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m i’ i—; CITY AND COUNTY. Good suitable dwellings will be in de¬ mand this fall and winter. Commissioner Dickson held a teach¬ ers’ examination last Saturday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Cheney, last Friday a 10-pound daughter. Lord Bersford to himself hath said: “What fools these mortals be.”—Cor- dele Sentinel. “Bathing suits again reduced,” is the startling headline of an advertisement. Americus Herald. A 37-pound musk melon raised by Geo. Miller on his 10-acre tract, was on exhibition last Saturday. Take your tomatoes to the T. St N. E. railway depot. II. H. Tift will pay you 20 cents per bushel for them. Fitzgerald’s fine military band played for the Valdosta carnival this week. Sensible, Vald osta.-Tif ton Gazette. It is’ stated that Lord Bersford and Will Myers are spending the summer at the same resort.—Americus Herald. Mr. G. Bell, a prominent business man of Hancock county, was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. J- L. Miller last Sat¬ urday. __ J. N. Daniel, of Williamsburg, Cal¬ houn county, marketed the first bale of Georgia cotton last week which weighed 565 pounds. __ Rev. J. M. Glenn returned last Satur¬ day from Valdosta, where he attended the meeting of the Valdosta district Epworth League as secretary. Comrade E. M. Winslow entertained a number of friends last Saturday even- ing by_giving them “watermelon till you can’t rest.” A delightful time is reported. Says an exchange: “A girl down east is slowly turning to stone. ’ A girl down here in Wiregrass Georgia can beat that; she married Stone and turned to Stone at once. T. R. Way, two miles east of this city, has a sunflower that measures 161 inches across the face. It is of the Russian variety. Comrade Schroll, let us hear from you again. Geo. Kelley, who broke out of the Abbeville jail a few nights since, incar¬ cerated for dispensing bug juice, was captured last Saturday and taken back to his quarters in the county lock-up. Mrs. M. A. Douglas returned to her Florida home last Friday after a splen¬ did visit with her daughter, Mrs. O. F. Wyman and family. She made the ac¬ quaintance of many warm friends here. The Blakely Observer pointedly says: “The old saying that ‘it is easy to make money, but hard to save it,’ we take occasion to revise. It is easy to hook money, hut h—1 to collect it.” An Iowa man has homesteaded Pike’s Peak and demands a patent for his lit¬ tle farm. He will farm the tourists who go up the cogwheel road, and expects to be able to demonstrate that farming pays. _ The Waycross Jeurnal has been pre¬ sented with a stalk of corn 17 feet long, with tho ear so high that no man can stand flat-footed and reach it. The air ship will be heard from next.—Ash- burn Advance. Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Jones are home after two weeks pleasantly spent on their wedding tour. Sam and Katie have a host of warm friends who gladly welcome them back to the Magic City among the pines. No wonder so many fellows think that “eo-education is a failure.” For instance, twenty-five of the pupils who reached the highest grades this year in the grammar schools of Chicago were boys, while 197 were girls. T. R. Way, who resides on a 20-acre tract east of town, left at The Leadfjr office last Saturday two choice melons and a peck of luscious tomatoes. Mr. Way will please accept our thanks, rest¬ ing assured that his offering is appre¬ ciated. _ A fair widow in New York has sued a man for $10,000 for hugging her so hard as to fracture two of her ribs. The man’s defense will probably be contrib¬ utory negligence on the part of the widow in hugging without a limit. From the Eastman Times-Journal of last week we learn that Mrs. Blanche DeLong left Thursday (last) night on a visit to her old home in Indiana. She will return about September 1st. Mrs. DeLong formerly resided in this city, and is well known to many friends. Editor Knowles is anxiously inquir¬ ing as to the whereabouts of Trilby. If any Herald readers should happen to see the lady they will please communi¬ cate direct with brother Knowies— Americus Herald. Perhaps she’s out¬ ing with “My Lord.” The Fitzgerald band returned last Saturday lrom Valdosta, where they furnished sweet music during the car¬ nival. They report the carnival a grand success, and kind and courteous