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THE FITZGERALD LEADER.
Official Newspaper of Irwin County,
Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BY
and Publishers.
Subscription Kates:— One copy, one year
*1.60; Six months, 75c; Three months,
Terms— Invariatdy in advance. made known
Job and advertising rate* solicited.
application. Your patronage
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
J. B. Clements, Co Judge, IrwinviMe.
J. E. Burch, Co. Solicitor, Fitzgerald, (4
J.J. Lee,Ordinary,. IrwinVUK’, Sup.Court.Irwinyllle, ...
B. D. Paulk, Clark ,
J. Shortff, Fitzgerald, (
R. V. Hiuldldy, tuvReceiver, Sycamore,
C. L. Panlk,Tax Royal, Collector, Ucilla,
J. H. lrwlnvllle.
James Walker, Co. Treasurer, u
E. J. Hogan, Co. Surveyor, Minnie, „
Marion Dixon, School Com.,
M. Henderson, Co. Commissioner. Oellla, _
TIPTON AN1) SOUTHEASTERN R. K.
“SOLDIERS’ COLONY ROUTE.”
General Office*, Tifton, Georgia.
No 1. So 3 Feb. 9, 1897. No. 2. |No. 4.
A. M. r P. M. P. M.
7:30 siSfesss Lv. Tifton, Ga. Ar.|l2:00 111:45 ’ 7:15 7:00
7; 45 If f Brighton 11:36 I t>:51
7:55 Harding. i 11:16 R:31
8:15 f Pinetta. 1 (11:10 6:25
8:31 Irwin. 10:59 •LKi
8:4?, .1 | f Fletcher. Lv-i 6:00
9:00 Ar. Fi t/.gerald. 1>>’.K»
Trains Nos. 1, 2.3 and 4 run daily except
Sl Tra?ns Nos. 7 and 8 Sunday only.
run on
Trii^ns'eoifneet'atTifton wlfh Plant and System Ala¬
and G. S. & F. railroads* and Georgia
bama at Fitzgerald. President.
H. H.Tift, Vice-President.
W o. Tift. Traffic Manager.
F G. Boatright,
GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY,
"THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE."
Passenger Schedule. Effect ive Jnnel, ’i>7.
P. M, ! A. M | A. M. p. M.
5 23 10 55 Lv Oc 11a Ar lO 35 5 05
6 00 11 25 Lv. Fitzgerald Ar. 0 45 4 35
7 30 H2 25 Ar. Abbeville, Lv.} 7 45 3 35
A. M. P. M. 9 05 2 15
5 55 1 40 | Cordeie 20 j H2 50
7 30 3 00 Ambricus 7 i
P. M. A. A.
i 7 55 Montgomery ! 7 50
.
12 25 ! 4 15 Halena , 7 25
7 20 8 35 Ar. Savannah Lv. 7 30
Close connections at al! junctions and - ter-
CEcfp GxlmET?Gen. Mgr. ^
Post office.
^|1 closes 20* mill u tes'earlier '’sund a*y even-
in f)ffice from 7 to 7:30 p. m.
open a. m.
Office open Sunday from H. Ml
a. m.
Christian Science.
services every Sunday morning 30:30: Sun¬
day school11:3o. and Sunday evening services
at 7:30 over McCollum's in the Odd Fellows
Irtll Pine avenue. A cordial tn\ nation is ex
tended to all ot' whatever creed or calling.
CHENEY & BURCH,
attorney-at-law,
Office—I n Paulk Building, Grant Street,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
WAY & JAY,
Attorney-at-Law,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Office—I n the Slayton & Kern building on
Pine avenue. ___
E. W. By man, L. Kennedy,
Of South Dakota. Ot' Savannah.
RYMAN & KENNEDY,
OFFICE-In Fitzgerald Block.
Be Oil tlie Safe Side
And Take Your Work to
H. WETTSTEIN,
The Pioneer Jeweler.
Watches, Jewelerv, Clocks, Silver-
ware, Diamonds, Spectacles, etc., at
Lowest Living Rates.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA,
Grant St. Between Pine and Central Avs.
DR. J. H. POWELL,
(Late of the Beet American Hospitals)
Specialist in Chronic Diseases,
Of Men ancl Women,
Office, S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬
manently located.)
Drs, C, L & l C. Holtsendorf,
■■■
Office—I n Slayton & Kern building,'oppo¬
site Commercial hotel, Fitzgerald, Ga
Phone 21.
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WE
List • Property
4- AND ====♦
Pay : Taxes
For non-resident property owners. We also
furnish Abstract of Titles when desired, Bn-
close stamp giving full information.
