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W. D. B CHAMBER?, Proprietor.
VOL. XI.
FALLACY
—OF—
Ire dews.
We occupy the position that the term
"cheap,” as implied by pretending to
offer any article of goods for less than
its real value is, to deal mildly, mis
leading upon its face, and should be
ohunned by sensible, thinking people.
"No shoddy” is our motto for all the
term implies.
To those expecting something for
nothing we cannot supply your wants;
on the other hand, if you desire full
value for your money you are the clasg
of custom we are hustling for.
Sins! Sloes! Sloes!
We have the best shoes that money
and experience can produce.
Hey wood shoes for men, every pair
warranted, ‘‘no shoddy,” $3.50.
Custom made Shoes for ladies at
$2.00 to $3.00.
Our “Vicious” shoes for ladies at
$1.50 to $1.65, are the best in the city.
Oxfords for ladies from SI.OO to $2.00.
Our Godman line of Kangaroo Calf
women’s shoes at $1.50 are the best
made for great wearers.
Our “Cannon Ball” shoes for men
and boys at $1.25 and $2.00 cannot be
excelled; made of home tanned leather,
full stock calf.
“Battle Axe Shoes!” Yes, we have
a full line of women’s Kangaroo shoes
of that make at $1.35.
Men’s “Battle Axe” Brogans at $1.35.
Boys’ “Battle Axe”~shoes, $1 00 to
fl 15.
Ready-to-wear Mins.
Men’s All-Wool Suits, $6.00 to $7.00.
Have been reduced from SIO.OO.
Our SB.OO to $1? ?5 suits are elegant
ly made and excellent values.
We have recently purchased about
300 suits for men and boys at a sacri
fice price and are in position to sell
good all-wool suits from that lot at less
than first cost.
“Nox All” Hats.
Latest styles for men at $2.00. The
greatest hat to be had at that price.
We have “No Name” hats at $2.50
to $4 50; none better made.
Straw hats, up-to-date styles, at 50c,
75c and SI.OO.
Dry Goods Depart
ment Complete,
4x4 Brown Domestic, standard^}**
yard.
Best Cotton Checks at 5 and 6 cents
a yard.
American Indigo Blue Prints, 5c yd.
Standard Fancy Prints, 5c yard.
Shirting Prints, percale styles, 5c yd.
Press Ginghams, good, at 10c yard.
French Ginghams, at 15c yard.
Lawns from 5c to 20c yard.
Rest feather-proof ticking at 15c yd.
4x4 Bleached Domestic, 5c yard.
Better grade Bleaching. 7 to 10c yd.
Ladies’ Shirtwaist, the 75c grade, re
duced to 50c. The SI.OO and $T.25 qual
ities reduced to 75c. These prices are
not profitable to us, but an actual loss;
desire to close the line out.
Men’s Elastic Seam drawers, 50c
Pair.
Men's Balbriggan Undershirts, 25c to
50c.
Ladies’ Gause Vests, 10c, 15c and
25c each.
We have an almost innumerable
number of good values that we cannot,
for want of space, call attention.
Hope to have the pleasure cf seeing
°ur friends and demonstrate our grati
tude for past favors. We remain
Yours respectfully,
Giri aiy Bros.
Montgomery Ave., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL.
BILL ARPS LETTER
Birthday of Mrs. Arp Heralded as
a Great Event-
HAS REACHED THREE SCORE AND TEN
Though His Better Half is Seventy,
She Can Still Flash Her Poca
hontas Eyes Upon the Sage
of Bartow.
Birthdays are very common things
in this sublunary world. There are
sixty millions of them every year and
that means about oae hundred and
fifty thousand every day or six thou
sand every hour. Just think of it—
every minute one hundred mortal soull
come into this world —to live arid dih,
for good or for evil—for happiness or
misery. As far back as we have any
history, sacred or profane, kings and
princes have celebrated their birth
days with feasts and and song
and even the humble and the poor
take note of their annual return. Pha
raoh celebrated his in Joseph's day
and it was on Herod’s birthday that
the daughter ot Herodias danced be
fore him for the head of John the Bap
tist.
