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Fitzgerald Leader
1800.
II.
WAY & JAY,
Attorney-at-Law »
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Omen-In the Slayton & Kern building on
Pino avenue.
12, W. Hyman, L,. Kennedy.
Of South Dakota. Of Savannah.
RYMAN& KENNEDY,
Office— In Fitzgerald Block.
DR. C. A. HOLTZENDORF,
DEWTTIST
Office— In Slayton & Kern building,'oppo¬
site Commercial boteL Fitzgerald, Ga
Phone 21.
DR. J. H. POWELL,
(Late of tho Best American Hospitals)
Specialist in Chronic Diseases
Of Men rtnd Women,
Office at residence, S- Main street. (Perma¬
nently located.
For Fins Watch and Jsvelsry Repairing,
GoTo
C. S. BALDWIN,
The Leading Jeweler and Optician. He
is up-to-date. Have a diploma from one of
the best Watchmaker’s Institutes. Eves ex¬
amined free. Glass from 10 cents to $10.
NICK RENKES,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Tin 8c Woodenware
Atid Crockery.
South Main stree, between Magnolia and
Jessamine.
E. NICHOLSON,
Auctioii e e r 9
East Pine Avenue,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Ib now prepared to give rates on short notice.
Having had fifteen years experience, perfect
Satisfaction is guaranteed. For rates and
bills cal! at Leader office.
Palace Hotel,
Wm. H. Smith, Prop.
Cor. Jessamine and Main Streets.
We arc now making special rates to our fel¬
low colony members from the North. When
you reach the depot here have the hack driver
take you to the
Palace Hotel
Everything new and strictly first-class.
Over Thirty Years
Experience atthebencYi. H. V Wett-
st in. Watchmaker. Jeweler, Si ilver-
smith and Optician.
Herrington
& CO.
Cor. {Lee an<1 Oconee Sts ,
Invite the ladies to call and inspect
their complete line of
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Latest Styles, Lowest Prices. Sat¬
isfaction guaranteed. 13
For Tailor Suits
CALL ON
E. J. DANCY,
Pins Ay-, Next Door to Commercial Hotel
A perfect fit guaranteed. A trial is all I ask.
All garments cut and made on premises.
Cleaning. Repairing and Pressing Specialt?.
BEAR IN MIND— nofsend the
LEADER to any address unless paid form
#4 vanoe. No cash, no paper.
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE."
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 15. 1897.
GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
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! 29th ANNAUL MEETING
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Macon’s «to Hospitality -lhe Outing, ,v Etc.
After a week’s outing with the
Georgia Press Association daily we return labors
to Fitzgerald and our and
much refreshed in mind body.
The Mrs. Fitzgerald contingent, Knapp, Mrs. consisting
of B. F. J. G.
Knapp and the writer, enjoyed the
trip to its fullest extent, and sweet
memories with of the outing will linger
us for many years to come.
We left Fitzgerald on Saturday,
March 27th, and arrived in Macon in
the afternoon of the same day and
u : ere piloted to the private home of
Mrs. Chambers, where arrangements
Geo. had been Ketehum, previously the genial made and by Colonel
accom¬
plished city editor of the Telegram. furnished
In the evening tickets were
us by Col. Ketehum and we play had the
pleasure of witnessing the of
“ Trilby” in Macon’s spacious play
house.
Sunday morning we attemleckdivine
services at Christ’s church (Episcopal) Methodist
and in the eveuiug at the
church, where we enjoyed two splen¬
did sermons.
Monday Brown noon we took luncheon at
the House, the guests of Col.
Ketehum and son. Right here per¬
mit us to say that the table service
this had popular hostelery was the best
we on the entire trip.
The Press Association met in the
and parlors of the Brown House order at 2:30
the meeting called to by H.
H. Caban is, president of the associa¬
tion. The usual order of business was
soon disposed of, after which the old
officers of the association were re-elec¬
ted for the ensuing year. The meet¬
ing then adjourned to Tuesday morn¬
ing at 9:30. Before adjournment,
however, Major Winters, manager of
the Consolidated Street Car line, and
who, by the way, has a heart as big as
a saw mill, tendered the members
of the association the courtesies of his
road, which were accepted, and a de¬
lightful ride was taken out to the Log
Cabin Club house, a distance of some
four miles, where we found refresh¬
ments awaing us, prepared The by club the
good people delightful of Macon. place, and the
house is a
two hours spent there will not soon be
forgotten by the members of the Press
Association.
