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m I The Josey Drug Go $ A full line of I)rugs, Patent Med- * icines of all kinds, Druggists’ Sun- $ !pj dries, Etc., Etc. Toilet Soaps and Fine Perfumery. & The Finest Soda Fountain in Wire- \ 10 grass Georgia. Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night. m The Josey Drug Go. South Grant, Fitzgerald, Ga. *sss*s*s*s***#ss*s*# CLOTHING! W e have a full and complete stock of Men and Boys suits for Summer wear at lowest PRICES. Summer Coats 50 and 75c. Nice dark Satteen and other grades at $1.00, and good Black Alapaca Coats $1.50. Cheap Pants from 75c up, and the largest stock of Straw Hats in the town, including the imported Chinese Bam¬ boo Hat, tray or turtle shape, very desirable for a sun protector, at 50 and 75 cents. Boys and Childrens Straw Hats of all description. Moifs’ Working Shirts, good quality^ 50e, and Hundred 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, Pine Avenue. { / v 'i*rf V ,v * "" Hi 1 ,, ,, 111 mmm i&afoeaSi&SBStt TIFTON FOUNDRY fi MACHINE COMPANY. 4-—MANUFACTURERS OF-♦ ,. Iron and Brass Castings, Engine and Boiler Fittings, Inspirators, Valves; Pip© injectors. and Fittings: Lubricators. General Machinery Jet Pumps, Steam ’Gages; Globe, Angle Shafting's and Check and Mill Supplies; Pulleys, and Couplings; Leather and Rubber Belt; Lace-Leather and Lubricating- Oils. Repair Work a Specialty- eryvveek. A Gents second-hand for all kinds of Machinery. NOTICK.—Iron and brass melted six days *nt*v r A 50-horse power Engine for sale. Call on or address, for fu prtieulars. R. S. KELL,^Manager, Tifton, Ga. Fitzgerald Bottling Works, North Grant St. All orders will receive prompt attention 1 OLIN S. McCOYi Palace fiofel, Mrs. Orcelia R. Smith, Prop. •Cor. Jessamine and Main Streets. low We aro now making from special the rates North. to our When fel¬ colony members driver you reach the depot hero have the hack take you to the Palace Hotel Every thing new and strictly first-class. For Tailor Suits CALL ON E. J. DANCY, Pins Av’, M Door to Csmisoml Hots A perfect fit guaranteed. A trial is all I ask. All garments cut and made on premises. Cleaning, Repairing and Preseinea Specialty, DR. J. H. POWELL, (Lite of the Best American Hospitals) Specialist in Chronic Diseases, Of IVIen and Women, Office, S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬ manently located.) A. T. CURRY, Notary Public, COLONY BANK, Fitzgerald. Georgia Dn. C. L 1 1-1. Maitaf, Officb—I n Slayton Sc Kern building, oppo¬ site Commercial hotel. Fitzgerald, Ga Plione 21. E. NICHOLSON, Auctioneer, East Pine Avenue, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. Is now prepared to give rates on short, notice. Having had fifteen years experience, perfect Satisfaction is guaranteed. For rates and bills rail at LKADERoffice CHENEY & BURCH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Off ice— In Paulk Building, Grant.street, vLD. GEORGIA. ORDINANCE NUMBER 38. An Ordinance to Provide for the Col¬ lection of City Taxes,, mid to Pre¬ scribe the Manner of Enforcing the Payment of the Same, and for/Other Purposes. He it Ordained by the City Council of City of Fitzgerald, Georgia: Section 1. Ad. valorem taxes, levied by the city council on the real and personal property in the city of Fitzgerald, Georgia, shall be due and payable as follows: One half on the- lirstdny of May and one half on the first day of October of eacli year, but provided, however, that for the year 1897 the first installment of sucli taxes shall become due and payable on the first day of June. Sec. 2. All city taxes are hereby made payable at the office of the city clerk, and it is hereby made the duty of such city officer to collect such taxes, and at the close of each day to turn over to the_city treasurer all monies collected and take the receipt of the treasurer therefor. The city clerk shall give eacli person paying city taxes a written receipt therefor showing in detail the amount of tax paid and for what purpose, and if the tax collected be against real estate the said receipt shall contain a de¬ scription of the land for which the tax is paid, as same is described on the assessor’s tax digest. The city clerk shall keep a stub of all tax re¬ ceipts issued by him, and shall, at the time of making out each tax receipt enter upon the stub thereof the same facts which are hereby required to be noted on the receipt, which stubs shall be kept on file in said office as a pub¬ lic record of the city. The city clerk shall also, at the time of collecting any city tax, note the payment there¬ of on tfie assessor’s tax digest oppo¬ site tlie name of the person assessed, or if on real estate, then opposite the description of the land on which the tax is Sec. 8. All city taxes, except spe¬ cial sidewalk assessments, not paid within thirty days after becoming due are hereby declared to be delinquent. 'To all delinquent taxes remaining un¬ paid on the first day of the month succeeding the time in which such tax or installment of tax becomes due, there shall be added by the city clerk as a penalty for non-payment thereof, the sum of ten percent, of the amount of tax then due and unpaid. Which penalty shall be added to the tax originally assessed and shall be col¬ lected at the same time and in same manner as the said original tax. Pro¬ vided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to specific license taxes, or to special assessments for sidewalks and cross¬ ings. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to make out on the first day of November of eacli year a list of all lands within the city limits against which there are unpaid city taxes, whether general or special, and also a list of all persons owing the city any taxes assessed on aecountof personal property. On said first day of No¬ vember of each year or as soou there¬ after as possible, the city clerk shall issue executions for said unpaid taxes whether general or special, which ex¬ ecutions shall bear test in the name of the mayor, and shall be directed to the chief of police, whose duty it is hereby made to levy the same and col¬ lect the taxes due and pay the same to the city clerk. Said executions shall command said chief of police to levy on the particular description of land against which tiie tax lias been levied and is unpaid, or in the event that tiie unpaid tax shall be personal tax then said execution shall com¬ mand him to levy on the goods, chat¬ tels, lands and tenements of the de¬ fendant, or so much as may be neces¬ sary to satisfy said tax, and to sell the same according to law to satisfy said taxes. All sales shall take place at the front door of the court house of Irwin county, and shall be conducted in same manner as required by law for the collection of State and county taxes. The person conducting said sale may adjourn the same from day to day, but shall give notice of his in¬ tention to adjourn, if necessary,in lire • J dv.ertisement of sale. Sec. 5. All city tax sales shall be advertised once a week for four con¬ secutive weeks in tiie official paper of the city and also in tiie paper in which the sheriff of the county adver¬ tises his sales. The notice of sale shall state the amount of tax claimed to be due, whether for general or spe¬ cial purposes, and the time and place of sale, the property- to be sold, and the name of tiie defendant. Tiie city clerk shall cause the editof or pub¬ lisher of the newspapers in which .tax sales are advertised, to make an affida¬ vit of such publication and atfacli to Ihe same a printed copy of such no¬ tice, which affidavit shall be lfept on file in the clerk’s office. Sec. 6. The mayor is hereby ap¬ pointed as tiie agent of the city to bid for it on any property offered at city tax sales, fie .is authorized and re¬ quired to bid at such sales in conform¬ ity with the provisions of the general laws of this State governing municipal tax sales. The officer making such sale shall execute and deliver to the city a deed of the property bid in by its agents at any city tax sale, which deed shall be valid and binding after the period of redemption has expired. Provided, however, that no redemp¬ tion shall he allowed of personal prop¬ erty sold for city taxes. Sec. 7. Whenever any land is so sold the owner thereof shall have the privilege of redeeming said land at any time within one year from date of sale hv paying to tiie purchaser the amount paid hv the purchaser for said land with ten (TO) percent, premium thereon from the date of the purchase to the time of the payment. Sec. 8. Whenever any person shall attempt to remove from the city lim¬ its permanently, any property against which there are unpaid city taxes whether the said taxes are due or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue an execution against said person and properly, and the chief of police shall forthwith levy the same and collect said tax by sale of the property as herein provided. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the city clerk when issuing tax executions to add to the amount of general tax assessed and due against any descrip¬ tion of land within the city,the amount of any special taxes assessed by order of the council against the said land for sidewalks or other purposes, and the tax execution shall require the of¬ ficer making the lew to sell the said land for said special Uxes as well ns the general taxes, and at the same time and place and in the same man¬ ner. Sec. 10. Any lot owner who shall ■fall, neglect orTefnse- to comply with the provisions of any ordinance or reeolution of the city council relative to the construction of any sidewalk in front of his lot, shall-forfeit to the city af a penalty for such failure or re¬ fusal, a sum equal to 25 per cent, of the amount necessarily expended by the city in building such sidewalk in front of said lot or lots. Which said penalty shall be added to tiie amount of the special tax due against said lot or lots for such sidewalk, and the same shall be collected by the sale of such lot or lots in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the collec¬ tion of general or special taxes. Sec. 11. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its first publica¬ tion in tiie official paper of the city. Passed June 7, 1897. Approved June 7, 1897. C. C. Goodnow, Mayor. Attest: II. II. KabRicii, City Clerk, (L. s.) Great people always have small ene¬ mies.