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The Fitzgerald Leader
Established 1896.
VOL. II.
EG m (=3 5=
Official Newspaperof Irwin County, Georgia.
Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald. Ga.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BV
..I.gAFJ.1^ and PUBLISHERS.
Subscription Rates:— One copy, one year
*1.50: Six months, 75c; Three mouths, 50c.
Terms— InVhriably In advance.
Job and advertising rates made known on
application. Your patronage solicited.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C.C. Smith,Judge Sup.Court.Hawl«nviUe.Ga Sup. Court. Mcltae.
Tom Eason, Solicitor Judge, Iriviiivilie,
J. It. Clements, Co. Fitzgerald,
J. E. Burch. Co. Solicitor,
J.J. Lee. Ordinary, Irwinville, Irwinville, ..... “
.1 B. D. Paulk. Clerk Sup. Court,
H. V. Handley, Sheriff, Fitzgerald.
O L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Oeilla, Sycamore,
.LB. Paulk, Tax Collector. Irwinville.
Janies Walker, Co.Treasurer,
E. J. Hogan, Co. Surveyor, Minnie,
Marion Dixon. School Commissioner,Oeilla, Com..
M. Henderson, Co.
tifton and northeastern It. R.
“SOLDIER S’ COLONY ROUTE.”
General Offices, Tifton, Georgia.
No 1. No a. Feb. 9,1897. |No. | 2. |No. 4.
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Trains Nos. I, 2.3 and 4 run daily except
S 7 and 8 run on Sunday only.
Trains Nos.
System Ala¬
and G. S. & F. railroads.and Georgia and
bama at Fitzgerald. President.
H. H.Tift, Vice-President.
\V. O. Tift, Traffic Manager.
F G. BoATiUGHT,
GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY,
“THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.’’
Passenger Seliedule, Effective June 1, i>..
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Sunday—Lv. Oeilla 5 15p. m; Ar. 9 30 a. in.
Ar. Abbeville 0 40p. m.: Lv. 8 00 a. in -
close connections at all junctions and ter¬
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minal points for Vice.Pres- all points. & Gen. Mg..
Cecil Garret, A. Pope. Gen. Pas. Agt.
rpis. N. KlOHT, Ass’t Gen’l Pa a s. Agt.
Ed Stallings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald.
Postofnee.
Sii closes 20 mhntfes^arller^Sunda'y even-
in from 7 a. m. to 7:30 p. m*
office open Sunday fro ^ 9 ji 30 p^p™ in ..w,
Office open H P. M
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Christian Science.
.ssasasmaraifer Sun-
fbasaass creed calling. saws srik
ever or
CHENEY & BURCH,
attorney-at-law,
Office— In Paulk Building, Grant Street,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
WAY & JAY,
Attorney-at-Law,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Office— In the Slayton & Kern building on
Pine avenue. _
E. W. Ryman, JL. Kennedy.
Of South Dakota. Of Savannah.
RYMAN & KENNEDY,
Office—I n Fitzgerald Block.
Be On the 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 Best American Hospitals)
Specialist in Chronic Diseases,
Of TVlen and Women,
Office, S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬
located.)
Drs, C. A. & L> 0. Holtsendorf,
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Office— In Slayton & Kern building, oppo¬
site Commercial hotel, Fitzgerald, Ga
Phone 2 1•
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List • Property
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Pay : Taxes
For non-resident property owners. Small and
large tracts oi ! l«nd tor sale. Enclose stamp
giving full information.
I WILLIAMS, SON A 00, fiazgerald, Ga„
Real Estate Dealers.
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.”
FITZGEKALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 2, 1897.
Lillian Russell says she would not
marry again for $1,000,000. With the
limit at this match, Lillian is assuredly
safe.
Who cau tell when a woman is hap¬
piest, when she first gets a wheel, or
when she is ready to trade it for a
baby carriage?
When only one office seeker in sev¬
enty-two gets a job, it is not surpris¬
ing that men can he found who are
willing to take chances at the Klon-
dyke. _
The water in Jones’ mill pond, near
Valdosta, was turned off last Friday,
and about 75 barrels of fish caught,
from the size of a minnow to an 18
pound trout_
A dead man wearing one of Gover¬
nor Atkinson’s old shirts was found
in Atlanta the other day. A number
of men would like to get into his
shoes.—Waycross Journal.
