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e=3 par Official Newspaper of Irwin County, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Ga. Official Newapapep of City of * PUBLISHED KVKHY THUKSDAY BY B.F. KNAPP, ) Editors and PUBLISHERS. J. G. KNAPP, f SnBHCiui’TioN Baths:— One copy, ono year 11.60; Six months. Too; Three months, 5(ic. TERMS—Invariably Joband in advance. made known advertising rates solicited. on application. Your patronage COUNTY OFFICIALS. C. C. Smith,Judge Sup. Court,Hawkinville.Ga Tom Eason, Solicitor Sup. Court. McRae. " J. 11. Clements, OJ. Judge, Irwlnville, .1. E. Bnroh. Co. Solicttcr, Fitzgerald, J. J. Leo,Ordinary, Irwlnville, ■ " J. B. D. Vanik, Clerk Sub- Court, Ivv.-inyiUe, “ K. V. Hundley, Sheriff, Fitzgerald, 0. L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Sycamore, ,T. R. Faulk, Tax Collector, Ucilla, •lameR Walker, Co. Treasurer, irwlnville, •• E. J. Hogan. Co. Surveyor, Minnie, Marion Dixon, School Com., M. Henderson, Co. Commissioner, Ocilla, “ TIFTON AND NORTHEASTERN R. R. "SOLDIERS’ COLONY ItOLTE." General Offices, Tlftou, Georgia. Nol. No a Feb. <>, 1S97. No.2.|No. 4. A. M. -o &?r r. 5f. ip. M. 7:30 Lv. Tifton, Ga. Ar. 12:00 11:45 j | 7:15 7:00 7;45 Brl rding. ghton 11:30 | 8:51 ** Ha : LI Pinetta. 11:18 | 8:31 8S Irwin. 11;10 8:25 6:13 Fletcher. 10:59 j I 9:00 5:15 Fitzgerald, Lv.jl0:45 6:00 Trains Nos. 1, 2.3 and 4 run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. Sunday only. 7 and 8 run on (f) Trains stop only on signal. with System Trains connect at Tifton Plant and G. S. & F. railroads, and Georgia and Ala¬ bama H. at Fitzgerald. H.Tift, Vice-President. President. W. O. Tift, F. G. Boatright. Traffic Manager. GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY, “THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.” Passenger Schedule, Effective Sept. 7. P. M A. M A. M. P. M. 0 30 11 25. Lv. Fitzgerald Ar. 10 15 4 ,35 8 30 12 25 Ar. Abbeville, Lv. 8 15 3 35 A. M. P. M. 3 58 1 40 1 50 Cordeie 1 45 2 -50 3 25 Americus 12 36 2 20 P. M. A. A . 7 40 8 40 Montgomery 8 40 7 40 5 35 Halena 11 35 11 48 8 10 0 40 Ar. SavanDah Lv. 7 25 : 25 Elose connections at all junctions and ter¬ minal points for all points. Cecil Gabret, Vice.Pres. &Gen. Mgr. Agt. A. Pope, Gen. Pas. Fhas. N. Right, Ass't Gen’l Pass. Agt. Ed Stallings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald. Postoffice. Mail closes at 10:50 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. Mail closes 20 minutes earlier Sunday even- oiiice open from 7 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. 10:30 Office open Sunday from 9:30 a. m. to a. m. • D. G. Drew, P. M. CITY AND COUNTY. Wanted—T o purchase some house¬ hold furniture, including kitchen uten¬ sils. Inquire at Leader office. New dwellings continue to go up in all parts of the city, and improvements being made all over the colony grounds. Col. Tom Eason, of t MeR^e, Ga., was in the city last Tuesday evening’ be- ■ tween trains enroute to his home from Irwinville. _ Mr. Bowen, of Lulaville, was in the city last Monday on business matters. He was accompanied by Mr. Reid, of Bowen’s Mill. A number of excursionists from Kan¬ sas have been in the city the past few days. A number of them have made purchases of farming land. D. E. Kenney, a colonist and success¬ ful gardener, presented The Leader last Saturday with a bunch of lettiee that measured 124 inches. There is no use talking but the ele¬ gant weather seems to have been made to order. As Mr. Fitzgerald says, “there is no place like Georgia for comfort.” _ Clerk J. B. D. Paulk, of Irwinville, was in the city last Tuesday on busi- ness matters, Mr. Paulk makes a model officer and a safe custodian of the tax payers’ property. G. W. Smith, the energetic agent of the Acme brewing company, left last Friday for Jacksonville, where he at¬ tended to business matters and Dame Rumor says, to visit his best girl. The Knights of Pythias lodge furni¬ ture, including that terrible goat, was moved to the third floor of the G. A. R. hall. The boys now have an elegant lodge room and are nicely located. LOST— Between Kibby’s resort and Fitzgerald on Sunday, May 9th, double cape of black