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THE FITZGERALD LEADER. Official Oniolai Newspapcrofliwin County. tXtztfevaUi, Georgia. Newspaper ot City ot Oft. pcBt.isnzur.vEBV Thursday by j’g’ UnaI*i>! fE ditors and Pcbiasheps. ^Joband'advertlsIntf^raRi^niade Your patronage aoheited.____ known on application. COUNTY OFFICIALS. l k ;; K, V. Handle}-, Sheriff, Fitzgerald, f!. L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Sycamore, Ocilla, J. K. Faulk,Tax Collector, lrwinxtile, .lames Walker, Co. Treasurer _ E. J. Hotran, Co. Surveyor, Minnie, Marion Dixon, School Corn., „ M. Henderson, Co. Commissioner, Ocilla, TIFTON AND NORTHEASTERN R. R. •‘SOLDIERS’ COLONY ROUTE." General Offices, Tifton, Georgia- Not. Feb. 0,1897. No. 2. No. 4. P. M. P. M. p. M. A. M. 7:55 8:31 8:43 7:30 7;45 8:15 0:00 4:13 4.00 4:22 4:42 5:00 5:15 1:1- f Lv. f f r Ar. Tifton, vity.gevald.Lv. Brighton Harding. Pinetta. Fletcher. Irwin, Ga. Ar. 11:36 10:4 12:00 11545 11:10 11:16 d aiai as cs SSSSSSS Trains Nos. 1, 2.3 and 4 run dnily except 5 Tratns 7 and 8 run on Sunday only. vsasss&p&jggjsBt Nos. and G. S. & F. railroads, and Georgia and Ala bama at, Fitzgerald. President. . H. H.Tift, j|® ;^^ ent. W. O. TU T ; V e Traffic Manager. c HT . GEORGIA A ALABAMA RAILWAY, ••THE savannah SHORT line.” Passenger Schedule, Effective Sept. ■. P. M l A. M Ar. | 10 A. 15 M. 4 P. 35 M. 6 30 11 25 Lv. Abbeville, Fitzgerald Lv. 8 Jo 3 35 8 30 [12 25 Ar. m A. M us P. M. Cordeie ! (is 1 45 | 3 28 Americas 35 2 20 P. M. I ! A. A . 7 40 | 8 40 Montgomery 8 40 7 40 3 55 6 35 Halena 11 35 111 48 8 10 | 0 40 Ar. Savannah Lv, 7 25 ; 7 25 Ulose connections at all junctions and ter- Crxm Ga VlcxPre^ A-G^. Mgr. ^ Postofflce. JlSii closes # even a. m. CITY COUNTY. Mr. Sam Brown, the tax receiver of Wilcox county, will be at Abbeville on June Vi, IB and 10. A. A. Murphy, southern agent of the . American Book Co., of New York, was in the city Tue sday. Florida melons have been on the market for some time. Georgia melons will be here about the 20th. The excursion to Andersonville last Saturday had five coach loads of Fitz- gerald people. All report an enjoyable time. _ Landlord Dempsey of the Commer- cial hotel has had a new sidewalk laid and tho large veranaa in front of the hotel repaired.___ A dozen of our young men left Mon¬ day for the big peach farm near Tifton where they have been engaged to work gathering peaches. Mayor Goodnow was called to Atlanta last Friday on business matters con¬ nected with the city. He returned home Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs Sidney Lascelles spent the latter part of last week at Atlanta. They returned home last Sunday morn- ing after a delightful trip. The county seat fight promises to be big thing this fall. For the interest of every tax payer Jin Irwin County, Fitzgerald shou ld be ch osen. Mr. Lyle, of Bartow, Fla., head of the Lyle Ice Co., of this city, arrived laBt week for a two days visit. He re¬ turned home S unday mo rning. Well, let us celebrate the Glorious 4th of July. Everybody attend the meeting at the Council rooom in the Fitzgerald block. Every business man should be present. _ Ed Mahan who was hurt from falling from a scaffold while working on a bridge near Ocilla some three weeks ago is now much improved and is feel¬ ing himself again. Judge J. B. Clements and Col. J. H Buchanan, of Irwinville, and Hon. Thos. B. Young, of Sycamore, permitted their genial counte- tenances to shine in upon Fitzgerald last Saturday.___ There will be a meeting of the five- acre tract people at the Exchange build¬ ing on N. Grant street on Monday even- ing, June 7th, on important business. By order of committee. S. M. Cohen on Pine street is en¬ gaged in buying wool. He is paying the highest market price and pays cash. Farmers having any wool for sale should call and see him. A number of new side walks now adorn the front of the business houses on Pine street. E. W. Ryman pu' down one Monday. The Dempsey hotel has an 80 foot walk built. Keep up the good work, bu siness men . L. F. Thompson has been busy the past ten days in fixing up the hall over his store on Central avenue to be used as living rooms for his family. expected Mrs. Thompson and children are to arrive from Thomasville this week. J. C. Luke, M. D., of Ocilla, was