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The Fitzgerald Leader.
Established 1890.
VOL. II.
County Correspondence.
To C'orreHpomlents—All by letters for Tuesday publi¬
cation must reach us Monday or
of each week, rnless the name of the cor¬
respondent accompanies the letter we will
not publish the same. We will not print the
name of the correspondent or evidence tell who they
are, but want the name as an of Rood
faith. Write news, and do not write anything
that reflects on the character of anyone.
O cilia Dots,
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Fine rains on the growing crops.
We have a meat market opened
near the depot.
Mrs. O. F. Harris has been very
sick for the past few days.
We had a new arrival last Monday.
Our little town is progressing.
Mr. Balton and wife were the guests
of Mrs. Hammock last Sunday.
He that would have exalted views
of truth, must have exalted aims.
Protracted meeting will commence
next Sunday evening at 4 o’clock.
R. D. Gowan and wife were visiting
friends in Montgomery county last
week.
Dr. Lewis is pushing his hotel
building. He will soon have it com¬
pleted.
Sparks From Wolf Pit.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Miss Alice Luke is on the sick list.
Mr. Hascall and family visited a
Mr. Wyner Sunday.
Bryan Dykes was in this vicinity
Wednesday and Thursday.
George Gaff is still sick and not
n .c’n better at this writing.
\Vho says “Wire Grass Georgia is
" nobody, only the
no good.” O, never
'"eats.
We see that Gneral Manager Dun-
bar is back in this neck of the woods
again.
The cottage prayer meeting Thursday was
held at Mr. Geo. Lukes
evening.
E. S. Child, of Fitzgerald, was in
this vicinity Wednesday canvassing
for fruit trees.
The Young Peoples’ meeting was
slirnly attended Sunday evening on
account of rain.
Mrs. M. Gaff and Bettie and Will¬
iam attended church at Dormineys’
Mill Sunday.
Misses Delia Hogle, Etta Pollman
i. '■ Fred Ray made Shorty a call
Lu.day p. m., and Shorty treated the
• -vd to watermelon.
t ort Pearson raised his barn
good" v
. After the building
in af sday forenoon.
w j put up he treated the hands to all
do melon they could eat.
■ Fred Ray made a slide at the ball
oame Saturday and bruised his knee,
o !> says it hurt pretty bad, trt - was
We S3
ol r e wonder hov wading in Ottei
fa is. It was reported that some
tj len enjoying the sport, but no
oi mentioned,
nutrf Lambert and J 0 h na dwell have
asom mse( j some osen and are getting
waf -T t0 ,haul l ?S a ' vheu tlie saw “ ,iU
plau in ^ us
V- | ie ball game at Dormineys’ Mill
veen tbe club at that place and
th Wolf Pit club Saturday was an-
f ' defeat for the Wolf Pit club,
i er
■ore, 26 to 21.
Mrs. Pollman and Etta, Mrs. Ket-
e and Miss Delia Hogle, Fred Ray,
■sse Gaff and B. R. Dykes were PeaV tbj e ,
estsof Win and Shorty feasted r
ednesday evening and >
. e favorite fruit of South Georgia
ho said watermelons.
There was a meeting held at the
school house Monday to make ar-
rangements for a term of school. IV e
inderstand that Miss Annie McCall
’ ,v.is hired for teacher for a term of five
ontlis’ school to commence July 19.
' 1 It is reported to us that some of the
O' 3 t* 1 * 8 vicinitv had the misfor-
unday «e t<> g<*fujgl*' night by the awR rain y and fro , m did ,.> 10,u not «
fit in home until the peep o’ day
ionday morning. We will not men-
ion any names,
_ tand while of the
-y e unders some
boys were on the way to Dormineys’
Hill to the ball game they were when cut-
ting up nnd having a good time driving
one of the horses they were it
took part in the game, and seems
that its hind legs got light and flew up
«■ id mashed the dash of the wagon
into kindling wood, striking Norman
Dorminey on the knee, paining him
pretty much for awhile,
The Boy With One Eye Open.