F, WILLIAMS, SON & GO,, Fiisgerald, Ga,
Beal Estate Dealers.
For Tailor Suits
CALL ON
E. J\ DANCY,
Pise A 7 >, Next Boor to Commercial Hotel
A perfect fit guaranteed. A trial is all I ask.
Ail garments cut and made on premises.
Cleaning. Repairing and Preseinc a Specials
SPLIT THE HALL.
The Pseudo Beresford Told a Marvel*
oils Story.
From tlio Macon Telegraph 17th Inst.
Among the visitors in Macon a day or
two ago was Capt. T. B. Dickens, of
Fitzgerald. He came up with Mr. G.
W. Smith for a short visit.
Captain Dickens is over six feet high
and weighs about 275 .pounds. On ac¬
count of his distinguished appearance,
affable manners and princely bearing,
some of bis friends spread the rumor
that he was Lord Beresford and he was
introduced to a large number of people
as the wily lord. The captain, who is
one of the alleged victims of the lord,
humored the joke until it was generally
believed throughout the city that he
was Lord Beresford or Sidney Lascelles,
in the custody of Mr, Smith, who had
agreed to go on his bond. All of those
who met the pseudo lord were charmed
with him and agreed that he was a jolly
good fellow even if he was a prisoner
likely to serve a second term iu the pen.
Some of the good stories told by Ca p¬
tain Dickens were greatly enjoyed by
the crowd almost constantly with him.
One of these stories the captain told on
himself, and was as follows:
“Speaking of baseball reminds me of
a game we played when I was the first
baseman of the Duluth AVhalebacks.
We had defeated everything for a hun¬
dred miles around with the exception
of a team at a little town named Clo¬
quet, about twenty-five miles from Du¬
luth, and at last we decided to go down
and clean them up. But there is no
use in going into all the details of that
eventful game. We wrangled and
wrangled over an umpire and one thing
and another until it was about 4'30
when we got started. It was a tight
game and we played it tor all it was
worth. At the end of the seventh in¬
ning it was almost dark and we stood
two and two. I made up my mind to
win that game or lose my reputation as
a player when I went to the bat in our
half of the eighth inning, so I shut my
eyes and hit with all my might at the
first ball pitched. I felt the bat hit
something and then the boys yelled to
me to run. Right then and there I
made the race of my life around the
bases, but when I crossed the home
plate I noticed that they seemed to be
still looking for the ball. This I could
not at first understand, but after it was
explained that I had hit the ball so
hard as to knock it out of sight I felt
happy. Finally somebody found a half
of the ball lying at the home plate, and
as the finder triumphantly showed it to
the crowd the umpire gave the game to
us by a score of 21 to 2. I guess it was
the closest game ever played, and my
reputation in that part of the country
was established.
A Hard Problem.
John Alien got off a good one on
Boss Reed a few days ago:
“Have you heard of Sterling Mor¬
ton’s sad affliction?” asked Allen.
“No ; what is it?” said Reed.
“The poor fellow has gone crazy.
His brilliant intellect is darkened
forever.”
“My God ! is that so ? How come
it r
“ He went crazy on mathematics.”
“ Mathematics ! How ?”
“ He got to figuring to demonstrate
the difference between Cleveland’s de¬
pression and McKinley’s prosperity,”
answered Allen with a smile.—Tifton
Gazette.
Wanted —A man and wife; the
man to understand general farming.
Also a maid to understand house
work and dairying. Five miles of
Tifton. Address box 61, Tifton, Geor¬
gia, or call at Leader office.
What Rule, the World.
Many years ago John Brougham,
Lester Wallack, Artemus Ward and oth¬
ers used to meet after the play at
Windhurst’s, in Park row. One night
the question, “What rules tho world?’’
arose, and various opinions were ex¬
pressed. William Ross Wallace, who
Was present, retired before Jong, and
some time later called Thomas J. Leigh
from the room and handed to him a
poem which he had just written. Mr.
Leigh read it alond terthe company, and
Mr. Brougham mado a happy little
speech of acknowledgment. The thing
was entitled “What RuleB the World,”
and the first stanza ran:
They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty scepter
O’er lesser powers that be.
But a mightier power and stronger
Man from his throne has hurled,
And the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world
—Kate Louise Roberts iu Critic.
The Old Man's Decision.
"I dunno what to do with him, ” said
the old gentleman. “He won’t work, he
won’t study, spends half the day fishiu
and the other half loafin, smashes the
crockery ware it the breakfast don’t suit
him and walks and talks in his sleep.
