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Th ITZGERALD LEADER. Established 1806. VOL. II. v 3 *) r *iir X Some People do noth- ingbuttalk. We p re - ' f | rer -{ 0 e t our custo- hiers talk in regard to /; our low prices and im¬ mense stock to select from, We have no competition that can f duplicate Prices. our .(1 Remember we are the • Ivei w-iu- stay Hardware dealers ) of Fitzgerald, Ga. Our o' \ interests are identicrI with yours. We are here to assist in devel- C oping this Garden spot uf BoydL Hardolare Co. •w ex • rl The Corner Grocery. 1 ! $41+ -;- BRO., Prop’rs. tnt tm pbtS. W. WHITCHARD 6c -fr/wi-fr + 5 Fertilizcss. Magic •frT* We carry a iufllineot Groceries, Feed and Condition Powder. -fr Stock and i’oultry Food, the only reliable •fr'T-fr ,■ +w *fr Acts like magic’. We sell the celebrated “ Atlantic Dissolved +W+ Bone,” the best fertilzer on the market, at same price of cheap •fr -fr M% .. grades. Call and price our goods. d-M-fr %** Free Delivery Thoms 15. Cwfner Tllom ?r ^.d , d , d , d ,, fr'fr*fr - fr'fr - fr , fr'fr , 5" , fr'5"frd -, fr4 - <*d , < ,, fr^ ,, fr , fr^—fr , frd.d.d -, frd. , fr , fr , frd , <.^ , H*<.^d. , frd.d , + , fr > $........... i HARLEY & HOLMES • m IjGood New Goods, Low Prices. |» VVE ARE THE LEADING DEALERS IN m Hardware, Builders’ & Shop Material, * ■ Tinware, Stoves and Crockery. I We carry an Elegant Line of PAINTS, Etc. Send for'our Color Card. Onr Specialty is Improved m I AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.« ’ m j* In fact everything needed on the farm. Agents for CHATTA- (jg> <j*. ^ NOOGA PLOWS, Planet, Jr. Cultivators. McCormick Mowers, t 'W Mitchell Celebrated Ore and Two-IIorse Wagons. Turpentine # Mill Supplies, Steam Mill Fittings, Emery Wheels, etc. * ** All Goods Guaranteed to he just as represented at time of sale. & # HARLEY & HOLMES, i ittitMStistttsssttstitid GET Our prices on all classes of Job work. “MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE-” FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 3, 1897. &> i iMiniH % /w\ w rjA l/*v Ng\ V*V 14^1 V*V % >v . 4 X We located the 0 are on corner of Central Av. ► 4 y and Grant St., in our 4 own brick building. Our Mammoth Stock 4) of it,’ T * 4’ j $ Is full and Complete, a 4 * , *. and embraces m Tinware, :*i Builders’ Material, * * Farm Machinery, $ * Stoves, Crockery, * - O + 4 Mixed Paints, 4 Slielf - t- 4 .u Wire Screens, Etc o In fact we keep in stock known'to the Hardware * trade: m :4 MILL ■ SUPPLIES 4 4 A Specialty. 4 Bicycles 4 41 Of the Best and Latest 4 make. 4 1 County Correspondence. To Correspondents—All letters for publi- i cation must reach us by Monday or of Tuesday the of each week. Unless the name cor- respondent accompanies the letter we will not publish the same. 'Vo will not print the name of the correspondent or tell who they are, but want the name as an evidence anything of good faith. Write news, and do not write that reflects on the character of anyone. Sycamore Mutterings. From Our Regular Correspondent. Teachers are no longer a rarity. The festive red bug is ou his regular summer outing. Hr. C. E. Walker is conQued to his bed with an attack of slow fever. Mr, W. J. Clements visited Macon one day last week. Mr. E. R. Smith visited friends and relatives at Tifton the latter part of the week. Miss Alice Swearingen left for Ft. White, Fla., last Saturday, She goes to spend the summer with relatives and friends. Rev. J. II. Hall, from near Isabella, preached to a large and appreciative audience at lnoha last Sunday. Mr. J. W. Swearingen, who fell from a house top a short while hack and sustained severe injuries, is near¬ ly convalescent. Mr. J. J. Sloan, a prominent me¬ chanic of this place, was adjudged in¬ sane and carried to the Milledgeville asylum by Deputy Sheriff Branch last week. Commencement exercises of the Syc¬ amore Institute will begin on Sunday, June 13th, and closes Wednesday the 16th. A very interesting programme is announced and a large crowd is ex¬ pected to attend. Ojiega . Sparks From Wolf Fit. From Our Regular Correspondent. Miss Etta Tollman was the guest of Miss Delia Ilogle Tuesday. Comrade Swafford is crippled with a lame back. Miss Delia Ilogle has a case of poison on her right hand and her hand is pretty badly swollen. Eddie Robitzsch came over to our corner from west of Fitzgerald and attended the childen’s day at the Georgia Chapel Sunday. Rev. McGregor was taken suddenly sick at Dorminey’s mill last Saturday and was taken to Fitzgerald but he is so as to be out home again at this writing. There was- - singing at William Pollman’s Wednesday night. Dwight Foxworthy, Fred Du.ioar, Jesse Gaif and Yes Pearson attended children’s day at the Chapel Sunday. The