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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 3 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 I - ! 29th ANNAUL MEETING | _ 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. J: {Hitantd Mlilhm, 15. ^ 3 ^ JtF r -. The kamli SIkm 1 Store. •> T 1 ¥ I X \ Z 1”^J’~1 I 1 ^ /I A L PTl § I > 'S * .m. We have received a complete line of Ladies’, Misses’, Babys’, , Gentlemens’, Boys’ and Youths’ Shoes, Oxford Ties '9 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.