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CITY AND COUNTY.
Not a wedding for a week! Is that the
best we can do?
Two new residences were begun
S. Main this week.
The recent frequent rains have
the gardens and farms fairly boom.
The Waycross Air Line is to be here
by January first, so it’s officials state.
M. Buice left Saturday for the north¬
ern part of the State on business mat¬
ters.
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Mr. Meaeham, a colony member, has
a Morning Glory vine containing 4
blossoms.
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Fitzgerald hasn’t auy four hundred
now, and nobody owns up to ever having
been “in it.”
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“The weather being fine be left a
McIntosh.”—Citizen. Yes, and valued
at $75 spot cash.
The editor of the Douglas Breeze is
the recipient of a 2-pound tomato pre¬
sented by an admiring Iriend.
What Fitzgerald said to Tifton—9 to
1. What Tifton said to Fitzgerald—
11 to 7, with eight imported players.
Spoiled ice cream and poisoned ham
are doing business at the old stand this
summer throug hout the northern States.
Why doesn’t some one go into the
business of manufacturing tomato cat¬
sup, and so use our surplus tomatoes?
The Atlanta Constitution may be
able to “gnaw a file,” but from this dis¬
tance it would seem the Macon News
has the Telegraph on the hip.
The T. & N. E. depot will soon shine
in bright colors, Sid Miller having se¬
cured the contract to paint the same.
Sid is an artist of rare ability.
Miss Rose Cohen returned last week
from boarding school, and is once more
under the parental roof, and happy
with her many Fitzgerald friends.
Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, the
great champion of the industrial classes,
has received a jury verdict for $1,000
against the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The cool weather that has prevailed
during the past week has been delight¬
ful, and reminds one of the climate at
Manitou and Colorado Springs.
We were shown a fine speciman of
broom corn last Saturday, raised by
Mr. Lincery east of town, near Pine
Level. Mr. Lincery has a fine crop ot
two acres.
Capt. John A. Phillips, of Tifton, was
in the Magic City last Saturday inter¬
viewing friends and transacting busi-
ness, The Leader was favored with
a pleasant call.
The residence of Alderman Fockler
was entered by thieves last Friday
night who relieved him of a pair of
pants, a gold watch and some money.
No clue.
The trees in the center of Main and
Central, need attention very much, and
would do so much better that the city
could well afford the extra expense to
secure the good effect.
John Flagin, colored, of Amerieus,
captured a 56 pound cat fish in the
Flint river Friday. The Times-Re-
corder says John is the envy of the
black contingent hereabout.
State of Georgia vs. Fitzgerald, at
Tifton last Thursday. Eleven to seven
was the score in favor of the State, and
the Tifton peach-pickers are entitled to
all the “glory” they can get out of it.
The Valdosta Times, with its usual
enterprise, issued a bang-up carnival
edition of twelve pages, beautifully il¬
lustrated. The edition will prove a
great advertisement for Valdosta.
Mr. Clifford Grubbs, editor of the
Sycamore News, and Miss Lillie Mar¬
tin, were married in Randolph county
last week. Well, “Cliff,” here’s look¬
ing at you—may you live long and
prosper. _
Justice Moore’s court will open Fri¬
day, July 16, with the following named
jurorers: Henry Brunner, R. 0. Kim¬
ball, T. P. Littlefield, A. B. Lyon, Wm.
Clark, J. H. Crimble, H. G. Rew, T. D.
Ross and W. H. F. Lee.
A half hundred wagon loads of water¬
melons here yesterday caused a break
in the local market, and now a nickel
or dime will buy a forty pounder calcu¬
lated to make glad the heart of man—
Amerieus Times-Reeorder.
A brother in black was captured on
“Midway,” near the old cotton gin, last
Saturday, and turned over to the
sheriff of Montgomery county, charged
with intimidating a brother in black at
the point of a Winchester rifle.
Some lawless miscreant threw a brick
through the iront window of R. Bais-
den’s store room Friday night, but the
clash of broken glass called Policeman
Smith to the scene, which no doubt
frightened the sneak thief away.
Those who attended the Mid-summer
fair last Thursday are all of one mind
in regard to the display of peaches—
that Tifton had no peaches on exhibi¬
tion that would equal those left at The
Leader office last Friday by Hon.
