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Dr. Maury M. Stapler,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
506 Mulberry Street,
MACON, GEORGIA,
E. NICHOLSON,
Auction e e r ,
East Pine Avenue.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Is now prepared to give rates on short notice.
Having bad fifteen years experience, perfect
Satisfaction is guaranteed. For rates and
bills call at Leader office.
Palace Rote!,
Mrs. Orcelia R. Smith, Prop.
Cor. Jessamine and Main Streets.
We aro now making special rates to our fel¬
low colony members from the North. When
you reach the depot here have the hack driver
take you to the
Palace Hotel
Everything new and strictly first-class.
For Tailor Suits
CALL ON
E. J. DANCY,
Pin? At-, Nazi floor to Ccmmerciai Hotel
A perfect tit guaranteed. A trial is all 1 ask.
All garments cut and made on premises.
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The “ KC” Meat Market, opposite Jesey’s
Drug Store, has recently been opened with
n full supply of
Fresh and Salted Meats, Lard, Eggs, Chickens
Always on hand. Give ns a call if you want
something nice and fresh.
YOUNG, LUKE & CO.
WILSON & Mm
Practical
Painters
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Paper - Hangers.
Estimates -riven on short notice. Country
work a specialty. P.O.Box 4.
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Fitzgerald, Georgia.
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the part of employees will receive prompt
attention.
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FITZGERAMI, GEORGIA.
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At Nashville, Tenn,
May 1st to Oct. 31st.
Tho Buildings of the Tennessee Centennial,
in numbers and architectural beauty, sur¬
pass Atlanta’s and nearly equal Chicago’s,
lbe exhibits are all ready, and are inter¬
esting and instructive. The live stock
,
display excels any exhibition of the kind
ever made. The Midway is great.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad,
and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway run solid vestibule
trains with Pullman’s finest sleeping
cars, from Atlanta to Nashville.
For Sleeping Car Berths, or any
information about rates, Hotel or
Boarding House accommodations ir,
Nashville, call upon or write to
C. E. HARMAN,
General Pass. Agent,
ATLANTA, GA.
Special Notice:
t j |an s t a yj„g home.
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OUT prices
all kinds Job Work*
HARVEST TIME
NEAR AT HAND
j Crops Now Rapidly Advancing
Towards Maturity.
FALL PLANS POR THE FARMERS
Laiida In Good Condition to Keooive Gra*A f
Clover, ltye, Wheat, Ktc.— Saving
the Cornstalk—Commissioner of Agri¬
culture Neabltt'n Monthly Letter to Til¬
lers of the Soil In Georgia.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Sept. 1, 1897.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING IN FALL
CROPS EARLY.
During the early part of August the
weather, as a rule, was most favorable,
aud the bountiful crops reported from
almost every section of the south are
now rapidly advancing towards ma¬
turity.
These favorable seasous also put the
lands in fine condition for the prepara¬
tory work of plowing, harrowing, etc.,
in order to be ready for the sowing of
fall crops of grass, clover, rye, wheat,
oats, etc. The furrows will turn easily
and be just at the most favorable angle
for proper harrowing, aud the seed bod,
when harrowed aud made line, will be
in just the proper condition to promote
the rapid germination and favorable
growth of the little plants. Ia ex¬
ceptional cases farmers have already
laid the foundation for successful fall
crops by a deep and thorough plowing
of the laud, and with them, at least, it
now only remaius to get the surface in
fine, smooth condition and then put in
the seed. The sooner this is done in
the present month the better—the ten¬
der plants will thus have a chance to
get a firm roothold before the early
frosts come to check their growth. Of
course if this work has not already been
done it may still be undertaken, but
each day’s delay diminishes the chances
of success. In previous numbers we
have dealt very fully fertilization, with the questions seeding,
of preparation,
etc.
SAVING THE CORN CROP.