crops in this vicinity look line hut begin to need ruin. Billy Pearson went over west of Fitzgerald and worked his crop on his 10 Wednesday. There was prayer meeting at Margret Gaff’s Thursday night. The ball game Saturday was be¬ tween the Long nine and the Stubs, in which the Long nine came out victorious, but the Stubs were hot on the track after the Long nine. The score stood 6 to 9. Nevertlieeless there was good playing done on both sides. The hoys were expecting the Colored club from near Bowen’s mill to he there to play hut the Coons failed to put in their appearance. The Old Field club is expected next 'Saturday. Several of the committee on arrangements met Thursday and fixed up Judge Ray’s auditorium to hold the children’s day serviees in. A new industry has been slarted up in our comer, a canning factory. It is operated by Pollman & Pearson. Judge Ray, Senator Foxworthy and Gov. Pearson went on a fishing trip and to get moss and other stuff to decorate the auditorium Friday. The score ou the fishing stood as follows: Senator 3, Goy. 2,and Judge 1 and they say would have got more if the fish would have only hit. Children’s day was observed Sun¬ day, May 23, at t'-e Georgia Chapel northeast of Wolf Pit. The follow¬ ing is the progamme that was carried out: Opening Song—By the School. Prayer—ltev. Adams. Song—By the School. Recitation—Mias Bessie Roberts. Song—By the School. AddressOn Missionary Work—Rev Roberts. Song—By the school. Recitation—Eddie Barron. Recitation—Jitninie Luke. Song—By the School. Recitation—Miss Bessie Roberts. Song—By the Shook League—Will Roberts. Address on the Epworth School. Song—By Recitation—Bennie Barron. Recitation—Ernest Luke. Song- By the School. „ RobertB. , Song—By Dialogue—Misses the School. Mattie and Bessie Education—Rev Uob- „ . Address on Religious erts Sontf-Uy the School. Address -Rev. Adams. Song—By the School. Benediction—Rev. Adams. The Boy With One Eye Open. Ocilla Hots. ^ Correspondent. From Our Regular Crops are looking fine since the late showers. There were several Fitzgeraldites in town last week. The first passenger train arrived in Ocilla last Tuesday. Mr. J. II. Powell visited his sick mother at Maulclun Branch, Ga., last Monday. We Imd quite U number of in attendance at Sabbath school last Sunday. Jimmy Mixon was badly hurt by his mule running away. lie is improving at this writing. l)r. J. C. Luke is in the pet busi- ness. He has a soft shell turtle and an owl. Remarks From Sycamore. E tors Fitzokualo Luadek : it is understood here that there is g <ng to be some repairrs made this summer on the court house building at Irwinville. It was so mentioned in the last issue of the Irwinville Dis¬ patch, I am told. Now, it seems best, owing to the fact that an election will take place this fall and the legal voters he called on to vote for and against the removal of the county seat, these repairs be postponed until the matter is settled at the polls, and whether or not Irwinville will continue to be the county seat. As a tax payer and old resident of the county, I object to the to laying out money for these repairs for the simple reason that the county is in debt and is compelled to borrow money at 6 per cent. If the county really has money on hand with which to make these repairs would it not he better and more business like to take this same mhney and apply it on the county debt and stop this 6 or 7 per cent interest ? A majority of the people here on this side of the river, I believe, favor Fitzgerald, and if the other side will give that enterprising city their united vote, then we will have one of the best cities in South Georgia in our ebuhty, and this $1200 or $1500 will not have to he expended on a frame building. Mr. Henderson should he asked not to make these improve- ments until it is absolutely necessary they should be made and until the voters decided the county seat ques tion at the polls. Success to The Leadei; and its men who were “ Born to Hustle.” m. a. c. Sycamore, Ga., May 31, 1897. Old “ Uncle Sunnier” Is Dead. Editors Leadel : The oldest man in Georgia, and perhaps the oldest in tiie United States, died last Friday night. "Uncle Sumner,” as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, was an old negro living with his great grand, son on the farm of Mr. J. W. Sr slS” tid °L^ e Ca near Savannah, Ga., and could remem- her weii when Gen. Pulaski was killed there. He was totally blind for about se^vetrweiiVgo'wdiere he'pfeasedand had a strong mind for an old man. eiS^;;hsS e(1 wZ:^S porch,'knowing^iie"was S?iwr^ pedon the door. - Who dat v” was the response the old man made. I told him who i was. “ 0 ! come in! come in ! and have de cheer and talk to me som. Yo kno Pse lonesome.” I went in and took a seat. The old man talked and the freely, times he telling used of have. Indian When wars to r asked him how old he was, he toid about lieing in Savannah when Gen. Pulaski was killed. People who knew him say lie always told the same story about his age. He lived an honored life and expressed the hope of eternal rest just a short while before he breathed his last. All the natives of Irwin county knew “ Uncle Sumner.” He was honored by all knew him. W. Minnie, Ga., Sune 1, ’97. 