Wiley Whitley.
Smile It Down.
Everyone who loves you
Loves to see you smile;
Loves to see you cheerfu I
And happy all the while,
8mlllng comes so easy 1
Do not wear a frown,
If you feel one rising,
Always smileltdown.
The maximum temperature at Boise,
Idaho, last Sunday was 107 degrees, the
warmest day ever experienced there
with two exceptions in 1879.
It is lo be hoped that good theatres
and opera companies may be attracted
here this winter. This city is growing
large enough to want to be amused.
Be prepared for a big rush this fall.
It will undoubtedly be greater than it
has yet been, and a larger percentage
of moneyed men will come this year.
The Atlanta Journal reports Monday,
July 12, the coolest day, according to
the records on file in the weather office
in nineteen years, the thermometer in¬
dicating 83 degrees.
Nine of the leading ice companies of
Nashville have been indicted by the
grand jury for forming a trust and put¬
ting up the price of ice to a certain
figure.
Waycross won’t sympathize with us
in our Lord Bersford trouble. Well,
go on off, Waycross, you’re too little to
know much about trouble, but when you
grow up you’ll be all right.
J. B. Schroil left at The Leader of¬
fice last Friday a monster sunflower,
Russian variety, that measured across
the face of the flower fifteen inches, or
in circumference 45 inches. Who can
beat it?
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The Leader was in error in saying
“the rainfall Friday of last week was
4 58-100 inches.” It should of read 4
58-100 inches for the week. The rain¬
fall on the Friday in question was 3
27-100 inches.
Fitzgerald is still in it for titles, even
if Lord and Lady Bersiord are no longer
with us, for the Duke and Duchess of
Fitzgerald remain. Atlanta, we under¬
stand has no titled people. But, then,
what’s Atlanta?
The Fitzgerald Military band left
Monday evening over the T. &N. E.
railroad for Valdosta, where they play
a week’s engagement at the- Summer
Carnival, which is in full bloom in that
city. The people of Valdosta can hank
on hearing fine music. Not only that,
but they will find our “Yankee band”
boys perfect gentlemen.
The first solid car oi grapes shipped
this season from Georgia was sent from
Thomas county to Montana last week.
The car contained 2,500 ten pound
baskets. Besides this car, an average
of 500 basket.) of grapes have been
shipped from that county every day for
the past two weeks, to nearly every
portion of the United States.
Old Field church is again to have an
ail-day meeting Sunday, July 18. Bring
your dinners and spend a day at Old
Field, two and a halt mile northeast of
the city, on Fitzgerald Landing road.
Preaching and singing with revival
services. Services begins 9 a. m.;
closes 6:30 p. m Everybody made wel-
come. O. O. Johnson, Pastor.
The resignations of Messrs. Fockler
and Allen as aldermen will necessitate
a special election. On this point the
city charter says:
Section 12. Be it enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that if any vacancy
occurs in the office of alderman by
death, resignations, removal or other¬
wise such vacancy shall be filled by the
appointment by the city council, if the
unexpired term shall be not more than
three months; otherwise by special
election.”
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Hon. Wiley Whitley, wife and daugh¬
ter, a typical southern family and
staunch friends of Colony city, paid
The Leader a pleasant call last Fri¬
day, and left with us a sample of the
finest peaches we have ever seen in this
or any other State. Mr. Whitley has
more like them on his plantation. The
sample left with us are perfect beauties,
many of them being nearly as large as
a coffee cup. Mr. Whitley will please
accept our warmest thanks for the token
of friendship left with us.
A. B. Burdick, who went back North
about two months ago, is more than dis¬
satisfied. Before he left here he offered
for sale his five shares of colony stock
and lot for $25, but just at that time he
could not find a buyer. His son, Will
Burdick, received a letter from his
father last Monday saying in substance,
“Don’t sell my stock and lot; the more
I see of this country up here the more
I dislike it, and the more I think of
Georgia.” The same old story from
those who leave this “promised land.”
At a meeting of the county site re¬
moval committee last Thursday night
E. M. Ryman was chosen president; D.
T. Paulk, vice-president; W. F. Way,
secretary; Wm. B. Brown, treasurer.