in the city last Tuesday and had his name enrolled on The Leader’s increasing subscription list. Mr. Luke says that when the county seat fight comes he wants to register a big vote for Fitzgerald. _ The city was filled with pretty school marm’s last Saturday—it being county examination day. Over sixty took the examination, sixteen of whom were colored. Superintendent Dickson was ably assisted by Paulk and Whitley of the county board. John’ Kellish rented the Chicago restaurant from A. W. Reynolds last Monday and is in charge. Mr. Reynolds and wife leave next Tuesday for Nashville where they are interested in a large restuarant on the fair grounds. They-- will return again to Fitzgerald about October 1st. If the following short lines of poetry are anything to go by, then they must have some terribly wicked people at Henderson, Iowa, as we glean from the Herald: TOO “TROOLY.” Here’s to the man who loves his wile, Who loves his wife alone, For many a man love another man’s wife, And leaves his own wife at home. Here's to the man who rocks his babe, Who rooks his babe alone, For many a man rocks another man's babe. Wlieatfne thinks he is rocking his own. T. R. Way living on 5 acre tract No. 1468, east of the city left at this office last Saturday a monster shock ot oats that was planted last November. He only sowed about one acre but the yield will be about 50 bushels. The ground was broke up in the spring of 1896 and the stumps and roots taken out during the summer. He used about two-thirds of a sack of Guano to the acre planted. On the 24th of June the Masons will have a picnic on the west bank of the Alapaha at the T. & N. E. crossing. All Masons and their wives, families, sweethearts and girls are inyited. So is everybody else. Bring a well filled lunch basket, come early end stay late. The T. & N. E.Nvill make a special rate of 25 cents for the round trip from Fitz¬ gerald points. and Everybody Tiftoti and all intermediate come. The Board of Education met last Wednesday afternoon with Way, Stevens, Paulk, Marston and Knapp, present. The city examination for the purpose of securing license to teach in the public schools of Fitzgerald will be held at the Third Ward school build¬ ing on Saturday June 12th. Prof. J. T. Saunders, Rev. J. W. Turner and Isidore Gelders have been selected as the board of examiners. Elder J. W. Ingram.,of Denver. Col., will preach in the Christian church next Lords’ day at 11 a m. He will commence a series of meetings on Mon¬ day evening at 7:30. He comes to us very highly recommended. The fact that he has been pastor in some of the larger cities and lately from Denver, Col., and Memphis, Tenn., shows that he is an able speaker. Bible school at 10 a. m., and Y. P. S. C. E. at 6 p. m. every Lords’ day. Every one cordially invited. _ Commissioners M. E. McAnnaly and Dan’l McDuffy. of Wilcox county met in joint session with Commissioner Henderson, of Irwin county, at THE Leader office last Friday, and let the contract ior building a bridge on Otter creek near theOcmulgee river to Wm. B. Fussell, whose bid was $1.05 per foot. The contractor has until September 1st to have the bridge completed. The cost is stood equally between Wilcox and Irwin county. The cost of the bridge will be about $500. The old reliable peddler, Jake Davis, who has traveled over more ground in Irwin county than any one man in it, was in the city last Wednesday with a bran new wagon ail painted up in bright colors and the best pair of black mules we ever “sot” eyes on. His wagon hadj the following inscription painted on the sides. “Jacob Davis, private Co. B. 2nd Georgia Battallion, Wrights Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.” At the time Lee surrend¬ ered to Grant at Gettysburg, and Grant giving back to Lee all the mules, hoases, wagons, etc., besides several days’ rations, Jake said said he could have hugged Grant for his noble deed. Jake is a first-class citizen and we are proud of him. The annual examination of teachers Irwin county was held in the 3d ward school building in this city on last Sat¬ urday, by County School Commissioner Dickson, assisted by Superintendent of City schools Saunders and several members of the County Board of Edu¬ cation. Forty-nine white teachers and sixteen colored teachers took the examination, but