treatment for themselves on the part of the people of Valdosta. Editor Herring, of the Tifton Gazette, came over Tuesday to witness the ball game, and of course paid this office a pleasant call. _ Benjamin Pullin, of McRae, Ga., is here for a short visit with Dr. Miller and family. Mr. Pullin is a brother of Mrs. Miller’.s. _ Mr. J. S. Wilson and wife were the guests of Conductor Rooks, of Tifton, last Tuesday. They report an enjoya¬ ble good time and visit. R C. Kimball, a colony member, se¬ cured the contract last Monday to re¬ pair the court house at Irwinville, ho being the only onq putting in a bid. Dear reader, you may not be aware of the fact, but it is true, nevertheless, the big Cycloneta fruit larrn of Wire- grass Georgia is located in 1 rwin county. Mr. J. H. Clark left at The Leader office last Tuesday a clover stalk that measured 2 feet and 9 inches in length. This clover was not cultivated. Who can beat it? _ Mr. O. W. Fussell, of Atlanta, rep¬ resenting the Y. P. A. paper of that city, is in the Magic City for a few days. He paid this office a brief, but pleasant call Tuesday. Mr. S. E. Coleman, of Ocalla, came to this city last Wednesday with forty- three names to a petition in favor of the removal of the county-site from Irwin¬ ville to Fitzgerald. The Abbeville artesian well is now down to a depth of 570 feet, and the drill working in flint rock. For one week the depth was only increased 31 inches. Hard sledding, that. W. J. Josey, our popular and good looking druggist, attended divine ser¬ vices at Barnesville last Sunday and in-* cidentally spent the day with his best girl. He returned home Tuesday. L. D. Bingham, general yaveling correspondent of the Manufacturers’ Record, Baltimore, Md., was in the city Wednesday in the interest of the publication he represents. He paid The Leader a fraternal call. Sheriff Handley and his prisoner, Nesbitt, the negro murderer, arrived on schedule time last Friday. Nesbitt was taken b. fore Squire Paulk, and from there was carried to Irwinville and placed behind the bars, to await the October term of court. Miss Lizzie Benton, who makes her home with Mr. J. II. Clark and family, sent to The Leader office last Tues¬ day morning an exquisite boquet of flowers. Your offering, Miss Lizzie, is appreciated, and may your life be as pure as the gift and your future happi¬ ness as great as ours as the recipient of your offering. _ An eclipse of the sun will take place on the morning of July 29, to be visible in all parts of the United States. A large portion of the sun’s disc will be obscured, being the largest eclipse in recent years. The earth will enter the moon’s shadow shortly before 8 o'clock on the date mentioned, and it will be 10:30 before it will finally emerge from it. The Fitzgerald Leader declares that the health of that town is as good as can be, and has been so for the past year, An effort will he made to fill the Fitzgerald hotel with winter re¬ sorters. .. .The Salvation Army has es¬ tablished a branch office at Fitzgerald, rented a hall and gone to work trying to raise the fallen and save the sinners —Brunswick Advertiser. The report sent out from Fitzgerald that William Pelkey, father-in-law of Sidney Lascelles, had written R G. Dunn & Co., giving Lascelles a rating equal to the value of his, Pelkey’s property, was a mistake. John S. Fowler, manager of the Savannah di¬ vision of Dunn & Co.’s, said Monday that he had received no intimation from any source that Lascelles had any hackers.—Abbeville Chronicle. The Abbeville correspondent of the Rochelle New Era says: “The local fishermen and those from other coun¬ ties who are catching for the markets are just now making large hauls. Im¬ mense quantities of blue and channel cats are being daily taken from the river. Some of these fish are of mon¬ strous proportions, it being no unusual thing to see specimens weighing from fifty to seventy pounds.” “A newspaper whose columns over¬ flow with advertisements of business men has more influence in attracting to and building up a city or town than any other agency that can be employed. People go where there is business. Capital and labor will locate where there is an enterprising community. No power on earth is so strong to build up a town as a newspaper well patron¬ ized, and its power should be appre¬ ciated,”—Key. Dewitt Talmage. Our ball club