The names of Perry Holland, Judge
Fleming, T. W. Hayde and D. W. M.
Whiley were added to the committee.
Another petition from the Ocilla dis¬
trict, containing forty-three names,
was received by the committee that
evening, or a grand total of oyer 400
from that district. The people of Fitz¬
gerald will be asked to contribute cash
to assist in paying the necessary ex¬
penses incident to the campaign.
The c lony company is still offering
inducements to those wno will build
good substantial brick buildings on
sites selected by the company.
An alligator 13 feet and 3 inches long
was killed in the Alapaha river near
Willacoochee, last week. It was trying
to drag away a cow when discovered,
says the Irwinville Dispatch.
No wonder Waycross hasn’t any sym¬
pathy to spare (or Fitzgerald. She
needs it all at home to console her ball
boys over their defeat. “Waycross,
you're pretty, but you can’t play ball.”
How we do miss the corn and cotton
palace, when all the other towns are
giving fairs and carnivals and so on.
Its as bad as having to stay home from
a circus when you are within hearing
of the band all t le time.
Seriously speaking, there is a first-
class opening for some good man who
will do a legitimate business, to put in
a wholesale house here, and if he would
be satisfied with reasonable profits our
merchants would be glad to patronize
him. No lords nor ex-convicts need
apply-
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Vote and work for the removal of the
county seat to Fitzgerald, whether you
live in the city or not. You have busi¬
ness here twenty times where you don’t
have any place else once, and you would
save time, money, strength and pa¬
tience if you could transact all county
business here.
The world’s first bale of cotton for
the year 1897 was soid on the Houston
Cotton Exchange, July 1, and brought
63i cents per pound. This bale of cot¬
ton was produced in Duval county,
Texas, and reached Houston Wednes¬
day, June 30. The Jos. F. Meyer Hard¬
ware Co. were the successiul bidders,
the 600-pound bale bringing $380.
The colored ball team of Amerieus
went to Montezuma a day or two ago,
the club, with their friends and heel¬
ers, numbering twenty-five. Of this
contingent twenty-one walked back
yesterday morning, and the remaining
four will be here as soon as they are
let out of jail.—Amerieus Times-Re-
corder.
A very heavy rain accompanied by
considerable thunder and lightning,
visited this section last Sunday fore¬
noon. July, so far has been a showery
month, and hence crops of all kinds are
looking fine, with the promise of a
large corn and cotton crop. Many of
our truck farmers have in cultivation
their second crop of vegetables.
Webster City, la., July 8.— The
thermometer to-day registered 101 de¬
grees in the shade. L. J. Nott, proprie¬
tor of a grocery store on Seneca street,
this aiternoon received an order for
eggs and when he went to the case
found three had hatched and a fourth
chick was breaking the shell.. A case
of eggs that arrived at Ellingsen &
Mathre’s had seven young chicsens in
it that had hatched in transit. The
eggs were shipped by freight from a
neighboring town.
The “Yanks” and the Waycross club
played ball on the latter’s ground last
Saturday, the battery and first baseman
for the home nine being imported play¬
ers from Jacksonville and Valdosta. It
was a pretty game and a close game. In
the practice game the day before Way-
cross came to the conclusion that the
“Yanks” couldn’t play ball a little hit,
and offered to bet $3 to $1 that the
home team would win the game Satur¬
day. But the “Yanks,” with their
usual modesty, refused to gamble, even
in a little game of ball. But our boys
went to work and scooped the home
team by a score of 8 to 7. It is needless
to say that the people of Waycross
changed their minds after the Saturday
game was ended. In one inning, with
Waycross at the bat, the “Yanks” made
a triple play, putting out three men in
less than ten seconds. In this grand
play Waycross did not offer one word of
cheer lor the “Yanks.” It may have
been the crowd present were unable to
appreciate. They have no one to blame
but their Maker.
The Tifton Mid-Summer fair last
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was
a grand success financially and other¬
wise. Thursday was the big day, when
this city furnished more visitors than
any one town or section of the country,
not including the Fitzgerald Military
band and ball club who were present.