In the evening a sumptuous banquet
was given at the Brown House, at
which over 200 guests were present,
Mr. Mathews, acting as toast-master,
who delivered an address of welcome
in behalf of the city of Macon. Pres¬
ident Cahanis responded in behalf of
the Association. Both addresses were
complete and to the point and were
loudly Gov. encored.
Atkinson was present as an
invited guest. He responded when bis
name was called. He spoke at .some
length of the grand work the press
of Georgia is doing noble for the upbuilding The
of our grand and state.
Governor was loudly applauded at the
close of his able address.
The pleasuses of the occasion were
somewhat marred v hen President
Cahanis announced that he had just
received a message calling him back
to Atlanta, and that it would be im¬
possible for him to go with us. His
announcement was received with
heart-felt regrets, as he had labored so
hard for the success of the meeting
and outing.
The next morning, promptly at 9:30,
the association met at the Brown
House and was called to order by
Mr. John Triplett, who had been com¬
missioned by Pres. Cahanis- to act as
chairman and to have charge of the
press gang on their annual outing.
And right here permit us to say that
Bro. Triplett performed his duties
without slipping entire a cog and to the sat¬
isfaction of the party.
The morning meeting was of short
duration. After hearing the report of
several committees, payment of dues,
etc., the 26th annual meeting of the
Georgia Press Association adjourned,
subject to call of the president.
At 11:55 the editorial party boarded
the Georgia Southern, a magnificent
coach being assigned to the members
of the press association. The train
was in charge of Mr. Geo. Macdonald,
the obliging by general passenger agent,
assisted Maj. Glessner, land com¬
missioner, of the Georgia Southern,
who made the journey from Macon to
with Palatka, mirthful Fla., jokes delightful pointing for us all
and out
scenes of interest along the route.
We arrived in Palatka on time and
were soon conveyed to the Putnam
House, where, after a good night’s
rest and breakfast, we spent two hours
in seeing the sights of this pretty little
city, nestling on the hanks of the St.
Johns river. This noble stream, as is
well known to students, is one of the
few rivers that flow north. It rises in
mdZTih^AtSirSnSi
course of 300 miles. For thirty miles
!t * 8 P ara,,el with the Indian river
the coast and not over ten miles from
il - Large steamers ascend to Sanford,
193 miles by the river from Jackson-
sonville. ford For Johns sixty miles below San-
the St. is narrow and often
crooked. Throughout the lower part
of its course it is seldom less than a
mile in width. One of its expansions,
Lake George, is about twelve miles
long and nine miles wide.
Palatka is beautifully situated,
although date we can’t say her people are
up what to in making has more beautiful
them. nature The city graciously given
is dotted here and
there with beautiful homes, surrounded
with beautiful flowers and rare plants,
Her business bouses are substantial
and clean, and filled with, large stocks
of goods. Altogether we were favor-
ably impressed with Palatka. If the
people of Palatka want to be more
prosperous tention they must pay more at¬
and to less agricultural skinning and manufact¬
ures to tourists who
visit them three months during the
winter. We are led to this conclu¬
sion after paying our bill at the Put¬
man (83.00 per day), where table
service is nothing to be compared
with the Brown IllHise, Macon.
At 10:30 we boarded the Florida
East Coast Railway for Palm Beach,
where we arrived at 8:30 in the even¬
ing. This was a long and tiresome
journey, with but little to be seen on
the entire ronte. In fact a most deso¬
late country, except here and there
pretty little towns along Indian river.
The orange trees are coming to the
front again, and should Jack Frost
keep away, this sections of Florida ’
will be prosperous again. The
thought is well illustrated by a brief
conversation we had with a native.
In answer to the inquiry how they
managed to live there since their
orange trees were all killed he said:
“0, we live on fish in the summer, and
off the rich northern Yankees in the
winter.”
At Palm Beach, our party were
ushered into the Royal Poinciana
a raagnificient hotel on lake Worth.-
This Tiotel and grounds are as near a
paradise here on earth as human
hands and money can make it. The
entire grounds are covered with trop¬
ical plants and flowers; cocanut
and date trees, etc., and looking to¬
wards the lake one is lost in wonder
and amazement. The dining room of
the Royal is capable of seating 1200
people and during the winter months
the guests number from 1500 to 1800.