Several Kentucky colonels started to
Kiondyke, but upon learning that
whisky was $6 a pint up there, they
turned their sad faces homeward, re¬
ports the Waycross Herald.
Rochelle is to have a new bank.
Messrs. R. L. Bush, E. W. Bullock and
Lee B. Jones, of Cordeie, are the di¬
rectors. With its splendid newspaper,
the New Era, and a county seat fight
to be had this fall, our sister city is
getting quite citified.
According to careful estimates, the
tobacco crop of Florida this year will
be the biggest crop in the history of
the State, and one of the most success¬
ful, in spite of the fact that in many
instances the planting of the weed was
an experiment to ascertain the adapta
bility of the soil.
One of the most outrageous crimes
ever committed in Wilcox county was
reported here on Tuesday last. It’s
too dirty to go in public print, there¬
fore we will not at this time give the
details as reported to us. Outlaw is
the name of the culprit and his daugh¬
ter is the victim. Our people should
take such things of this kind in hand
and the guilty party made to pay the
full penalty. Our next gland jury
will no doubt have their hands full,
and they should go deep down in get¬
ting evidence in cases of this kind. A
stop should be put to such crimes as
this in a civilized community.—Ro¬
chelle .New Era.
The Penitentiary System.
After the enormous amount of work
and thought in studying aud compar¬
ing the convict systems of different
States, Governor Atkinson and prin¬
cipal keeper of the penitentiary Turn¬
er have formulated a plan for the set¬
tlement of the vexed convict question.
The plan is to purchase early in
1897 from five to seven thousand acres
of land on some railway, accessible to
all parts of the State, where there is a
deposit of clay suitable for making
brick, and where there is a quantity
of stone suitable for building purposes
and water power of not less than two
horse power.
Before the present contract expires,
which is April 1st, 1899, buildings,
hospitals and stockades are to be
erected, all classes to be separated.
The females are to manufacture
clothing for the convicts, spinning and
weaving the cloth and the boys to
make shoes and to manufacture and
repair farm implements.
All the other convicts are to be
worked in cultivating the laud, manu¬
facturing and quarrying stone.
Five hundred convicts would be
used in maintaining the prison, while
the remaining 1,500 would he hired
out at 50 cents per capita per diem.
Over a million dollars would be re¬
quired to' be expended in five years to
equip the penitentiary, while it is esti¬
mated considerably above this sum
would be received for hire.
Governor Atkinson lias been duly
impressed by the arguments in favor
of improving the roads by convict la¬
bor, but doe.* not consider it possible
to thus employ the main body of those
convicted of felonies. Besides the
fact that many of them are of too des¬
perate a character to be given the
necessary amount of liberty that this
would require, he thinks the number
would be larger than the demand by
the counties, while the State, having
no roads, should not be burdened to
build them in certain sections at un-
equal cost to all lax payers. I here is
about an equal number of misdemeanor
convicts—being some 200 of each
class—of which only a third are now
used by the counties; and the governor
favors putting the rest of these open
the roads, under the county system,
possibly adding to their number the
short time felons who have been rec¬
ommended to mercy.—Griffin News.
Prices of Goods Seventy Years Ago.
The Henry County Weekly furnishes
the following interesting item:
“Some of our older citizens can hut
look with regret upon the passing
away of the ‘old Brown corner.’ In
tearing down the old building a day¬
book dated 1827 was found in the loft
with both hacks off, and no record
whatever as to whom it belonged, hut
filled with interesting entries. These
prices furnish a vast field for reflec¬
tion, in comparison with those of the
present day, hut we publish them
without comment, as they speak for
ihemselves. Here are some of them:
Calico, 37 cents per yard.
Swiss muslin, §1.75 per yard.
Sugar, 5 pounds to the dollar.
* Coffee. 3 pounds to the dollar.
Hum, 371 cents per quart (most fre¬
quent item charged.)
One plow line, 25 cents.
Sheeting and shirting, 50 cents per
yard.
