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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. _ 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. KirimrrrmrrmimrTmmmrmrTmmrirHmfrrmmriTTTriTrmmrTmmmmmimiir Go Where The People Go. * fc iaA’-a •^•♦5**5**$*»f*»J**$ # *F t F*$*»$**S«*F*5**§**$ , *F*5**$**l* 4 *$**$*»t'****»$**$* $*»$**!**t' 2**2**$**5 *5**I**$**$* , 4l ,, | Look Out for Bargains! I OUr Big Stock of Goods f ^ Are Here and we are Going to Quote You =3 2 fc a F | The Lowest Prices | l & Ever Heard of in Wiregrass Georgia. Here ^ fc 3 21 E fc are a few Remarkably Choice ones. Remem¬ 4 3 E E ber we are chock full of New Goods and 3 fc every¬ I fc fc thing marked down to Bed-Rock Prices, viz ; 33 3 fc T | Lonsdale Bleached and Fruit of the Loom, I a |E fc 6c per yard. 1 fc fc 1 I Good Bleached Muslin, 7 4c per yard. fc 10 fc T IvACl -, „ ll’l .... r j fc * ^ ^ l/Lllllii^,, I 1)10' DC VUU j H I 1 xro j, til ,•/ U. fc fc fc All 4 II KlllClS I • 1 01 r> t> I l'llltS • , 4 . 7 - yAl’d. -i 3 fc •), ailQ OC pCl’ | 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 21 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