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THE FITZGERALD LEADER,
Offioinl Newspaper of Irwtu County, Georgia. Ga.
Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald,
PUBLISHED EVKRY THURSDAY BY
!?‘g' [■«**. and Publishers.
Terms— Invariably In advanoe. known
Job and advertising rates made on
application. Your patronage solicited.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C. C. Smith,Judge Sup. Court,Hawkinville.Ga
Tom Eason, Solicitor Sup. Court. McRae.
J. It. Clements, Co. Judge, Irwinville,
J. E. Burch. Co. Solicitor, Fitzgerald,
J. J. Lee, Ordinary, Irwinville,
J. II. p. Paulk,Clerk Sup.Court,Irwinville, Fitzgerald,
R. v. Handley, Sheriff, ‘
C. L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Sycamore,
J. H. Paulk, Tax Collector, ocilla, '
James Walker. Co. Treasurer, irwinville,
F,.J. Hogan, Co. Surveyor, Minnie, “
M ft Uenderson’, Co!CmnniTssloner, Ooilla, “
TiFTON AND iNOKTHKASTKJO li. It. |
“SOLDIERS' COLONY ROUTE.”
General Offices, Tifton, Georgia.
No 1. No3. ; Feb. 9,1897. jNo.a.lNo. 4.
A. M. 1 '. 1". M. ! P.
7:30 |Lv. Tilton, Brighton Ga. Ar.!l2:00 11:45 |
7 ;45 1
7:55 1 Harding. 11:311
8:15 |l' Pinetta. 11:1®
8:31 Irwin. 111:1® i
8:43 it' Fletcher. 40:59
9:®n i A r. Fitzgerald. Hv.i l®:15 >
Trains Nos. L 2.3 and 4 run daily except
^Trains Nos. 7 and 8 run on wiH* Sunday only.
Tr^ins'cnnnect'atTifton railroads, and Georgia Piant and System Ala¬
and G. S. & F.
bama at Fitzgerald. President.
H. H.Tift, Vice-President.
W n. Tut. Traffic Manager.
F. G. Boatright.
GEOIUHA & ALABAM A KAILWAY,
••the savannah short LINE.”
Passenger Schedule, Effective June 1, '»?.
P. M A. M A. M. P. M.
5 23 10 55 1. Lv Della Ar 10 35 C«
6 00 11 25 Lv. Fitzgerald Ar. 9 A 45 „ »*• 35
7 30 12 25 Ar. Abbeville, Lv. < 45 CO
A. M p. m. Cordeie 9 05 t-2 15
5 55 1 40 I
7 30 3 00 Americus i 7 20 IL
j P. M. A. W.
7 55 Montgomery 7 50
32 25 4 15 Halena Lv.l \ „ 30 nn I I * 2;>
7 20 8 35 Ar. Savannah < i
Sunday— Lv. Ocilla 5 15p.ni;; Ar. 9 30 a. m.
Ar. Abbeville 6 40p. m.; Lv. 8 00 a. m
Close connections at all junctions and ter¬
minal points for Vice.Pres. all points. &Gen. Mgr.
CECIL Cfcil Gabuet, oabhl , a PopEt Gen. Pas. Agt.
Gh 4 S. N. Right, Ass’tGenT Pass. Agt.
Ed Stallings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald.__
Postofflcf.
Si! foffiinnps^atffie^&yeven-
ln §ffice from 7 a. in. to 7:30 p. m.
open Sunday from9;80 Lg; 30
Office open
a
Christian Science.
Services every Sunday morning 10:30; Sun-
hall i pine avenue. A cordial invitation is ex
ten ded to all of whatever creed or calling.
CHENEY & BURCH,
ATTO R N E Y-AT-L A W,
Office—I n Faulk Building, G rant Street,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
WAY & JAY,
Atto r n ey - at - Law,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
OFFICE—In the Slayton & Kern building on
Pine avenue.____
E. W. Hyman, L,. Kennedy,
Of South Dakota. Of Sa/annah.