I was ruminating about this beoause
today la a notable birthday in my fam
ily. The maternal ancestor has at last
reached her three-score years and ten,
the alloted age of man and womankind,
and from now on every day she lives
will be one of grace, David says that
the days of our years are three Store
years and tfc-n, but if by reason of
strength they be four score years yet
is their strength labor and sorrow.
Poor o'd man, he did have a troubled
life. Ho sinned and he repented in
great anguish, as he exclaimed, "My
sin is ever before me.” Solomon saith,
“The day of one’s death is better than
the day of his birth.” And Job said,
‘‘Cursed is the night when I was born.’’
Jeremiah’s life was one of lamenta
tion. The maxims and precepts of
these old prophets and preachers are
wonderfully beautiful and have never
been equalled, but great men are not
always wise, and even Solomon fell
from grace and died accursed. The
man who said, "Rejoice in the wife of
thy youth and be thou always ravished
with her love,” forsook his own and
consorted with a thousand others of all
nations, creeds and colors. He reigned
eighty years and died a disappointed,
dishonored, degraded and miserable old
man. But old age is not necessarily
unhappy. The poet speaks of
“An old age serene and bright,
As lovely as a Lapland night,”
and another poet says: “The world is
very lovely. Oh, my God, t thank Thee
that I live.” Our old age is very much
what we choose to make it. It is a sad
thing to be weary and tired with the
weight of yeare. It Is pitiful to look
upon an old man who never smiles,
who has outlived all social pleasures
and whose company is neither sought
nor desired. For the sake of our neigh
bors and friends it is our duty to be
cheerful in their company. We should
sometimes smile even if we have to
force it. Let us grow old gracefully.
I have now in mind just such an one—
a hale, healthy o’d-time gentleman of
four score years, whose presence is al
ways welcome and whose children,
grandchildren and neighbors and
friends give him glad greeting when he
comes. He will be missed when he
dies, for the world is better that
he lives in it. His Christian faith, his
Mhoral conduct, his good example and
his cheerful disposition are a benedcc
tion to the community.
But I was thinking about my wife’s
birthday. There are thirty-seven birth
days in our family, and she knows
them ali and never forgets them. They
average about three a month, but this
one of hers is a notable one. for she is
the maternal ancestor, and this day
fulfills her years and crosses the line.
Seventy years ago she was born, and
not long after that the stars fell. Of
course they did. Seventy is a numeral
of sacred significance. There were sev
enty elders of Israel and seventy wise
men compiled the Old Testament. The
Jews were kept in captivity seventy
years. The Lord sent out seventy of
his disciples to preach and teach the
people, and seventy years is the allot
ted age of mankind. But my wife is
not old. Time has not written any
wrinkles on her brow nor furrows on
her cheek nor silvered her raven hair.
If the long war had not intervened she
would not look more than 50 years
now. But the wear and tear of the
war and anxiety while fleeing from the
foul invader, with six hungry children
tagging after her, made years of
months and weeks of days. But women,
especially mothers, can endure more
distress and suffering than men. The
maternal instict keeps them up. They
can suffer and be strong. It looks like
the motherhood of ten children would
wear a woman out, but they seem to
thrive on it. and late in life they take
on flesh and round up all the corners.
But they never stop work. My wife
has made over five thousand little gar
ments and is still making them, for
the little grandchildren keep coming
on. Her reputation for nice needle
work and making buttonholes has been
long established, and she is proud of
it. She never stops sewing until she
loses her spectacles, and then she bor
rows mine. No, she is hot o’d. James
Russell Lowell said of Julia Ward
Howe, on her seventieth birthday that
It was better to be seventy years
younger than forty years old. It is
this endurance, this cheerfulness in ad
versity that makes the women outlive
tha men. There fire three times as
many widows lh this community as
widoWSrs. There fire seventeen ift our
little Presbyteriah Chlitch and only
four widowers, and the war was not
the cause of it. Maternal love is a pre
servative of health. It is a tonic, a
promoter of digestion, a panacea,
whereas ft mith Will pursue money un
it. he loses his digestion. St. Paul
said that “The love of money is the
root of all evil,” but he had no thought
of applying it to women, for she has
no love for money. If she gets any she
is not happy until she spends it, The
girls Baid their mother wanted anew
bonnet, 60 they bought brie for her
birthday, and all I had to do was to
pay for it. She always lets me do that.