serge nlined with black satin. Finder will receive suitable re¬ ward by leaving at Leader office. Col. and Mrs. D. B. Jay left Monday morning for Savannah, where Mr. Jay is a delegate from the Fitzgerald lodge to the grand lodge meeting Knights of Pythias, that is now in session at that place. _ S. A. Siddal, who about a year ago, was in the real estate and insurance business here, is expected to arrive in our city next week, and will again open up an insurance and pension claim agency. _ H. H. Richarson, the genial general agent of the Georgia Southern & Flor¬ ida railroad, with headquarters at Jacksonville, was in the city last Mon¬ day on business matters connected with his road. The Leader was honored wit l a short but pleasant call. The big boiler for the ice plant that has been delayed for some time on the road, arrived last Saturday evening and is being put in place. Mr. Stansbourgh, the manager, expects to be making the frozen fluid by the first of the week. Success, say we all, to the new enter¬ prise. G. A. K. Stevens left at this office Saturday'a fine sample of Early Rose potatoes, the largest we have seen this season. The seed was planted six weeks ago. _ Lutheran Services, conducted by Rev. H. F. Long, in the Presbyteriaa Church on Sunday, the 23d inst., at 7 a. m. Sunday School at 2:30 P. M. The pub¬ lic are cordially invited to attend. W. A. Morgan arrived Monday from Eastman, that lively little city in Dodge county, whore they are putting in wa¬ ter works and electric lights. He fa¬ vored this office with a pleasant call. Alderman Lee had the misfortune to fall from a loaded wagon of lumber Wedesday and was quite seriously in¬ jured by the fall, his head . astump. At last . accounts , he against feeling . all right, . and , . few , days , a’ in a most will be himself again. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clements ■ turned Sunday evening from their ex¬ tended wedding trip through he northern part of the State aJd/ \ia- baroa. They are now quarter'd#! the Lee house until arrangements aiy made for keeping house. / Deputy Sheriff Dan Mclnni/ last/ nd wife were Leader callers hursday while our big power press i/ s turning out Leaders at the rat jfof IjOO an hour. This was Mrs. Melons’ first visit to so large an office, andpas more than pleased with her short/tay. / We trust they will again make a visit at some future time. _/_ ’/o A. W. Reynolds, Chicago restau¬ rant man, accomp^ied by his wife, .wore passengers the excursion to Brunswick last F/day. Mr. Reynolds says-“you can t; /. about all the towns along the roul f. Brunswick not ex¬ cepted, and y® don’t find one that is as lively and gc/ng ahead like Fitzger¬ ald.” This f the same report of others who were rp the excursion. One week from to-morrow the public schools close for the summer vacation, and the/sma!l b/ boy with a fish can will soon looking for the best place to find gi’ub-worms, so as to be able to catch the festive trout. A number of teachers will spend their vacation in the North, while others will spend a few weeks at St. Simon Island on the coast. _ A Leader reporter a few days ago had the pleasure of visiting Kibby’s fa¬ mous resort northeast of town, and was more than surprised at the surround¬ ings. Mr. Ivibby has a beautiful min¬ eral spring of fine water on the ground and a large bathing pool he is fixing up. Swings of every description are scat¬ tered about the grove which makes an ideal spyt for picirifi'parties. Tax Receiver Royal will be at the colony headquarters and Commissioner Henderson at The Leader office, com¬ mencing June 24th, and remain five days for the purpose of receiving prop¬ erty for taxation. Property owners should not fail to list their property as they will be charged for double assess¬ ment - Colony members living away can send their numbers to us and we will list their property for them free of charge. _ Mr. Fitzgerald arrived from Indian¬ apolis last Friday evening and is look¬ ing remarkably well and vigorous. He reports feeling better than he has for years, and thinks of no other solution of the mystery than his visits to this healthy and invigorating city among the pines. We are all glad to see “Fitzie,” and may he always look as well and happy as he is at the present time, is the wish of The Leader and the colony members. A LEADER reporter was shown through the Palace hotel last week and many surprises greeted us since the re¬ modeling of the house has commenced under the supervision of Landlord “Billy” Smith, the genial and accom¬ modating proprietor. The interior has been plastered and the woodwork is now being painted in an artistic man¬ ner. Landlord Smith is meeting with great suecess, and his efforts in behalf of the traveling public is being appre¬ ciated by them. Mrs. B. F. Knapp had the misfortune to step off a high sidewalk on S. Grant street last Saturday evening near Ford- ham's grocery store, and sprained her ankle quite badly. At this writing, how¬ ever, she is able to walk around some, and will soon be over the accident. A bad accident will happen one of these days on account of these bad sidewalks and the city will have a big damage suit on their hands if these sidewalks are not looked after. Mr. Ferdinand Hopp returned last Sunday evening from a short visit at his old home, Bay City, Mich. He re¬ ports times exceedingly dull and busi¬ ness at a standstill. The wheat crop, he says, will not amount to anything, and the farmers are discouraged at the outlook. He says there is no place like Georgia and people here, who might he thinking of going back to Michigan, had better save their money and remain here in the best State in the Union. Mr. Hopp has formed a partnership with R. A. Parwin, and to¬ gether huve rented the Grand Central hotel, formerly the Kimball, on the corner of Central and Thomas street, where, he will in the future, be found. lascelles’ liiminw parti. Was a Grand Su tM* In Every ParHcu- lar—ArJjjii»ye Time Reported. Sidney t py dles. better known throughout?* State as Lord Bersford, gave what i«ht be termed the only “dead swollTparty Jl ever given south of \ Saturday evening ’ at Atlanta, Thompso./ hall in commemoration of his birtteiy, where, until 11:45dancing was injwged in by the elite of Fitzger¬ ald arfa number of his most intimate ‘friori/ lanwmd from Cordele, Abbeville, At- Kramer. ’ fy 6 interior of Thompson’s hall was m U tically decorated with the Ameri¬ ca/ and British colors, and the music f/rmsbed by the Cordele _ , , orchestra , was superb, Promptly at 11:45 the large party were ushered from the ball room to the Palace hotel, where they were royally banquetted. The dining room was beautifully decorated with the rarest buds, and with the dainty perfume from the magnolia blossom, made it a per¬ fect [garden of Eden. The banquet board fairly groaned under its heavy load, and the bill of fare was noted for its many good things which go to de¬ light the most fastidious. A number of excellent and well prepared toasts were given to Mr. Lascelles in honor of his birthday, which was responded to by him in a few well chosen words by thanking his friends for the honor eon- fered upon him. There were about 100 guests present, among whom we noticed the following: Hon. and Mrs. C. C. Goodnow, Prof, and Mrs. McIntosh, J. G. Knapp ar.d wife, C A. Renard and wife,. Mr. and Mrs. Baisden, Drew W. Paulk and wife, Dr. White and wife, Rev. Turner and wife, Mrs. Stevens and Dr. Miller and wife. Misses Grace and Louise Good¬ now, Belle Graham, Edith Rue, Irene Ritchie, Chrissie Finical, Clara Pelkey, Gardner, Royal, Moutfort, Grace Nor¬ ris, Bessie Norris, Maud Smith and Grace Shumway. Messrs. S. W. Jones, C. W. Hurst, B. Ellis, T. M. Tatum, Holmes, John W. Price. J. E. Burch, P. H. Harris, R. R. Rhorer, J. Mc¬ Donald, Deniston, R. Tuttle, W. More¬ house, I Gelders, Perry Holland, Hum¬ phries, A. Pelkey, C. "W. Lively. A. T. Curry, the Drs. Holtzendorff and Breese. B. F. Knapp is having built a seven foot veranda around the east side of his house on Sherman street. Fred Big- ham, that all-around carpenter, is doing the work. _ Every member of Colony Post and all other citizens ini general who are inter¬ ested in the welfare of the G. A, R. hall, are requested to meet at the hall on Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock, on business of importance. “Billy” Henicker, the barber, put