—Itam’s Horn. A Grateful Letter From a Baptist Min¬ ister. I was suffering from rheumatism when I was advised to use Chamber¬ lain’s Pain Balm. I now desire to attest to tiie happy results. A few applicatiomfof this liniment proved of great service to me. It subdued the inflammation and relieved the pain. Should any sufferer profit by giving Pain Balm a trial it will please me.— Respectfully and gratefully yours, E. Edwards, Minersville, Pa. (Pastor English Baptist Church.) For sale by J. H. Goodman & Co. The first car of watermelons were shipped from Quitman, Ga., last Tues¬ day. Another car was loaded the same day and sold for $150.00 on track. W. B. Johnson, Newark, O., says : “One Minute Cough Cure saved my only child from dying by croup.” It has saved thousands of others suffer¬ ing from croup, pneumonia,bronchitis and other serious throat and lung troubles. J. II. Goodman & Co. Legal Notice. To the Honorable Allen D. Candler, Secretary of the State of Georgia: I.X. The petition of Geo. W. Parrott, Sr., Cheves, Geo. W. Parrott, O’Neal, Jr . W. S. Thomson, Jacob Haas, B. P. William Seandrett. W. li.O’Neal, J. T. West and T. A. Scott, re¬ spectfully show the following: First. That Geo. W. Parrott, Sr., Geo. W Parrott, Jr., and Jacob Haas, areresidenis of the county of Fulton: B. P. O'Neal, W.S. Thomson, William Seandrett, W. B. O’Neal and 1. X. Cheves are residents of the county of Dooly; and J. T. W est and T. A. Scott a re residents of the county of McDuffee, all being in tiie State of Georgia. Second. Your petitioners have associated themselves together and under desire to the incorporate a railroad company general railroad laws of the State of Georgia, under the name of ‘"The Dooly Southerd Railway Company. The length of said road, Third. as near as can be estimated, will he about thirty-five miles. Fourth The general direction and location of said road, and the principal places througli which it shall pass, are to be as follows: Be¬ ginning ator near Bichwood, er some other point on the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Co,, between CordeleandUnadilla. all being in the county of Dooly and State of Georgia, and running throughout its entire length in a general southeasterly Alabama Railway direction, crossing the Georgia and at ornear Pinia, in Dooly Cordele, county, or at some other point between in Dooly continuing county, or Rochelle, in Wilcox county, and on in the general direction indicated, to a point at or near Irwinville, in the county of Irwin, or to some other point in said county, on the Tifton and Northeastern Railroad, be¬ tween Tifton, in the county of Berien.and Fitzgerald, in the county of Irwin, all being in theStateof Georgia. The counties through which it will pass are Dooly, Wilcox and Ir¬ Fifth. The amount of capital stock is to be *50,1100.00, divided into five hundred shares of ono hundred dollars each, all of which stock is to he common stock. Sixth. The number of years said corporn- lion is to continue is eight, with the right and privilege of extending the same at that time according to law if so desired. Seventh. The principal office of said cor¬ poration is to he in the county of Dooly in the State of Georgia. petitioners intend in Eighth. Your good faith to go forward without delay to secure subscription to the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and operate said railroad Ninth. Your petltitioners further show that that they have given four weeks notice of their intention of to this apply their for said petition charter the by the publication in newspaper containing of the counties the Sheriff’s through advert which se¬ meme in each said road will probably thefllingof run, once a week for four weeks before this petition, as appears by affidavits of the several editors below attached Wherefore they pray to he incorporated un¬ der the laws of this state under the name aforesaid with all the powers, franchises, privileges and Lmuntties guaranteed such cor¬ porations under the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia. Thomson & Whipple, Petitioners’ Attor¬ neys. Parrott. I.X. Ciikvks. Geo. W. G W. Parrott, Jr. B. P O’Neal. Aeon Haas. Wm. Wm. K. O’Nkal. Thos. A. Scott. Scandrktt. JohnT. West. W. S.Thomson. Statu Dooly of Georgia, County. 1* Personall a ppeared before the undersigned, T X Cil6V68 B. P. O’Neal and Wm B.O’Neal who, each being sworn, say that the names signed to the above petition for incorporation, aro the genuine signatures of the persons named therein, and that the matters therein set forth are true to the best of sueb affiants’ knowledge, information andbelief. I. X. Curves, B. P. O’Nkal. Wm. B. O’Nkal. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this May 1H, 1BS7. Cue I! Jones, N. P. D. C„ Ga. Wanted —Horse and cattle hide. Apply Lascelles Grocery Co., llenard block, Fitzgerald, Ga. 22-tf WHOLESALE DEALERS IN msmssmmxsmm 'wwmmmm wm Ps *. ■ GROCERIES, w Hay, Oats and Con 1 SIDNEY LRSCELLES m INSURANCE BROKER MRMMHHmHBHl FIRE, LIFE and ACCIDENT,, Renard Block, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. sssgsssssa ALPINE: BIGirOI-ES- assssfisso 8 % $39 ' 50% 33 The Gelders ———-—————',:::=—‘E§j—Wv:v News Be 01 3 @539503 g ‘ 5:? , 8 agmgssw . . 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