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The Ph H N O m ce > h-J o Leader.
E/StablisHed 1896.
VOL. II.
CLOTHING!
■ e have a full and complete stock of Men
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jBoys suits for Summer wear at lowest
Is. Slimmer Coats 50 and 75c. Xice dark
Vck ^pen and other grades at Cheap $1.00, Pants and good from
Alapaea Coats $1.50.
up, and the largest stock of Straw Hats in
he town, including the imported Chinese Bam-
Hat, tray or turtle shape, very desirable for
sun protector, at 50 and 75 cents. Boys and
Childrens Straw Hats of all description. Mens’
Working Shirts, good quality, 50c, and laundred
Percale from 50c to $1.25. Our goods are all
first-class, and if not found as represented, can
return them and money refunded.
D. C. McCOLLUM,
(f! HARLEY k HOLMES.!
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Good New Goods, Low Prices* f
WE ARE THE LEADING DEALERS IN- /■
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v> Tinware, Stoves and Crockery. $■
We carry ail Elegant Line of PAINTS, Etc. Send for our $
m) Color Card. Our Specialty is Improved
IMPLEMENTS, ’ i m
$ In fact everything needed on the farm. Agents for OH ATT A-
y NOOGA .’iLOWS, Planet, Jr. Cultivators, MeCovmiekmiowers,
Mitchell Celebrated Ore and Two-Horse Wagons. Turpentine W :
(m Mill Supplied, Steijm Mill Fitting^, Emery Wheels, etc.
^ All Goods Guaranteed to be just as represented at time of sale.
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I The Josey Drug Oo.
g A full line of Drugs, Paten Med-
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g icines of all kinds, Druggists’ Sun-
|| 'f dries, Etc., Etc.
Toilet Soaps and Fine Perfumery.
f* g The Finest Soda Fountain in Wire-
& grass Georgia.
& Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night.
| The Josey Drug Oo.
South Grant, Fitzgerald, Ga.
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4 A new and Fresh stock of G oods, and as good coming as the all best the can time. afford—none Please 7 *
better to be had in the market more attention. Look lor the ft »
^ C call and and will receive prompt
see me you of the building,
' name of the proprietor on the front
* Yours Truly, V-V
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IS. W. WHITCHARD &
We a full lino of Groceries. Feed and Fertilizers. Magic +
* carry Poultry Food, tne only reliable Condition Powder. 4
* * Stock and magic We sell celebrated “ Atlantic Dissolved
Acts like ! the price of cheap T .. *)T -
+ * Bone,” the best fertilzer on the market, at same YjQT
* grades. Call and price our goods.
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“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE."
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 13, 1897.
County Correspondence.
To Correspondents—All Jotters tor publi¬
cation must reach us by Monday or Tuesday
of each week. Unless the name of the cor¬
respondent accompanies the letter we will
not publish the same. We will not print the
name of the correspondent or tell who they
are, but want the name as an evidence of Rood
faith. Write news, and do not write anything-
that reflects on the character of anyone.
Ocllla llappeniug.s.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Dr. J. C. Luke 1ms a fine field of
corn.
We are glad to say that Oeilla is
improving.
A heavy fruit crop is expected this
season,
The citizens of Oeilla are getting
plenty of vegetables.
The Hon. Wm. Henderson’s cotton
farm is looking nice.
A good rain through this section
would he of great benefit to the grow¬
ing crops.
Smith, Thomas & Co. will soon have
their saw mill completed, and Oeilla
will not be scarce of lumber.
Mr. L. L. Granbery and workmen
are erecting a depot at this place for
the G. & A. railroad, and the train is
expected soon.
Messrs. J. II. Powell and Reason
Henderson, of Oeilla, visited Abbe¬
ville, Ga., on Saturday night last, and
give ear to the Rev. Sam Jones.
Sycamore Mutterings.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Crops are looking splendid, with
farmers well up with their work.
Mr. II. D. Smith, editor of the Ash-
bum Advance, was in a town a few
hours last Saturday evening.
A large crowd from this place have
gone to-day to hear General Gordon
on’ the “Last Days of the Confeder¬
acy.”
Quite a large number of our people
went up to Cordele to hear Sam Jones
Sunday, and all united in reporting a
very interesting sermon.
Young Patterson shot and instantly
killed a negro boy named Brown at
Ashburn last Thursday. Patterson
surrendered at once to Marshal Gain
Hallman, was tried before a coroner’s
jury, which returned a verdict of jus¬
tifiable homicide.
Last Friday night while Rev. J. W.
Tin ley was attending church at Ash¬
burn, bis horse, which was hitched to
an and out^tandig escaped tree, Rev.Tuiley either broke thinks, loose
or, as
more probably was stolen. At any
rate he lias heard nothing from him
since.