We cannot believe that farmers will
persist in wasting such a large part of
their corn crop, as has been the uuiver-
eal practice in the past, when once
they are convinced that the alleged
value of cornstalks is no “fake” or fan¬
ciful picture of impractical “book farm¬
ers,” but a simple, clear fact, which has
been abundantly proven. “Seeing is
believing,” however, and each man can
prove for himself whether it bo true or
false. Even at the far south, where tho
climate would seem a serious drawback,
the plan of cutting down and curing
the whole stalk 1 as been tried most suc¬
cessfully. Let each man at the south
but experiment his in this matter with a
few rows of corn crop and the
dreaded and laborious job of “fodder
pulling” will be forever analysis banished from
our fields. Chemical has dem¬
onstrated that even in the bare corn¬
stalks, usually left standing in our
fields, is contained a very largo part of
the nutritive and fertilizing values o£
the crop. Does it not seem a strange
agricultural paradox, that we deliber¬
ately throw away that which it lias cost
us so much to produce, aud which is
known to be highly valuable for stock
food? A few additional hints on the
process of cutting and curing the whole
stalk may not be amiss, for although
much has been said and written on this
subject, the directions, as a rule, apply
to our northern and western neighbors,
rather peculiarities than to our own climate locality, where
of and sea¬
son render certain variations and
precautions in the usual process
imperative. When the corn in the ear
is well glazed it is an infallible sign
that the stalk has finished its work and
has taken up from the soil all the nutri¬
ment which it is capable of doing.
When this stage is reached, the corn
tops will wither aud the crop is said to
be fully ripe. It is at this stage that
the stalks should be cut off quite close
to the ground. A man with a sharp hoe
can soon learn to cut four or five acres
iu the morning. The stalks should not
be allowed to lie on the ground over
night, as the heavy dews usual at thie
season will prove injurious. What is
cat iu the morning should be gathered
up and shocked in the afternoon. If
the stalks are very large aud heavy,
fewer should be put iu a shock than
where the growth is smaller. About
ItO to 200. or even 300 stalks, according
to size, may be safely put in each shock.
The shocks should be allowed to stand
in the field until perfectly cured—any
where from three to six weeks. As soon
as thoroughly cured they should be
hauled to the baru and stored for future
use, leaving the ear on if desired. Or,
if preferred, the shredder may be called
into service at once, aud as the crop is
hauled from the field it may by this
machine be converted into a finely
shredded and valuable forage. The ma¬
chine will shuck and throw the ears to
one side and the remainder of the plant,
stalk, leaves, shucks and top is utilized,
without the loss of a single part. If the
crop is to be stored without shredding
care should be taken to place each
stalk in an upright position; if laid
flat one on the other, there is danger of
injury. If the shredder is not available
a good feed cutter, which will pay for
itself iu a short while, as they are not
costly, will cut up the cured stalks as
they are needed into half inch lengths,
and if this is sprinkled with a little salt
or salt water it makes a splendid stock
food. Analysis lias shown it to be far
superior to cotton seed bulls in feeding
value. A southern farmer, who lias
had much experience in shocking aud
Baving his corn crop says it will facili¬
tate the work if the following plan is
adopted: Take a piece of scantling 1x5
inches and 6 feet long. Sharpen at one
eud so that it cau he driven into the
ground. About 4 feet from the ground
nail on two pieces about 8 feet long.
These should be nailed on at right an¬
gles to the upright and to each other.
In making the shocks lay a dozen or so
cornstalks at a time in the alternate
crotches formed by the nailed on boards,
and when the shock is sufficiently tie the large
pull out the stake and tops
firmly together with a piece of strong
twine. By this plan the shocking is
much easier to manage and the curing
more certain.
SAVING OF SEED CORN.
Another feature of saving our corn
crop, about which we are proverbially
careless, is the saving of seed corn. The
best time to attend to this is while the
corn is still standing in the fields. Sin¬
gle oat the finest ears, on the best de¬
veloped and most productive stalks.
Mark these and when they have come
to fall maturity store away in a well
ventillated place, where they will
be safe from rats and damp and ready
for use when needed. If this plan was
generally followed not only would the
yield of our corn crop gradually and also
materially increase, but the quality
would bo much improved.
COTTON PICKING.
