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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. P. M. ;P. M. ^ t- L- U- IXn'tou Ar *|ii :45 , ?!o« fc- CO 1 f Harding. F Kin' j}}*® lino I ! VM CO MYlYMLUI CO ' CD i’l Y 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>.. A. M A.».|P. M. P. M Lv GoJta Ar 10 35 ! 5 05 5 23 ,10 55 Fitzgerald Ar. 9 45 4 35 ■ fi 00 111 25 Lv. Abbeville, Lv. 7 43 | 3 35 7 00 j 12 25 Ar. r, A. 55 M. i [ F. 1 40 M. Cordeie 9 05 i 2 15 7 30 | 3 00 Ainericus 7 20 12 50 I I>. m. A. . 7 55 Montgomery ; j 7 50 32 25 | 4 15 Savannah Halena Lv.! i 30 ! 7 25 7 20 I 8 35 Ar. > 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¬ ... 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 a , 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, dbwtt TS Office— In Slayton & Kern building, oppo¬ site Commercial hotel, Fitzgerald, Ga Phone 2 1• WE List • Property ~ ■■= AND 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. w. .S* *? XX 44 t-s yy £3 n U 53- NO. 35. T. W. HAYDE, DEALER IN J 9 9 9 9 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 $9.i>0 X per 1,000. We are now maintaining a yard price on 1,000 brick at 16.50, aud in quan- X titles at a verv much lower figure. We also carry a large stock of Glass, and will X be pleased, on short notice, to make estimates on Plate and Window Glass for store ^ fronts. Remember our location on ■r Central Av., Opposite the New Cotton Warehouse. v' jg s|s a|g 4 s ♦ '}" sk §f> 4* ♦ # 4 s 4^ <lN *}* SS2 t v! # v * Sfe < > ‘T* -4s t Qsst& S" ¥ DRY-GOODS sfe "r* V* *£ V 7 aje i / 4> 4s NOTIONS, # s! K CLOTHING 4, ¥ Shoes, Hats, Caps, J*L j$s Trunks, Valises, Etc.* ¥ ■ Sp We invite you to make our Store headquarters. We | solicit a part of your patronage. , "I* 4C Your Obedient Setvants, v! ¥ * ■v! ■v|> MARRISOnilBROS., ¥ FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. 4s > m '4 * ## * * sjssfc^c Sfc#*Sfc 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 + grades. Call and price our goods. f*:| m Tree Delivery* ’PhomasU9. tmmmmmmmMmmmmmsmmmsmmz GET Our prices on all classes of Job work.