I've had seven doctors to examine him,
and they’re all at sea abont him. So
I’ve just arrived at the conclusion that
he’s one of these darned long haired
geniuses that’s built to write books and
have monuments on the installment plan
when they die of starvation!”—Atlanta
Constitution.
City Plats at The Leader
Office.
Council Proceedings.
The city council met in regular ses¬
sion Tuesday. Mr. Stiles, a repre¬
sentative of the Sotliern Supply Co.
asked permission from the council to
reduce the size of the well bore from
8 to 6 inches. The proposition of Mr.
Stiles was laid on the table.
In the matter concerning the right
of the council to change the actions of
the hoard of equalization, relative to
the tax levy, it was decided the coun¬
cil had no authority, the action of said
hoard being Anal.
Dr. Miller, chairman of the com¬
mittee on sanitary affairs, reported
the proper drainage of the old rail¬
road grade near S. Grant street. It
was decided that bids he advertised
for and contract let to the lowest re¬
sponsible bidder.
Council then adjourned.
Welcome News to Persons Suffering
From Chronic Diseases.
Drs. Jansenius, of the Columbus,
Ga., and Montgomery, Ala., sanitar¬
iums, at the request of their many pa¬
tients in Fitzgerald, have located a
branch office at the corner of Fine and
Thomas streets, which will be the
foundation of a sanitarium they in¬
tend to locate in this city.
They use the Massage and Vapor
Bath treatment, and there will he no
need of going, at great expense, to
Hot or any other medicinal springs, to
cure chronic ailments. The above
treatment is now used hv the foremost
physicians of German^, France and
this country, and is the only sure and
safe method of eradicating diseases of
long standing.
Following are some of the diseases
we treat: Rheumatism, lumbago, sci¬
atica, swollen joints, paralysis, syph¬
ilis, blood and skin diseases, lung liver
and kidney complaints, gastritis, dys¬
pepsia, malaria, nervous prostration,
debility, corpulency, mercurial poison,
the morphine and liquor habits, fe¬
male complaints and irregularities,
dropsy, spinal diseases, catarrh, dis¬
eases of the eye, ear. nose and throat.
Give us a call. Respectfully,
Dus. Jansenius.
Office Hours: For ladies, from 8 to
11 a. m. For gentlemen, from 1 to 4
p. m., and evenings from 7 to 8.
Court House Removal Fetitious.
The attention of all male residents
of the 1537th district (the district in
which Fitzgerald is located) is invited
to the fact that petitions asking the
ordinary of Invin county to call an
election of the voters of Irwin county
to vote oil the question of the removal
of tiie court house from Irwinvilie to
Fitzgerald, are now ready for signa¬
tures and can he found at various
places in the city, where every one is
earnestly requested to call and sign at
tnee. Don’t wait for a member of
ohe committee to call on you, but step
in and contribute your mite by volun¬
tarily signing the petition. Petitions
can be found at the following places:
Fust Ward: Colony headquarters,
Clare & Co. and L. O. Tisdels. Sec¬
ond Ward: S. M. Whitchard. J. II.
Stalker and M. II. Plopper’s, also Col¬
ony bank. Third Ward: City hall,
Ryman & Kennedy, Sam Fleming,
Cheney & Burch, Way & Jay, Peiper’s
grocery, Rew’s stand, Leader office,
H. G. Taylors, Denniston’s drug store,
T. S. Price & Co.’s, Smith & Whit¬
man’s real estate office, Clark’s furn¬
iture store, Savannah Shoe store and
Wilson”s real estate office. C03I.
Baby Mine!
Every mother
feels an i n d e -
scribable dread
of the pain and
danger attend¬
ant upon the
most critical pe¬
riod of her life.
Becoming a
mother should be
a source of joy
to all, but the
suffering and
danger of the ordeal make
its anticipation one of misery.
MOTHER’S FRIEND
is the remedy which relieves
women of the great pain and suf¬
fering incident to maternity; this
hour which is dreaded as woman’s
severest trial is not only made
painless, by but all the danger is re¬
moved its use. Those who use
this remedy are no longer de¬
spondent or gloomy; nervousness
nausea and other distressing con¬
ditions are avoided, the system is
made ready for the coming event,
and the serious accidents so com¬
mon to the critical hour are
obviated by the use of Mother’s
Friend. It is a blessing to woman.
91.00 «ent PER by BOTTLE mail at all Drug Stores,
or on receipt of price.
ROOKS Containing interest to invaluable ail information will be of
Voce rntt to any address, women, upon application, sent by
The BBADFIEID REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
Dodgers,
Sale bills.
Envelopes, Hand bills.
