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C=5 — S=CJ •_ CITY AND COUNTY. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Clements have returned from their visit with Alabama relatives. They report a splendid good time. W. E. Booker leTt at this office Tues¬ day a flue muskmelon and a beautiful egg plant known as the “Silver Egg Plant.” Pearl Wilson was at Ocilla Monday in the interest of a painting contract he and his partner, Charley DeLang have on hand. Hamlin & Chambless, the wholesale commission merchants, are building a 24x75 addition to there ware house on the T. & N. E. Ry. A. E. Forse, left last Monday, for Vermillion, Kan., where he goes to settle up his interest there. He will return again this fall. The Sanitary board of the city coun¬ cil were out among the Pine streeet business men last Monday, inspecting the alleys and back yards. That 77i lb. melon presented to The Leader by Mr. and Mrs. Raynor was a magnificent specimen, and the donors will please accept our thanks. C. A. Renard is building a double deck veranda around the south and part of the west side of his handsome brick block on Central Avenue, Warren Hurst is the champion foot racer of the city, ne beat Fred Clark last Tuesday a 50-yard dash by an eye lash. He is open to a challenge. Rev. W. H. Davis, of Kentucky,' will preach in Presbyterian church, morn¬ ing and evening, Sabbath, Aug. 15th. A kind welcome is extended to all. Here in Georgia it is feared sufficient colored help cannot be had to gather the cotton crop, on account of the ap¬ pointment to office by “Billy ’ ol the brother in black. Mr. Dave Clemens, of Irwinville, left at The Leader office Tuesday two bunches of half-grown pomegranates. This fine sample of fruit is now on ex- hibltion at this office. B. F. Troup, east of Fitzgerald, left at The Leader office last Friday a a monster watermelon, of the the Lewis variety. Mr. Troup will please accept our kindest thanks. The boy who stands around rolling a cigarette while his father rolls a wheel¬ barrow and his mother a rolling pin, is very apt to some day to roll into the penitentiary or the asylum. Miss Maud Stewart, one of the public school teachers, is the happy possessor of a State school license, which quali¬ fies her to teach tor life in Georgia without another examination. J. H. Harris is among us and in busi- ness again. He is now manager of the extensive livery and sale stable near the Palace Hotel, J. H. is a hustler and The Leader predicts he will have his share of trade. The Lord loves a cheerful giver but there is no authority in heaven or on earth for saying that He wants a man to put up for the education of the heathen when his wife is still wearing her last year’s dress. The following named jurors have been drawn for Justice Moore s court, Aug. 20: T. W. Hayde, E. F. Chamb¬ less, H. Brunner, S. Smith, H. Ka- brich, C. Chovin, J. H. Miller, W. J. Josey and D. T. Paulk. Why some people will permit there cows and a large number of worthless “razor-back” hogs to roam the business portions of our city and annoy those who pay taxes to support a police force is beyond the comprehension of man. Jesse Luke, of Irwinville, left at The Leader office last Monday a mammoth stalk of sugar cane for this season of the year. The stalk in question meas¬ ures 6 feet and 3 inches, and of uni¬ form in size. Col. J. H. Buchanan and daughter, of Irwinville, were pleasant callers at The Leader office last Saturday, with whom we had a splendid chat and visit. Mr. Buchanan reports big crops of all kinds in his section. Mrs. J. H. Powell who has just re¬ covered trom a long sick spell left las*. Monday for Tybee, where she will re¬ cuperate fer the next two weeks. If you notice a lonesome smile on the Doctor’s face you can account for the fact of the absence of the loved one. The Richland Paper has discovered that the kiss of a newspaper man is a passport to good luck. If any of our fair sex, old maids and grass widows not expected, wish to try their luck on this wheel of fortune, they are cordially invited to visit this office In single file. The “hottest” game of base ball of the season, if the lawyers and city officials have any sand, will take place next Saturday afternoon. The printers have challenged the aforesaid gentle- men to a game, and with their accust- omed hustling, there will be nothing left but Georgia supreme court rulings and a few weak-back officials. R. D. Erlich, Grand Recorder of the A. O. U. W. of the State, was in the city the forepart of the week for the purpose of assisting in organizing a lodge here in the near future. B. F. Finical was appointed State deputy. Our old friend Hitch who has one of the nicest20 acres near the city brought in a melon a few days ago weighing over 60 lbs, but when he found that some some one had brought one later that weighed 77i, said that he did not look around for his largest