Mrs. Mary Pugh, familiarly known
as Grandma Pugh, died at the resi¬
dence of her sou, Mr. D- II. Mears, in
Sycamore on Thursday night last and
was buried with appropriate cere¬
monies at Pleasant Hill church the
following day. Mrs. Pugh was born
and reared in Pulaski county, where
she resided all her life until a few
years ago, when she removed to this
County, with her two sons, Mr. D. II.
Mears and J. T. Pugh. The beloved
relatives have the sympathy of the en¬
tire community. “ Omega.”
West Fitzgerald Sparks.
From Our Kegular Correspondent.
Lute North is under the weather at
this writing.
Mrs. Brown, who lias be- n very ill
is now slowly improving.
Mr. Ilaggerman’s beautiful new
house is nearing completion.
Mrs. Cliapmiu leaves for her old
home in Minneapolis, Minn., to-day.
Clarence Bosworth and Miss Lucy
Beck visited Mrs. Ettie Van Osdol.
Sunday.
W. Lloyd had his pocket picked of
over eight dollars one day last week.
He was in the postoflice, and when he
got to the grocery store to order some
groceries' pocket-book was gone.
N. W. Van Osdol inis a grape vine
which has grown twenty-seven feet
this summer. Also strawberries bear¬
ing over a mouth, still blooming and
all on new ground, without any ferti¬
lizing.
The Epworth League decorated the
grave of young Mr. Lyon, Sunday af¬
ternoon, the anniversary of his death.
It will be remembered lie was the Ep¬
worth League’s dearlv loved presi¬
dent when he died, and our chapter of
the League in Fitzgerald is named
after him.
This part of town w’as well repre¬
sented at the union gospel temperance
meeting Sunday evening, and every
one was well satisfied with the pro¬
gram. The duet sung by Professor
Sussex and wife was the professor’s
own composition, and the anthem
sung by the U. B. choir was very beau¬
tiful and perfectly rendered. All
the other numbers were interesting
and entertaining. The collection was
good. _______
Sparks From Wolf Pit
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Miss Alice Luke was ttie guest of
Miss Bettie Gaff, Tuesday.
Miss Annie and Sammy Cooper vis¬
ited Austin Lukes Saturday night.
Miss Cleali Swafford attended teach¬
ers’ institute at Fitzgerald, Saturday.
Mrs. Pollman and Mrs. Kettle vis¬
ited at Boss Coopers Thursday p. m.
Miss Cleali Swafford was the guest
(it Miss Etta Pollman Thursday even
fng.
Several of the people in this vicinity
are having a siege with colds these
days. |
Mrs. Petscher was on the sick list
the first of the week, but is better at i
this writing. '
Field Mr. vicinity, and Mrs. attended Rainy, of church the Old at !
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Wolf Pit Sunday.
Mr. Louis Blood and Mr. Loufman
were in Fitzgerald Tuesday on busi¬
ness with Uncle Sam.
Several of the neighbors gathered at
Mr. Pollocks Thursday ana helped
him roll logs and fix up his house.
Here is my Cat", brother or sister
scribes, from Syeampre and West
Fitzgerald, may we near from you
often, with a good grist of items. &
Mrs. Gaff, Jesse and Miss-Bettie
and Annie and Fred Dunbar attended
prayer meeting at Green Balls, near
Dorminey’s Mill, Sunday evening,
Mr. Louis Luke, who is working at
Peter Troupes, was in this vicinity
Sunday, calling oii his friends. Come
again, Louis.
Ilobert Colwell has been accepted as
conductor on the Otter Creek’division
of the 1. C. railroad. Regular trips
with traiu^H.
Miss NanCy Herton, who lias been
on the sick list for awhile, was out to
prayer meeting Tuesday night and
lfciy looked happy.
, Senator D. Foxworthy was on the
sick list the first of last week. lie
was not able to. take but train 56
either Sunday p. m. or Tuesday night,
There is to be a picnic and outing
party from the Wolf Pit vicinity to
the Crisp Landing!-.Saturday, May 8.
Full particulars of the happenings of
the day in next issue. v
There are several of the people of
this vicinity afraid of getting their
names in the paper, and think they
have to walk pretty straight, but they
will get there, by the by.
There are arrangements being made
to hold cbildrens’s day services at
Wolf Pit the last Sunday in this
month, May 30. The program will be
given later on, when the committee on
arrangements get it completed.
One of Hie wonders of our corner is
the traveling postoflice. It beats the
airship that is going over the country
through the air. But wonders never
cease in the. piney woods of south
Georgia. /
The Wolf Pit ball club boys are get¬
ting very impatient waiting for some
other club to cross bats with them.
