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The T H N o m OS' > r Q r in 4 Q UJ ,
KstablisHed 1896.
VOL. II.
County Correspondence.
cation To Correspondents—All by letters for Tuesday publi¬
must reach us Monday or
of each week. Unless the name of the cor¬
respondent accompanies the letter wo will
not publish the same. We will tell not print the
name of the correspondent or who they
are, but want the nume as an evidence of good
faith. Write news, and do not write anything
that reflects on the character of anyone.
Sycamore Mutterings.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Entirely too much rain for cotton.
The red bug season is a decided suc¬
cess.
Mr. J. H. Rouse is quite sick with
slow fever.
Mr. J. D. Peacock, of Blufton, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
D. Peacock.
Mrs. Susie Story, of Cordele, visited
her parents here last week.
Miss J. B. Oliver and J. W. Swear-
ingin, who have been at Poulan sev¬
eral days, have returned to Sycamore.
Mr. T. II. McMurrain, who lias
been confined to his bed with an at¬
tack of rheumatism, is slowly improv-
ing.
While at work in his saw mill last
week, three miles south of town, Sir.
E. E. Bailey was struck in the face by
a shattered pulley and very seriously
hurt.
Mr. A. F. Zorn who had the mis-
fortune to lose his stockade by fire
some weeks ago, is now replacing barns the
old one with one of the best in
this section. Omega.
Good Hope Items.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Mrs. Fox’s daughter and husband
x (ted her last Sunday.
I see nothing from our section last
week, so I will try and pen a few
notes.
Miss Alta Ayers has returned from
an extended visit with relatives and
friends in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Will Cox and Columbus Mc¬
Neil have returned to their native
home in Western, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Faust invited
their friends last Sunday to water¬
melon feast. All enjoyed a good time.
Mr. Leader, you know this is a
fine country when it attracts a band
boy to come so far away from the city
when the weather was.so warm as on
Sunday before last.
Mr. L., look a little out; the name
of the sick man, mentioned in my last,
is not Duxler, blit Drexler. Instead of
being sick for several weeks it was
about four, months. There is not
much improvement as yet.
Mr. J. F. Hoffman has a curiosity
in the shape greenish of a color, melon. At first other it
has a as any
melon, but when ripe it has the beau¬
tiful golden yellow color. Mr. Cuban Hoff¬
man also has some very nice
! leaf tobacco growing at his place. He
is sure that it can he raised here as
well as in Florida.
Observer.
Sparks From Wolf Pit.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
' News
scarce.
\ Several fine growing showers this
.week.
Alice Luke is reported better at this
writing.
George Gaff is some better, hut not
• out of danger yet.
. Rev. Patrick preached at Wolf Pit
Friday evening.
Miss Anna McCall began her school
at this place Monday.
Sam Gaff got a 141 pound catfish
in one of his baskets Friday evening.
Mr. Tollman and wife called on
Norman Dorminey’s family Friday
afternoon.
Charley Smith and some Lake other par¬
ties are going to Spring fur a
week’s outing.
George Hascall is on the sick list
and not able to make his run over the
I. C. & N. railroad.
Uncle Billie Pearson lias been hav-
ing a siege of cold during the past
week, but he is better now ; so he can
plant peas and eat watermelon.
Fred Dunbar and Dwight Fox¬
worthy put up this a house in the Old
Field vicinity week. The boys
say they are going to batch awhile.
The other Luke night as Charley Smith
and Lewis were passing through
Shorty’s melon patch they concluded
to have a melon to eat. After- select¬
ing one they carried it about a half
mile and then sat down to have a feast,
hut it seems as though there is a va-
riety of pie melons scattered about in
the patch, and the boys got one of
them pie melons, and their when they went
to cut it was so hard knife would
hardly make an impression. But it
was so good oil the boys they could
not keep it. When they get another
melon they will look out for pie mel-
ons, because they are so good—nit.
The ball game Saturday was be-
tween the Wolf Pit club and Stars
from town. The game was to be be-
“ MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.”
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY ‘^9, 1897.
tween the Arbor nine and Wolf Pit,
but the Arbor boys could not come,
so some ot the boys got the club from
town to come out. It is reported that
a good game Star was played by both sides,
and the boys complimented the
home „ine mi t'Wir y fmnrl nlnvimr 1 unt
, having . much .• lhe
Pit™, very practice.
Wolf to Fitzgerald to pi.,
the Store Saturday.
The Boy With One Eye Open.
Wh vv ere rp A -p Wp At? "
The election is' over and the agony
is at an end. The franchise was de¬
feated and no more show of securing
water-works during the next six
months than there has been in the
past year, There was two troubles.
One trouble was that part of the peo¬
ple desired the city to own the water¬
works and the other was that another
set had “ it in” for the present admin¬
istration.