it is not yet known which of these teachers secured license to teach as it will take the Commis¬ sioner a week or ten days to go over and correct the examination papers. It was a matter of remark among those teachers who were present at the ex¬ amination last year, that the surround¬ ing this year were so much more conducive to good work—each teacher having a separate desk at which to write—and that there was a marked absence of any attempt to assist teachers in the preparation of their papers. No one was admitted to the room while the examination was in progress except those conducting the examination and those taking it. Out of the the forty-nine white teachers taking this examination, thirty-nine of these were from Fitzgerald. FIRST ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT. Bulhlingr Was Crowded and an Excellent Programme. Friday, May the 28tb, witnessed the closing of the first year of the Fitz¬ gerald schools. Taking everything into consideration, it has been a very successful one. The obstacles that con¬ fronted Superintendent Saunders and his able corps of assistants were many and varied, but patience and care have done wonders towards bringing order out of chaos. Commencing last September with nearly 600 pupils from at least thirty- five states and two territories, the schools have made rapid advances towards success. The beginning of the scholastic year witnessed the beginning of a work of almost unparalleled magnitude. The pupils had first to be properly graded. This moved to be an herculian task, as the pupils came from as many different states and schools, in each of which a different course of study was pursued. The patrons of the schools have a very slight conception of the amount of labor and time required to properly accomplish this- object. The grades are not thoroughly estab¬ lished as yet, but by the beginning of another school year, they will have reached a degree of perfection, that will meet the appreciation of all. Taken altogether, the year has been a glorious one, and the people of the city of Fitzgerald ought to be justly proud of the schools, which the industry and patience of a single year have built up in their midst. They are second to none in the whole State of Georgia. The term examinations, which com¬ menced two weeks prior to the close of school, disclosed the pleasing fact that the majority of the pupils had made a creditable showing. The banner class oi the school, the ninth or first high school grade, made phenonenal advancement. The honors of this class and of the entire school, belong to Miss Mina Emery, who passed the very rigid examination, given with a general average of over 93 percent of all quest¬ ions asked, out of a possible 100 per cent. Her class record for the entire year shows 97 percent. The honors of the eight grade belong to Miss Clara Ashby, with a percentage of over 89 per cent. The other grades did equally as well. The closing exercises of the schools were held in the ne w Grand Army Hall last Friday evening. The hall and stage were tastily and be'autiiully decorated by the pupils under the able supervision of the lady teachers. We must not forget to mention one item of this decoration. There were the paper chains, suspended in graceful loops from various ports of the walls and ceilings. This was the work of Miss Reibsam’s pupils, of the primary department of the third ward. By seven o’clock the hall was filled to completion, and still the people came. At eight o’clock, sharp, Superintendent Saunders advanced to the front of the stage and announced the beginning of the programme, which was as follows: 1. Invocation—Rev. Turner. 2. Address—Mayor Good now. 3. Address—Col. Way, Pres. School Board. 1. Chorus, “Georgia Flowers’’. 5. Recitation, “Things Beautiful,”— by Little Girls. 6. Trio, “Welcome to Spring,” — Marion Goodnow, Fannie Bage- man and Mary Hower. OO.