The Gazette, in its last issue, gave a
splendid account of the fair, but not a
complimentary word of mention of our
band boys, who assisted in furnishing
sweet music on the day in question. A
number of the band boys paid their way
into the fair. When the ball game was
called between Tifton and Fitzgerald,
but one Tifton player stepped into the
diamond, the other eight being im¬
ported professional players. The
“Yanks,” with their usual modesty,
played the best ball they could under
the circumstances, losing the game by
a score of 11 to 7. When our home
club played Tifton here on the 3d the
score was 9 to 1 in favor of the “Yanks.”
The Fitzgerald hall club are square-
toed, honest young men, and would not
stoop to trickery like that indulged in
by Tifton in order to win the game.
Our boys would rather go down in de¬
than win a game through seuldug-
Nesbitt, the Murderer, Captured.
Sheriff Handley left Wednesday for
Bagley, Ga., in response to a message
notifying bim of the capture of Nesbitt,
the negro who murdered a negro in this
city not long since.
LATER.
To Chief 1UGI.EY, G«.. July 15.181)7.
of Police Jones, Fitzgerald, Ga —
Hhvo got Nesbitt and will be m on Friday
morning's train. H. W. H anddey. Sheriff.
Trouble is feared on the arrival of
Sheriff Handley and his prisoner, as ths
negroes of this citY and vicinity have
made threats of lYnching Nesbitt on his
arrival.
Abbeville buys our ice, and now Cor-
dele wants it. Who next? Hurrah for
us, any way!
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Casmo,
Ocmulgee avenue, last Monday, a boy
of average weight. Dr. Coewasthu at¬
tending physician, who reports Mother
and babe getting along nicely.
Childrens’ Day will be observed by
the First Baptist Sunday school, at the
church, Sundav evening, July 12, at
7:30 p.m. Go out and enjoy the inter¬
esting program prepared for the occa¬
sion.
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The building of the railroad from
Sycamore to Fitzgerald, of which men¬
tion has been heretofore made, is
very encouraging to say the least. The
people oi Fitzgerald stand ready to co¬
operate with Sycamore in pushing the
road to completion.
An exchange says a little girl who
had been taught t:> pray for others and
for anything she wanted, wound up her
prayer: “And, now, O, God, take good
care of yourself, for if anything should
happen to you, we would only have Mc¬
Kinley to help us, and he ain’t doing
near as well as we expected.”
W. W. Martin, the “Yank comedian,”
is at Valdosta this week advertising a
live business firm of that city by carry¬
ing a banner, togged out as an Irish¬
man, etc. He receives a, fat salary
during the carnival. W. W. is a live,
wide-awake boy wherever you pot him,
and no doubt will create more fun for
the natives than a basket of monkeys.
The Macon Telegraph, in its issue of
the 12th inst., contains a special irom
this city dated the 11th, saying “the
little 8-year-old (laughter of S. Hornsby
was killed by lightning at 8:45 to-day.
She was standing near a window and
by a sewing machine.” As far as The
Leader is able to learn there is no one
by that name resiling here, and if there
is we can find no one that has heard of
any such calamity.
The Fitzgerald “Yanks” left Wednes¬
day morning for Valdosta, where they
will play a series of ball games during
the carnival. Their first game will be
to-day, Thursday, with Quitman, the
champion club of South Georgia. There
will be six celebrated clubs present to
contest for the $200 prize. Two crack
clubs from St. Augustine and Jackson¬
ville, Fla., will be present aDd contest
for the $200 prize. City Clerk Kabrich
accompanied the team and will act as
umpire.
The weather is still getting cooler
and cooler, and to-day is as cool as any
day ever known in July for this city.
The quicksilver only mounted to 77 at
best, and hovered about the 68 and 69
point nearly all the time. Last night
was very cool and early this morning
the breeze made one think that it was
early fall instead of the middle of July.
The weather prophet says we may still
expect the cool weather to continue un¬
til the low barometer moves westward.
—Atlanta Journal, 13th Inst.
-Late Atlanta papers report Governor
Adkinson no better, and that his con¬
dition grows more serious. His friends
are becoming alarmed at his condition.