4th of July Meeting. A meeting of the business men and citizens of Fitzgerald are requested to meet at the Council Chamber in the Fitzgerald block on Monday afternoon, June 7th at 3:00 o’clock sharp, for the purpose of taking steps towards a 4th of July celebration. It is important that ail the business men attend. Don’t forget the date. > T otiee of Examination. Fitzgerald, Gu., June 2d, 1897. Notice is hereby given that exam¬ inations of applicants for teachers’ positions in the public schools of Fitzgerald will he held in the Third Ward school house, Saturday, June 12 th, at 8 o’clock a. m. All persons who expect to teach iii the public schools of Fitzgerald are required to take this examination. G. A. K.Stevens, W. F. Way, Clerk. Pres. Some for ten, some for twenty and some for thirty years have suffered from piles and they have been quickly and permanently cured by using De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and all forms of skin disease. J. II. Goodman & Co. Wool Growers Please call on me when ready to sell. Will buy in any quantity. Spot chasli and top market price. Pins St. S. M. Cohen. 4-W.-22. Special Notice. The colony company has some good 5, 10, 20 and 40 acre tracts they will now sell very low to members, and al¬ low them to pay for them in stock at face value, in whole or in part. 22-4t lEditors and Publishers, NO. 22. 1 Headquarters For pure Drugs, Goodman's New Drug Store, Cor. Pine and Grant Street. Patent Everything Medicines. Fresh and Prescriptions New with a Full Line of Compounded. WTrnmnTmnrrmTnmmnmTTrnTTHnnmTmTmTmTTnTiYTTfmmmTnmmTrTrTrm* *Go |f Where The People Go.^ft -fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr d-fr-fr-fr.fr .frd-5~fr.fr.H"frd-H"fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-H- j I Look Out for Bargains - i | Out Big Stock of Goods f t Are Here and Going to Quote You •-j £ we are -j £ £ The Lowest Prices -j -* c Ever Heard of in Wiregrass Georgia. Here 3 t £ are a few Remarkably Choice ones. Remem¬ 21 t ber £ we are chock full of New Goods and every¬ 3 t thing marked down to Bed-Rock Prices, viz £ ; t Lonsdale Bleached and Fruit of the Loom, 1 jE t tic per yard. 3 E 3 ► | Good Bleached Muslin, 4c per yard. — I Best Drilling, 5c yard. 3 per I I All kinds of Prints 3, 4 and 5c per yard. 1 c Corsets, worth 75c, -B w P e now 49c. I Imported white dotted Swiss goods at 23c t yard. fe per 2 ! t I 40-inch India Lawn 12 l-2c per yard. t ^ | Black Henriettas, 7 was 50c, 7 now 20cprvrd. 1 •’ 3 | Brillianteens, was 49c, now 35c per yard, i I t Onr a Shoe r<l Department It i , , Full r of „ Bargains. n , 3j is \ I $2.50 Ladies Dongola Shoes for $1.50. a 3 | $2.50 Oxford Tan for $2.00. 3 j fc 3 ^ Ladies Percale Shirt Waists are going at 59c. 3 fc $5.00»Trunks for $2.98. ^ 3 23 t Gall /in aiUl i tilOSe ,, , DeaUtltlU ., TTr VV aSll . Dl'CSS 3 % SOe t Goods rs . that . make . liaiulsome style tor _ | E ui) 1 111 J ^ telUffllier r, Weftl’. E __ THESE PRICES FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. E t 3 I I EMPIRE STORE. ^ i t T. S. PRICE & CO. t •fr.fr.fr.fr.fr.fr.fr.fr-fr-fr'fr.fr.fr'fr-fr.fr.fr.fr -fr4-4-frd.-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-frd--fr.frd. 3 E t Fitzgerald l^Iock. t E t ^ ^ ^ # sk 4 4 4 M* m FRANK S. BAUDER, President. WJl, U. BOWEN, Cashier. # # # The Colony Bank | # BAUDER «Sc BO WE IV, # # Bankers. # ^ -X- Northern This Bank is now Exchange open and doingaGeneral and Pension Banking Checks Business. We credit Par # ^ at # When deposited by our Customers. one-half We issue the Exohangeon New York, Savan¬ * nah, Macon, Darien and Oordele at rates charged bv postoffice money orders. * We lend money on high Class security, never cna.ging over eight percent, * per Ourrates annum. and banking rules and customs the those are same as of Atlanta * and Louisville hanks. In other words, we give the business men of Fitzger¬ # ald the same banking rates and privileges from the star# Lack that it took the mer¬ chants of Atlanta and Memphis twenty years the to get. of competition # will never cause us to take any advantage of colonists. -x- #44444441444^#^^^^ fre;d l. bigham, Contractor # Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia.,