A Georgia office seeker, stranded in
Washington, has addressed the follow¬
ing note to the president of the United
States: “ I have given up all hope of
obtaining a government job and am
anxious to return home as my family
needs me. Will your excellency
kindly lend me your railroad train for
a few days ? I will take the best care
f it and return it as soon as possible.”
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE”
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FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 22, 1897.
The following is from an Independ-
Cne day address delivered in Wash¬
ington by Hon. Benjamin Butter-
worth, and is worthy of careful con¬
sideration : “ There is not a legisla¬
tive body to-day under this flag that
has not its organized banditti within
its midst who buy and sell legislation,
and there is not a municipality under
this flag but that has a hand in it who
for a sum of money will guarantee to
block or hasten legislation.”
Some boys and girls forget that
father and mother are their best
friends. They seem to prefer the as¬
sociation of any one else to the com¬
panionship of their parents. But in
years to come, when the bleak wintry
winds shall sing dirges through the
trees in the lonely church yard where
sleeps the sleep that knows no waking,
the tender loving parents of childhood,
how the heart will yearn for the old,
old days of sweet association with
father and mother.
One of the oldest farms in South
Georgia is that on which the widow
Hutchinson resides in the northern
part of Thomas county, says the Tif-
ton Gazette. It was settled in the
forties, and has not changed hands
since 1859, when its owner moved
with her husband from North Caro¬
lina. There is a crib in the lot that
was covered during the war with pine
boards, which are still waterproof. An
old time North Carolina tobacco
wagon stands under a shelter, that has
been in actual service for forty years.
Sumter county has a eolored citizen
who is said to be chief stockholder in
four families, living with each alter¬
nately in the happiest manner imag¬
inable. Three of his families, it is
said, live in Lee coyuty, while the
fourth lives near Amerieus. Each
consists of a wife and ten or twelve
children, the good helpmeets exchang¬
ing occasional visits in the most ami¬
cable manner. There will be a grand
family reunion some time in August,
when the old man, his four wives and
fifty children will assemble under one
roof for a day’s festivities and better
acquaintance.
After an extended hearing on the
petition for the pardon of Cole and
Jim Younger, the surviving members
of the Missouri outlaw band who at¬
tempted to raid a bank at Nortbfield,
Minn., in 1896, the State board of
pardons of Minnesota, consisting of
the governor, attorney general and
chief justice, this afternoon refused to
grant the requested relief, by unani¬
mous vote, declaring their belief that
that the Y r oungers should complete
their term of life imprisonment. The
present attempt to secure the pardon
of the Youngers has been notable for
the amount of pressure that has been
brought to bear on the board.
,A London special says the Vatican
:4 called upon the French bishops to
U pp]y information as to the different
kinds of ecclesiastical music in their
dioceses, and the pope is preparing in¬
structions on the subject, with the in¬
tention of inaugurating certain re¬
forms, including the abolition of fe¬
male voices at liturgical services.
While approving of instrumental
music, his holiness thinks it should be
limited to the use of the harp and the
gentler wind iustrumens, the violin be¬
ing discarded as sensual and profane.
The music of Haydn and Mozart does
not meet with the pope’s approval.
A Georgia editor who has just re¬
turned from Nashville gives the pub
lie the benefit of his experience in the
following brief, but pathetic manner.
He says : “ When we was at the Ten¬
nessee centennial we were persuaded
to take a boat ride with one of them
Venetian gamboliers, and done so. We
want to warn the people against fa-
curs. The man we rode with was a
tin-horn gambler who robbed us in a
game of freezeout at Moscow about
nine years ago. We would have
mashed the snoot off of him there, but
he had us in one of them Italian dug-
outs because and we were could utterly at his mer¬
cy, he have drowned
us if we Lad shown fight. The cen-
tennial is a great show’, but it ought to
be emasculated from such eye-sores.”