RYMAN & KENNEDY,
Office—I n Fitzgerald Block.
Be On the Safe Side
And Take Your Work to
H. WETTSTEIN I
The Pioneer Jeweler.
Watches, .Jewelery, Clocks, Silver-
ware, Diamonds, Spectacles, etc.,
Lowest Living Rates.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA,
Grant St. Between Pine and Central Avs.
DR. J. H. POWELL,
(Late of the Best American Hospitals)
Specialist in Chronic Diseases,
Of Men and Women,
Office. S.Grant a8 tre et,n ea r Magnolia. {Per-
n o tt ea4
A. T. CURRY,
Notary Public,
COLONY BANK,
Fitzgerald, Georgia
fog, C, A, A L< C. KoMdorf,
Office—I n Slayton & Korn building, oppo¬
site Commercial hotels Fitzgerald, Ga
Phone 21.
E. NICHOLSON,
Auctioneer,
East Pine Avenue,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Is now prepared to give rates on short notice.
Sn^Tsfnction^is^gua^sntc^.^For'^ate^fmd call at LKADBHoffico.
bills
Palace Botel,
Mrs. Orcel ia R. S mith, Prop.
Cor. Jessamine and Main Streets.
wn are now making special rates to our When fel-
low colony members t'rnm the North.
you reach the depot here have the hack driver
take you to the
Palace Hotel
Everything new and strictly first-class.
city and county.
Here at Fitzgerald with its cooling
breezes the thermometer dropped to 81
at 8 o’clock last Saturday nig 1 1.
Read, read, read the big ad. of the
Savannah shoe store It. will pay you
if you are in need of shoes.
One of the hardest rains of the sea¬
son visited this section last Tuesday
night for about four hours.
Hon. R. W. Clements and wife, of
Irwinville, were in the city last Tues¬
day trading with our merchants.
Mr. Price, musical director for the
‘ Mid-summer fair, ’ was in the city ’ last
Saturday, , to engage an orchestra , . dur-
th® f a * r wei -k.
The city council of Americas have
ordered a special election on July 21st, j I
for the purpose of issuing $35,000 in I
bonds for public improvements.
Prof. R. J. Prentiss, of Abbeville,
was in the city last Friday on matters
pertaining to the Chautauqua meeting.
The Leader was favored with a short
call.
Miss Alberta Royal, who has been
spending the past winter and spring in
this city, left last Friday for her home
in Michigan. She leaves many friends
here who were sorrv to see her leave.
Joe Fitzgerald and Miss Susie Mc¬
Nally, both of Abbeville, were married
in this city last Sunday evening, J ustice
Drew W. Paulk tying the connubial
knot.
_
County court convened at Irwinville
last Monday. A number of jury cases
as well as court cases were up for trial.
The attorneys from this city were
present.
_
C. M. Wise, secretary of the Colony
Company, is quite sick with appende-
cities. At present he is resting easily,
and is now out of danger. The
Leader trusts he will soon be out
among us again.
The Salvation Army has struck Fitz¬
gerald and are giving nightly concerts
on the streets each evening, after
which they adjourn to their hall over
Harrison’s store, where they continue
their services.__
Attorney Hal Lawson, of Abbeville,
was in the city Monday on his way to
Irwinville to attend the county court
session. In company with City Attor¬
ney Ryman he left for Hawkinsville,
where both gentlemen have some court
cases to argue before Judge Smith.
First Sharkey knocked Maher down,
then Maher knocked Sharkey down,
then the police bagged the pair and the
referee declared the affair a “draw,”
while the promoters walked away with
$40,000 in box office receipts. The fish¬
ing season is upon us. The people are
the suckers.
