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OFFICIAL ORGAN THE O.TT OP Cordele. YOL. 14. NO. 3G. DOOLY COUNTY TEACHERS. They Decide to Hold Institute This Year at BarnesviHe. Voted Down a Motion to Meet at Arab!—Also a Motion to Meet at Albany in April—Will Meet at Barnesville in July. The teachers of Dooly county at their meeting in Vienna last Saturday voted to hold their Ins work at Barnesville this year. They will meet there in at the time that city holds its Chautauqua and Institute. The law forces the teachers to some Institution for one in each year and the teach usually decide by a majority where they will attend. Some of the teachers at Vienna Saturday favored holding a pri county Institute at Arabi year, but that proposition was down; others favored going Albany in April, as they did year, but the contention that schools of the county were demoralized when sus for this purpose, prevail and the proposition to meet Albany was defeated. The motion to meet at Barnes was finally carried, and the of Dooly county will, only hold their Institute in city in July, but, at the same will have the pleasure of at the usual good Chautau exercises held there each year. Spinsters’ Fortnightly Club " Tl >» Spinsters’ Maids’Convention” Fortnightly be given at the opera house Tuesday night, March 11th. the auspices of the Ladies’ Improvement Association. Hiawatha (Kansas) Democrat concerning this entertain “Over 400 tickets were sold. was the general opini-n express by those present that they had seen a funnier home talent A Paola(Kansas) j says : “It was one of the things I ever saw; de from beginning to end.” Clarendon (Arkansas) laughable in Sun the t “It was and an unusual success.” Admission — Adults 50c; chil under 14, 25c. Reserved seat9 extra charge. Tickets will lie on sale at Ryals Drug Co’s. SAVES A WOMAN’S LIFE. To have given up would have death for Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Mass. For years she endured untold misery from a severe lung trouble and obstinate “Often,” she writes, “I could breathe and sometimes' mu speak. All doctors and failed till I used Dr. King’s Discovery for consumption and completely cured.” Sufferers C"Ugh8, Cold--, Throat and Trouble need this gjand lem for it i ever disappoints. Cure guaranteed by J. B. Ryals Drug Co. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles To The General Public ! Mr. C. Z. Turner, having recently purchased the en tire stock of General Merchandise of S. J. Hill, He will conduct a general mercantile store AT THE SAME STAND, on 7th Street, opposite T. C. Barge – Co., and will keep on hand everything to be found in a general store of like character. For the next 30 days, until 1 can wind up my business at Quitman, Mr. N. L. Hall, of 1 ennille, one of the very best salesmen to be. found, will have charge of this business, and, upon arrival in Cordele I shall add to this already immense stock. Your Patronage Solicited, and Satisfaction Guaranteed, C. Z. TURNER, General Merchandise. Cordele, Georgia. friele - CORDELE’S WONDERFUL GROWTH WITHIN PAST THREE MONTHS Miss Benson Entertains. The musical-entertainment given last Tuesday evening by Miss Nan nie Benson was a decided success. Many invitations had been issued and many of our popular young ladies and young gentlemen were in attendance The parlors were bedecked with evergreens and lighted with nu merous Japanese lanterns. Each guest was the recipient of a small bunch of violets. The splendid music furnished for the occasion was rendered by Messrs. J. I Cofield, Will Holland and T. Mitchell Coker, A unique guessing contest was participated in by the entire party. Cards with twelve blank lines each were distributed, and on a table there were wrapped twelve pack ages in various shapes and sizes for deception. Each person hold ing a card was allowed two minu tes in which to examine (without unwrapping) the packages—and to fill in the blank lines on the card as correctly as possible. A first prize and a “booby” were offered. Miss Hallie Aycock won first prize, and as five card-holders won the “booby” a final drawing threw that prize in the hands of Mr. R. A. Dixon. Other games were offered to amuse, and were also enjoyable. A . large , bowl , of (,,,•• delicious r fruit •. nch „- ith lady-fingers caught attention , the thirst and the appetite ,, of the jolly party for , awhile, At midnight the vouug folk bade each other good-night after tendering to Miss Benson thanks for the enjoyable . offann „ A Guest. ------ Nothing so throughly removes dis ease germs from the system as Prick ] v Ash Bitters. It gives life and acti j on to the torpid liver, strength ens and assists i he kidneys to proper jy (.j^aose tbo blood, gives tone to stomach, purifies the bowels, and promotes good appetite. Cash Drug gtore. WANTED, Second-hand Saw Mill outfit, in good condition, Twenty to twenty-five liorse power, and not less than 52 inch saw. Must be cheap. Lumpkin, Ga. Address P. O 12, Wanted. Ladies or gentlemen to do writ ing at home. Can earn from twenty to hundred dollars per month. This is no “Cherry Tree” business but an honest company of Georgia. Send stamps for par ticulars to A. M. Lewis, Coney, Ga. For Sale -Saw Mil1 Timber that will cut 1,500,000 feet lumber, for $2,500. Cash for quick sale. Hughes – Ethridge. CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902. It Is Not Easy For a Cordelean to Write of Cordele And Seem Guiltless of Fulsome Flattery.