Cambric, 35 cents per yard.
Broadcloth, $7.50 per yard.
Spool thread, IS cents.
Nails, 5 cents per pound.
Salt, 50 cents per pound.
Soap, 371 cents per pound.
Castor oil. $1.50 per bottle.
The Election Is Called.
The county seat fight is on in earn¬
est. From the present indications
there will he hut two towns in the
race—Fitzgerald aud Irwinville. This
city promises to build a $10,000 court
house if moved here, and the money is
already in the bank. The colony com¬
pany have donated $5,000 and the
city of Fitzgerald $3,003. The bal¬
ance, $2,000, will he raised among the
citizens. This money is in notes in
the hands of the Colony bank, and if
the court house is moved to Fitzger¬
ald a handsome court house will be
donated to the county. It is to the
interest of every tax payer to vote for
Fitzgerald, for in building up a big
town it not only enhances the value
of every foot of ground in the county,
but makes a market for every kind of
farm products raised in the county.
The native farmers who are in for
building up the county are plain
spoken in favor of Fitzgerald. It is
hoped that all the farmers of the
county will look into the matter in
this light and give Fitzgerald a hand¬
some two-thirds vote.
The election has been called for Oc¬
tober 21st, and every voter should not
fail to register.
Vote for Fitzgerald and the best in¬
terests of Irwin county.
From Fitzgerald to Carabclle.
Mr. C. W. Pidcocb, superintendent
of the Georgia Northern railroad, has
been in Moultrie this week planning
for action in the matter of completing
their line to Tifton. He says that the
principal harrier in the way of the
road has been securing the right-of-
way from some adverse parties, but
this lias been practically overcome.
Of the twenty-five miles distance,
seventeen miles has been secured and
four of the remaining, promised them.
This leaves only four miles that has
been refused.
It is also their intention to build
from Favo to Tliomasviile, a distance
of 16 miles, thus linking Tliomasviile
and Tifton with a line of road 56.]
miles in length.
He further stated that lie had been
conferring with Mr. Clarke, who owns
a road from Tallahassee, Fla., to Car-
abelle, a point on the Gulf coast, and
that he (Clarke) agreed that if the
Georgia Northern was extended to
Tliomasviile, lie would build from Tal¬
lahassee to Tliomasviile.
The distance from Tliomasviile to
Carabelle is 88 miles, to this put the
Georgia Northern from Tliomasviile
to Tifton and you have Tifton con¬
nected with tlie gulf at a distance of
144. Mr. Tift lias a road already from
Tifton to Filzgerald, and here the
Georgia & Alabama has a branch
from Abbeville. All being put to¬
gether you have a straight line from |
Abbeville to Carabells, a distance of
about 200 miles, through one of the
best sections of country in the South.
This chain, composed of links, would
tap five big trunk lines, namely: F.,
C. & P. at Tallahassee, S. F. & W. at
Tliomasviile, G. S. & F. and B. & W.
at Tifton and G. & A. at Fitzgerald.
—Moultrie Observer.
From High Authority.
John Wanamaker says he lias never
spent a cent on hand-bills and posters
in his life. The declaration is valua¬
ble in the present age of advertising
and the study of publicity. Mr. Wan-
amaker’s experience in communicating
with the public lias certainly been a
profitable one, and everybody may well
give heed to his expressions on the
subject.
“When 1 want to say something to
tlie public,” says the great merchant,
“I go to a newspaper publisher and
ask him how much space in his paper
he will sell me for so much money—
ten dollars, a hundred dollars or a
thousand, as the occasion may demand.
In the contract I reserve the right to
fill my space with what I see fit. If I
choose to put one word in the column
or leave it entirely blank, its my look¬
out. Having secured the absolute
right to the space for a certain length
of time, I proceed to occupy it as I
think will do the most good. In a
short while people begin to watch my
space. They feel that they will see
something of interest to them. Hand¬
bills are worthless. People don’t read
them.”
Such high authority is unquestion¬
ably worthy of credence. It comes
from a man who spends hundreds of
thousands each year in newspaper ad¬
vertising. His idea of the value of
handbills is shared bv nearly all the
big advertisers.