_
The police of Atlanta mfffle the big¬
gest rade of the season last Saturday
night. Sixty-five negro men and women
were pulled at one time, and it took
eight patrol wagons to carry them to
the police barracks. The charge pre¬
preferred against the crowd was that of
gambling and disorderly conduct.
F. L. Douglas, who left here two
weeks ago by team for Union City, Ga.,
to prospect, writes to his wife here that
he will be back by July 1st. He says
that Hunt, the hardware man, who was
in business here, has a small store
there, but is not doing much business.
The loveliest boquet that we ever
“sot” eyes on was sent to this office last
Tuesday by Miss Louise Benton, living
on the corner of Sherman and Jessa¬
mine. Every kind of flower, together
with the beautiful white Monthly rose,
was in the boquet. The giver has our
heartiest thanks.
Commissioner Henderson, who has
been acting as deputy tax receiver,
with headquarters at The Leader of¬
fice during the past three days, has
been a very busy man. Everybody
waited until the last moment to list
their property, and hence he was
crowded with work every minute.
At a regular meeting of the school
board Wednesday afternoon the follow¬
ing teachers were engaged for the next
school term: Miss Maud Stewart, Daisy
Gardner, Mrs. Ellars, Louise Goodnow,
Hattie Ohovin, Ora Whitman, Ora
Welch, Ella Riebsam, Dell Herrington,
substitute. With Prof. J. T. Saunders,
superintendent, and Prof. F. W. McIn¬
tosh, principal, the public schools of
Fitzgerald will be second to none in the
State. L. F. Johnson was hired as jan¬
itor of the Third Ward building and
Wm. C. Thompson of the First Ward
building. _
There is something inexpressibly
pitiful about the common fate of the
old horse. After he has had his day
and served his owner faithfully, his
teeth get poor, his legs stiff, and he be¬
comes an unprofitable animal to keep.
He once sold for $100 and now $2.50
represents his value and so he is traded
off, and nearly always to some hard
hearted man who buys him to pound a
few more days’ work out of him to get
his money back. The right thing to do
instead of trading him off is to hu¬
manely kill him, lor no man with the
love of God and man in his heart will
turn a faithful old friend over to the
tender mercies of the average horse
trader.
The following few lines are respect¬
fully dedicated to a young man of Fitz-
gerald:
"Meet me on the corner
Where they sell ice cream,
Life shall be lor you, love,
Like a blissful dream,
Cling to me, my darling,
As vine bugs the oak,
And when you aredonc eating
1 shall be dead broke."
J. M. Satchwell, advertising agent of
the Penn Tobacco Co., painted a “hot
article" on the east side of Shuraway's
house last week in which the aforesaid
sign looked as if it had the blind stag¬
gers or the man who painted it had
seen an air ship. Nevertheless, the
sign was afterwards toohed up and now
resembles the work of an artist.
Mr. Robert Henderson and Mr. Ho-
gan, of Ocilla, were here last Tuesday
and delivered over to Sheriff Hanley a
negro by the name of King Clark, who
was convicted of murder in the year
1892, but who secu.ed a new trial. The
bondsmen were Robert Henderson, L.
Hogan, Wm. Fletcher, T. B. Young,
Wm. Branch, with a bond of $5,000.
The bondsmen thought best to get re¬
leased from the bond as they didn't
care to be holden any longer. King
Clark will be remembered as running
the restaurant where the negro was
killed a few weeks ago by one Henry
Nesbit.
The Tifton Gazette has changed
hands, with John L. Herring, one of
the brightest editors in the State, again
in charge. The Gazette, during the
past four months, has been under the
control of W. H. Parks, a young man
of splendid newspaper ability, if only
used in the right direction, but who has
not only made innumerable breaks
against his own citizenz, but has re¬
peatedly jumped on to and roasted citi¬
zens all over the State. His career was
short.
_
We have decided to giveH. A. With-
am the whole bakery including the
baker. Mention was made last week in
which M. D. Wilbur had a tomato vine
that takes all the cookies in the bakery.