The Leader is a firm believer in
every city owning and controling her
water-works and electric lights, and
more so, for the city of Fitzgerald,
But with a new city the size of Fitz-
gerald to try and own them seems
hardly possible. Bonds can he issued
for a total of $42,000 at our present
rate of taxation. These bonds when
placed upon the market, will bring
about 85 cents on the dollar. This is
not because, the credit of Fitzgerald is
below par, but because money is tight
and money-lenders are grasping every¬
thing in sight. Deducting the 15 cents
on the dollar from the $42,000 will
leave us $35,700. The charter says
that the first bonds issued will be
known as the Colony Company bonds,
and will be used in paying the colony
company debt of $5,000. This will
leave us $30,700. Then we must pay
the well debt of $2,400, and the en¬
gine debt of $2,700, Vhich combined
together makes a debt of $5,100. De¬
ducting this amount from the $30,700
leaves us $25,600. We must have a
sewer system all completed hv the
time the water-works is ready to be¬
gin business. This expense, at the
least calculation, will be $8,000. De¬
ducting this amount from the $25,600
will leave us $17,600. Then, if Fitz¬
gerald should happen to secure the
county seat, we will at least have to
give $10,000 toward the new court
house. This, then, will leave us
$7,600 to put in a system of water¬
works and electric lights, that to reach
the residents of the platted part of the
city will cost 875,000. The Leader
fails to see what was gained by voting
down the franchise, unless it was from
the fact that one Sidney Laseelles once
held the franchise. From the result
of the late election, we are compelled
to say “ where are we at?”
The Leader is a firm believer in
but one kind of punishment for the
crime of rape—hanging or the buck¬
shot route. First, let there be no
doubt of the brute’s guilt, and then
after that is fully established, ring up
the curtain and proceed with the hor¬
izontal-bar performance. And that is
not all: A man that will betray and
ruin an innocent girl by promise of
marriage, and then fails to fulfill that
promise, don’t compell the deceiver to
marry his victim, but let the penalty
for such an offense be death. To pre¬
vent a mad dog or rattlesnake from
biting you or anyone else you kill it.
The brute that would ravish his victim,
though tears and pleadings he of no
avail, or the brute that would accom¬
plish his purpose through promise of
marriage, is no better to society than
the mad dog or the rattlesnake.
If what the State press tell us is
true, and we have no reason to doubt
it, there are a large number of “ I-
would-like-to-be- governor-of- Georgia-
for-two-vears ” Among the timber”
mentioned not one but who is a
stranger to The Leader. No doubt
they are all good and • capable men.
The Leader, however, has a candi¬
date iii view. We refer to Marie
Louise Myrick, the talented editress
and proprietor of the Ainericus Daily
Times-Recorder. She has the brains
and would give to Georgia a pure ad¬
ministration, as she is honest and true,
faithful to a sacred trust, and one who
is honored and esteemed by the Geor-
gia press for her executive ability and
womanly graces.
COlJJi’IY SITE (jl'ESTIO.N,
-
or Interest to the People or Irwin
Comity.
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The county site of DeKalb will be
removed from Recto, to Stone Mo.,,- ,,
toot. A dec,.ton vvae handed down
from the supreme court to-day, re-
versing the judgment of Judge Can-
dler in refusing to grant an injunc-
tion, restraining the ordinary from
taking steps A towards the erection of a
court house at . Decatur. At . . an .
new
election held on December 2, 1896, to
be removed, two-thirds of the votes
cast were for removal. At this elec¬
tion it is alleged that the people of De¬
catur remained away from the polls
under the impression that such was
equivalent to voting against removal.
It was held that a two-thirds vote of
the qualified voters was necessary to
change the site, instead of two-thirds
those voting at the election. I Inis
it will be seen by the decision of the
supreme court, which declares the re¬
sult legal and binding, that the De-
catur people helped to defeat them¬
selves and to secure the victory of
Stone Mountain, their long time rival
and competitor. The case is perhaps
the most interesting of its character
ever known in Georgia.
To change a county site it is neces¬
sary to first hold an election in the,
county itself and then to secure the
passage of an act by the general as¬
sembly, authorizing the change. This
also requires a two-thirds vote.
Too Hot in Indiana.
Editors Leader.
Dear Sirs —Tax receipt received
(thanks). Find enclosed 75 cents for
which extend anil my subscription to
Leader. Mr. Mrs. A. Griffey, short
of your thriving city, made us a
visit last week. They are well pleased
with Fitzgerald. North They say visit that they
will never come on a again
in the summer time. Too hot In In¬
diana for them. Success -to The
Leadei.:. T. J. Kinnear.
North Madison, Ind., July 20. 97.
102 In the Shade.
Editors Fitzgerald Leader.
Please find enclosed 35 cents in
postage stamps ; please sanie. send think me The
Leader for the I I will
be on my ten-acre tract by the time it
runs out, lor I intend so move as soon
as I can make arrangements. It has
been very hot here for the last ten
days, the thermometer has ranged
from 93 to 102 in the shade, and the
nights .very hot and sultry. The
Leader failed to come last week ; I
don’t like to miss a number while I
stav here. Yours truly,
J. M. Pritchett.
Fort Branch, Ind., July 13, ’97.
A Girl’s Part at Home.
One of the sweetest things a girl
can do in the home is to receive
friends kindly. In her father’s own
house a cordial welcome is very fit¬
ting. Girls, do not stand off in the
middle of the room and bow coldly
and formally to friends when they
call. Walk over to meet them and
give them your hand, and say kindly,
“ I am glad you came.” Stiff’, cold
and formal ways may do for boys, but
they will never do for girls, es¬
pecially in greeting friends.