Reports from the harvest fields are
to the effect that Kansas will have a
larger yield of wheat this season than
in any former year, with the single ex¬
ception of 1892. In that year more
than 74,000,000 bushels were raised in
the State. The average estimate
placed on the crop this year is 50,000,-
000 bushels on an acreage of about
3,000,000. Already the grain buyers
from the big markets of the country
are appearing in the State wherever
the work of harvesting has been con¬
cluded, and competition is very brisk
between the eastern seaboard and the
gulf coast. The figures here given as
to the probable yield are based on re¬
ports received by millers and the rail¬
road officials. The Santa Fe an¬
nounces that it has made arrange¬
ments for 1,000 extra freight cars for
use in Kansas and Oklahoma. The
wheat crop is fine along the Rock
Island lines, and that road is getting
all available cars in readiness to haul
the crop. The Union Pacific also is
making ample preparations for a big
business from the wheat belt.
The Fire That Old hick Built.
“ Intemperance”—This is the first
fire that Old Nick built.
“ Moderate Drinking”—This is the
fuel that feeds the fire that Old 1 Nick
built.
“ Rum Selling”—This is the ax that
cuts the wood that feeds the fire that
Old Nick built.
“ Love of Money”—This is the stone
that grinds the ax, that cuts the wood,
that feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
“ Public Opinion”—This is the
sledge with its face of steel, that bat¬
ters the stone, that grinds the ax, that
cut the wood, that feeds the fire that
Old Nick built.
“ A Temperance Meeting”—This is
one of the blows we quietly deal to
fashion the sledge with its face of
steel, that batters the- stone, that
grinds the ax, that cuts the wood, that
feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
“ Temperance Pledge”—This is the
smith that works with a will, to give
the blow that we quietly deal, to fash¬
ion the sledge with its face of steel,
that batters the stone, that grinds the
ax, that cuts the wood, that feeds the
fire that Old Nick built.
“ Eternal Truth”—This is the spirit
so gentle and still, that nerves the
smith to work with n will, to give
force to the blow which we quietly
deal, to fashion the sledge with its
face of steel, that batters the stone,
that grinds the ax, that cuts the wood,
that feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
LEFT 77 GRANDCHILDItEN.
Also 101 Great Grandchildren and Three
Great Great Grandchildren.
Mrs. Freelove Kathan, widow of
Luke Kathan, who died in her nine¬
tieth year a few days ago, at her home
in Conklinville, Saratogo county, N.
Y., was the mother of six sons and
nine daughters, al L < P% hom reached
married life and eleven of whom are
now living. She had 102 grandchil¬
dren, seventy-seven of whom are liv¬
ing; 101 great grandchildren, all of
whom are now living and three great
greatgrandchildren, all of whom sur¬
vive her. Four generations of her
descendants were represented at her
funeral. She married at the age of
15.—New York Sun.
New York State may think the
above something big to talk about,
but Georgia can see her 217 persons
from one source, and go her 229 bet¬
ter. We allude to the Seers family
in the northern portion of Ware coun¬
ty, who had a family reunion a few
years ago, the old man and his wife,
then living, and may be yet for ought
we know, at which there were gathered
446 living off-springs.
There is living in Waycross now,
Mrs. Griffin, who was the mother of
27 living children, one a birth. She
had 15 sons in the confederate army
at one time, and they were good sol¬
diers, too. No use talking, you can’t
down Georgia. “ Its a great country
nater.”—Free Press.
The editor of the Larned (Kan.)
says : “ We drank about
gallons less whiskey last
than usual.”
Third Ward ('aliens.
The citizens of the Third Ward of
Fitzgerald met July Id pursuant to call
of Mr. G. W. Harian at 8 p. m., for the
purpose of nominatine a candidate for
alderman of the Third Ward. The
meeting was called to order bv G. W.
Harlan, and Major Powers was chosen
chairman and G. E. Whitman secre¬
tary. The following names were placed
before the meeting as candidates for
the nomination: J. Peiper, E. Nichol¬
son, W. Howder, W. J. Josey and T.