The aforesaid vine having eighty-seven
tomatoes thereon. He has, however,
lost the cookies. H. A. Witham re¬
ported to this office last Monday that he
has a tomato vine that has 125 well de¬
veloped tomatoes and more coming. It
is of the Peach variaty and stands 7
feet high and 4 feet across the top. Mr.
Witham lives near Corbett mill.
Col. C. W. Fulwood, that bright and
shining deciple of Blackstone, and Col.
W. O. Tift, vice-president of the Tifton
& Northeastern railroad, were in the
city Monday in the interest of the mid¬
summer fair that opens up at Tifton on
July 7, and continues three days. The
fair this year promises to be far ahead
of all preyious undertakings as the fruit
farmers all over the counties which the
fair embraces are making extensive
preparations for large exhibits. All
kinds of sports will also be held at the
bicyle track. A very low rate on all
railroads have been granted.
A pretty good story is going the
rounds of the press on a certain German
in a town near by who has not paid
much attention to learning English and
who had a horse stolen from his barn,
whereupon he advertised as follows:
“Von night the other day, ven I vas
been awake in mine sleep, I heard some¬
thing vot I tinks vos not yust right in
my parn. I out shumps to bed and run
mit the parn out, and ven I vas dare
coorn, I sees dot my pig gray iron mar
he vas tied loose and run mit the stable
off, and whoeffer vill him pringback, I
shust so much pay him as vas been
_
A hobo of the newspaper variety vis¬
ited this office last Monday and with the
usual request, wanted a half dozen
changes. When asked if he wanted the
old papers in order to read the society
notes or to find the location of a bath
house, he replied : “Naw, de side door
sleepers on dese railroads are so dirty
that we want ’em to put on the floor to
keep our clothes clean, see! Give us re¬
publican sheets if yer got any there;
dete softer, the arguments ain’t so solid
and the facts ain’t de cold kind wot
knocks you silly; an de points don’t
stick out enough to hurt, see! It’s just
like sittin’ton a pneumatic bed, dere’s
so much wind about it.”
The charter for the extension oi the
Wadley & Mount Vernon railroad from
Wadley to Fitzgerald, a distance of 75
miles, has been granted by the secre¬
tary of State, and an interview with the
president of the road in the Atlanta
Journal of last Wednesday, says “the
work on the road will commence imme¬
diately.” This is good news to the cit¬
izens of Fitzgerald. In speaking of the
probable extension of the Waycross Air
Line from Nichols to Fitzgerald the At¬
lanta Constitution, in its issue of the
12th inst., says: The Waycross Air
Line is figuring on extending to Fitz¬
gerald, although this will not be done
immediately. The road now extends
from Waycross to Nichols, which is
forty miles southeast of Fitzgerald.
Preparations are being made to build
from Nichols to Broxton, fifteen miles.
The remaining twenty-five miles into
Fitzgerald will be built later. B. A.
Denmark, esq., of Savannah, is presi¬
dent of the company. Mr. Denmark is
also president of the Southwestern Rail¬
road Company.
A very destructive hail storm visited
the farmers in the vicinity of Crisp
northeast of tnirf city, last
Friday evening. The strip of country
devastated is about one mile long and a
half mile in width. The rain fall was
very heavy and the lightning terrific.
The Rochelle boys didn’t do a thing
to the Fitzgerald boys last Friday.....