Statements,
Note Heads,
Letter beads,
Legal Blanks, Cards,
Visiting
Business Cards,
Dance invitations. V
Society invitations,
Wedding Invitations.
Or In fact any kind of job printing, call on
oraddress, Leader Fitzgerald,Georgia.
Order your ice of Littlefield & Co.,
only 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Wall paper from 21 cents up. Look
at our samples.
Colony Furniture Co.
II C Smith the real estate man ’ is
just finishing a nice 8 room cottage for
rent August 1st, A nice home for the
right parties. See him before it is too
late.
To Give Away
A bright intelligent boy between
seven and eight years old. Address
lock box No. 414, Fitzgerald, Ga.
29-4wx
Littlefield & Co. are selling ice at
10 cents per 100 pounds.
Special Sale.
The Wheeler & Wilson improved
No. 9 sewing machine at $25. abso¬
lutely less than factory cost. This is
your opportunity.
Colony Furniture Co.
The Savannah Shoe Store, boys, are
as vigilant as ever. Their store is as
neat and inviting as ever. Their
prices are now lower than ever. They
keep up their stock with novelties and
eye catchers al! the time. Give them
a call and see for yourself if it is
not so.
For Sale or Rent —Two 5-acre
tracts. One is improved, cleared,
fenced, with well, house and out¬
buildings. The other is partly im¬
proved. Will sell on easy terms. Ap¬
ply to P, O, box 614, Fitzgerald, Ga.
27-4 w
Op. n for Bids.
Sealed Bids will he received by
the undersigned at his office in Den¬
nison’s drug store on Tuesday, Au¬
gust 10, 1897, at 2 p. m., for tilling
ject any and all bids.
J. L. Miller,
Chairman Sanitary Committee.
Dated this 20th day of July, ’91.
Invin Sheriff Sales.
Will be sold before tiie court house door of
Irwin county, Irwinvilie, Ga., between the le-
gal hours of sale on the first, Tuesday in An-
g’nst next, the followin'? described property,
to-wit: City lot No. 9, square 15 and block 5,
in the city of Fitzgerald, Ga., levied on and to
be sold as the property of Ernest M. Piefzsch
the to satisfy one justice court, fi. fa. issued from
justice court of the 1537th District. G. M.,
against the said Ernest M. Pietzsch, favor of
Ryman and Kennedy. Levy made and re-
turned to me by J. J.J. F. McCall, L. C.
This, July 5,1897. D. A. McInnis, Deputy Sheriff.
Will be sold before the courthouse door of
Invin county on the tlrsf Tuesday Jfi August
southwest erty. to-wit: Ninety (90) acres of hind in the
comer of let No. 172 in the fourth
district of Irwin county. Levied on as the
property Fussell. of H. A. Peacock, in favor of Wiley
to satisfy one justice court fi. fa. is-
sued from the618th district. G. M. Defend-
ant in possession and notified according to
law ...... H
This, July 7,1897. 27
State of Georgia, i 6
Irwin County, f '*'
Christine Wy man has made application to me
for the setting apart and assigning to her and
her three minor children,a twelve months’sup-
port out of the estate of her husband, Daniel
D. Wyman, late of said county, deceased. Ap¬
praisers have been appointed and have made
their return allowing same. This is therefore
to cite all persons concerned to show cause,
if any they can, at the next term of the ordi-
nnry’s court to be held in and for said county
on the first Monday in August next, why said
return should not be admitted to record and
stand as the judgment of this court.
J.J. Lee. Ordinary Irwin Co., Ga.
This, 7th day of July, 1897. 27-4w
Notice.
«s»s»iwxiBawa8! the 24th day of July, 181(7, there will be held
a
fill the unexpired term of S. Fockler, who has
resigned. The polls will open at 9 o’clock in
forenoon and close at 4 o’clock in the after-
noon. The polling palces will be for First
Ward, Ward, Colony Whitchard’s headquarters building; Second
Thomas store corner Oconee and
streets; Third Ward. Fitzgerald
Leader office; Fourth Ward, store room
southeast corner Lee and Pine streets. All
persons otherwise qualified who have regis¬
tered at the city hail since June 22, 1897, will
he allowed to vote at such election. Also at
the polling place named for the Third Ward
there will be held on said date an election for
said Third Ward for the purpose of electing
an alderman for the said ward to fill the unex¬
pired term of W. M. Allen, resigned. Voters
qualified to vote in said ward for alderman-at-
large are qualified to vote for alderman for
said ward. c. C. Goodnow, Mayor.
Dated this July 13,1897
Notice of Special Election.