-J Flag Drill. Chorus, “Papa, what would you take for me?” occ Violet Exercise—Primary Pbpils. M-i Dialogue, “Excitement at Kettle- ville.” cojtfij— Violin Solo—Clifton Bidwell. ‘ Doll Drill—Primary Pupils. t—* Vocal Solo, “Lullaby,” — Maud Smith. ‘MM ^ Chorus, “Fitzgerald Children.” Ot Dialogue, “Hiring a Cook.” P Chorus, “Vacation Song ” M-* Trio, “Good night, but not goed bye.” Announcements—Prof. Saunders. MM poo Illustrated Ballads—Second Pri¬ mary Pupils. Some little difficulty was experienced in getting the pupils forward to perform their respective parts, owing to the crowded condition of the hall. But this was thoroughly understood by the audience. The singing was superb, especially that of the younger pupils. We will call particular attention to the opening cantata “Welcome to Georgia”, which was written by Mrs. G. A. K. Stevens, wife of the genial secretary of the Board of Education. It was received with vigorous applause. The address of President Way on be¬ half of the board of education was a masterpiece of oratory, and left much food for thought to the patrons of the school. The chorus "Fitzgerald Children” was very highly appreciated The words of this chorus were composed by Miss Cora Gardner of the First Ward school. One of the most beautiful renderings of the evening was the trio, by little Marion Goodnow, Mary Hower and Fannie Hageman. The dialogues were rendered highly effective by the excellent training the participants recetved at the hands of MUs Maud Stewart of the High School Department of the Thud Ward. The crowning feature of the enter¬ tainment was the “Illustrated Ballads” by Miss Goodnow’s pupils. They were grandly beautiful, and were highly pleasing to the audience. Miss Maudij Stewart presided at the piano with her usual skill and ability, which is so well.known by the people of Fitzgerald. Though thehallwas thickly crowded, and the heat very oppressive, the best of order was maintained throughout the whole of th > exercises. It was an oc¬ casion long ,o be remembered and often taliced about * All honor to Supt. Saun¬ ders and his noble, whole-hearted assistants. We all join in hearty con¬ gratulations for the noble work they have accomplished. Mar they continue on in the good work, and may they always attain the great success that has clothed their labors in the public schools of Fitzgerald during the past year. __ FITZGERALD WILL CELEBRATE. The Glorious 4th of July-The Engle H ill Scream at Sunrise. Fitzgerald, the liveliest and best town in this section of the wiregrass region, will celebrate the Glorious 4th of July in a mannner that will make a Northern town green with envy. Enough money has been raised to pull every tail feather from the grand old bird to such an extent that she will neyer recuperate for another year. A soliciting cemmittee consisting of Fred J. Clark and Isidore Gelders were out last Monday and secured nearly $200 towards the expenses. A meeting of the business men and citizens is called to meet at the Council Chamber next Monday afternoon at 3:00 sharp, for the purpose of appoint¬ ing the different committees and making the necessary arrangements. Every business man should by all means attend the meeting. Letters have already been written to Gen. John B. Gordon and Hon. Flem¬ ing du Bingon, to come and help us celebrate. If they have not already been engaged one of these gentlemen will deliver the 4th of July oration. The amusements throughout the day will consist of everything that goes to make up a big celebration. A barrel of ice water will be found on every corner of the business district and those wishing any thing stronger will of course find out where it is kept. Every business man should not forget the meeting as ft will take about $400 to have a bang-up good day. The 4th of July coming on Sunday this year the day will be celebrated on the 3rd. Watch for the big program of the coming day Save your nickels and dimes tend' buy red-lemonade at Fitzgerald. WILL TAKE A TOTE THIS FALL On the Court House Question—It Was So Decided Last Saturday. A large number of the native iarmers of Irwin county met in Fitzgerald last Saturday for the purpose of talking over the advisibility of petitioning the Ordinary to call an election of the legal voters of Irwin county this fall to vote on the court house question. A number oi good speeches was made by those present and the general drift of the speakers were that an election should be called for the purpose of moving the county seat to some point on the railroad. A Jcentral committee consisting of six from each militia district was ap¬ pointed to circulate the petition for the purpose of calling the election. From present indication there will