melon, but now he will go out and pick one of his big melons and discount this 77i pounder. _____ Our good friend of the Tifton Gazette gets very red in the face over what The Leader said recently in regard to the ball game at Tifton. The Gazette admits they had imported players, an admission that ends the controversy. It is not necessary, Mr. Gazette, when Fitzgerald plays Tifton, to employ im¬ ported players. Our boys can “do” the peach-pickers at the rate of 16 to 1 any day in the week, and no one but a “full- fledged idiot ’ will doubt it. Every enterprising man is a help to his town. The more money he makes, if he uses it, the better for the com¬ munity—a towm cannot build up without him, and a growing town is a benefit to the surrounding country; hence it is to the advantage of all to encourage enter¬ prising men in all walks of life, and frown on the efforts of the envious, petty individuals who are ready to thrust their more successful neighbor in the back on the slightest provoca¬ tion, in an attempt to injure them and destroy their business prosperity. Mr. John H. Williams shipped to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, of Concord, New Hampshire, on the 3d inst. by ex¬ press, a 50-pound watermelon. Last Wednesday Mr. Williams received a letter acknowledging the receipt of the same. Mrs. Eddy is 82 years of age and is the founder and mother of Christian Science. In her letter to Mr. Williams, among other things, she says: “Melon was a remarkable one, the big repre¬ sentative of the hearts that sent it.” She expressed her pleasure at the growth of the cause here, and expressed a desire that the Father might water and nourish till many might find shel¬ ter in the branches thereof.” Base ball has struck Fitzgerald in such a way that all you can hear is the yell of the “rooters” every afternoon. Last Saturday morning the second nine defeated the first nine by a score of 6 to 5. In the afternoon the second nine was defeated by the Wolf Pitters by a score of 7 to 4. Monday aiternoon the first nine beat the second nine by a score of 2 to 1. The odds given by the first nine of getting out three men to the second nine one man, made it a very interesting game. The boys have four games after the 23rd; one with the Palatka club and three with the St. Augustine club. Fully 100 “rooters” will follow the club on their four days trip. _ It is told of Jesse James and his gang that they once stopped at the house of a poor widow and ordered dinner, while on a plundering tour in a certain locality. After the widow had hustled around and gotten up the best dinner possible she told Jesse she was in great trouble, that the mortgage on her farm was due that very day, and the man would be there in a few hours to turn her out if the money was not fortcom¬ ing. The great bandit asked how much it was and handed her the $1800. The man came, received the money and released the mortgage, but had not gone far on his return trip until he was told to “throw up his hands’ and Jesse not only took the $1800 but all the money and valuables he had on his per- son and rode away with a contented and a very happy smile on his face. Everybody who loves base ball and who desires to see an artistic game, should be at the ball park next Monday afternoon and watch the contest be¬ tween the Prevaricator’s club and the First nine. The game promises to be the most scientific exhibition of the national game ever played on the Fitz¬ gerald diamond. The battery for the Prevaricators will be Capt. Willie Johnson, pitcher, and Capt. Tommie Dickens, catcher. Chief Prevaricator Holland will hold down 1st base and Frank Bauder will stop the liners at short. Fred Clark will plav 3d in his usual happy way, while Tom Price will play 2d. Marcus will play right field and Billie Smith will stand on a stump at center. T. W. Hayde will officiate in left field and will also assist in pitch¬ ing. The junor editor of this paper will play on the bench and take care of the refreshments. He will be assisted by W. H. Marston, of the Citizen. The grand stand will be free to the ladies, and all gentlemen will be charged 50 cents a piece to come in one mile of the ground. By this means it is thought" enough money can be raised to send the club to St. Augustine. Sunday Services. Judge McCraw, Christian minister, will preach in the church on Sunday next, morning and evening. Morning subject, “The Constitution of the Church of Christ.” Evening theme, “The Healing of the Syrian General.” Every member of the church is earn- estly requested to attend the morning service. A cordial welcome will be ex¬ tended to every one. -— WEATHER REPORT. From Noon July 29th to A tip. 5th In- elusive. I REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR -1 THE LEADER BY Bit. COE Temperature. Fre’v's days. fall. wind. Mil M. Dm Thursday. Friday...... . 