They say they will play the Tifton or
Abbeville clubs, and would not stand
back to cross bats with the crack nine
of Chicago or New York.
Aunt Laura Blood went huckle¬
berry hunting the other day, and it
seems that she got turned around and
could not find the way home for
awhile, and did not know where she
was, but she got home, just tire same.
We will not say you got lost. Aunt
Laura, for fear of that caiyng you
promised if we said anything about it.
Quite a coach load of picnickers
from tire city went over the I., C. road
Saturday, May 1. on an excursion to
the river, and by the looks "I the pas¬
sengers they were nearly froze, and
some of the boys prefered walking, so
as to keep warm. Come again, young
people, when it gets warmer, and we
will have ice cream and lemonade for
you at the way stations.
To 1 !- ovor ;i tin’.
The Boy With One Eye Open,
Dealer in gophers and razor-back hogs.
Enquiry.
Having never had the privilege of
visiting Fitzgerald and forming the ac¬
quaintance of its good people, of I Leaer, desire,
through the courtesy The
to make enquiry concerning the denom¬
ination of Primitive Baptists. If living there
are any of its members or friends
in or near the city, address I respectfully ask
them to send their to me.
I desire to correspond with, and if the
Lord will to visit them. If there is
enough wo would be glad for them to
constitute a church there.
Yours to serve,
R. H. BarwicIc, Pavo, Ga.
For bargains in farm lands call on
J. A. Justice & Co.
«‘l’hc First Battle.”
Hon. VV. J. Bryan’s book, “The First
Battle,” is now issued and is » lim
speciman of the printer’s art. It is n
most interesting political
a history of the campaign with its im¬
portant events and issues and abound¬
ing in thoughtful reflection and sug¬
gestions. Any person may purchase
the book with the assurance lie is get¬
ting the author’s best presentation of
his views. The hook contains over
600 pages; is bound in three styles,
cloth, half and full Morocco, and sells
at the low prices of $1.75, $2.25 and
$2.75 respectively.
Mr. A. L. Gossett, of this city, lias
been made the canvasing agent for Ii-
win and adjoining counties and will
begin the canvas at once.
All voters should see or address him
and secure the book when lie makes
the delivery May 22 to 25. 19-11
< IN MIND—SMtS
to any address unless paid for in
No cash, no paper.
Editors i&d hHUn.
NO. 19.
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, H e have - hand the up-to-date colors and styles. We if*
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we have the largest, handsomest and best
se^^ed stock of
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v^y Etc., Etc., to be found in the City of Fitzgerald, and at prices wp
1 that will make our competitors green with envy. All we ask is *»*
(hat you call and examine our stock and be Convinced of what V U *>*
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n vi> 12 P eces pench Embroideries, organdies,
worth 25c, at 20c
y|> SO 12 Pieces Pieces "Figured Dimities, Organdies, all colors, worth worth 20c, at,12fc. mr*
15c at lie. X
Fine Lawn's, 36 inches wide, worth 12Jc, at 9c.
v t Scotch Lawns, 28 inchts. 4c.
Pants Cloth—the very best Keosies,’worth 20c, at 121e.
v f,, Cottonades, worth 25c, at 15c. ♦
P : i i 15c, at lie.
m : 12Jc, at 9c. ■
n We have, besides these quantities of goods too numerous to mention P P
vl K larg-e dervests and complete from line of Ladies, Gents and Childrens Hosiery. Ladies Ui • <>y
at 4e to 25c.
ik V VSILLIN the ladles to our gtoefc, it is conceded
to . be ,. the largest and ,, best the , as
C . m city. Our milliner, who learned her trade
• >C afly^Yeral experience v»y »
years in New York City, is far the most competent
trimmer in Fitzgerald We always have on hand a large supply of the Cos- (i W * s
f.,. mopolitan Patterns that we sell at the uniform price of 15c each.
Yours to Serve,
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Every department is complete and t £^t. ;
ready for your . a
tiT. a inspection. We handle Dry Goods, Notions,’Gents =
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EfiwS Come and examine. No trouble to show goods. Samples freely given. £ ti
E/wi3 Having been amons the unfortunate, we were burned out, you remem-
be on Pine Av. and Grant St., Dee. 22, 18%, but were not discouraged.
and have come among you again better equipped than ever, and most Eyi\ 3
earnestly aslc a share of your kind patronage, and ■>vili earnestly en-
deavor to please and guarantee perfect satisfaction. L *1* * T
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Fitzgerald Bottling Works,
North Grant St. All orders will receive prompt attention^
OLIN S. McCOY*