be a number of towns in the race includ¬ ing Irwinville, Mystic, Ocilla and Fitzgerald. These towns will make a hot race, but it is thought that some of them will drop out before the time comes to vote. If the election takes place this fall Fitzgerald will cast be¬ tween 1000 and 1200 votes. Fitzgerald S. S. Convention. The fifth quarterly convention of the Fitzgerald Sunday school union will be held in the U. B. church on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20, beginning at 10 a. m. on Saturday, June 19. All those having practical Sundav school questions they would like to have dis¬ cussed by the convention, will please send them to the program committee, consisting oi Messrs. C. J. Es y, J. B. Denniston, O. H. Johnson for consider¬ ation. The pa9tor of each church in our city and the Sunday school officers are re¬ quested to act as a committee of enter¬ tainment in securing the names of such as will care for members ot visiting Sunday schools. The reputation of hese gatherings has gone abroad. Let us use every effort to still further ad¬ vance the interests of our Sunday school work by striving to make every gathering as much of an advance of its predecessor as each one has been here¬ tofore. The full program may be ex peeled next week. The hearty co-op¬ eration of all churches and Sunday schools and Sunday school workers Is earnestly solicited, as only by this means can success be secureu. C. E Becker, President. Mrs VanOsdoi.. .Secretary. Wauled to Trade. I have a number of excellent pieces of Florida land that I wish to trade for Filzgerald property Whn has some to trade? Call and see me at the ice factory. J. F. STANSBEUUGH. COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT. Result of the Mass Meeting May 8th in Regard to Directors. An enthusiastic meeting oi colony members was held at the M. E. church south, Wednesday afternoon, to hear the report of the committee that was appointed to consult with Mr. Fitzger¬ ald in reference to holding an election for colony directors. The meeting was call 9d to order by the chairman of the committee, Ira B. AUen, and subsequently Mr. Allen was chosen as permanent chairman and C. M. Dinsmore secretary. Capt. D. C. McCollum submitted the following re¬ port of the committee. After some friendly discussion the report was unan¬ imously adopted: Fitzgerald, Ga., May 22, ’97. We, the committee appointed R. hall at a mass meeting held at Fitzgerald, the G. A. Ga., May the 8th, 1897, Fitzgerald the to consult with Mr. on question of holding a general election to elect colony directors, beg leave to submit the following report: A majority of the committee met Mr. Fitzgerald at colony headquarters in the afternoon of May 18th, and having heard a full and complete explanation of the affairs of the colony as making explained by him, and the effort he is of all to effect a general Settlement mat¬ ters pertaining practicable. to the colony We as soon believe as possible and and important it to be both advisable that no election be held for directors at this time, and that the matter be intrusted, as in the past, to the present management until the colony affairs are in a better financial condition, when Mr. Fitzgerald assures us that an elec¬ tion lor directors will receive his hearty There are now many thifigsconnected with the colony questljn of finance for which Mr. Fitzgerald has had to be¬ come personally responsible and bor¬ row money on his own personal security colony, to carry on the workings of the do which he could not afford to unless he held the general management. his We therefore fully concur in statement that it is best to let the pres¬ ent management rest where it is. The duties of the directors are grow¬ ing less each month, and Mr. Fitzger¬ ald believes that five directors are suf¬ ficient to secure good, harmonious man¬ agement, and he assures us that the managers will, at all times, keep a suf¬ ficient number of directors appointed to transact the business. Your com¬ mittee desire to say that they have the utmost confidence in Mr. Fitzgerald, the originator and the founder of the colony, and know that his wholi heart is in its success, and we believe that the general management should still be left to him until he would favor an election for directors. We are