came home from Val¬ dosta Saturday and true enough, they resembled “Bow Peep’s sheep.” Why? The Valdosta Times tells the story of the “Yank’s” defeat in the following brief item: “The ball game between Quitman and Fitzgerald was witnessed by a large crowd, but was too one sided to be interesting. The Quitmaaites were reinforced by several of the pro¬ fessional players, and the colony boys were made monkeys of to the tune of about 25 to 1.” “Shorty” Pearson, of Wolf Pit, places the writer under many obligations for a choice melon left at this office last Sat¬ urday. _ Forrest Kabrlch leaves this week for his former home in Indiana, but expects to be with us again when “ the birds southward fly.”_ Fred Bigharn left at The Leader of¬ fice Friday a choice muskmelons and a big mess of ripe tomatoes, Fred, may your shadow never grow le$s. The difference between a*cat and a sentence is that the cat has its claws at the end of its paws while the sentence has its pause at the end of its clause. The second nine from Tifton came over Tuesday for a friendly game with our second nine, but owing to a heavy rain the game was indefinitely post¬ poned. ' _ A Georgia colored woman accounts for hard times on the theory that there are “too many leafy husbands.” There is a bare chance that it will hold good for some other sections. A Texas newspaper referring to the death of an estimable woman, says: “She was laid to rest by the side of her six husbands and leaves thirty children to deplore her untimely end,” The public meeting Tuesday evening, called to consider matters in the in¬ terests of the city, adjourned without accomplishing anything. It was a kind of “chew the rag” gathering and con¬ ducive of no gcfod. J. G. Knapp, wife and son returned last Tuesday evening from St. Simon’s Island. They report having a splendid good time bathing in the salt water, boat riding and fishing. Geo. Kicker and wife will be home Saturday. A parlor entertainment will be given at the home of Professor and Mrs. Mc¬ Intosh to-morrow (Friday) evening. The entertainment will consist of in¬ strumental and vocal music. Ice cream and cako will be served. Entertain¬ ment free and refreshments 10 cents. In its report of the ball game at Val¬ dosta last Thursday the Macon Tele¬ graph says the Quitman team made monkeys of the Fitzgerald boys. The Telegraph should bear in mind that the Quitman team are all profession players, while the Fitzgerald nine are only am- ateures. The Macon club was billed to play Quitman, but “craw-fished” out of the game by not playing, while our boys played the best game they could and went down in defeat. The Fitzger¬ ald team are not cowards. A wrong impression seems to be in circulation among the farmers of this county, and that is, in order to retail anything' raised on their land they must first secure a license in order to sell it in Fitzgerald. Such is not the case. Anything produced raised on your land in Irwin county can be sold here either by retail or wholesale, without a license. No matter what others may tell you bring your produce or other products to Fitzgerald and you will find a market for it. If you are molested or in any way intimidated, report to this office and the publishers of The Leader will see to it that you have police pro¬ tection in the sale’ of anything you pro¬ duce on your farm here in Irwin county. A. E. McLeod, whipping boss at Sweat’s convict camo near McDonald, Coffee county, has been indicted for whipping a negro to death. The ne¬ gro was sent from Berrien county a few weeks ago, and was reported a most desperate character. He refused to work, although whipped twice, and tried to kill one of the guards. In de¬ fending himself from the negro’s at¬ tacks the guard struck him several times with a limb, after which Mc¬ Leod came up and whipped him. He died as he was being carried to the stockade. After being buried eight days his body was exhumed, an inquest held and a verdict rendered against McLeod. _ Dr. W. L. Ryder, the murderer of Miss Owens, at Talbotton, not long since, was hung by a mob near Waverly Hall, where the prisoner was taken from the sheriff and his deputies. The trial of Ryder had been postponed until the next term of court, which so en¬ raged the people of that locality that they meted out justice by hanging the prisoner. Mob yiolence in such cases is only the outgrowth of our courts in postponing and delaying justice, A red-handed murderer, and especially Ryder, who murdered an innocent and chaste young woman without cause, simply because she did not reciprocate his love, should of had a speedy trial and dealt with according to law. There is entirely too much red tape in our courts. _ If Beresford had been kept in the penitentiary, where he belonged, the State would now be saved the expense of catching and convicting him; Mr. Northen the trouble of recommending him; Mr. Pelky the a daughter of Fitzgerald and a few dollars, and citizens a very useful lesson. Moral: Don’t allow the pardoning power to be abused.