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The Fitzgerald * Leader. Established. 1806. VOL. II. AT COST! t Below M! COMMENCING Saturday#Monday. If you doubt what we say come ancl ses - Ever y- thing in our store must g0 - We d0n ’* W “‘ t0 move our goods and are bound to sell them. Look at these prices: No. S Stoves, regular price, S12.00. Now §10.00 No. 7 Stoves, regular price, $10.00. Now $.00 No. S Till Wash Boilers, copper bottom, regular price31.00. ’Now.......... SO Store Lamps complete, regular price, *3.00. Now .................. 2 00 N o; 10 Imperial Plow, regular price §0.00- Now........................... 7 00 Large size Russian Iron Heater, regular P AN^)ther Goods in eroportionf W i .. m) M MARIi co - Bargains! AT POPULAR STORE ON SSarch 28 . Our New Spring Line of LADIES SHIRT WAISTS Have just arrived, and are of the very latest shades and patterns; in fact are all round lip up-to-date Waists. ' Fine Organdes at.......... 9c Sea Island Percale, 36 inches Uc Fancy Prints from......... 4@ 51c Spring Outings at.......... 61c Scotch Lawns, fast colors .. 4.1c Bleached and Unbleached Muslin, 36 inches wide, from 51 to 7c A complete line of Gents Bows, Foiir-in-IIand and Scarfs at prices that will puzzle any competition, 8 @“Reineinher you don’t have to buy to examine our stock. Goods sold uncut can be returned and money refunded if goods are not in every way satisfactory. HURST BROS Next Door to Postoffice. FRFD L. BIGHAM, Contractor # Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Address Lock BoxJ8, Fitzgerald, Georgia. “MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.” FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 25, 1897. DEADLY CYCLONE! AT ARLINGTON, GA. The Arlington Academy Demolished ami Six Children Killed anil Many More Will Die— Ilenrt-Keiiding Scenes, Etc. AUUNGl'dS', Ga., March 22.—The Angel of Death swept over this com- munity today and black sorrow marks his awesome wake. In liis most terrible form,the mighty cyclone, he came, and his chosen ones were little children. s , Few families in Arlington can thank C.od tonight that no one of their pre clou? ones have not felt Azrael’s fatal t ouc | ) sky As a stroke the death-dealing of lightning froth blast. 1 f With clear Came no warning it caught up the Arlington Academv, crushed the great building with its inmates into an awful mass of mangled, agonized human bodies and splintered timbers and then passed on. There were two teachers and thirty- five children in the buildijig when the cyclone touched it. less Eight of the little ones are dead, not than a dozen more teachers are beyond hope, one ot the can hardly be saved, while the other has been injured nigh unto death. Of the others who were in the fatal structure not one escaped grave Kei « £ OSt “ “«« the dead ns far as can be now known : 5 S£r Johnson, Maude. M’Murry, Willie. 1 utnam, OlIie. Roberts, Clarence. ProfiWMke/hi received injuries of suck serious nature that little hope is entertained that his life may lie saved, while Prof. Covington’s eondi- tion is also serious. The people were stunned by the aw- fill calamity which lias fallen upon work of rescue, which was carried on with the energy of freenzy until the iast suffering child had' been jua^ as comfortable'as was possible, and tue sarftJKJjtt “ b “" A description of the scenes about the place of the eatrastrophe while the search was in progress is beyond the power of words. Fathers and moth- ers, from whom their children had been ruthlessly snatched without a moment’s warning, at first dazed, were crazed when they realized the horn- bie truth, mingled their cries with those of the sufferers and spurred those engaged in the work of rescue to added effort. Blakely and other towns within reach lost no time in sending their physicians and nurses to assist our possible stricken lias people, been done so that alleviate everything to the suffering of those who survive. Only two other buildings in this Mr. W. D. Cowdrey and Dr. W. E. Saunders. These buildings were both completely wrecked, but none of their occupants were seriously injured. The business section of the city was fully and 500 yards beyond harmed the but danger line was not it is hardly necessary to say that not a soul in the city would give fervent thanks to-night if every business house here had been swept from the face of the earth had the academy spared. and its in- estimable treasures been The Arlington Academy was a handsome two-story structure, which was built about two years ago. It was in charge of Professors Covington and Walker and was patronized generally by the people of Arlington and the surrounding country. No news has yet been received here of further loss of life or property, but it is feared that when news does come from the outlying districts that in addi¬ the course of the mighty wind be tions to the death list will made, and that Arlington will not alone be called upon to mourn for loved ones who have fallen victims to the power of the scourge. Ablington, Ga., March 23.