The daughter’s part is to assist her
mother on all social occasions ; bring
the tea and cake which are served
when friends drop in. And more im¬
portant than her manner to the guests
who happen in for an hour or a day
is her manner toward her father and
mother. The father returns home
after a hard day’s labor; he is tired in
both mind and body. But, oh, what
a relief comes over his mind when the
sun sinks beneath the western hills
and the bright thought flashes into his
mind “ when I get home there are the
loved ones to greet me.” As the twi¬
light begins to give way to deeper
shades, the father reaches the home
and there is the bright fire crackling
in the old hearth ; the young girl
standing in the door in a neat gown,
ready to say, “Gome in, father; I was
just looking for you, I didn’t know-
father why you who were would so late.” be proud Where of is that the j |
not
daughter?—Lula, in Home and Farm, j
License Tax.
In all eases where the license or oc-!
cupatiou the tax is not will paid be before immediately August j
1, 1897, same Tty 1
placed in the hands of the at-
torney for collection,
C. C. Goodnow, Mayor.
Dated July 28,1897.
The colony town of Fitzgerald, Ga.,
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Linking into location,'although decay. The fault is not
with the that is very
j themselves, bad, so much who, as it with is claimed, the colonists have
become lazy and shiftless and depend
almost wholly upon their pensions for
sunnort m
, b0l , , hor , c „ H , „„ lltken
(rom „ M1 „, p>per , „ a „ nt 10 ty
ComradeRagon, of Lowell, Ind. If the
writer of the article would come down
here and see for himself he would find
these Grand Army men working every
day ’ somet hing they have not been able
to do in j^orth. twenty years past, while living
j n Fitzgerald and the old
soldiers’ colony is he're to stay and
everybody is getting along nicely.
For Two Days Only
We will sell our elegant stock of
mens’Russet shoes at $1.65 a pair.
Remember, gentlemen, that our Rus¬
set shoes range from $2 to $6 a pall - .
The sales will take place on Saturday,
July 31,and Monday, August2. These
two days will be our sacrificing time,
and your best chance. We are doing
it for the simple reason to diminish
our mens’Russet shoes, for we have
too large a stock of same, when the
season for them is almost at an end.
You can see them. We will have a
sample of each kind outside at our
store front. Savannah Shoe Store.
TATEL & IlEISSnFIELD.
Reasons Why C'iiamberlain’s Colic, Chol¬
era and Diarrhoea Remedy Is
the Rest.
1. Because it affords almost instant
relief in case of pain in the stomach,
colic and cholera morbus.
2. Because it is the only lemed.v
that never fails in the most severe
cases of dysentery and diarrhoea.
3. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure chrome 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. Beeause 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 pleasant and safe
to take.
IQ. Because it lias saved the lives
of rtiare people than any 'other medi¬
cine in the world. The 25 and 50'
cent sizes. For sale by J. II. Good¬
man, druggist.
Special Sale.
The Wheeler & Wilson improved
No. 9 sewing machine at $25. abso¬
lutely less than factory cost. Tin's is
your opportunity.
Colony Furniture Co.
For Rent.
A desirable plantation in Glynn
county, four miles from Brunswick,
Ga. Healthy location, no malaria,
fresh salt breeze daily. Sixty acres
open land under cultivation. Eighty
acres wood pasture, and one hundred
and forty-three acres of salt marsh.
Soil especially adopted to truck plan¬
tation, divided into four fields of about
equal area. Tract having two to five
acres of hammock land. The improve¬
ments are a new seven room cottage,
piaza all around: excellent water, new
barn, stable, poultry house and yard
for 200 fowls, outbuilding, etc. On
the place are -100 La Conte'peurs, one
hundred Japaneze plums, four hun¬
dred grape vines, twenty Scuppenougs,
also peaches and Japanese persim¬
mons. A most excellent opportunity
for a man of vim and energy. Will
rent as a whole or apportion to three
or four reliable small farmers. Through
rail connection to west, and low di¬
rect water route to New York. The
most desirable property in this sec¬
tion for trucking, dairying and farm¬
ing. Possession giveii Aug. 1st.
Rent low to approved tenants only.
Owner is busy city man, only reason
for desire to rent. For terms address
L., Box 144.
Brunswick, Ga.
SAFE HOME for WOMEN.
Strictly Confidential and Private. Best medi¬
cal skill and nurses. Lock Box 526, At-
lanta, Ga. 30-1 mo
Dr. Maury M. Staples,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat t
506 Mulberry Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WILSON & DeLANG,
Practical
Painters
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Paper - Hangers.
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Central Av. and Jackson St.,
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Every one knows that a merchant must not
can v goods over from one season to another.
For 30 Days
We shall make a GENUINE CLEARANCE
SALE. Yon will realize that we mean just
what we say when you come in and get our
prices. We do just as we advertise. Our
stock consists of Mens’ and Boys’ Suits, black
Alapaca Coats and many other summer (/oats
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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