— Tifton Gazette. How easy it is to give advice after the wrong has been done. Cheating and swindling is a crime, to be sure, but had Lascelles been a murderer, and had several dead men to his credit, he would then have been a very popular man with the Atlanta papers. There are some people that don’t seem to distin¬ guish the difference between a cheat and swindler and a red-handed mur¬ derer. Mr. Roy Balsden, of Fitzgerald, Is still quite ill with fever at his father's home in this city, He has been sick for three weeks, but was resting easy last evening.—Americus Times-Re- corder, 21st Inst. Mr. J. W. Temple presented The Leader this (Thursday) morning with a fine sample of strawberries. Mr. Temple has had strawberries since the middle of March last, and his vines are still growing and producing fruit. Our northern readers will please make a note of this and console themselves with the fact that there is not a month during the year but what this soil will produce a crop. G. W. Barley, a colony member, left at The Leader office this (Thursday) morning a new variety (to the editor at least) of cucumbers, which he says are known as the California Muskmelon Cucumbers, They are, indeed, a flue cucumber. Mr. Barley also left with us a fine mess of China beans (yard bean) which are the finest bean of that variety we have yet seen in this lati¬ tude. Some twenty odd couples, besides children, were the guests of Dr. Coe last Friday evening, the occasions be¬ ing a watermelon feast. It was, indeed, a happy gathering, and an occasion that will long be remembered by the doc¬ tor’s many friends present. Besides the best of watermelons, the doctor had also prepared an elegant lunch on ta¬ bles in front of his dwelling and among the foliage, flowers and fruits of his magnificent garden. The melons were raised by the doctor in his garden. Dr. Coe has the finest garden in the city, in which can be found everything Known to tins latitude. A visit to the doctor’s garden will more than repay any one. The school board met Wednesday, and besides other business transacted, accepted the resignation of J. A. K. Stevens as member and secretary of the board. Messrs. Martston, Knapp and Paulk were appointed a committee to draft a resolution in commendation of Mr. Stevens and the high esteem in which he is held by the board. A res¬ olution was adopted calling a special election for Tuesday, July' 27th, for the purpose of electing a member of the school board from the 3d Ward, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Stevens. By unanimous vote the president and secretary were instructed to draft and sign a letter of recommend¬ ation for Miss Sue V. Portmese, after which the board adjourned. We publish this week an article from the American Tribune relative to the county site question. It will be no¬ ticed in the article an intimation that Col. H. H. Tift might possibly be op¬ posed to the removal. In this the Tri¬ bune is in error. Colonel Tift has al¬ ways said he would aid Fitzgerald and the colony at large, and assist in their upbuilding. The Tribune is too far away to know what is really going on down here. It may be all right and proper, but it would have been better had the Tribune article been published in the Fitzgerald papers and no men¬ tion of it made in the Tribune. The people who are here, those who have made this colony what it is, with the aid of their newspapers are abundantly able to attend to home matters without the intervention of outsiders. Outside influence will accomplish no good, but will, however, have a tendency to cre¬ ate a feeling of strife among those who are working in harmony with us. An “ice war” is on here in Fitzgerald between our ice