics began to loom up. By Tuesday the friends of Mr. John S. Pate, of Cordele, had him in the race for representative. No one was more surprised at this than Mr. Pate himself. He is one of the wealthiest, best known and most prominent citizens of the county. He was pursuing the even tenor of his way when apprised of his candidacy, but he is now in the race and in to stay. Mr. D. W. Harvard is again in the race, his idea that he would not agaiu offer to the contrary notwithstanding, His friends urged that he had made a good re cord and must make the race again and so Mr. Harvard is again in the race for representative. It was equally surprising to learn that Col. J. T. Hill would not run. His friends had counted upon his making the race, but Col. Hill, owing to a pressure of pri vate business and increasing law practice and other sufficient rea sons, it is understood, has conclu ded not to yield to the request of .numerous friends to make the race. Col. S. R. Fields, who has been in the race for representative for some time, is still in the race. His friends claim that Col Fields, who came so near being elected two years ago, will surely win out this time. He and his friends were quite active in his behalf this week. The status for county offices is about as follows : Mr. John C. Dunaway will offer for clerk of superior court against the present A# W Y /C a – $9 w HON. D. W. HARVARD, Who will again make the race for the legislature. J, C. TRACY – GO. INVITE THE FARMERS To buy Supplies § Fertilizers FROM THEM. We carry a full line of DRY GOODS. SHOES, HATS; PLOWS, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, O-xocexies, Etc €ome and SeeUs. J, C. TRACY – C0„ Cordele, Ga. Gofdele Cl Sentinel h ¥ i v i A m V ‘M: m m W SHERIFF Q. W. SHEPPARD The only county officer who is said to have no opposition thus far. incumbent, Mr. J. Frank Powell. Mr. H. C. Brown will offer for tax receiver, the position held for many years past by Mr. Dunaway. Jake Roberts will offer against Drew Taylor for treasurer, and Mr. James A. Williams, of Pine hurst, will offer against Mr. Frank J, Lewis for collector. There were other and various rumors but when simmered down to the last analysis the above is about the correct status of the political game up to the last inning. Bridges-“Pate. At 5 o’clock Monday afternoon last at the home of the bride’s parents, Rey- E. H. McGehee offi ciating, Mr. John Bridges and Miss Florence Pate were joined in the holy estate of matrimony. The bride is the pretty and win some daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pate, while the groom is a prom ising young employe of the G. S. – F. Ry. who enjoys the friendship and confidence of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. The Sentinel joins in congratu lations. Boon—Harris. At the home of the bride’s brother, in Albany, on Tuesday morning last, Mr. B. F. Boon, of Cordele, and Mrs. Frances Esther Harris, of Albany, were united in marriage. The happy couple were welcom ed to Cordele on Tuesday's noon A. –N. train, and are now at home to their friends at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs- M. T. j anier The bride is a most excellent woman, coming from one of the best families of Dougherty county, while the groom is a prominent buyer of Cordele, well liked , by all who know him. The Sentinel wishes for the happy couple a long life of pros perity. When the heath is foul and the disordered, Prickly Ash Bnters is the remedy needed. It purifies the stomach, liver and bow els, sweeten the breath, promotes vigor and cheerfulness. Cash Drug Store. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1902. TERRELL SPOKE MONDAY GUERRY SPOKE TUESDAY THESE TWO GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES WITHIN TWENTY HOURS OF JOINT DEBATE So Near and Yet so Far, But Close Enough to Lend a Lively Aspect to the Gubernatorial Situation— so Far a~ v :; Citizens of Dooly are Concerned. Two candidates for the demo cratic nomination for governor of Georgia addressed the citizens of Dooly county, at the court house in Vienna this week. Hon. Joseph M. Terrell spoke Monday. Hon. Dupont Guerry spoke Tuesday. It was the first speech in Dooly by candidate Terrell. It was the second speech by candidate Guerry. The news papers last week announced the coming of Mr. Terrell. Later, some of the newspapers