pleased to know that all ex¬ penses of the colony have been reduced to a small working force. Salaries are only paid to three while men which aggregate $140 per month, there is a great deal of clerical work yet connected with the colony. There are now but five directors, of which Mr. Fitzgerald practical is one, the business other four are well known men and residents of the colony, none of whom receive pay for their services as directors, while they devote much of their time to the affairs of the colony. In conclusion, we firmly believe, for the good of vhe colony company, and all its members, that the present manage¬ ment should rest as it is. Ira B. Allen, 1 E. S. CHILD, D. C. McCollum, i Com. Milo Porter, ; auken B. Hulit, j Thos. C. Davis. J The following communication from Mr. Fitzgerald was also read: Fitzgerald, Ga., May 17, 1897. To the Committee Appointed at Mass Meeting Held May 8th, 1897: Gentlemen —In reply to your of ad¬ re¬ quest touching the appointment ditional members of the board ol di¬ rectors of the colony company, I would be pleased to state that I am pleased to meet you as friends and members of the colony company, but I am sorry to meet you on such a mission as this, for the reason that I believe it to be out of or¬ der and can result in no good to the colony company. remember that I acting You must am under an appointment the same as the board of directors. When the colony company was first undertaken it re¬ quired two parties to its formation. The American Tribune Co., of Indian¬ apolis, Iud., was chosen as the com¬ pany organ to promote and further the interests of such a movement. They entered into an article of agreement with the promoters of the colony, to take the management and control of the matter. This article of agreement pro¬ vided for the number of the manage¬ ment of the colony until such times when it had reached a point when it could not be made a failure by rea¬ son of any mismanagement. That time has not yet arrived. The colony company has been greatly injured by idle talk and such meetings, which go to impair and injure its credit, impossi¬ both at home and abroad, so that it is ble to sell its stock or bonds, nor can she borrow money from any source. I have had to go into the bank and bor¬ row money from time to time to carry on the orkings of the colony. This puts me in a position that I must know the board of managers under whom I work or I could not afford to lend my aid in this man er. I believe they are sufficient to do all that is to be done at this time. All members of the board who failed to come to the colony were removed. Mr. Majors and Mr. Good¬ now resigned. Mr. Goodnow’s resigna¬ tion was based upon the grounds that he had been elected mayor of the city , and as the two bodies, the city and the colony, had important business it to transact between each other, was not proper for a city officer to be an officer of the colony; this being proper Mr. Goodnow resigned Under the articles of agreement entered into by the Amer¬ ican Tribune, she alone has the power to fill these vacancies or appoint a board which she believes sufficient to carry on the business of Ibe colony company. Haying worked with the present memhers, who have taken time and become so wtlll acquainted with the details of the colony affairs, they are better able and can be of more aid to the colony management ask than kindly new ones lut could be. I must you to t the management alone until a later date, when a full and complete report will be made and all colony affairs duly turned over. With a large body of di¬ rectors to deal with I do not think I would wish to borrow money or endorse paper to aid the colony. However, I thank you for your appearance and will submit the matter to the general man¬ and agers, the American Tribune Co., request them to answer you in a further manner, touching the question of add¬ ing additions to the board. It Is the intention at all times to keep a board sufficient in number to do the businessof the colony company. Very truly yours, P. H. Fitzgerald, President of Colony Company. On motion a new committee was ap¬ pointed consisting of Ira B. Allen, Capt. D. C. McCollum, A. B. Hulit, Thos. C. Davis and C. M. Dinsmore, whose duty it shall be to call a meeting occasionally for the interchange