dealers. Good, pure ice the past few days has been retailing at 10 cents per 100 pounds, delivered. This price is very satisfactory to the consumer, but it means a great loss to the dealers of the congealed fluid. This is all wrong, and our dealers should not make long-eared animals of themselves by cutting their own throats, finan¬ cially. Put the price up to 35 cents or 40 cents per 100 pounds, and stop this monkey business for the sake of pleas¬ ing a few chronic kickers. We do not know who it was that “threw the first stone,” and it matters not. The Lyle Ice Co. is a home institution and it is the duty of the people of this city to give it all the financial encouragement they can by patronizing it. This ice plant is a home institution and every true member of this colony should stand by it. If either Smith Bros, or Littlefield & Co. were the owners of the Lyle ice plant The Leader would en¬ tertain the same opinion. This opin¬ ion, with but few exceptions, is the opinion entertained by the people of this city. II outside parties can ruin our home ice industry, the same kind of tactics will be used to ruin any other enterprise that may be established in our city. Remember that it is not Smith Bros, or Littlefield & Co.’s money that is “bucking” the Lyle Ice Company. The Lyle ice plant, as noted Bboye, is a home institution, is a liberal patron of the Fitzgerald newspapers and is here to stay. And right here permit us to say, that no man or firm is entitled to the patronage of a commun¬ ity unless they, in some way, patronize home institutions. A firm that will “hog” everything in sight under the name of “business,” and at the same time expect their home newspapers to keep their names before the public, The Leader has no use for in these up-to-date times of the 19th century. WEATHER REPORT. From Noon July IStli to the ‘i-il In, elusive. iBKPOltTM) KXl'HKHRI.y COK.l Foil THE I.EAIIEK BV HU. Temperature. Itam- 1‘ri/vV DAYS. f«l). win< 5 A m I* M Thursday. Friday...... | 1 (Hi 84 74 Saturday.... 65 j 84 75 I Sunday...... Monday..... t >8 , 82 I j 71 | ........ m Stt 72 4 7-100 Tuesday.... Wednesday'. 55 1 ¥3 72 10 8*100 67 80 70 Light Thursday... (HI | 81 Total rainfall, 115-100. Sun shone every day. Hains, after 7 r >. ni. - are measured at 5 o’clock the follow! morning and credited to that day. County Court. At a regular session of the county court held at Irwinville last week, with Judge Clements presiding, the follow¬ ing cases were disposed of: CRIMINAL COURT. Thoa. Buchanan, carrying concealed weap¬ ons. Demanded indictment by the grand jury, and was placed under $100 bond which he fur¬ nished. Jim Bordeaux, gambling, demanded indict¬ ment and gave a $250 bond. Steve Carter, selling liquor, demanded in¬ dictment. The above are all colored. Chas. Mikler, peddling without a license, demanded indictment and gave a $250 bond. Jake Lonberger, selling liquor, demanded indictment. As there are four cases against him his bond was placed at $ 0 ,000. Thos. Carter, carrying pistol, demanded in¬ dictment and gave $100 bond. Ida Harvey, selling liquor, fined $50 and costs. Jno. Smith, chicken stealing, fined $25 and costs. Jno. Williams, larceny, not guilty. CIVIL CASHS, R. H. Sutton vs. A. J. Dyess. suit on note. Verdict of $300.40 for tho plaintiff. J. IV. and E. C. Atkins vs. Paulk & Paulk, suit on account. Verdict of $135.08 for the plaintiff. 'V. N. Fleetwood vs. W. IS. Fussell, B. O. Kelly, A. M. Fussell, Williams. M. McDermid, It. T. Will¬ iams, G. D. S. Wells and T. J. Williams. Verdict of $187.85 for the plaintiff. Davitte Manufacturing-. Mining and Con¬ tract Co. vs. J. Ij. Jay & Son. Verdict for plaintiff Kentucky of 8181.50. Whisky Co. vs Robitzsch & Co. Settled by the plaintiff. Jos. Fletcher vs. Jno. W. Tomherlin. bail trover. J udg-ment of $30 for the plaintiff. It. VC Rustin vs. D. J. Bruton, bail trover. Dismissed by plaintiff. Mayfield E. Woolen Mills vs. Drew W. Paulk and J. Dorminey.. Judgment of $131.86 for plaintiff. A. D. Adaro and McCarty Bros. vs. Jesse Paulk and John Branch. Judgment for the plaintiff W. H. Keene of Ilkt.SO. J. W. vs. Hurst, on account of $135. Judgment tor the defeddant for costs. H. Brunner vs. L. Weary, on account. Dis¬ missed Brunner at plaintiff’s L. costs It. vs. Weary, garnisheement. Same disposition. E. E. Bruton vs. W. B. Rustin, foreclosure of lien, suit for $159. Judgment of $27 for the plaintiff. Jos. Fletcher vs. Jno. W. Tomberlin, on ac¬ count. w ithdrawn by plaintiff. R. J- Corbett vs. polony Post No. 34. depart¬ ment ij. A. R., foreclosure of lien. Judgment of $66,64 for the plaintiff. W. M. Gaddie vs. E. J. Dorminey, suit on ac¬ count. S. B. Judgment E. for the defendant for costs. Brown vs. B. Paulk, Judgment of $50 for the plaintiff. S. B. Brown vs. Mary E. Paulk and J. L. Royal. Judgment for the plaintiff of $50. Some New Commandments. I. Thou shalt not go away from homo to do thy trading, thou, nor thy sons, nor thy daughters. 