She is a free trader and will keep me
in decent clothes whether I want them
or not. She always was a free trader.
I was a merchant before we were mar
ried and she wa* my best Customer.
She never asked the price of anything,
but just bought what 6he wanted and
trusted me to tote fair and deal justly.
Good gracious! What a long time
ago that was. and hew trim arid beauti
ful shfi was to me. She wore No. 2
shoes and stepped like a fawn and
flashed her Pocahontas eyes bewiteh
ingly when she said goodby. She can
flash them yet. Seventy years old and
gwine on 71—trying to catch up, May
be she will when I am dead, but not
till theh. I remember Wheti i was
twice as Old Its she was, for I was 12
and she was 6, but she keeps gaining
on me. I remember when she was in
her early teens and wore short dresses
and pantalets and rode a fast pacing
horse while her long black Indian hair
hung in tresses down her back. She
was a daisy then, and she is a daisy
yet, sometimes. But she can’t climb
’simmon trees any more. She is 70 —
the mother of ten children and twenty
grandchildren, and they are scattered
from New York to the halls of the
Montezumas. She Is troubled now
about her baby boy, who lives under
the dark shadows of Popocatopetl, in
Mexico, which means the smoking
mountain and is smoking now and
maybe will burst forth in these vol
canic times and destroy the people as
at Martinique. Two weeks from today
will be my birthday and she will give
me something, I know hot —not a bon
net, but perhaps a summer hat from
Porto Rico. A bird in the air whis
pered that to me. —Bii! A.rp, in Atlanta
Constitution.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
British Embassy Officially Notified of
Surrender of Boers—Roosevelt is
Furnished Copy of Cablegram.
The officials of the British embassy
in Washington share the jubilant feel>
ing existing in London over the termi
nation of the war in South Africa.
They view with much satisfaction the
close of the long struggle.
Offleai notice of the signing of the
terms of surrender came to Mr. Rakes,
the British charge, in a cablegram
from the foreign office. It was very
brlaf and was in accord with the state
ments contained in the Associated
Press dispatches.
President Roosevelt was furnished a
copy of the Associated Press dispatch
giving the news of the signing of the
surrender terms.
The impression prevails in official
circles that the terms of surrender
named by the British in their negotia
tions with the Boers have been very
liberal in character, perhaps from the
double desire to bring the war to a
close and to have this happy event
formally proclaimed before the coro
nation of King Edward.
From a commercial point of view,
the cessation of hostilities will result
beneficially to American exports .to
South Africa, the report issued from
time to time by the foreign commerce
bureau of the state department show
ing that they have suffered considera
bly since the beginning of the war
several years ago.
DR. PALMER BURIED.
Services Attended by Greatest Throng
Since Death of Jefferson Davis.
The funeral of Rev. Dr. B. M. Pal
mer at New Orleans Friday, was at
tended by thousands of people of all
classes and creeds.
No such funeral, in point of num
bers, has been seen in the city since
that of the late confederate president,
Jefferson Davis, who died there.
All the commercial exchanges were
closed, as well as many places of busi
ness and the flag on the city hall was
floated at half mast.
CARE FOR CONEDERATE GRAVES.
House Passes Bill that May Prove Im
portant Precedent.
The house Thursday passed a bill
for the improvement and care of con
federate mounds in Oakwood ceme
tery, Chicago. Mr. Loud, •of Califor
nia. called attention to the fact that
there were buried at Confederate
Mound twelve union soldiers and 4.035
confederates and expressed the opin
ion that the bill would be the first step
in the direction of national care for
the graves of the confederate dead.
OCQoial Organ of Dado COunty
TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. JUNE 6.1902
Tit* Fool’d trick.