8fl 74 72 nw II w Saturday..,. Sunday...... ci 78 nw ~ co Monday...... T8 inv Tuesday Wednesday. .... K n 81 71 ne ne Thursday... 77 CO Total rainfall, none. Sun shone every day. Rains, alter followin 7 p. in. are measured at 5 o'clock the K morning and credited to that day. SUMMARY FOR JULY, 97. Average morning temperature... 64 “ noon “ 83 “ evening 73 Highest temperature.. 92 Lowest “ 55 Average A lor daylight bo urs 89-!00 inches. 77 , mount of rainfall, 13 Rain on 13 days. Three showers too light for measurement. Prevailing Showers wind before llnished rains, with southwest. northernly winds. usually Clearest sky with northwest wind. Sun shono every day. One Daylight obscured by cloudiness, 2S hours. 2 heavy other rain began rains began at 11 a. within m. and one-half one at p.m. All hour of 5 o’clock p. in. COTTON WAREHOUSE CONTRACT LET H. N. Jones the Lowest Bidder—Work Commenced at Once. The meeting ol the stockholders of the cotton warehouse company last Wednesday evening was well attended. The bids on the building of the cotton warehouse were opened. There were eight bids, and H. N. Jones, who was the lowest bidder, secured the contract. The building will be 80 feet on Cen¬ tral avenue end the entire length of two lots will be occupied by the building and barns. Mr. Jones has ordered all material this morning by telegraph, and under his contract the building must be com¬ pleted bv September 7th. The stockholders of the warehouse company consist of P. H. Fitzgerald, Bauder & Bowen, T. S. Price, Jones Clothing Co., F. J. Clark, M. Buice, S. M. Whitchard, L. F. Thompson, Hurst Bros.. T. W. Hayde and H. N. Jones. From present indications there will be plenty of buyers, as already six dif¬ ferent parties have wrote to the com¬ pany about buying here. One thing mighty sure for the farmers is that the prices paid here will equal Savannah prices, as the low rates on the railroad guarantee good prices. Bring your cotton to Fitzgerald, the Magic city of Wiregrass Georgia. Masonic Reception. On Thursday, August 19, Pine Level lodge of the Masonic fraternity located at this place, will hold a public recep¬ tion to Hon. J. W. Taylor, grand mas¬ ter of the State. Lodges from the ad¬ joining towns and country will be pres¬ ent and the occasion will no doubt be the largest and most interesting ever held by the fraternity in this part of the State. The grand master will ar¬ rive over the Georgia & Alabama road at 9:30 o’clock a. m., and will be met at the depot by the master of Pine Level lodge and his assistants, and will pro¬ ceed to G. A. R. hall accompanied by the Fitzgerald cornet band, where a re¬ ception will be extended the grand of¬ ficers until 10 o’clock, when the grand master will deliver a public lecture on the Masonic institution. The public are cordially invited to attend the lecture and listen to one of the most eloquent speakers in the State. During the af¬ ternoon and evening the craft will hold secret meetings, at which every mem¬ ber of the fraternity is expected to be present. Considerable activity in real estate the past week, a number of pieces changing hands. Thanks to Mrs. Chas. Clements for a peck of choice pears left at this office Wednesday. Mamie, your offering is appreciated. _____ Capt. D. C. McCollum received a fine box of cigars from his old friend, “Bil¬ lie” Walton, of La Porte, Ind., last Wednesday evening. We know they are fine as the captain made the entire office force a present of one each. From letters received at this office the past week a number of northern people will be here the latter part of this or the first of next month. Every¬ thing points to a large emigration to Fitzgerald this fall and winter. Charley Will Come Back. Knapp & Son, Fitzgerald, Ga. Gentlemen— -Inclosed find a piece cut from a Decatur, Ill., paper which may be of some interest to you. I do not know the name of the paper, but will try and find out. Wish I was back in Fitzgerald, but I will be busy here until about the first of November. Af- ter that time you can expect to see me any day. We have had very little hot weather as yet, but it has rained nearly every day for the past month, causing great damage to the fruit crop, not only here, but all over the State. Veg¬ etables of all kinds have suffered terri¬ bly; some farmers losing their entire crop. dull, and lots of idle Times are very men all around. The kickers grumble about Fitzgerald being dull, but let them try some other part of the country and I will bet ten to one that they will is be back there before the winter over—that is if they can get the price to go with. Kind regards to all. I re¬ main Yours for Fitzgerald, H. Felt. Chas. Berlin, Conn., Aug. 8, ’97. THE CHAMPION MELON. Weight 77 1-2 Pounds-Wan a Gift to The Leader—Shipped to William Jenuingg Bryan, Lincoln, Nebraska. The champion water-melon of the season and by all odds the largest that has been raised in this section of Georgia, was presented