of ideas and such o’her duties as they may be called on to perform, which will be a sort of bureau for information. Capt: D. C. McCollum was made secretary of the committee. Chairman-Allen suggested the pro¬ priety of calling or getting up a public picnic to be held in the near future, at which time we would have Mr. Fitz¬ gerald with us, in order that we may become better acquainted and more so¬ cial. The suggestion met the hearty approval of all, and the committee may get up the picnic. Upon the whole the meeting was very harmonious and nothing but words of commendation were expressed for Mr. Fitzgerald. On motion the city papers were requested to print the proceedings of the meeting. • C. M. Dinsmore, Secretary. THE FIRST MURDER. James Herrington Killed and Edward Srnyrle Mortally Wounded by , Henry Nesbitt. Last Monday evening between 9 and 10 o’clock at a colored restaurant on N, Grant street, was the, scene oi a cold blooded murder—the first ever com¬ mitted in Fitzgerald—which resulted in the death of James Harrington from a pistol shot in the hands of Henry Nesbitt, who also mortally wounded Ed Srnyrle in the arm and leg, all of the parties being' colored. It seems from all reports obtainable that Harrington and Nesbitt were both suitors for the hand of a dusky dam¬ sel, who had thrown her love to Har¬ rington which caused the blood in the veins of Nesbitt to boil with rage. At the time stated above he went to the restaurant where Harrington was boarding, and walking in the rear door he found his victim sitting at a table with his lady-love at his side. Without a bit of hesitancy he pulled a 44 calibre revolver from bin pocket and shot Har¬ rington through the neck, the ball severing the jugular vein. Ed Srnyrle, who was sitting in the same room started to get up. but was stopped by a bullet crashing through his arm which lodged in his leg. With all the noise and racket going on the girl hid under the table. Nesbitt cooly walked out the door, and at last accounts has not been seen. Sheriff Chief Jones, together with Hanley, were out all night after the murderer, but he could not be found. Owing to the fact that no reward was offered the murderer will probably cs- cape. coroner’s inquest held Tues¬ At the day morning before Justice Moore, act¬ ing coroner, who empaneled examined, a jury, a number of witnesses were tell who seemed to be afraid they would on some one. Two or three of the wit- nesses were put under $200 bonds to ap¬ pear f.t the next term of the superior court. The verdict ef the jury was to the effect that James Harrington came to his death from a pistol shot fired by Henry Nesbitt. Memorial Day Exercises. Memorial day was observed in Fitz¬ gerald last Saturday in obedience to the general orders issued 5rom head¬ quarters. The services were held in the Grand Army hall with Comrade Johnson as the presiding officer. Prayer was ol- fered by Rev. Stoney. General orders were read by Prot. J. T. Saunders, fol¬ lowed by a song by the school children, entitled the “Soldiers Chorus.” S. V. Commander Johnson addressed the au¬ dience, which was followed by a recita¬ tion by Miss Grace Chapel, entitled “ The Blue and the Gray.” A song by the children entitled “ Model Repub¬ lic” was appropriately rendered. Miss Bertha Chopin recited “ Blossoms and Flowers” in a highly creditable manner. Mr. T. F. Powers, orator oi the day, delivered a very impressive address who gave a short resume of the causes which led to the war and the sacrifices of so many precious lives, and closed by saying that we are now a united coun¬ try, with no north, no south, no east and no west, with the loyalty of our southern brothers unquestioned and peace reigning supreme throughoutthe land. Comrade W. H. Marston was the next speaker, who delivered an able address on “Memorial Day.” He was followed ny Rev. J. H. Nor.-is, wno spoke lor a few minutes ou “The Blue and the Gray,” the and verdict a very of commendable all who heard address was it. Benediction was prpnounced by Rev. Norris, after which the school children together with the G. A. R. and mem- tiers of the W. R. C. and Ladies ol the G. A. R. proceeded to the cemetery where the G. A. R. conducted the beautiful service from the ritual and the children, lovingly decorated the graves of the soldier dead.