People read newspapers; handbills
litter front yards. The newspaper
places around your ad. matter that
makes it noticeable and attractive;
the handbill is a dry statement of un¬
decorated propositions. People pay
for newspapers and read them care¬
fully to get their money’s worth; the
handbills come uninvited and the av¬
erage house-wife orders the servant to
rake it into the trash pile. Every
newspaper is read by three or four
persons; only one handbill out of a
score is p’cked up.
Reasons Why Chamberlain'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 remedy
that never fails in the most severe
cases of dysentery and diarrhoea.
3. Because it is the only remedy
that will cure chronic 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.
10. Because it has saved the lives
of more people than any other medi¬
cine in the world. The 25 and 50
cent sizes. For sale by J. H. Good¬
man, druggist.
Public School Notice,
Grade examinations for the public
schools of this city will be held Mon¬
day next, 6th inst. All pupils who
expect to attend the public schools
during the ensuing session are re¬
quired to present themselves at their
respective buildings at 9 o’clock a. m.
on that day. Those living north of
Central avenue at the First Ward
building, and those south of Central
avenue at the Third Ward building.
Except that all candidates for admis¬
sion to any of the high school grades
will come to the high school building
(Third Ward.) Supt.
Jas. T. Saunders,
Notice of County Site Elec¬
tion.
State of County, Georgia, I f
Irwin
Notioe is hereby given that on the 21th day
of August, 1897 there was filed In tills office a
petition signed by more than two-flfths of the
poll tax payers of Irwin county, Georgia,
praying that enable an election the be of held Irwin as provided
by law to and determine voters the question county of
to vote upon
the removal of the county site of Irwin county,
Georgia, from Irwinville to Fitzgerald or to
such other place in said comity as the
voters may by their batlotB designate.
Now therfore it is ordered that an election
be held in and forsaid county,of the qualified
voters thereof, to vote upon and determine
the question of changing and removing the
said county site from Irwinville to Fitzgerald
or to such, other place in the said county as
the voters may determine. Said election will
be held on Thursday the 21st day 7 of October,
1897, at the usual polling places in the various
Witness my hand and official seal at Irwin-
llle, Georgia, this August 27, 1897.
[seal] and for Irwin J J. Lee.
35-7 Ordinary in county. Georgia.
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T. W. HAYDE,
DEALER IN
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Mouldings, Brick, Lime, Cement, Etc.
On and after this date we will take orders for White Pine Sash and Doors for quick
X and prompt It delivery. We guarantee to meet eompetion in both price that and sold quality in the of
X goods. and is asked us why we sell nearly all the Sash and manufactured Doors goods. are We
city, our answer Is that as we carry strictly home are
X glad to believe the people realize the importance of protecting home industries and
X thereby keep the money at home, which is a great benefit to our county and Stnte;
X but wo occasionally have a customer who has heard that putty does not stick so
X well to yellow pine sash as white pine, (which, under our system of preparing the
X sash, we are prepared to contradict by a guarantee it will;, and for this class or cus-
X tomers we will hereafter be prepared to give them estimates on White Pine goods that for
x quick delivery. While we are at it we desire to call your attention to the fact
x we are headquarters for Brick and that It was but a few months ago that we com-
X rnenced selling brick, at which time a poor quality of brick was selling here at $9.i>0
X per 1,000. We are now maintaining a yard price on 1,000 brick at 16.50, aud in quan-
X titles at a verv much lower figure. We also carry a large stock of Glass, and will
X be pleased, on short notice, to make estimates on Plate and Window Glass for store
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ClearanceSale
Every one knows that a merchant must not
carry goods over from one season to another.
For 30 Days
We shall make a GENUINE CLEARANCE
SALE. You 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 Coats
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.
i*i The Corner Grocery. 41 tm
Ms. W. WHITCHARD & BRO., Prop’rs. !*'!
♦TO +&I+ Stock W'e carry and a Poultry full line Food, gf Groceries, the only Feed reliable and Fertilizers Condition Powder. Magic m mt
Aces like magic ' Wesell the celebrated “ Atlantic Dissolved
T. Hone,” the best fertilzer on the market, at same price of cheap
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