to The Leader last Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Raynor, residing on a ten acre tract, east of town about 3 miles, near the Oldfield church, The melon was weighed at the I. X. L. grocery, and tipped the beam at a strong Hi pounds. The monster melon measured four feet and four inches one way and four feet and ten inches the other. The melon was from the seed known as the Samuel Dasher variety, having gained its name from Samuel Dasher, a gentlemen liv¬ ing near Fort Valley. This magnificent specimen of the watermelon industry of Georgia, and what the soil of wire-grass Georgia is capable of producing, was on exhibi¬ tion at The Leader office last Saturday and Monday, and hundreds of people of this city and vicinity gazed in wonder at its size and beauty. From the fact that a North Georgian sent McKinley a watermelon weighing nearly as much as this melon, the pub¬ lishers of The Leader started a subscription paper to pay the express cn the melon to Lincoln, Nebr., ad¬ dressed to Hon. William Jennings Bryan. The citizens subscribed liberally and the $7.25 needed was raised in a a short time. A crate made by Fred Bigham and artiscilally painted in silver illuminum by Sid Miller, was used in shipping the melon. Republicans, democrats and populists all “chipped in” to pay the express, as politics wasn’t the object in sending it. Mr. E. L. Mason, a colony member, received the following message last Saturday: Baltimohk, Md., Aug-. 6, ’97. To Mr. Mason: Your son, Charles, was killed last night by falling down hatchway while unloading ves¬ sel. Have had remains embalmed and shall bury him here. Have you any instructions? Henry McShane Mf’g Co. Charley formerly resided in Fitzger¬ ald and left here about one year ago. He was 24 years of age. Mrs. Mason, mother of the dead boy, is at Cincin¬ nati, Ohio, visiting a sister. The fam¬ ily here are heart-broken over the sad affair. Charley would have been in Fitzgerald to-day had it not been for the fickleness of an Indiana young lady to whom he was engaged. The wedding was to have taken place here, Charley having sent her sufficient money to pay all expenses including ear fare; but in a week or two after the money had been sent Charley received a letter from a brother who informed him she was married. Charley was heart-broken over his love affairs and before leaving Fitzgerald he informed his parents that he was going away as he did not wish to live in a community where he was known. The sad news of her boys death will fall with crushing weight on the mother who is away from her family. The Leader in behalf of the community, extends to the bereaved family, its heart-felt sympathy, trusting that God’s hovering angel will wa’eh over them with healing wing. You were cut of town the other day visiting among friends at a neighbor¬ ing city and since your return we have been wondering what you said in behalf of our bright little city. A good word spoken for the town to a friend abroad has a big influence upon those who are not permanently located and if you are a resident of this beautiful little city you ought to be so proud of an oppor¬ tunity to speak a good word in its behalf. Either sing praises of the town or sell out and leave it. A town that is good enough to live in ought to be worthy of a good word from your lips but if it isn't then quit, slide out and let na¬ ture take its course. If the town furnish¬ es you a living you ought to support the town in eyery way possible, the mer¬ chants and home industries likewise. If we want business to come to our town we must encourage those who do come. If we want a prosperous town, one where people can come who are dis¬ posed to make homes, then do away with and bury from sight all jealousy and spite and work for common prosperity and mutual benefit. Wake up, rub your eyes, roll up your sleeves and go to work. Leave results to themselves, borrow no troubles, but all unite to make this the biggest kind of a city and then spread the joyful news abroad. From the published accounts and also from personal report s, The Leader is well convinced that the State Horticultural meeting held last week in Savannah was the best attended, best instructed and most enthusiastic gathering the society has ever had, which goes to show that the fruits of Georgia are beginning to take rank in the productions of the state. All agree that the city done its level best to make the visitors happy. Prof. Alwood of the Virginia Experiment station, who attends horticultural meetings every¬ where said that the fruit exhibits surpass that of any collection he had eyer seen, Our people report the entertertainment as instructive and complete, and that the city presented the bustle of busy business. Dr. Coe, G. E. Whitman and C. J. Hitch were the delegates from this city. ■ LASCELLES IK KLONDIKE. Tells a Few Interesting Items to a Re- porter—Will Start Ail Ice Plant. From the Atlanta Constitution. Klondyke, August 8.