Our party had a splendid boat ride
on the lake going a distance of 8
miles up the lake to Pitts’ island, stop¬
ping at several points along the rout.e-
For the pleasure of this trip our party
are indebted to Capt. Frank Hall,
Dahlonega, Ga., who came down last
fall to spend the winter with his
mother.
In the afternoon our party visited
the beach and many of them for the
first time saw the mighty ocean, with
its huge waves rolling and the pretty
“white caps” jumping in the distance.
On the shore was a dead shark, 7 feet
and 4 inches long, and a mammoth
king fish, very near the same length,
that had been caught a few days be¬
fore with baited hooks. The shark
is an ugly looking “critter,” and we
have no earthly use for such monsters
In the evening our party boarded
the train for Miami, reaching our
destination about 11 o’clock. After a
good night’s rest and breakfast, we
visited the principal points of interest
during the forenoon.
At i o’clock we went down to the
wharf, where 32 of our party boarded
an ocean steamer for Nassau, Bahama
Islands, a distance of about 145 miles
from Miami. Promptly at 2 o’clock
the boat put out to sea. Of course
good-bys and tears were said and shgd
as the boat was leaving the wharf.
About twenty of our party remained
behind, ten of whom boarded a naptha
launch and enjoyed a splendid miles, ride
up the Miami river five or six
where we had an outside view of the
everglades. Returning to Miami our
launch headed for the old government
light house on the beach and across
Biscayne bay, a distance of eight miles
from Miami. An hour "was spent on
the beach gathering shells and other
curiosities. Darkness caught us on the
bay, and as our'launch and the waves
were rolling pretty high the fair sex of
our party were somewhat frightened.
However, we reached shore in due
time, and a little latter were at our
hotel, where we found an excellent
“dinner” awaiting us.
Miami is a hustling little city of about
1200 inhabitants, and is located on
Biscayne bay, and surrounds Fort
Dallas, at the mouth of the Mi¬
ami River, the southern terminus of
the Florida East Coast Railway, 366
miles from Jacksonville, and the south¬
ernmost railroad station of the United
States. Miami is also at the southern
end of the East Coast Canal. It is in
river and the bay, and ZZSStZ is shipping
a
]>oint of growing importance. The
elegant distinguishable feature of Miami is the
Hotel Royal Palm, built by
Henry the M. Flagler in 1896. All of
climate surroundings enchanting, are tropical, and the
is
Saturday morning, about 5 o’clock,
our party boarded the train for home,
The train first backed down to the
boat landing, and in a few minutes a
big steamer "came in from Key
Her passengers were soon transferred
to our train and in a few minutes were
speeding on our way homeward, arriv-
ing in Palatka about 6 o’clock in the
evening. Here our party separated,
a number going to Jacksonville and
others to St. Augustine to spend the
Sabbath. The writer and pa rty
arrived in Tifton at 12:12 Sunday
and morning, reaching Fitzgerald, the best
iivest town of them all, at 5
o’clock, B. F. K.
A Model Shoe Store.
The Leader calls special
to the ad. of the Savannah shoe store
to be found in this issue. They have
one of the neatest arranged shoe
stores to be found in the State, and
tjreir large stock of shoes are the latest
and most durable foot wear ever
opened up iu this part of the State.
They have recently had tlieir store
room in the Fitzgerald block, fixed up
ifl handsome slfape, which is a credit
to a city ten times the size of Fitzger¬
ald. Messrs. Tatel and Ilershfield,
the managers, are up-to-date business
men, and are not sparing time nor
money in presenting to the people a
shoe store that we can all feel proud
of They have a bigspringopening of
shoes Saturday. Call and see the latest
foot wear. The ladies are especially
invited
A New lndnstiy.