in the first 10-foot sidewalk on Pine ave¬ nue, according to the ordinance passed by the city council. The Leader will follow suit on Friday or Saturday and have the regulation sidewalk laid down in front of the office. Mr. H. C. Bagley, of Atlanta, form¬ erly president of the S. A. M. railroad, but more recently general agent of the Penn Mutual insurance company, was in the city last Wednesday. Mr. Bag- ley was more than impressed with the future outlook of Fitzgerald and the bright prospects before the magic city. An alarm of fire was turned in from the Third Ward near the T. & N. E. depot last Sunday evening, wl^ere a brush heap was burning brightly and some fellow hollowed “fire” and of course the fire boys bad to shoot a gun and ring the fire bell and scare the cit¬ izen who was at home reading the family bible nearly to death. Some system should be followed in which every little brush heap that some enter¬ prising citizen was burning, should not be the means of ringing the fire bell and calling out the fire company. The exhibition given by an agent of the Stempel fire extinguisher on the vacant lots north of the Fitzgerald block, where a number of boxes had been saturated with kerosene and set fire, was somewhat of a failure in the first attempt, owing to the fact that the tubing had been stopped up in the ex¬ tinguisher, A second attempt was made which proved to be all right. Sidney Lascelles, with his usual efforts has been given the exclusive agency for the southeast part of Georgia. Messrs. B. A. Denmark and Horace P. Smart, of Savannah, Samuel John¬ son and John C. McDonald, of Way- cross, who are connected with the Way- cross Air Line from Nichols to Fitz- gerald were in the city last Friday on business matters. They drove from Nichols here over the right-of-way that has recently been established. They had nothing to say in regard to the building of the road, but from what conversation had with the gentlemen it is thought that dirt would be flying inside of 60 days. The building of the road means a great deal for Fitzgerald and the entire country between here and Waycross. It opens up an unde¬ veloped country that is noted for Its fine timber and farming land, and will be the means of settling hundreds of good farmers along the route. PEIPER CONFIRMED. Will Be Fitzgerald’s Next Postmaster— Was Confirmed By the Senate Tuesday. At last the postmaster contention that has been wavering in Fitzgerald for some weeks past has been settled. D. E. Peiper secures the “plum” and was confirmed by the senate last Tues¬ day. A reporter for The Leader in con¬ versation with Mr. Peiper this morning, was asked whether or not the office Irom the Fitzgerald block would be moved from its present location. “Yes, it will be moved, but when the change will be made I don’t know ns yet. I have a number of sites in view, but have not as yet decided upoma location. One thing sure, however, there will be a change, as the present quarters are en¬ tirely too small to accommodate the pa¬ trons of the office. My only desire will be to’give the citizens a better service.” Mr. Peiper is in every way qualified to fill the office and will no doubt make a model postmaster, David Ellis Peiper was born in Ohio, July 15, 1874, and together with his parents moved to Lyons, Neb., in 1883. He is a graduate in the law department of the Nebraska university, and a yodng trian whose character is far above reproach."_ Crops of "all kinds are looking excel¬ lent and the cotton crop is looking ex¬ ceedingly fine. Fred J. Clark, city treasurer, left last Saturday for Savannah, where he vis¬ ited his parents and was a visitor to the grand lodge meeting of the Knights of Pythias. A'serenading party was outlast Mon¬ day night, and the junior editor of this great family newspaper was treated to some fine music about 12 o’clock by the merry party. Ed Burch and Perry Holland had charge of the party, and a royal good time was had. If anybody in Fitzgerald has a hard time, it is the mayor and city council. If they start to do anything there is a class that sets up a howl, and if they don’t do anything another class will start another roar. “Oh, my.” as Al¬ derman Fockler says, “it is, indeed, pleasant.” _ The canning factory building will be all completed by next Monday, and up¬ on Thursday t>f that week a grand opening will take place at the building. The ladies are making preparations to serve a big. supper, together with ice cream. Music will be furnished by hand and orchestra. Tickets will be sold for $1.