There was said to be fully five hundred
people who witnessed the ball game
here last Friday between Fitzgerald and
Rchelle... .Some ot our boys, and men,
too, seem to have damaged their lungs
Friday yelling at the ball game. There
are several who can hardly talk beyond
a whisper... .The Rochelle boys say
that the victory won over the Fitzger-
aid ball team, was the easiest thing
they ever tackled. Don t brag too
much, boys,, things may change the
next time. Rochelle_New Era.
mental Ben Watkins farming in is the doing wheat some line expert- this j
summer and gives actual figures in ver-
ideation of the fact that there is money
to be made in planting wheat. Here is
the planted story five just bushels as we got of wheat it: He recently j
of land raising therefrom on seven j
acres
bushels of wheat which he values at
$1 per bushel. The straw he values at
$30, making a total of $170 in money
made on the seven acres. Now, the ex¬
pense of tending the land is as follows:
Cost of five bushels of wheat for plant¬
ing purposes, $5- ploughing it in $4.50;
fertilizer used on the seven acres $24:
harvesting wheat, $5.50; threshing, $3;
making a total expense of $42, and
leaving a profit of $128 on the seven
acres. He is now going to plant the
same seven acres in peas to fatten his
stock and cattle on. W ho said there
wasn’t money in raising wheat?—Jack-
son (Ga.)Times.
The following program for the fifth
quarterly convention of the Fitzgerald
Sabbath school union to be held Satur¬
day and Sunday, June i9 and 20, 1897,
at the Christian church, Fitzgerald,
Georgia:
Saturday.
1 3C. Sons: and Devotional Service—Presi¬
dent Becker. Followed by a discus¬
sion on "Sunday School Work,” to
which all ministers, superintendents,
teachers and Sunday school workers
are expected to take part.
SUNDAY.
9 39 Song and devotional service—Rev. N. Lohr.
10 09 Welcome Address—Mr. E. Booker.
10 20 Song—U. B. choir.
Topic: “The Sunday School vs. the Sa¬
loon"—Rev. J. M. Glenn.
il 00 Song—Miss Loucks.
Topic: "The Sunday School and the
Home”—Rev. Norris.
11 30 Singing, reading minutes of previous
12 00 meeting. benediction. Dinner.
Song and Service—Oldfield
1 30 Song and Devotional
school.
2 CO Instrumental Music and Solo—Miss Ho-
zella Denney.
Topic: YDoes the Sunday School Fully
Appreciate Its Prerogatives? Is it Ef¬
fectively Improving Working its Oppoitunity? the End for
And Certainly out
Which it Claims an Existence?—Rev.
2 40 Long Song—Luthern • school.
Subject: “The seed is the Word”—Miss
Sue Portsmouth.
3 10 Singing—Pine Level.
Business meeting. Singing.
4 00 Benediction.
J. B. Deniston. Program Com.
A Strange Case.
Abbeville Cor. in Rochelle New Era.
A remakable case was tried before a
commission of lunacy in Ordinary War¬
ren’s court on Wednesday last wgek.
Adolph Weckle, a German aged 70
years, was the subject of the examina¬
tion. He was brought from his home
at Lulaville, at the instigation of prom¬
inent citizens of that town. On the
examination, Weckle displayed so
much intelligence that the investiga¬
tion was suspended till Thursday to get
witnesses from Lulaville to better ena¬
ble the jury to reach a verdict. At the
final examination Weckle was adjudged
a lunatic, and on Friday morning left
for the asylum at Milledgeville in
charge of assistant clerk of Wilcox su¬
perior court, George Mixon. Weckle
was one of the original Fi tzgerald colo¬
nists, from Sprinfield, III. He sub¬
scribed for one of the colony shares, and
promptly paid his assessments, amount¬
ing to $190. He subsequently moved to
Lulaville, where he invested $2,000 in
property. Soon after locating at Lula¬
ville his hermit-like life and peculiar
actions attracted attention. He lived
in a hut all alone, and frequently dis¬
turbed his neighbors with his profanity
and ravings. Another of his peculiari¬
ties was, that he always declined to ac¬
cept money in his business transactions
prefering to take plain notes of hand
even from strangers and irresponsible
persons, declaring that he preferred in¬
terest bearing paper to money. Mr.