and hand-bills announced the coming of Mr. Guerry. These two announcements be gan to thrill and permeate the very being of the already partisan friends of the two great political foes—for be it known that Terrell and Guerry are the two strongest candidates in Dooly—unless, later, Col. Estill gets to shaking hands too rapidly, or farmer Smith should smole too many miles at the woolhat boys. It was well known that Mr. Guerry had challenged Mr. Terrell to join with him in a series of joint debates upon the issues in volved in the gubernatorial cam paign, It was equally familiar that Mr. Terrell had respectfully declined to accept the invitation. For ten days the Dooly friends of Mr. Terrell had been talking the coming of their favorite. Many of them had never seen nor met him, but they were talking and blowing Terrell just the same. It was Friday when the friends of Guerry first learned that Guerry was coining too, and about the first thing they began to say, “If we can’t have a joint debate we’ll have the next thing to it.” “We are within 24 hours of a joint de bate and its not our man’s fault that the two speaking candidates ™n’t get before the people at the same time, that the people might the better judge the principles th p y advocate, TERRELL SPOKE MONDAY. At 11:80 o’clock Monday Judge Littlejohn announced that the court would take a recess m order II m III! ' ill ' •• •: % mew mi . B 1111 m HON. JOSEPH M. TERRELL, Who addressed the citizens of Dooly, Monday, at Vienna, in the interest of his gubernatorial campaign that Mr. Terrell could address the citizens of Dooly. The court room was filled with people and a good number stood. But few had ever seen Mr. Terrell and they all seemed anxious to see him and hear him speak. Mr. Terrel] was introduced by Mr. John H. Bedgood, of Arabi, as the next governor of Georgia, which was liberally applauded. Mr, Terrell began his speech by saying that he hoped the good people of Doolv would help to make him the next governor of Georgia. After this and a few other pleasantries Mr. Terrell be gan an earnest, discussion of the public issues of the campaign. He took up the tax question first and handled it at great length. He thought that much more was be ing accomplished in proportion now with the rate of $5.44 than when the rate was $4 per thousand but, at the same time, the rate could be and must be reduced. He was tied to no corporation. He was no stockholder nor officer nor attorney for any railroad corpor ation, never had been and hence had never been dischared as a railroad lawyer. He favored the public school system of Georgia, especially as to rural schools, yet their were amendments that should be made to the public school law. He favored paying promptly the teachers salaries. He discussed the pension Jaw at some length and on the question of prohibition said that he was a He was in the legislature when the local option law was passed, was a member of the committee that r^uuid that law. He fought for it and voted for it. In local option elections under the local option law he had voted for prohibition and fought for it. While he thought then and thought now that the local option law was the best plan, yet, if the people want ed to go a step farther and would elect legislators who would pass a state prohibition law that Ins right hand would sign the bill and that he would thank God for the privilege. Mr. Terrell spoke for an hour and a half, held the undivided attention of his audience through out the entire time and was liber ally applauded at frequent enter vals. GUERRY' SPOKE TUESDAY, Col. J. G Jones, of Cordele, in troduced Hon. Dupont Guerry Tuesday to fully as large an au dience as Mr- Terrell on Biwiiiiiil 1 . . mftj %/M Ahub HON. DUPONT GUERRY, addressed the citizens of Dooly, at Vienna, m the interest of gubernatorial campaign, Col. Jones said that Mr. was introduced as a ne>t of Georgia but he de to introduce Mr. Guerry as successor to Allen D. Candler, was greeted with applause. Mr. Guerry r was proud of the that greeted him, espe that part that cast no votes. said that men reasoned with out knowing and ladies knew with out reasoning and that the ladies knew that he was representing the principles that were for the good of the home, and that the ladies A t A : s .. \ 'Ail 1*11 . *––– # iHli phi? I i ' «* ‘V ■ m L> 1 COL