Mr. Sidney Lascelles has success¬
fully completed arrangements for con¬
ducting a merchandise brokerage
business on a scale which places him,
in a position to supply the needs of ouf.
merchants at lSwer prices than they
have heretofore been able to purchase
their goods. He lias been appointed
broker and agent for some of the
largest manufacturers and shippers in
ttie country. In a few days he will
open an additional office in the Fitz¬
gerald block adjoining his present
quarters, iu which he will carry a full
line of samples and receive daily quo¬
tations from all points, and issue a
price list every morning, which will
be distributed to every dealer in the
city. The new office will practically
be the “Merchant’s Exchange of Fitz¬
gerald,” will be open from 8 a. in. un¬
til 5 p. m., and give all dealers an op¬
portunity of seeing beforehand what
they are purchasing.
ORDINANCE NO. 31.
An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance
No. Fourteen.
lie it Ordained by the City Council of
City of Fitzgerald. Ga.
Section 1. That section one of or¬
dinance 14 of said city shall be and
the same is hereby amended so that
said section shall read as follows:
From and after the passage of this or¬
dinance all persons owning or keeping
any dogs within the city limits, shall
be required to pay an annual tax upon
the same of $1 for each male dog and
83 for each female dog, and such per¬
son shall be required to obtain from
the city clerk as the evidence of such
payment of tax a tag which shall he
numbered and registered by the clerk,
and said tag must be worn suspended
from a collar on the neck of the dog
upon whom such tax is paid.
Sec. 2. Amend section two of said
ordinance by striking therefrom the
words “recorder’s office” in the 7tli
line of the printed notice of such or¬
dinance. and insert iu lieu thereof
these words, “City hall, postoffice and
at three other public places in the
and also amend said section by
adding to the end thereof these words:
ciiief of police shall be allowed
retain the fees provided in this or¬
for taking up stock, as com¬
for his services iu such mat¬
ter.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained.
section three of said ordinance
amended by striking from the 18th
of the printed notice of said ordi¬
nance the words “two weeks” and in¬
in lieu thereof the words “one
week.”
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after its first publica¬
tion in the official paper.
Passed April 12th, 1897.
Approved April 13th, 1897.
C. C. Goodnow, Mayor.
Attest :
II. II. IvACiucn, City Clerk, (l. s.)
They Recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.
In a letter to the manufacturers,
Messrs. Davis & Buzzard, of West
Monterey. Pa., says: Chamberlain’s
Remedy has cured people
whom oar physicians could do noth¬
for. We persuaded them to try a
of it and they now recommend
it, as do the rest of us. For sale at
and 50 cents per bottle by J. H
& Co., Druggists.
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We have received a complete
line of Ladies’, Misses’, Babys’, ,
Gentlemens’, Boys’ and Youths’
Shoes, Oxford Ties
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All shapes and latest styles in
many shades: Black Russet,
Ox Blood and others. Every
pair of Shoes are in up-to-date
fashion.
Our Shoes are made by the most prominent manufac-
Hirers like W. L. Douglass & Co., Yal. DukenoTer & Sons and
others.
Remember, when we guarantee you a pair of shoes, should
they'not prove to be as represented, we will make the same
good in the most cheerful manner.
feTBring your your old shoes, as we also do repairing.
. . Respectfully,
TATEL & HERSHFIELD,
Managers,
FITZGERALD BLOCK.
Grand Spring Opening
or- -w
Harrison res, ▼
Our Spring Goods have arrived. They are exquisite.
The Latest Styles and Cheaper than ever. Watch
THURSDAY, FRIDAY aed SATURDAY,
Our Grand Spring Opening Days.
15,16 and. XT tli.
Every department is complete and ready for your
inspection. We handle Dry Goods, Notions, Gents
Furnishing Goods of all kinds; Clothing for Boys,
Youths and Men ; Shoes, Hats, Trunks and Valises,
Come ami examine. No trouble to show goods, Samples freely given.
Having been among the unfortunate, we were burned out, you reniem-
her. on Fine Av. and Grant St., Dec. 22, 1896, hut were not discouraged,
and have come among you again better equipped than ever, ami most
earnestly ask a share of your kind patronage, and will earnestly en-
deav-or to please and guarantee l'oura Anxious perfect to Please, satisfaction.
HARRISON BROS. 5
HAMLIN & CHAM BLESS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Grain. Hay, Meal,
Lime, Plaster Paris and Hair.
Prices Guaranteed as Low
as any Wholesale House in Southwest
Georgia.
Warehouse on Tifton & Northeastern Railw ay Track.
Four Patronage Solicited FITZGERALD, GA.