—(Special Staff Correspondence.)—As was exclusively reported in The Constitution a few days ago, Lord Beresford sailed from Seattle for this place on July 23d, and he has now been here long enough to learn the ropes and to find time to sit for an in¬ terview. When I called on him this afternoon he was m the office of Mayor Chubb playing ’checkers with Miss Chubb, who is the Eskimo belle of Klondyke. The mayor had gone out to get a glass of beer. “Yes,” said his lordship in reply to my first question, “I have heard it said that I am about to be married hut really I don’t see how that concerns the public, I prefer not to speak about it.” He leaned back in the only cushioned chair in the camp and puffed comfort¬ ably at the only 10-cent cigar in Alaska. ‘ ‘Kutch klyl coombi not busto woozy yok lambe?” remarked Miss Chubb, glancing at me. “She wants to know why you have intrude on us,” ho translated, apologet¬ ically. “People do not take kindly to strangers here, but I think I can square it for you.” Yok Lambe?” repeated Miss Chubb, biting off a large section of tallow candle and chewing it up vindictively, glaring meanwhile in my direction. “Much tush,” said Lord Beresford, “Yep hoshacki bikker lo wob assak bi Kimball house.” The girl arose and waddled out of the hole in the wall as if in reluctant obe¬ dience to orders, and his lordship turned again to me. ICE FACTORY NEEDED. “I’ve sent her over to the Kimball house for two mint juleps,” he said, “and now we can talk in peace. They used to call the hotel here the Dead Rat, but I have had it changed because the name grated on my ears. She will be away sometime, because she has to prize up the icebergs to get mint, and while while she’s gone I will be glad to give you what information I can as to my plans lor the management of Klon¬ dyke. I got here only a few hours ago. as you know, but we have already syn¬ dicated all the mining property within nineteen hundred miles of Dawson City, and I am to hold 51 per cent of the stock as managing director.” “It is rumored that you are dissatis¬ fied with some of the claims held by men now here and expect to turn them off; is that so?” 1 asked. “Not exactly. You see, I have, been given the exclusive contract for erect¬ ing an ice plant and refrigerator car factory here, and I haye selected land which some men claim to have a prior right to. It appears that they have been working the land for tnirty or forty years, and it occurred to me that it was about time they let up. When I mentioned it to the mayor, I pointed out to him that Klondyke needed an ice factory more than it did a lawsuit, and he is going to drive the men off tonight.” At this point several miners came in¬ to the room, removed their moose-skin sunbonnets and handed him bags con¬ taining gold dust. He dumped them carelessly in one corner of the room and waved his callers out. ”1 haven’t got time to give you a re¬ ceipt now,” he said to them, “but if you’ll come back tomorrow I’ll try and fix it,” also a newspaper. “Don’t mention it,” they replied, hastily, and retreated. “I’m collecting a special tax to erect an electric light plant and gas and waterworks,” he explained, noticing mv look of inquiry at the bags of gold. “We are also very much in need of a coffin factory and a newspaper, but it will be a few days before I can get to a proper consideration of them. In fact it would be impossible for me to tell you how many things we do need here. We are lamentably behind the times— haven’t even got a respectable church.” “Have you got a repectable jail?” I inquired. His lordship started visibly, but re¬ covered himself almost immediately. “Not yet,” he replied, “but of course we are bound to have one in time:” I did not dispute the suggestion. “What we stand in need of most are the municipal improvements I have al¬ ready suggested, and the others I will take up later. I am receiving an ave¬ rage of $1,731,642.77 a day in taxes and it won’t be very long before the public treasury will be in good condi¬ tion. I am residing at present with the mayor as his guest, but it is my inten¬ tion to build an executive mansion and a statehouse which will be a credit to the place. The mayor was Chubbwuk- 1-yo-lik when I got here, hut I reduced it a good deal because it fatigued me when I conversed with him. RAILROAD IN PROSPECT. “There is one thing in the way of public improvement which I have in mind, but forgot to tel) you about. On my way over here from Juneau l found travel most unpleasant, and while, of course everybody did all they could for me, I did not enjoy my trip at in all. Jeaquin Miller is expected here a day or two, and when he arrives I pro¬ pose to make him my private secretary and dictate letters to Chauncey Depew, George Pullman and other railroad men whom I think I can safely let into the scheme, advising them how to