S. R. FIELDS. His friends p-prVct victory for him in the race. were supporting his candidacy governor, Mr. Guerry said that he could not get his principal opponent, Mr. Terrell, into a joint debate end ilml, he must content himself with what lie would term a long distance tins joint debate. After declaration Mr. Guer ry devoted fully half hour to the candidacy of Mr. Terrell. He Haid that those “personal” letters sent out by Mr, Terrell were turned out at the Kimble House by some kind of a machine and that Mr. Terrell did’nt know to whom they were sent. That the claim that 100 or more counties were for Terrell was newspaper bluster. That three weeks ago they were claiming 120 counties, now only 90 counties with four or five months yet before the primary, Mr. Guerry then took up the biograpical sketch of Mr. Terrell and referred to it as Mr. Terrell’s first platform. He kept his au in an of with comments upon the bio graphical sketch which pictured Mr. Terrell from eighteen years old “plowing an old red mule in the corn field a with visions up on various offices all on account of two lawyer friends passing in a top buggy.” In speaking of Mr. Terrell being seated on the plow beam, thinking of his political future, with all due respect to the present governor of Georgia, “The one-eyed boy from pigeon roost,” Mr. Guerry said, he felt compell ed to refer to Mr. Terrell as “The two-eyed pigeon of plow-boy roost.” Mr. Guerry then earnestly dis cussed the planks in his platform, with which the public is familiar. He dwelt largely upon state pro hibition, and to “the fact” that railroads, liquor dealers and lobbyists were not his friends. Mr. Guerry spoke for one hour and a half and was frequently ap plauded. HOW WILL DOOLY GO? We do not know. The above is not even a synopsis of what the two speakers had to say, but mere ly a sketch of the drift of their speeches. They are both strong in Dooly and no prediction can now be made with any accuracy as to their real strength. The Terrell men claim the county for Terrell and the Guerry men for Guerry. The county will go for one or the other, unless it should and go for Estill or Smith. ■ WILL CONTINUE TO SELL OSBORNE REAPERS AND MOWERS. SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY. Osborne Solid and Cutaway Disc Harrows. ns Cordele Hardware Co. WE PUBLISH ALL THE LEGAL Advertisements. $1.00 A YEAR D00hY SUPERIOR COURT Is Grinding Away at Vienna in Spite of Politics and Elections. An election was held in Vienna Tues day. The Jesuit was 77 votes “for”and 20 “against” public schools, which gave the required number “for.” Vienna already had the public school system, but this new election was necessary on account of the change of the city charter. Despite the election and polities court is grinding away, with Judge Littlejohn presiding and Solicitor Hooieron hind, court was organized in less than an hour Monday morning —Judge Litlejohn’s charge to the grand jury being short and to the point. Mr. Jesse It. Horne, of Pinehurst, was elected foreman, Mr. H. W. Camp bell, of Cordele, clerk, and Mr. G. M. Peavy bailiff of the grand jury. Mes Brs -* T - w - Graham, T. R. Smith and Lewis Clewis were selected as special court bailiffs. No cases of any very great impor tance have been tried, but the docket has been very largely cleared. The docket is probably lighter than for years and very few new cases were filed to this term of court. Among others of the prominent at torneys in attendance upon court are the following: A. E. Hawkins, J. S. Sheppard Jand Allen Fort, Americas; John F. Hall,01in J. Wimberly, Joseph H. Hall.T. S. Felder, Robt. Ryals and A. L. Miller, Macon; J. W. Haygood,. Mr. Felton and Mr. DeVaughn, Mon tezuma ; James Bishop, Jr., Eastman. Purchase money notes with mortgage attached. For sale by the Sentinel. Champion Berkshire Pig. Mr. O. B. Parker, of Cordele, on last Friday received a Champion Berkshire pig of Mr. T. A. Harris, of LaMine, Mo., who is a member of the American Berkshire asso ciation, this pig Mr. Parker paid $50 for and $7.50 freight. He is pedigreed and registered, only four months and eleven days old and weighs 120 pounds. pig is beauty and it would This a of well be worth the trouble any of our farmers who will take the time to see him. A – k. ....... ■X rt j S.PA Mr. Pate’s friends have succeeded in him to make the race for