W. Hayde. On motion it was decided
to take an informal ballot and drop all
but the two receiving the highest vote.
The ballot being taken resulted in the
following vote to-wit: J. Peiper, 1; W.
J. Josey, 13; T. W. Hayde, 4; E. Nich¬
olson, 17; J. W. Howder, 3. The formal
ballot being taken resulted in W. J.
Josey 24 and E. Nicholson 25, and E.
Nicholson was declared the nominee.
On motion it was decided that we pro¬
ceed to elect five delegates to have the
power to fill the delegation to the full
limit and they, with the five elected, be
authorized to represent and act for the
Third Ward in a city convention should
there be one called to nominate a can¬
didate for alderman-at-large. A ballot
being taken resulted in the election of
W. H. Withey, G. W. Harlan, J. W.
Huggins, W. O. Wilson. On motion
the meeting adjourned.
G. E. Whitman, Secretary.
There will be a special Tuesday, meeting July of
the board of education on
27th, at 2:30 p. m. for the purpose of
electing a member from the Third
Ward to supply the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of G. A. K. Stevens,
and also to elect a clerk of said Board.
W. F. Way, President.
Reasons Why Cliamberlaiu’s Colic, Chol¬
era and Diarrhoea Remedy Is
the Best.
1. Because it affords almost instant
relief in ease of pain in the stomach,
colic and cholera morbus.
2. Because it is the only remedy
that never fails in the most severe
cases of dysentery and diarrhoea.
3. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure chronic diarrhoea.
4. Because it is the only remedy
that will prevent bilious colic.
5. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure epidemical dysentery.
6. Because it is the only remedy
that can always be depended upon in
cases of cholera infantum.
7. Because it is the most prompt
and most reliable medicine in use for
bowel complaints.
8. Because it produces no bad re¬
sults.
9. Because it is pleaSaiit and safe
to take.
10. Because it has saved the lives
of more people than any other medi¬
cine in the world. The 25 and SO
cent sizes. For sale by J. II. Good¬
man, druggist.
Advertising Asks
Would you have your business
pay? and answers, “ Then make
it better yourself—you can do it.
But not waiting on the future.
Advertising Says
Prosperity will come, but not to
the waiter, or to the timid, or to
the undecided.
The far-seeing, the energetic and
the courageous man is now fore¬
closing on the future. He recog¬
nizes in the present his oppor-
tqnity.
Advertising Asserts
That old methods have had their
day. The jog trot, in either
wholesale or retail business is
done for. The pace has changed.
Only the up-to-date, the most
progressive man is successful
nowadays.
Advertising Proclaims
High tension throughout is the
prime necessity. Given this,
then Brains, Courage and Energy
will compel success. advertise—ad¬
Your move J9 to
vertise to-day, to-morrow and
next day. Do-n’t quit till you
quit business.
Advertisers Say
That the medium with which to
“cover the field” is the)
THE : LEADER,
A Straight Story,
Of Straight Goods
In a Straight Paper
Is bound to bring business. If
you have a good thing, adver¬
tise it in
< 4 Leader,
A.I1U And mn’Il you U Bin lilt a marlrof marKei vnn JOU pan C,lll-
not hit through any other Fitz-
gerald medium. Each copy has
a whole family for its audience.
Clean, newsy, truthful, fair and
square.
iSditnrui Publishers,
NO. 29.
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ClearanceSale
Every one knows that a merchant must
carry goods over from one season to another.
For 30 Days
We shall make a GENUINE
SALE. You will realize that we mean just
what we say when you come in and get
prices. We do just as we advertise.
stock consists of Mens’ and Boys’ Suits,
Alapaca Coats and many other summer
from 75c to $2.00, Mens’ Pants, (light weight)
will be closed out at almost your Own price.
Nice Laundred Percale Shirts and Gentlemens’
Straw Hats in latest styles. You will save a
little money by coming to us.
D. C. McCOLLUM,
Pine Avenue.
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