The Journal of the 13th says: The
friends of Governor Atkinson are be¬
coming uneasy about his condition and
are urgiBg him to leave the city for
several weeks and seek rest and re¬
freshment in some quiet retreat, where
he will not be bothered with businecs,
and will not be annoyed by the impor¬
tunity of politicians or applicants^ for
pardon. _
The Leader has received hundreds
of letters the past two months from
northern members of this colony, as
well as many others who are not mem¬
bers, all of whom emphatically declare
they will he here this fall and winter.
A goodly number say they will he here
in September. This is, indeed very en¬
couraging. Judging from the tone of
these letters, in fact what they tell us,
they are a very desirable class of peo¬
ple, men and women with means at
command to improve and beautify their
property here in this garden spot of the
Southland. Let no one be deceived in
coming here with the idea that they
can build homes and exist here without
work. It requires hard work here the
same as in the northern States, the
conditions oi climate being more favor¬
able to a location here. No man with
a family should come here unless he has
sufficient means to erect a suitable
dwelling, clear his land of trees and
stumps, plow his land and then wait for
his land to undergo what is known as
the “souring stage.” When this is
done everything put in the ground will
grow rapidly. In fact the soil here re¬
sponds cheerfully and rapidly if given
half a chance. A man without means
of support, and who was born “consti¬
tutionally Fitzgerald. tired,” please don’t come to
If you have means to tide
you over for six months or a year, not
afraid or ashamed to improve your
property, and a firm believer that “man
was born to hustle,” we bid you wel¬
come. The old soldiers’ colony is a
busy bee hive with but few drones in
it, and what few drones we have the
live workers are encouraging them to
go North where the weather is hotter
in summer and colder in winter.
Our Absent Lord.
The Leader has nothing new or
very startling to report this week in re¬
gard to Sidney Laseelles and his de¬
parture from this city one week ago
last Saturday. One thing is sure his
whereabouts is not known to the people
of Fitzgerald. The reports sent out to
the daily press from this city in regard
to Lascelies’ peculations have been
greatly exaggerated. Reports have
placed “My Lord’s” liabilities outside
of Fitzgerald at from $7,000 to $15,000,
claiming the amount was due wholesale
dealers. This is not true according to
a statement of Mr. Lively, secretary
and treasurer of the so-called Lascelle’s
Grocery Co., who stated to TheLeader
scribe last Monday that Lascelies’ in¬
debtedness outside" of Fitzgerald would
not exceed $1,400, including the car
load of rice, valued at $900. Right here
permit us to say that Mr. Lively is yet
a boy, and not over 21 years of age. He
came here from Atlanta with Vhs best
of family. recommendations, and comes of good
He claims Lascelies is in¬
debted to him $175 on salary. Mr.
Lively Lascelies says the value of the goods of
charge the thesheriff, Grocery Co. now $1,000. in
ol willfootup
total Mr. Lively indebtedness ieels positive that Lascelies’
in and outside of the
city of Fitzgerald, will not exceed $3,000
when the figures are footed up and the
credits deducted. In regard to the car
load of melons Lascelies is reported to
have distributed among his Fitzgerald
friends, Mr. Lively says there is scarce¬
ly a word of truth in the report. Mr.
Lively says the car of melons cost $50;
that they sold $90 worth, and have yet
on hand 200 melons. The Leader is
inclined to believe Mr. Lively’s state¬
ment in regard to the matter, as it
would be presuming too much to say
that the wholesaie dealers oi Georgia
celles were ignoraminuses swindle them in permitting Las-
to out of at from
$7,000 to $10,000. It is probable that
such are the facts, when they well knew
Lascelle’s previous record.
ABOUT SIDNEY LASCELLES.
To the Atlanta Journal: In the “Bo¬
gus Lord” article in your issue of last
evening the writer makes it read that
“on the arrival of the car of rice he
(Sidney Lascelies) mortgaged it to
Chas. Kirke for $3u0, and the ioilowing
day sold for it haif to the Whitley forgetting grocery com¬
pany its cost,' to pay
the mortgage.” He, the writer of the
bogus lord article, said also that the
car of rice was worth $1,100.
Now. there are several discrepancies
in the above, but only one concerns my¬
self materially and, as it is not calcu¬
lated to do one good, will you please
publish this?