Weckle has a large family consisting of
a wife and eleven grown children who
refused to come with him. He thinks
they have treated him badly, which
may account for the unbalancing of his
mind. He had papers in possession
representing large sums of money, one
of them a note for $100, made by one of
his sons, the payment of which he has
repeatedly refused. This son visited
him recently at Lulaville. and en¬
treated his father to return with him
to Illinois. The old man refused to go.
He is infatuated with this section, and
says he will never leave the South, as
it has been his dream for years to make
his home in this sunny land. Weckle
has been an independent, thrifty farm¬
er, is intelligent, and claimed Presi¬
dent Lincoln as a warm personal friend.
He asserts that Mr. Lincoln was present
at his marriage, and was a guest at the
wedding dinner. A few weeks ago Mr.
Weckle was stricken with paralysis, re¬
sulting in his total blindness. He left
Abbeville contented in the assurance
that he was going where he would be
properly cared for.
i
THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
Sn Called Divine Healers ami Christian
Scientists Criticised. *
Rev. J. W. Ingram, who is now hold-
special services in the Christian
Church, this city, preached a sermon
last Monday night on the “ Miracles of
Jesus,” that has called forth much fa-
vorable comment. The text was taken
from Acts il:22: 11 Ye men of Israel
hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth,
a man approved of God among ycu by
miracles and wonders and signs," etc.
In his introductory remarks Mr. Ing¬
ram stated that it was not in the spirit
of controversy that ho discussed the
subject , but on invitation of one espe-
cial]y and pei . sonal]y interested. He
vvould deal kindly but plainly. Christ,
sa j(i jj e , was always moved to act by the
loftiest motives. He never did anything
without a worthy motive, and the OKI-
tive was always worthy of the deed.
The miracles of our Lord was the grand¬
est of His life among men. He did not
come into the world and work these
wonders simply to heal a few sick peo-
pie. When He healed He hafl before
Him an external purpose—a purpose
worthy of God. That purpose is indi¬
cated in the language of the text. It
was to show that THE Christ had God's
approval.
In John’s history of Christ, he de¬
clares these sigps and wonders were to
convince men that Jesus was what He
claimed to be—the son of the living
God. (See John xx:50) This position
was argued at considerable length and
reinforced by numerous scripture quo¬
tations. It was then contended that the
apostles and those of whom they con-
fered the power did not heal for the
sake merely of healing, but that they
were empowered to work miracles for
the confirmation of the word which they
were commissioned to preach. This
position was supported by such scrip¬
tures as: “Mark xvi:20—“And they
went forth and preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and con¬
firming the word with signs following”;
and Heb. ii:4—“ God also bearing them
witness with signs and wonders and
with divers miracles, and distribution
of the Holy Ghost, according to his own
will."
It was his contention that after the
word was once confirmed, we had no
further need of miracles. That which
is once confirmed needs no further con¬
firmation 1 Hence Paul said that mir¬
aculous gifts of the which Holy Spirit should
cease, when that is perfet is
come. The Bible was a cempleted book
when Jesus forbid any man to add
thereto ana take therefrom. (Rev. xxii:
18-19.) Miracles, said
ended, they he, with the
apostolic age, for accomplished
their lofty two-told purpose of approv¬
ing the Sonship of Jesus, and demon¬
strating or confirming the word of
God.
Those who claim miraculous power
today do not claim to exercise this
power for the same purpose for which
Jesus and the early church performed
miracles. They claim no higher pur¬
pose than to merely relieve bodily ills,
and those of a less serious nature. It
seems to be their conviction that God
comes down from heaven that he may,
through them, relieve one of a trifling
pain of no great seriousness, but will
pay no regard to one who is very seri¬
ously crippled or dangerously to'methat ill. It
has always seemed strange
God will not, through the dear people,
perform some cures worthy of Him !