2. Thou shalt patronize thy own mer¬ chants, also the printers, and they shall patronize thee. Make haste, therefore, and purchase that which shall cause thy countenance to shine with intelli¬ gence, bring prosperity to both. 3. Thou shalt employ thy own me¬ chanics that they be not driven away from home to find bread for their little ones. Thou shalt also consider him that is thy neighbor above him that dwelleth in a strange town. 4. Thou shalt not ask for credit as goods cost much money and the mer¬ chant’s heart is weary with bills. His children clamor daily for bread, and his wife abideth at home for want of such raiment as. adorneth her sisters. Blessed, yea, thrice blessed, is the man who pays cash. 5. Thou shalt not ask for a reduced price for thy influence, for behold guile is in thy heart, and the merchant read- eth it like an open book: he laugheth thee to scorn and shoutetli to his clerks, ha, ha! Two years ago several families left Plymouth and took up their abode in Fitzgerald, Ga., a new town which had just been located by some Indianapolis parties. Many of our citizens predicted that the Plymouth folks would soon re¬ turn with empty pocket books and lots of experience, but such predictions did not prove to be well taken. It is true that three or four did return, but the greater portion remained and are now to-day in good circumstances and pros¬ pering. Many of them who had been suffering from diseases of various kinds have been restored to health and could not be induced to return to Indiana. It is a trying ordeal for one to leave the home of their youth and commence life anew among strangers, but if you ever noticed it, you will find as a rule that providence has been very kind to them and permitted them to prosper in their new homes. The Independent goes to Fitzgerald twice a week and it is ap¬ preciated as a letter would be trotn home.—Plymouth (Ind.) Independent of the 17th Inst. Citizens’ convention met last Wednesday night and nominated Mor¬ ton Scott of Second Ward, for alder- man-at-large, and named the ticket the “Citizens’ Ticket.” Quiet a num¬ ber of people are laboring under the impression that prohibition was or would be the issue. AVe refute any charge that would go to mar the in¬ terests of the gentleman nominated or the convention. That question was settled last winter and will not come up before the two years; then you might talk. The main issue is to elect, if possible, the best and most capable man for the place, one who is clean and who will stand by the peo¬ ple and not a ring. We think that Mr. Scott is well worthy of the confi¬ dence the convention imposed and prophecy his election. By order of convention. Sid Miller, See’y. The County Site Question. American Tribune. We notice that the people of Irwin county, Georgia, in which the colony is located, are filing petitions with tho proper officials to have the court house removed to the colony city, Fitzgerald, and it is said but little opposition will be made to such removal, except from the west and southwest sections of tho county. The Ocilla people have fallen in line, and are working for the loca¬ tion at the colony city. Mr. W. H. Henderson has always said, from the beginning of the colony, that he would do all in his power to aid the colony and build up Irwin county so that it might be called the banner county of South Georgia. His work in this line is fullv appreciated by the colony members, and in the time to come they will be able to return the compliment he Is now extending. So far, we have heard of but few any¬ where who have opposed this move¬ ment. It was reported that Mr. Tiff was quietly working in opposition, but we can hardly believe that such is the case, for both Col. H. H. and W. O. Tiff have far more to gain by aiding the