On the 12th of last May I made him
give me a bill of sale (made him, he did
not want to) for one-half of said car of
rice, 110 bags, worth wholesale about
$450, and allowed him until 12 m. of the
15th of May to redeem it, he reserving
the other one-half to raise the money
on, with which to pay me, as he said.
But he sold it all, mine aloug with his,
and on the same day he made me the
bill of sale gening $708 for it all; he lost
the freight, too, on the car, which he
told me was over $100. On the 15th I
learned of what he had done and it was
then in my power to send him back to
Kramer, where he ought now to be.
But had I done so (sent him “over the
road” again) I’d have undoubtedly lost
mv $300 and $260 more in prospective
for five weeks time at $50, which I was
not willing to do. As it was, I got the
$300 on the 19th of May, one week from
the day he sold my rice, and $25 on
time account besides. I also collected
of him $5 to pay Judge Moore here for
drawing up the bill of sale. I em¬
ployed no lawyer, though there Lascelies are
good ones here. I had loaned April
money twice before this $300; on
6th, $200, and April 8th, $100, without
taking even his receipt to show for it,
and collected it. But I did not know
him then as I soon learned to. I thought
he was honest and sincere in his en¬
deavors to reform and make for himself
a new and honorable namv, and that by
helping him I’d be helping the town at
the same time, but I know better now.
This w ( as money I had placed in the
bank here to pay off the mortgage on a
home. C. A. Kirke.
Fitzgerald, July 9, 1897.
The Fitzgerald contingent at St.
Simons Island, on the Georgia cast,
must be having a rollicking good time,
as the following brief letter from J. G.
Knapp would indicate. Among other
things Mr. Knapp says : .
Well, we are having a big time and
lots of fun. In fact have been so busy
have had no time to write. We were
out with a big fishing party last Satur¬
day and caught several hundred pounds
of trout and whitefish. The weather is
delightful. Every night we are about
froze to death, on account of the strong
breeze from off the ocean, i am going
out on a pilot boat Wednesday, invitation about
10 miles from shore, by of
an old sea captain whose acquaintance
I have made. The militia encampment
opens up here on Wednesday. The Mon¬
itor No. 2, the first gunboat built, is
here and will remain during the en¬
campment. Lascelies—hut Quite a surprise nothing to us to
hear of more
than was expected. I am hero at the
hotel this morning and the band is play¬
ing sweet music. Oh! it is so fine. I
don’t care to go back—don’t know when
we will be home. Kind regards to all.
JIM.
St. Simons Island, July 12, 1897.
Mrs. B. F. B’inicle died at her home
on Ocmulgee avenue last Monday night
about 9 o’clock. She came from Flori¬
da to Fitzgerald, and had been in deli¬
cate health for several years past. She
was a kind wife and loving mother, and
will be missed by a large circle of
friends The funeral took place Tues¬
day aftemooe at 2 o’clock. The Leader
extends to the bereaved husband and
children the heart-felt sympathies of
this entire community.
’Tis hard to break the tender cord
When love hath found the heart:
'Tis hard, so hard to speak the words,
“Must wo forever part?”
Dearest loved one, we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave’s emorace,
But thy memory will be cherished
’lill we see thy shining face.
Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding
O’er the spoils that death has won,
We would at this solemn meeting
Though Calmly say, down, “Thy will be done.”
cast we’re not forsaken,
Though afflicted, not alone-
Thou didst give and thou hast taken;
Blessed Lord, Thy will be done.
WEATHER REPORT.
From Noon July 8tli to the 15th In,
elusive.
[KEPOHTED EXPHESSI.Y KOK THE I.EADEIC
DJI. COE .1
Temperature. Rain¬
fall.
f, M 12 M.|t) I- M
Friday...... Thursday. . 88 82 I 7!) 3-100
| 78
Sunday...... Saturday.... 75 7S
88 78 1 12-100
Tuesday Monday..... 77 88 1 1C-700
.... 78 70 1\W
Wednesday. n nw
Total rainfall, 2 31-100.
Sun shone every day.
Rains, after 7 p. m. are measured at
o’clock the following morning and credited
that day.
A Good, Clean Dramatic Company.