Some such sures as were performed by
Christ and his apostles. this There is a
sweet little girl in audience that is
a great cripple. If these people will
heaL this little child, we will all become
ardent believers in their miraculous
power. But they know they cannot do
it. When asked why? they tell us they
are not perfect enough yet. But God
who does the healing is perfect, and is
as able to heal this child as to cure the
headache. Such diseases as had their
origin in the mind may be healed by a
few words of good cheer and joyous sun¬
shine mixed with a liberal sprinkling
of mesmerism or human magnetism.
Mr. if modern healers
would confine themselves to such eases
they would do a world of good. It is
inconsistent, said he, for this class of
wonder-workers to found their claim
on Mark xvi:17-18, unless they can dem¬
onstrate their power to do all that is set
forth in that chapter. They should be
able to cast out devils and speak in un¬
known tongues, and take up snakes
and drink deadily poison as well as to
heal the sick. They are equally incon¬
sistent in founding their claim upon
James v'14. In this scripture we have
the most explicit direction giyen. The
elders of the chnrch must be sent for,
and prayer must be made and the sick
must be annoiDted with oil. This
course is not pursued by modern heal¬
ers. The are not in it, and the church
is entirely ignored and the oil is no
longer needed. Those who appeal to the
Bible in support ot their claim, should
be consistent and follow out the Bible
direction.
Mr. Ingram contended that the con¬
tinuation of miracles would have been
a great curse to the world in that it
would have encouraged idleness and a
careless neglect to the cause of health
and life. The masses would have de¬
pended upon these as in the days of the
Savior for the loayes and fishes and for
restoration of health.
The audience was amused at his ref¬
erence to the teaching that nothing
is real; that all our ills and aches are
merely imaginary. He said it was his
sincere belief tnat all the ills cured by
these healers were purely IMAGINARY.
Said he: “ In Memphis a Christian
Science mother was grieving that her
babe was suffering so much pain from
cutting teeth, when I said: ‘The mis¬
erable little scamp ; be is suffering no
pain—it is all imaginary !” ’ The
good mother looked serious ! “ I hope
these healers (God bless them) will con¬
tinue to confine themselves to imagi¬
nary diseases and leave the real ones to
nature and the M. D’s.”
Keep the teams in a good condition
by feeding and grooming regularly.
I
SATURDAY A HOT DAY.
Thermometer Reached 98 Degrees at ‘2
p. m.—The Forecast Elsewhere.
Last Saturday was the hottest day
ever recorded by the local weather bu¬
reau at Atlanta on June 12. The high¬
est the thermometer reached at At¬
lanta was 04, but this is hot for the cap¬
ital city. The following table of the
highest temperature for June 12th of
every year since 1870 shows that the
day was a trifle like sunnier as we
glean from the Constitution:
Year. Highest Temp. I Year. Highest Temp.
1R79...................SS | 1889.................. 84
1880. ...91 1890...... .85
1381. . ...82 \ 1891...... .84
1888. . ..82 ! 1892...... .84
188:1. ....87 ! 1893.....
1884. .... 74 1 1894......
1883. ....82 1893...... .88
18Hli. ....90 I ! 18911...... .83
1887 ... .79 l 1897...... ...94
18KS, . ....85
But it didn’t require a thermometer
here at Fitzgerald on Saturday lo tell
you it was hot. The thermometer at 2
p. m. registered 08 degrees. All day
long the fat as well as the lean man was
looking for a shady nook. For a won¬
der nobody boasted of being “hot stuff”
or a “warm article. In fact they
wore that expression of too utterly too,
too, as much as to say “there are other
pebbles on the beach.”
The weather report as shown by the
selected weather stations all over the
United States shows the following ob¬
servation at 8 o’clock p. m., Saturday:
3 ture..... inches.....
p. lemperature Highest Precipitation
m
•
STATIONS. ..
at tempera- in'
New York, clear.....
Norfolk, clear......
Savanna, pt. cloudy
Jacsonville, rain i
Atlanta, pt. cloudy..........
Montgomery, Vicksburg, clear..........