colony than they have by opposing any of its movements. The location of the county court house at Fitzgerald would be far more to his interest than to have it placed at some way-station along his line of road. With the court¬ house at Fitzgerald, the time is sure to come when the territory along the lino of the T. & N. E. railroad will be dotted with many small villages. The colony has it in its power to make them, and we do not believe the Tifton people are blind to their best future interests. The people around Irwinville, would, of course, like to keep it there; but they are a small percentage of the popula¬ tion of the countv, and must see the ad¬ vantage to the general public of having their court held in a city accessible by two or more railroads, and realize that it is impossible for them to keep it in the back, woods much, longer. They must know that their county has, by this colony movement, developed more in one year than it had done during tho previous seventy-five years of its exist¬ ence, and that, if its present progress is continued, it will soon become a noted one and a credit to the entire State, so that they will be proud to say they are residents of Irwin county, the most rapidly growing and up-to-date county in Georgia. They need have no fears that the colony people want their of¬ fices. This is not the object. We have built the largest city in the county, and we want to further improve the colony by building the finest court house in South Georgia. But the county offices will be left in the hands of the natives. It will only be insisted that there be a fair distribution of them in each sec- tion of the county. Few, if any, colony members want county offices. They prefer to have the natives of the State perform such work, for it will be a long time before the colony people fall into the working-ways of such matters, and we freely say that, so far as the Tribune has been able to see, the work¬ ings of the court and all its officers have been of the best and and for the very best interests of the county and the public at large. We could ask no more on that point. We did not locate in the county for the purpose of governing the county, nor to secure its offices. Our. desire was for homes in a country favorable to health and prosperity, and the.-e we have found in Irwin county. It is true, we will in time be able to cast many thousand votes in the county, and there will be many things to work upon, from congressman and represent¬ atives to road supervisors; but, in choosing these, the colony people will be fair and reasonable. Ali good peo¬ ple help those who help them. Would it not be better, therefore, for the poli¬ ticians oi the county to meet with the colony people and arrange so that the county seat may be changed without a dissenting vote, rather than to have a hard canvass of the county to settle it? We believe the progressive people of the west end of the county are in favor of the change, and there appears to be nothing in the whole county against the movement, except the fear of the loss of the offices. As the colony people do not want the offices, this point could bo easily settled, and the whole matter amicably arranged and harmony and peace would prevail. The county would be more popular and influential with its county seat in a progressive city. We do not bei ieve, when the time comes to take the vote, that any opposition will be made, for the people who do oppose it, now, must not expect aid in a political way from the colony, and they cannot, therefore, afford to come out openly and work against this movement, and no one be¬ lieves that they would dc so secretly, for, in time, such conduct becomes known. This is a movement for the best inter¬ ests of the entire county and its people, not for the good of any one point. To have a modern court house in a modern city should be the pride of all, of every section of the county. The colony city is your county city. It does not belong to the colony people, only, nor will the courthouse. All, it may be said, be¬ longs to the good people of Irwin county, and the native citizens of the county should be as proud of the colony city as the colony people are of Irwin. This is the spirit of true American citizenship. All should join hands to make both tho colony city and and banner Irwin county the ban¬ ner city county of South Georgia.