—-But Pride in the Past, Joy in the Present, and Con fidence for the Future are Pardonable.—Cordele is at the i lest Time of Her History—Not a Boom Bauble, but a Sure and Rapid Growth. BY PROF. WILLIAM P. FLEMING. Fifteen years ago, the future Cordele rested on the baseless fabric of a dream. Her pioneer citizeu plod his solitary way through avenues of giant “cum berers of the ground” towards a i « destiny obscure.” But, close be hind him, the surveyors compass traced out straight lines of pro gress—and, lo, the soughing pines sang requiem to departing forest grandeur, yielding themselves in sacrifice to ‘‘better times”—and city lots were “knocked down” to eager purchasers. The story of magic growth has been told. THE IRREPRESSIBLE “NOW.” . Even a partial inventory of the business enterprises that have been launched and of the substan tial improvements that have been recently made in Cordele, affords ample evidence of a pushing pres ent and a promising future. Within the last three months, for instance, Cordele has fallen , heir to , ... brick depot, . a new union a P 0810 , * „ 10 ®- “ national , , bank, , a ***** brick Rosser building, the two ^ ^ marble . front PouaJ building, the Willis-Wilson brick ^’ , h ° , es ^ , 6 , 3ulldin .... 8» til0 ( ^° Methodist i parsonage the I, J. Bush clothing establishment, anew borber shoWj the w D wilson ^ ° ^ Clcments t]i e^Dixon 109 re ,ai S rocer y> the ,, U. Z. Turner general merchandise business, the Scarborough <fc For est wholesale grocery, a news stand, the Willis-Wilson whole sale grocery, the Stead – Whipple drug business, the new Tripp livery stables, the Speight – Killen re tail grocery, the J. C. Tracy Co’s general merchandise establish ment, the Hughes – Ethridge in surance aud real estate business, the L. M. Altman livery, the Cheeves retail grocery, the T. C. Barge furniture establishment, the Heard wholesale grocery, the J. B. Ryals Co. wholesale drug feature, the Wells general merchandise business, the P cClegg whole sale grocery and last, but not least, the recently organized Board of Trade ami Park Improvement Association. Several important firm reorgan izations have been made within the three months period, to which no reference has been made, and which will atone for the naming of any enterprise above that is not “new” in the strictest sense. In addition to the improvements mentioned, every section of the city has witnessed the constant building of residences, of greater, or less proportions. The recent investments in vari ous business enterprises, by men of successful experience-—that of foreign capital, within about one year, aggregating, approximately, $200,000—afford the best possible evidence that Cordele’s “boom” period, with its uncertain values and questionable results, is a thing of the past, and that dele now rests on a solid basis. It will not be contradicted that probably more titles in fee-simple to homes have been secured in Cordele during the last two years, than were previously held, by the nut. r city. AS THE PEOPLE—SO THE CITY. When people sell their homes and interests elsewhere and invest their money here, it is be- j cause of confidence in Cordele as the best place in which to live and in which to invest. Capital isn’t falling over itself to go elsewhere, through unselfish motives of philanthropy. The frequent returns of former valued citizens of Cordele, from trial of other places, are practical demonstrations of the comparative superiority of Cordele’s claims,and of the excellency of the judgement exercised in the first choice. Such citizens as have recently re-cast their lots with us, are valuable ac< 4 u i a it'i°iis to any community, He people that come to Cor de J e and vicinity are not of the shiftless mass that is drifted from place to place by blind impulsive longing for change. They come for permanent residence, buy homes, and, in all ways that may be, identify their personal inter ests with the common interests of the community. Hence the per vading spirit of harmony and loyalty that characterizes our citizenry, which is the best pledge of a future unsullied by petty jealousies, bickering and strife. A chronic “kicker” is lonesome m Cordele, and, provided he has sense enough, soon “mends his ways.” Farm lands within the extensive territorv tributary to Cordele, have met ready sale and are being rapidly developed by thrifty, in dustrious and intelligent farmers whom depends in large measure the future of the city. Happy homes, plenteous harvests, and bank accounts provided against a “rainy day,” evidence their success, which Cordele gen erously shares. According to the last census, 25,(XX) bales of cotton were marketed in Dooly county- of which, were sold in Cor Our churches—Baptist, Episco pal, Presbyterian and Methodist— each well supported by loyal memberships and served by able ministers. Our city public school is under the direction of fine a board of trustees as can found anywhere. The present of the schools is, by far, the largest in their history, be laudable educational in on the part of our people. There is here, as hearty co with “the powers that be,” on educational and religious lines as any city can boast. advantages of location. Cities do not build by chance. Centers of population and capital are determined by fixed principles. Cordele meets the requirements. The government mortality report recently issued from the