—Ar¬ lington, the scene of the disaster, is 40 miles from Albany Southwestern on the Blakely extension of the branch of the Central. There is one train a day from Albany, arriving here in the afternoon. It is an islated spot. The town wears an aspect of the most ab¬ mourning. Crape hangs from a dozen doors and every person seems to be strickeu with a dull sort this of grief. little There a eight families in town bf 1500 people who are mourning the sudden and violent death of child¬ ren. Some of them are now weeping over the crushed and bleeding victims in whose bodies the spark qf life still It seems a dreadful freak of the storm that all of its victims should have been children. Only two the grown people were badly hurt in town and these wero the professors, W. A. Covington and W. J. Walker, who were in the academy when it was struck by the cyclone. Prof. Coving¬ ton had a narrow escape and was res¬ cued from the debris with only a few bruises, while Prof. Walker has a broken leg and other serious injuries alK i ma y die, One of the most pitiful scenes is presented tie by Amy Colly, a sweet She lit- maiden of very tender years. has a crushed skull and was otherv ise badly mutilated by the falling timbers, Dudley Ivilbrew presents a shock- i«g aspect. He was literally covered up by beams of wood and lias both legs broken. He will be a helpless cripple, even if he is spared from. Uciltll. . ..... The annual meeting of the Georgia teachers’association will he held at arm fo P rm q s th,s • vear ’ A 01le Iare - rate on all railroads will be allowed the pedagogue. — ■ ■ The _ Fitzgerald Leader learilJ! that a movement is on foot to place that thrifty city in direct boat con- .. th the and , that , fudly ", 10I) w, Brunswick, sea, We essen- hope means that it is true. Brunswick desires a closer connection with the hustliim * ^ ^Bnin.ick Adv. rtta , It i s said that Sam Jones, at one of bis meetings, called „„ Ml tie men " ll0 had “ever said an unkind word about their wives to stand up. Two men responded. Then the evangelist asked all the women who had never T’ ke " ““kindly to their husbands to telx stood - “ Sit down!” shouted Jones, “ Now, I want the congregation ~ to pray for these liars!” ---------—---- -The Abbeville Chronicle has re¬ sinned publication. We quote the u 1 exchanges will kindly nia<ce mention , of our request, that sub- scribers send in their names and ad- dresses together with dates or sub- «*•<•*-'>« •'» our mallln g hsts were destroyed when our office burned, they will greatly oblige us and the courtesy will be iHlly up- predated, ' — 1 / there ever was a time, says an exchange, when the farmer who is hard pressed financial!? could not af- f 1 . , . o^ , teep jiooi stock, it is . at pres- ent ' Hie poorer the farmer is the more necessity there is for keeping only the best stock, because it is the only kind in which there is any - profit, 1 ^ 111 1 ,nen can a drd to ^ ee P ' - scrubs. It requires a bank account to maintain a farm on which scrub stock j s kept, and if the farmer does not lifive i, balance to liis credit, l„ ..... have t0 bo/ro ' v froni those who v 0lu . home newspaper may charge y ou a few cents more for your job printing than the city offices charge an d at the same time give vou two d&llar loeal advertisements'free of 1 iar ^* -that , s one thing . a newspa- ; per likes to do—advertise its patrons, even though the editor knows he is giving away • much more than he gets ° W . , ont , , somehow , or other , , he cant , f° r 1 */® of him get up the courage to give free puffs to concerns that send all of their job printing away never ’ advertise in the home 1 *, and sometimes ,. do , not even subscribe. , A newspaper is one of those reciprocal institutions which never fails to help those w ] 10 be ]p 1 j t _g x The Dangers of the Grip. greatest danger from La Grippe is of its resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy taken all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for la grippe we have yet to learn of a single case having re¬ sulted in pHeumonia which shows conclusively that this remedy is a certain preventive of that dread dis¬ ease. It will effect a permanent cure •in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. The 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J. H. Goodman & Co., Druggists. House and lot, deeded, and furni¬ ture for sale at $110, corner Altamaha and Jackson streets. Call on J. C. Martin, Lee house, 12-tf GET all our kinds prices Job Work’ on B. K. KNAPP, i fkQl fljjj J. G. KNAPP, 12. The Corner Grocery. W. WHITCHARD & BRO.. Pron’rs. We carry a full line of Groceries, Feed and Fertilizers. Magic Stock and Poultry Food, tne only reliable Condition Powder. Aots like magic ! We sell the celebrated “ Atlantic Dissolved Bono,” the best fertilzer on the market, at same price of cheap grades. Call and price our goods. Free Deliver?' Thoms 13 Corner Thomas and Oconee. lies • finwmaa iw> ...... ........................ Cordially Invited i Everybody to come and inspect our New Stock we have just opened on Pine Av., near corner of Grant St., full line of f Etc We are prepared to furnish close estimates for niaterial in large quantities. In Tinware, Crockery, Lamps and House Furnishing Goods, we arc ASPThe positively headquarters for this section. will find it farmers of Irwin and adjoining counties to their interest to come to us for all kinds of Plows, Hoes, Rakes, Shovel, in fall kinds of Farming Implements. We are agents for the Chattanooga Plows. STO\ ES.—We sell from the cheapest to the best. The World's Best—THE GARLAND—is our leader. Harley O Holmes. Turpentine and Lumber Jlill Supplies Hie .Josef Drug Co • 16 to 1 That Corbett and Fitzsim- mons bo% get vvhippecl by • rgiapugili V, t. rt. ‘ to-date Di C 1 a- South Georgia. We carry everything found in a first-class Drug Store. If we should not have what you want we will get it for you - We carry a full line of Drugs and Chemicals. Call ancl see us. We want to get acquainted. Prescriptions carefully compounded Day or Night. We are headquarters for Toilet Soaps ^ and . r, Perfumery. r The Josey Brag Co SEEDS! SEEDS! 't£8S8®8Z Have You Planted Your Gardens ? Have you secured vour Seeds? If not, why don’t for- get to get the best. We carry nothing but the freshest of Seeds for planting. No 3 or 4-year-old seeds on hand. All of our seeds are last year grown and are absolutely fresh, pure and free from dust. Call and sifc our new stock of Seeds. We are located on PINE AVENUE, NEAR GRANT ST. Look for the big sigu, for Seeds. . ’ 3S«- BTJICK7 Fitzgerald Bottling Works, North Grant St. Ail orders will receive prompt attention. OL1N S. McCOY