The Southers-Price Dramatic Co.
opened their week’s engagement at
the opera house last Monday night,
presenting for the first time in this city,
to a fair sized audience, “An Unequal
Match.” This beautiful drama was well
played by the entire company. Mr.
Edwin Southers as “Joe Garland,” the
old farmer,” being the favorite with the
audience. Miss Madaline Price as
“Rose Garland,” tho old farmer’s
daughter, was very clever in her rendi-
tion of the character, and won for her¬
self many warm friends. Tuesday
the play was “Kit Carson,” with Mr.
Southers and Miss Price in the leading
characters. The audience on that even¬
ing was larger than on the opening
night, and it is bound to increase in
numbers as the merits oi this
company become known to our people.
The bill Wednesday night was “
der the Cross.” The audience
much iarger than on any previous
ning and the play highly appreciated.
The costumes worn by the
were magnificent aed the rendition
the drama excellent.
Tonight (Thursday) the play will be
a war drama, and no one who loves and
can appreciate a first-class performance
should fail to be present.;
The engagement of the company will
come to a close Saturday night. At
2:30 Saturday afternoon they will give
q. matinee for the benefit of the ladies
and children who are unable to attend
the night performances. Each child
with a paid admission ticket will receive
a present or gif^ of some kind.
The Southers-Price Co. are first-class
performers, who come among us recom¬
mended as ladies and gentlemen. The
Leader heartily recommends this ex¬
cellent company to our people, as well
as all others, wherever they go, as first-
class artists in their profession and
worthy of a liberal patronage.
Observations .and Facts,
Editors Fitzgebald Leadeb:
In answer to your question, “ What
do you think of the native productive¬
ness of the soil here ? ” I answer terse¬
ly, that I never saw soil better fitted for
successful tillage, and yet appreciate
the truth of the floating joke that, “The
soil IS a trifle light, hut the climate is
worth $25.00 per acre.” It is never so
dry hut the hoe and cultivator bring
moist earth, and never so wet but the
hoe and spade can be used. I am talk¬
ing about the upland and not the low,
cold springy spots.
Last spring, during the wettest period
1 spaded and prepared a flower bed and
done a large part of the work when the
rain was pouring so that each spadeful
slid off like water. It has proved one of
our best flower spots, and its soil is as
light as that of any other. I should say
the more water the better, whether
planting or transplanting. I believe that
new soil possesses some quality which
is positively noxious to the germination
of seeds and growth of vegetation. This
can be largely overcome in one season
by removing the roots and frequent til¬
lage, and while I never saw any soil
which responds to fertilization more
speedily and heartily, nor one in which
stable manure carries better from one
year to another, yet tillage and water
will make fair crops the first year.
Proofs of this are all about us. Look
at John Hahner’s garden, between Hill
and Bragg streets, on Pine avenue. It
was mostly opened this year, broken
with an ax and grub-hoe, 16 trees and
stumps taken out. A team never step¬
ped on it except when logging and
hauling building material. He has
never used a pailful oi any kind of fertil¬
izer or manure, and today he has a bet¬
ter kitchen garden than I have, which
is recommending it quite well. Go and
see it. It abounds in lettuce, raddishes,
potatoes, carrots, a swamp of tomatoes,
strawberries, onions, peppers, besides
thrifty rosebushes, peach, plum and
pear trees, ten grape vines and a good
display ?” of flowers. “What is the
secret Shatlow tillage, stiring the
soil once or twice a week and a bounti¬
ful supply of water.
Go west one-fourth of a mile from the
southwest corner of the city plat to Mr.
Van Osdoi’s 5-acre tract. His land has
only been enriched by plowing under a
half-grown plowing crop of cow peas at its 2d
last fall. His corn is good
enough, and stands thrifty. shoulder high, very
even
But the older the land, the better til¬
lage it has had, and above all, that
which has been fertilized, makes the
best crop, whether of grass, weeds or
plants, and the best growth, foliage and
and fruits. Respectfully,
S. B. Coe.
Fitzgerald, Ga., July 14, 1897.
Card of Thanks—I n behalf of my¬
self aDd family I take this means of
their thanking friends and neighbors for
kind aid and sympathy during the
illness, death and burial of my dear
wife. Words fafl to express my grati-
tuee at tl^is time. B. F. Finicle.