___ Only about ten days remain when you can secure The Leader for $1 per year. Remember, after the first of June the price goes back to $1.50 per year. The Leader being the official paper of the county, official paper of the city, be¬ sides publishing ALL the city and county news, makes it indeed a family newspaper—all the members read it. Last Saturday was regular “market day” in the city. The streets were crowded with farmers who came to do their trading. The merchants report large sales from farmers Jiving twenty miles from the city. There is only one soiution to the mystery. They adver¬ tise in The Leader, which, of course, will bring them to this lively trading center. _ Mr. Peiper, the I. X. L. grocery man, brought to this office last Wednesday eight large Irish potatoes raised from a little vine planted in bis yard back of the store, the latter part of January. The potatoes were large ones and would make a family of eight a good meal. Talk about raising Irish potatoes in Georgia, why you can raise better and more of them than you can in the North. An alarm of fire turned in from the Second Ward last Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, was located in the dry kiln of the Todd planing mill. Chemical com¬ pany No. 2 was the first engine on the scene, and with hard work on the part of the fire boys the fire was ex¬ tinguished. This is the second confla¬ gration that has been extinguished during the past six weeks in the same place. _ Agreeable to call the Sunday schools of Irwin county met in Mahan’s grove on the 15th for their county picnic. The weather was simply perfect and the at¬ tendance fairly large, there being about 450 on the grounds, yet we had comers and goers who swelled the crowds up to about 750. Some of the Sunday nineteen miles away, sent representa¬ tives. The exercises consisted of reci¬ tations, songs, etc., which were, in each case, well rendered, especially so that of Arbor Sunday school, showing that they were interested in the upbuilding of the Sunday school. It is remarkable how much talent one can find in some Sunday schools to support picnics or such entertainments gotten up under the auspices of secret societies or liter¬ ary schools, and how rigidly frigid they are in preparing anything for Sunday school children. God bless our Sunday school. Take it all around they had a grand picnic; to be sure it was very rustic, taking the piney grove and as they found it—with round logs tree tops for seats, and no underbrush cut off. They will capture May day each year as county Sunday school picnic day. Thanks to everybody who lent their assistance. FITZGERALD HEATS ROCHELLE. The Home Team Wins the Ball Game By a Score of 22 to 7# Fitzgerald defeated Rochelle in a game of ball last Saturday afternoon by a score of 22 to 7 at the ball park on N. Main street. The game was witnessed by the largest crowd that has yet turned out to see the national game. The ladies, too, seemed to take a lively interest in the game. The “rooters” for the Fitz¬ gerald boys were on hand and the way they shouted was enough to make a Cherokee Indian drop with fear. The game was a iairly good one, but the Rochelle boys seemed to be weak at hatting, or the bieyle curves sent over the plate by James was too much for them. Fitzgerald, you might say, put up an almost errorless game, and did great work all the time, notwithstanding the fact that this was their first game of the season. Fitzgerald’s [battery did superior work, James having struck out ten men. Parks gave him great support and both boys were warmly congratu¬ lated after the game. The heavy slugging done by the Fitz¬ gerald “gang”seemed to discourage the Rochelle boys, whose pitchers were knocked out of the box. Following is the detail score: FITZGERALD. AB BH R PO E Parks, c........ O Cl-fW't OO 8 d Brubacher, s b 'l 4 * 2 cc F' Martin lb.., 05 I— 4 ci R. Leland, c f.. w 05 2 co James, p....... Cl to 1 o Turnsr, 3b...... -1 1 1 to v—i W. Martin, s s.. 57 LO to to co Chaple, if...... 05 05 CO 1 Adams, r f..... Ol 05 CO to 1 Totals...... 56 22 21 24 10 ROCHELLE. AB BH R PO E Connor, c............ © CO 1 C 03 McCrimmeon, r f.... OR »—t 0 Cl 15 Nicholson, p......... Oi Cl 0 H lO Ruff, 1 b............. C« *—t 2 H © Simmon, if.......... © 1 0 tO Adams, sb.......... OR to 1 Cl 4- Laidler, c f.......... Ol W 1 *-i tit Jackson, s s.......... OR I— 2 CM 4- Nicholson, 3 b....... OR tO o <—< Total............ 47 16 7 18 27 score by innings. Fitzgerald ... 1 0 Cl Ot 0 4 4- 1 5—22 Rochelle..... 1 1 to © 0 0 © 0 0—7 Time—2:10. Umpire—Geo. Moore. A return game will be played at Ro¬ chelle on June 4th, when it is expected our hoys will meet a strong team, as some of Rochelle’s best men were una¬ ble to he here. The Rochelle boys are a gentlemenly set, and their visit here will not soon be forgotten. They took their defeat gracefully and acknowledged they were defeated fairly. A little over one year ago during the month of April there were thirteen deaths. For the same period this year there was not a single death in the city as we glean from Undertaker McCor¬ mick. “But, this will never do,” said the undertaker, “why, the doctors and undertakers will starve to death if this continues. Can t you newspaper men do something that will cause some sick¬ ness and a death occasionally? ‘Why can’t you go out and shoot a few people and make some business for the under¬ taker?” We informed Mr. McCormick that our shooting irons were out of or¬ der, and in fact that we couldn’t hardly leave our work to attend court. There is no use denying the fact that the wire- grass region with her healthy climate and cooling breezes from off the sea will keep most anybody from being put in the ground. We don’t wish the doc¬ tors or undertakers any bad luck at all, but if they were compelled to go out of business on account of trade being taken away from them on account of the healthy climate, our wish would come true. The frozen fluid (ice) made by the Lyle Ice Co., this city, will be placed on the market next week. Shipments will be made to Abbeville and other adjoining towns. The large swimming pool to be made south of the plant and fed by the unused water from the ice plant will he a drawing attraction these days. The pool will be about 40 x80 with a depth of from 4 to 7 feet. Mr. Stansbrough informed us that they would commence work on the pool as soon as everything about the ice plant was moving along smoothly. Bathing suits will be kept in stock and a person wishing for a swim can have one to his heart’s content. The city council met in special ses¬ sion iast Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of confering with Mr. Fitzger¬ ald in regard to settlement of colony claim against the city. A committee consisting of Aldermen White, Miller and Allen were appointed to confer with Mr. Fitzgerald and the colony board in regard to what lands will be given to the city for the settlement of said claim. A meeting will be held this week so as to get the matter before the people who will be asked to vote upon the question. It is thought the election will take place some time the latter part of June. For all the news, read The Leader. A VERY PLAIN LETTER. Hr. Fitzgerald Speaks Through “The Leader” to Colony Members. To All Colony Members: The question asked generally is how I find matters. To this I must say 1 am very much encouraged I believe we are to-day in better shape than ever before. I have visited the county for miles around, and the improvements still go on. However, I would like to see more forage put in, more stuff to feed cattle and horses this coming fall and winter. The amount of hay and grain that is shipped in here is very large, and it drains the colony of ready money to pay for it. Every available piece of ground should he put in to raise something for winter use. All the money saved to colony members gives greater circulation to tho money we have among our own people. Colony affairs are moving all right. While it is now again approaching our dull season, yet it is dull