depart ment at Washington, D. C. gives Cordele credit for having the lowegfc death rate 0 f any city in Georgia. Cordele’s climate is satisfactory, her artesian water will do, her lands are cheap, fer tile, and easily cultivated, her railroad facilities are such as will inevitably contribute to hereon- tinued growth and enrichment. All olasscs of freight can be shipped, at same expense, to Cor dele, from New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Baltimore, and all points east, as to Atlanta, Chatta nooga, Spartanburg, Birmingham and other cities of like importance. Towns and cities located on water routes lmve, of course, great, vantage in shipping rates, hut Macon, with water rates, has only five cents on the hundred pounds the advantage of Cordele. Cordele being t. basing point, all points intervening between Cordele and other basing points, must pay the Cordele rate with freight from Cordele added. Cordele can, for instance, buy cotton at points towards Savannah, ship it, to Cor dele, compress it and re-ship to Savannah, at less expense than the original owner could have shipped from his town to Savan nah The freight rate, from eastern points to Cordele, is 87 cents, per hundred pounds, less than to Fitz gerald ; 82 cents, less than to La Grange; 22 cents, less than to Quitman, and 55 cents less than to Moultrie. Cordele’s location gives it great commercial importance, being lo cated upon three trunk lines of railway—the G- S. – F., the S. A. L., and the A. – B., which is now graded to the city limits. The proposed extension of the Albany – Northern toHawkinsville, would give us the fourth—affording bet ter connections with reference to all eastern points, and to all west ern points, by way of New Orleans, to Los Angles and the “Golden Gate.” If Cordele does not be come a city indeed, it will be be cause existing conditions do not produce their logical results. From Nine-Year-Old Boy. The following original is hand ed in by a nine-year-old boy in the fourth grade of the Cordele Public Schools. At his request it is reproduced verbatim in the Sentinel: “See the stars of Bethlehem Shining through the believe night, Upon Jesus whom we in, Shining bright.” “Oh, Jesus Christ who is so good. Who was so good to beautiful make us, Who made us for this world, And now we live for Jesus.” DON’T FAIL TO TRY THIS. Whenever an honest trial is given to Electric Bitters for any trouble it. is recommended for a permanent, I” cure will surely be effected, never fails to tone the stomach, re gulate the kidneys and bowels, stim ulate the liver, invigorate the nerves and purifiy the blood. It’s a won derful tonic for run-down systems. Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney aud Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders, Nervousness, Sleepless ness, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and expels Malaria. Satisfaction guar anteed by J. B. Drug Co. Only 50c. n WILL CONTINUE TO SELL OSBORNE REAPERS.... AND MOWERS. SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY. Osborne Solid and Cutaway Disc Harrows. Tie Cerie Hardware Co. WE publish ALL THE LEGAL Advertisements. $1.00 A YEAR FROM THE SEVENTH GRADE. Houston High School Student Writes it up in Good Shape. A few weeks ago, there appeared in the Sentinel, a prophecy of grade of the Houston High School, and perhaps some would be pleased to hear from another one of its factions, although it is not us important as the 8th. and their future may not be foretold as brilliantly as that of the eighth. The seventh graders have not yet reached such heighths as to boast of a Fussel with the map of Greece visible on his face, yet wo can boast of a J. Richmond Brown, who will make a name in the literary world. He has a strong imagination, and" often indulges in “day dreams.” He will always live in the coun try, in order that his poetic fancy may have full sway. Miss Ida Bacon is by far the most intelligent ladj r in school. She will aspire to the chair of languages in some of our leading southern colleges. She is not an ordinary young lady by any means, and yet she is on ly human, and she can’t restrain her love for oranges. Another of our seventh grade girls, Nettie Simmons, will some day create a sensation in the musical world with her wonder ful compositions. Miss Laura Harris, a most dig nified young lady, will grace a school room with her presence, and after several years have past, she will assist some promising young representative in his politi cal career. Jule Reynolds, who will in the near future be a second Walter George/ will'With htif' eToqhmice thrill the senate, Or perhaps win the critics praise. He is as fond of a fair face as Mr McDerinid, although his face is*not as well trained. J. L. Aniason is a young man of business principles. He will some day be a cashier in a bank. lie has only one weakness, that is a deep reveration for young ladies. Oscar McKenzie, generally known by his classmates as “Baby,” is exceedingly fond of the game crokonole. He is an adept in this game, and wins oranges by the dozen and bon-bons by the box. He will go into the mercan tile business in Cordele, when his career as a school boy has closed. Don’t be suspicious if he pays more visits to Vienna than seem to be necessary. Of course he goes on business. Sidney Jones will some day as pire to the pulpit of a country church, and will don his spectacles ( Concluded on 8th page).