New Osleans, pt. clear.......... clqudy.....
Palestine, cloudy...........
Galveston, pt. cloudy......
Corpus Memphis, Christi, pt. cloudy..
pt. cloudy........
Knoxville, clear.............
Cincinnati, clear............
Buffalo, cloudy..............
Detroit, clear................
Chicago, clear ..............
St. Paul, clear...............
St.Louis, pt. cloudy........
KansasCity.pt. Omaha, cloudy...
clear..............
Huron, S. D., clear..........
Rapid North Platte, City, clear............
Doda-e Oitv. pt. cloudy.. ■.
pt elnndv.....
Prostrated by Intense Heat.
Milwaukee, June 14.— Reports from
various parts ot Wisconsin show an ex¬
treme degree of heat to-day, the aver¬
age being in the neighborhood of 100
degrees.
At Eua Claire the thermometer was
100 in the shade.
Five builders working on a school
building were prostrated by heat. Two
are serious cases.
There were several severe cases of
sunstrokes at Janesville, where the
thermometer registered 96.
Sunday School Field Worker.
Last Saturday I took President Den
niston with me and hied myself away
to Mystic, closely followed by S. I. Ray¬
nor and wife of the Oldfield Sunday
school. We staid all night with those
princes of good fellows, the Bussell
brothers, of the Reedy Creek Sunday
school. Sunday morning we drove to
Reedy Creek church, where we found
in Sunday school convention assembled
a house full of representatives from the
Moran, New Prospect, Oldfield, U. B.
M. E., S., of Fitzgerald, Zion, Christ¬
ian, New and Mount Zion and Ebe-
neezer Sunday schools, together with
the consolidated forces of Reedy Creek
and Bethel Chapel. Ebeneezer and
Moran each took part with Reedy
Creek and Bethel Chapel. Every part
rendered was well done, showing that
their heart was in the work. We pre¬
dict many returns of the pleasant event.
Professor George Warmic was chair¬
man of the c nvention. I beg an apol¬
ogy for not getting this notice to tho
printer for the last issue; my home
work was too pressing. C. J . Estey.
Fitzgerald, Ga., June 8th.
The editors of The Leader with
their wives were the guests of the
Grand Central hotel last Sunday at tho
dinner hour. This popular hotel was
formerly the Kimball house, but since
its change in management to that of
Hopp in & the Partin, two of the best hotel
men State its name was changed
to that of the Grand Central hotel, and
is now one of the best resorts in tho
city. Mr. Hopp, one of the partners,
was the landlord of the Margaret hotel,
and his success as a hotel mail is well
known throughout the State. The din¬
ner was fit for a king and the excellent
service by the young ladies who have
charge of the dining room, is far super¬
ior to any hotel in the city. The fol¬
lowing was the bill of fare:
DINNER MENU
Bream. Soup. Alloduchesser.
Fish
Brook trout. Lobster a la Newbergh.
Sliced Relishes.
oucumhers. Sliced tomatoes.
Green lettuce. New beets.
Boiled.
Boiled veal with fish gravy.
Roast.
Aioysn au gues. Pii- •>f pork. Hr gravy.
Sweet. Pickles.
Sauce. Sour.
Tomato catsup. Worcestershire sauce.
Peper Entrees. sauce.
Braised mutton and mushroom. Braised
chicken with cream sauce,
French pan cakes. Lobster marquise.
Pine apple au bine. Abattis lantet.
Vegetables.
Illinois sugar corn. Early June peas.
Lima beans. Stuffed tomatoes.
New potatoes In cream. Steamed Rice.
Peach Pastry.
pie. Coeanut. Mcrangue.
Dessert.
Huckleberry roll. Fruit. Vepotinan ice cream.
Watei ». . u on ice.
Biead.
Wheat. Rye. Graham. Georgia corn pone.
Drinks.
Iced tea. Coffee. Ice cold lemonade.