everywhere, and will continue so until congress gets through with the tariff matter and ad¬ journs. Then I believe matters will settle down to a level and business will brighten up.; We have now adopted a plan of re¬ tiring coiony stock, by taking it up at full value in payment of allotments, also in payment of any purchases made of the colony. This will, I think, keep the stock from beiDg Boated upon the market at so low a price as heretofore. I think all allotments, when a reasona¬ ble amount of improvements have been made, the stock should be accepted to pay for deeds, and each one should take his deed. Further, if one has purchased a lot of stock and wishes to purchase something from the colony we will ac¬ cept the stock at face value so far as it goes. We have now reached a point when this can and should be done. Yes, I heard of the meeting. When such meetings occur they only go to injure the credit of the colony, and in fact of the city. They get out and people be¬ lieve we are a set of beings unable to control ourselves, and have no faith in our organization. The tenor of that meeting, however, was generally good, but such men as got up and said they intended to leave so soon as they sold out, we. do not believe the members de¬ sires to see them placed upon the board of directory. I have met the commit¬ tee and give them my views, which is to let well enough alone. The colony has yet before it son e hard work. We have been unabie to collect what is due us, and therefore have to borrow, from time to time, money to carry the col¬ ony along. I have had to go to.the bank, and do this in a personal way. Many times I could not do this if hampered by a board of directors, who I do not know would join or sanction such steps. We are always willing to keep a board sufficient in number upon the grounds to care for the business of the colony, which, however, is growing less all the time, and there can be no need of so large a body to act. My wish is to carry it to a grand final success: to be able to return all stock at face value and make it pay a fair cfivfdend. This, I expect to be able to do. Mr. Majors and Mr. Goodnow re¬ signed. Mr. Goodnow’s resignation was based upon the fact that he was elected mayor of the city and it was proper that no one connected with the city should also be connected with the colony company board, as the two bod¬ ies are separate and must have dealings together, which should not he ham¬ pered by any one trying to serve two masters. We wish to aid the city all we can, and are ready at all times to meet them fair and reasonable; at the same time the city must remember that the colony members outside must be protected. We must work together, for the good of the city means the good to the colony at large. I long to see our people work more as a unit and not be so apt to disagree on trival matters. We must do this before we become a successful people. It matters not wheth¬ er we come from the North, East, South or West, we are here to make homes and better our conditions, and to work in harmony and peace, should be our motto, and all will come out right in the near future. Yours truly, P. H. .Fitzgerald, President of the Colony Go. Talk about your gardens’ Well, if you want to see one where your eyes will open with astonishment, then you should visit the home of B. F. Finical on Ocmulgee avenue. A reporter was called in to see some new varieties of late sown peas planted the latter part of March, that were litteraiy covered with well developed pods and, for size, beat anything we ever looked at, the vines standing six feet and tour inches in height. The Spanish string beans planted the middle of April stand nearly a foot high. The “Acme” tomatoes planted on new ground that was plowed up for the first time this year, are cer¬ tainly wonders, and are covered with tomatoes. A small patch of sweet corn could not look any finer. Some stalks measuring five and six feet high. He has planted turnips and radishes be¬ tween the rows and will plant peanuts as soon as the corn is picked. Mr. Fin¬ ical is, indeed, a model gardner, and being an He old soldier, delights in his work. came here over a year ago from DeLand, Fla.