■VTOTICE is hereby given to the quafified vo-
ters of the city of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
that on Saturday the 24th day of July, 1897, at
the herinafter named polling places, a special
election of the voters of said city of Fitzger¬
ald, will be held for the purpose of determin¬
ing the following question, to-wit: “Shall the
city for council period be empowered to make a contract
a not exceeding twenty years, with
such person, firm or corporation as it sees lit,
for the use of water end light, oreither by the
city?” forenoon The polls will open at 9 o’clock in the
and remain open until 4 o’clock in
the afternoon. The polling places will be as
follows: First Ward—Colony Headquarters.
Second Ward—Whitchard’s store, corner Oco¬
nee and Thomas streets. Third Ward—F itz¬
gerald Leader office. Fourth Ward—Store
room on southeast corner of Lee and Pine
streets. No person will be allowed to vote at
said election who has not registered for the
same. Any person otherwise qualified to vote
at election, city election may register for said special
with the mayor or city clerk at the
city o’clock hall at any time between this date and 5
in the afternoon of July 19, 1897.
Dated at Fitzgerald, this June 22, 1897.
C. C. Goodnow, Major.
ICE? - ICE!
♦ie===e+
It Is Economy TO Save
Butter,
HKea.ts,
T
One-half the comfort of life is keeping cool
and having cold water, solid batter and fresh
vegetables. The best quality of Hygenic Ice
made from pure distilled water will be deliv¬
ered at your door. Send your orders and re¬
ceive o prompt a-entlon. Any negllence on
the part of employees will receive prompt
attention.
LYLE - ICE - COMPANY,
FITZGEBALD, GEORGIA.
BEAR IN MIND---not a t
s endthe
LEADER to any address unless paid for in
advance. No cash, no paper.
TEN TO FIFTEEN
Small Improved Farms for Sale For Next Ninety Days.
Theso Small Farms contain fifty to 400 Acres, and all within one mile of Georgia Southern &
Florida Railroad, and from
ONE ^ TO THREE a MILES miULioUJ. OF VIENNA v GA UA.
The Capital of Dooly County. Crops growing on them ail. Each place baa a fair residence
ami other buildings on It, and a variety of fruit trees, etc., growing on each place. Conven¬
ient to good Schools, Churches, etc. If you want a home in Dooly County write me at onoe,
JAMES R. KELLY.
Vienna, Dooly County Ga.
REFERENCES—R. S. Middleton, Postmaster; J. Frank Powell, Clerk Court; Bank Vienna.
Headquarters For
pure IDruge,
Goodman’s New Drug Store,
Cor. Pine and Grant Street.
Patent Everything Medicines. Fresh and New with a Full Line of
Prescriptions Compounded.
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fc fc thing marked down to Bed-Rock Prices, viz ; 33 3
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t | Corsets, worth 75c, 49c. i
now
| Imported white dotted Swiss goods at 23c
| per [yard. 4
| 40-inch India Lawn 12 l-2c per yard.
| Black Henriettas, was 50c, now 20cpr yrd.
| Brillianteens, was 49c, now 35c per yard. 1 _
I E Oor Shoe Department 1 is Full of Bargains. ~ ‘I I
| fc S2.50 Ladies Dongoia Shoes for $1.50. 3
t fc KD riv-fm-H l«'AifJrj Tan I clfi fnr IUI OO 3
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E Ladies Percale Shirt Waistslare 3
| going at 59c. 3
$5.00 Trunks for $2.98.
| Call and see those beautiful Wash Dress
Goods that make up in handsome style for
Summer wear.
fc THESE PRICES FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.
EMPIRE STORE,
T. S. PRICE & CO.
7Fitzgerald I^Iock.
*>^7* FRANK S. HAUDER, President. WM. B. BOWEN, Cashier. #
IThe Colony Bank * #
# BAUDER &. BOWEN, Bankers. #
# #
H Northern ThlsBankisnowopenanddoingaGeneral Exchange and Pension Banking Checks Business. We credit Par #
at •§§»
When deposited by our customers. We issue Exchange on New York.Savan- *
nah, Macon, Darien and Cordeie at one-balf the rates charged by postofliee
money orders.
# We lend money on high class security, never charging overeight percent.
per Ourrates annum. and banking rules and customs are the those of Atlanta -TjG—
same as
* and Louisville banks. In other words, we give the business men of Fitzger¬ #
ald the same banking rates and privileges from the start that it took the mer¬
chants of Atlanta and Memphis twenty years to get. Lack of competition
* will never cause us to take any advantage of the colonists. *
Fitzgerald Bottling Works,
North Grant St. All orders will receive prompt attention
OLIN S. McCOY