They said he had a fool’s good luck*
Until onfe luckless day.
He risked and lost his all. They stuck
Their noses up then, free to own
That any fool might well have known
’Twould turn out just that way,
That’s all they had to say.
Record Herald.
Married.
“Well, madam, you’ve got your wish
—you’ve married a ricJi husband.”
“No dear, I’ve married a rich man,
but a poor husband.”—Tit-Bits.
Vnlsces.
“Pa, are palaces always big?”
“No, my boy. Ally little old shaek‘ll
fid for a ‘palace of art’ at a oue-horse
exposition.’*—-Chicago Record-Hei r Id.
An Order*
Druggist—“Well,what do you Want?'*
The Kid “I wants somethin’ dat’ll
grow a big black mustache in a week
or so.”—New York .l<>uruul.^£M|MßM|
Reputation. u
Mrs. Trout—“l’m afraid our little
Speckles is small for iris age.” *
Mr. Trout—“ Don't worry. If any
one catches him he’ll figure as a pound
lud a half at least.”—New York Sun.
The Real Thinfc.
“My queen!” exclaimed her adorer,
timidly, “may I kiss the royal hand?”
“My faithful subject,” replied the
youqg woman, with the air of one gen
tly chiding him, ijyhat Is the’ matter
With the royal lipsS”—Tit-Bits.
By Mall.
In her missive the maiden sent a
thousand kisses.
"Printed matter?” asked the clerk at
ttie postolflce
“Not yet!” the maiden faltered, col
oring iu sweet confusion.—Puck.
' Well Horn.
Do Style—“l hear Miss Manhattan
comes from fighting stock.”
Gunbusta—“Yes, her mother engaged
in !)91 bargain sales; fought through
091 bridge jams itnd participated in
ninety-nine paracU crowds.” New
York Sun. *
An Easy Way.
“I wish,” be said iu a dreamy sort
of way, “that I knew what she really
thinks of me.”
“Why don't you find out the name of
the girl to whom she confides her se
crets and call on her some time?”—
Chicago Itecord-lleiald.
First Fruits.
Kindergartner— I “Children, this morn
ing I have a surprise for you. I have
brought a lovely btg rubber plant for
us to have in our room, and every day
we will water it arid ” ,
Grade —“Oh, Miss 11., can’t I have
the first pair of lubbers?”—Chicago
Tribune.
Work* Both Ways.
“We are continually being misrepre
sented by the newspapers,” said the
irate statesman.
“Well,” answered Senator Sorghum,
‘if tlie press was successful in its ef
forts to be absolutely accurate, some
of us would never get into office.”—
Washington Star.
A Faury.
* j
Lion—“Do you mind taking off yjur
clot lies?”
Bertie—“ W—why?”
I.ion—“Only a little fancy of mine. I
prefer iny food without dressiug.”—
The King.
I>rawin the Line.
“If there is anything I resent,” said
Mr. Sirius Barker, as he took a bite of
graham bread and sipped bis gruel,
“it’s tlie assumption of titles of distinc
tion by any and everybody.”
“Yes,” answered the friend, “we do
have a great, many ‘majors’ and ‘colo
nels’ and ‘judges’ who are neither mil
itary men nor lawyers*
“Yes. I’m a patient man. But I
draw the line somewhere. I am just
waiting for somebody to come along
calling himself ‘professor,’ because be’s
a champion ping-pongs-player. Then
I'm goir.g to say something sarcastic.”
—Washington Star,
Our. Budget
of Humor.
SENATE HISSES CARMACK,
Declaration that Soldiers are Forced
to Lie Creates Sensation.
Hissing in the senate is so unusual
that when it occurred in the course of
the Philippine debate Saturday it crea
ted a sensation. Mr. Spooner, of Wis
cohsitt, was speaking and referred in
cidentally to the story that a thou
sand Filipinos had been put to death
by American troops in trenches which
thby were compelled to dig,
Mr. Lodge, Massachusetts, said the
story had been denied by the father of
the soldier who had started it, and that
the war department had cabled to
General Chaffee to ascertain the facts.
Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee, inter
rupted to say that no doubt the soldier
would deny the story, as all soldiers In
the Philippines had been ■ required to
do. His remark was greeted with
hisses from the galleries, the demon
strations of disapprobation calling out
a sharp rapping of the gavel from the
chair.
Mr. Spooner occupied nearly five
hours of the session in concluding his
speech begun Thursday. He maintain
ed that the United States could not
leave the Philippines “like a coward”
and abandon who come under our
protection, thus surrendering them to
“tyranny and chaos.’” He be
lieve in the admission of the’’^**V ( J)
pines to the union as states, but fit
conduct of the island nothing savoring
of imperialism had been suggested ex
cept for party purposes. He charged
that an incessant effort had been made
by the minority to put this country'in
the wrong and to stain the country
with dishonor/
Receivers For Oil Company.
Judge Tarvin, in the Kenton county
circuit court at Covington, Ky., has
appointed a receiver of the Texas and
Louisiana National Oil Company.
stock
3rT2.000.000.
Means Death to Train Robbers, j
Senator Platt, of New York,
day introduced a bill making train rob
bery a felony and providing tW death
penalty for the offense.
CANADIANS ARE VT3ILANT.
They Rejoice that the
Costly Boer ' Mr is Ended.
The peace South Africa
was greeted at Otfowa, Ont., by demon
strations of joy. The bell in the city
hall was rung for ten minutes. The
mayor arranged for a demonstration
Monday to celebrate the ending of the
war. Flags were hoisted on public and
private buildings; a royal salute was
fired at noon, and the school children
were given a half holiday. Monday
night there was a display of fireworks
and a military parade.
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NEW GEORGIA POSTMASTERS.
Places In Four Fourth-Class Offices
Supplied—More Salary Increases.
A Washington special says: Geor
gia drew four fourth-class postmasters
Monday as follows: W. N. Yarbo
rough, Bingham, Coffee county; C. T.
Wiley, Gratis, Walton county; J. R.
Lasseter, Hill, Berrien county; Bailey-
Carpenter, Ways Station, Bryan coun
ty.
On the nineteenth annual readjust
ment of postmasters’ salaries, increas
es or SIOO each are announced today
for the following Georgia offices: Mad
ison, Moultrie, Quitman. Savannah,
Tallapoosa, Thomasville, Waycross,
Milledgeville, Newnan, Sandersville,
Statesboro, Thomaston and Valdosta.
There is also a S2OO increase at Way
cross.
Two new rural delivery routes for
Georgia were announced: Route No.
2. Bowersville, Hart county; Route No.
2, Hartwell, Hart county.
Western Miners are Dissatisfied.
The Kansas miners’ convention Is
preparing a schedule of wages which
will be submitted to the operators. In
case the demands are not granted it
is understood that the miners will or
der a general western strike.
Schley as Memorial Day Orator.
. Rear Admiral Schley delivered the
Memorial day address at Bangor, Me.
The address, though brief, was a grace
ful tribute to the defenders of the na
tion in the civil and Spanish-American
wars.
PLANS OF SEABOARD.
Scheme by Which Road is *o Enter
Birmingham is Financed.
Financial arrangements have been
completed for the entrance into Bir
mingham, Ala., of the Seaboard Air
Line. New York, Baltimore and Rich
mond interests compose the underwrit
ing syndicate which has agreed to un
derwrite $5,300,000 of bonds which
will be a first mortgage on the Bir
mingham extension and a direct lien
on the Seaboard Air Line. .
WATERY GRAVE FOR FOUR.
Young Hero Goes Down to Death After
Having Saved Three Lives.
Four persons were drowned Wednes
day night by the capsizing of a row
boat in the Columbia river, near Mar-
Bluff, near Kalama, Oregon.
Besides those drowfied there were in
the boat Mrs. Jones, Mrs. E. C.- Mar
tin and Ella, Martin.
Herbert Martin saved his mother,
one eister and Mrs. Jones. After tak
ing them to shore he swam back to
save the rest of the party, but became
exhausted and was drowned with three
others.
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