con¬ struct a through ruiltoad line before ^ the rainy season set in '‘It is a difficult undertaking, but it i would pay big as an outside investment. Naturally all these matters are foreign ~° r at lea « l incidental—to my real mission here. I have come to Klondyke to organise the miners into a syndicate to see that a profitable market is found for all the gold produced, and I have been successful beyound my hope. I have already had ;to charter three big steamers to carry all the dust nujl nug¬ gets now here to San Francisco, where representatives of our syndicate will take care of it. Thoso minor arrange¬ ments I made in advance and everything of that sort has been attended to.” I started to ask him when he expected to return to the states, but was inter¬ rupted by the entrance of Miss Chubb, who carried two mint juleps in the only tumblers in Klondyke, and was followed by a put polar bear. Knowing further conversation to be impossible under the circumstances, I arose to take my leave. His lordship shook me warmly by the hand. HIS SOCIAL PROSPECTS. “I’m very glad you called,” he said “for I have missed seeing Constitution correspondents lately. I feel like—by the way—1” He interrupted himself and led me rather mysteriously out into the open air. “It just occurred to me,” he whis¬ pered, that I am going to give a public reception—bang-up full dress affair— on the day of my birthday anniversary tomorrow night, and I want you to be there. The very best people in Klon¬ dyke are coming, and you can get a good item for youfi paper. "Will you come?” I said I would. P. D. Q. Difference of Opinion. D. Reed, formerly of this city, has re¬ turned to this place after a two years’ stay at the soldiers’ colony at Fitzger¬ ald, Georgia. The colony (was planned about two years ago by an Indianapolis man and soldiers from all over the Union were induced to move to that State with their families and enter into the scheme. Like some other coloni¬ zation schemes that have been started, the soldiers’ colony did not prosper, but declined from the beginning. The peo¬ ple nearly starved despite the fact that each person was allowed shares and a plot of ground to work. Everybody is leaving as fast as the means to do so can be procured. Mr. Reed finally con¬ cluded that Illinois was good enough for him and came back a short time ago to live in Decatur again. He says that the only trouble with that country is that the climate is worth $300 an acre and the soil nothing. This probably explains the failure of the scheme, for fertile soil is the basis of any com| munity which relies on its own labors for the necessities of life.—Decatur (Ill.) Republican. W. W. Martin, of Fitzgerald, Ga., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Martin, of this city. Mr. Martin was one of the first ones to go to the colony town and has seen it spring up within two years from a house or two in the woods into a pretentious city of 12,000 inhabitants. He says that they have not felt the hard times in that place, and business is good. They have two railroads into the city now, and three more are laying branches toward the city. They have a number of industries that give employment to as many as(a bunded hands. The city was almost destroyed by fire about 8 months ago, but the business houses have all been built up in a more sub¬ stantial manner. Mr. Martin was in the confectionary businesr for a while, but was burned out shortly before the time of the big fire, and did not go into business again. He is well satisfied with his new home, and expects to stay there, as he thinks there is a better chance to get a start there than in the North.—Decatur (Ill.) Bulletin. Died, At the home of her parents, this city, Wednesday, Aug. 10. 1897. at 12 m., Miss Edna L. Culler, of typhoid fever, aged 20 years. Miss Edna was one of Fitzgerald’s lovable voung ladies, and her sudden and unexpected death causes a dark gloom to overshadow our city. She was teaching a term of school near Irwinville, when she was first taken ill, and not getting any better was re¬ moved to her home in this city. The funeral services were held at the fam¬ ily residence this (Thursday) morning at 9 o’clock, after which the remains were shipped to Milford, Ind., her for¬ mer home, accompanied by her father, Eli Culler. The Leader extends to the bereaved family the heart-felt sym¬ pathies of this entire community. The Leader insists that Fitzgerald does not import base ball players. Per¬ haps ’twere better to import all—Tifton a team than never to have one at Gazette. Have you forgotten the 3d day of July, Mr. Gazette, when your team came over with the intentions of wiping the “Yanks” off the earth? That game ended 9 to 1 in favor of Fitzgerald, and just as easy as “falling off a log.” Knowing that your team could not de¬ feat the '‘Yanks” you resorted to the trickery of a coward and hired im¬ ported players.