It iB the earliest pickings that are us¬
ually the cleanest and which bring the
best price. It is a mistake to wait until
the fields are white to begin. An unex¬
pected storm or an exteuded period of
wet weather may work incalculable in¬
jury. The point to be aimed at is to
get our oottou to the markets in the
best possible condition. The classifica¬
tion is becoming more strict each year,
aud our careless methods of handling
and baling this, our main dependence
as a money crop, have given rise to a
heavy tare, which must come out of the
pockets of the farmers.
PEA SEED.
At every favorable opportunity gather
peas for seed. The high price this year,
owing to last year's short crop,
shows the importance of sowing
enough at least for your own use. Every
farmer, who has tried this crop, knows
its value to his land and to his stock,
and while the gathering of the seed
comes at an inconvenient time, as it
often coufl'.'ts with other important
work, no »•£’ ire should be spared this to
house plenty of seed and to do
work as son;; after tney arc ripe as pos-
sib.e.
no: s.
Tim cro-.w ]." r .. gmuud peaa,
Sorghum, p' • . now coining in, are
of giv ii.t a.ss '. .lm : i:i puv:mg tile hogs
to i> nio'v* S Ifi.l otory dud rapid as
as \wii us icscosny maturity. Those
intended for pork should be ready lor
the first eo.'i *< i i; i I-v .vein bor or De-
cemher. E vb; Uy offer r-iiar, is much
luiiied K.'cneM*-/ v/.: any compousat-
in# pr.iiir.. during
Tin- • 71 <>; :iie steady rains
the ia.t of An.-us7 prove what has been
so often as erred i.ern.-e. that any pre¬
dictions at tiii-s season as to the final
yield of the cettou crop are exceedingly
uncertain and may be misleading.
While the beginning of August found
the general prospect most promising fall¬
the close of the month witnessed a
ing off over the entire south. The
heavy aud long continued rains have
not only caused rust, but have produced
a sappy growth of the cotton plants,
and a short spell of dry hot weather,
by causing the frnit to shed, would now
reduce the average still lower.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
THE CONDITION OF CROPS.
COTTON.
The outlook for an extraordinary cot¬
ton crop iu this state was most excellent
up to the middle of August, the plants
as a rule growing well aud fruiting
finely. Since that date there has been
a decided change for the worse, con-
tinued\rains aud cloudy weather caus¬
ing serious injury. Iu South Georgia,
where there was much open cotton, it
has been splashed with dirt aud staiued,
and where the open cotton has been
beaten to the ground by the rain the
seed have sprouted to the great injury
of the lint. In addition, rust has devel¬
oped on much of the gray land, and tho
plant Middle has ceased North to Georgia grow and fruit. Iu
and the damage
from these sources has not been so
great, but the continued wet weather
lias caused excessive growth, aud in
•consequence the plants have shed a
great many forms aud young bolls. A
careful examination will convince every
farmer of this fact. Picking is going
on in southern and Middle Georgia, but
has been much retarded until the last
few days by frequent showers. The
crop is quite two weeks late, as com¬
pared with last year, hut unless we
have early frosts this will not materi¬
ally affect the final yield. There are
some reports of caterpillars, but as yet
not in sufficient numbers to threaten
any serious injury. If the farmers
would destroy the first caterpillars that
appear, by using Paris green, there
wquld be no second or third crops to de¬
vour the cotton, but unfortunately they
are nsually unnoticed until vast num¬
bers are hatched out, and of course they
are then more difficult to deal with. On
the whole the cotton crop of the state
promises to be only a fair one.
CORN.
I have traveled over much of the state
in the past month, and from observa¬
tion and reports my impression is that
this crop is as good as the land cau
make in Nerth Georgia, firstrate in
Middle Georgia aud good iu the south¬
ern portion of the state. In the latter
section the crop being more advanced,
suffered to a considerable extent from
the dry weather in June, but still a
sufficiency has been made there. The
present crop will be far in excess of that
of last year, and if not wasted will be
ample Fodder to supply the wants of the state.
pulling is about finished in
lower Georgia, and will very soon be
completed all over the state.
SORGHUM, SUGARCANE, GROUNDPEAS AND
POTATOES.
These minor, though very valuable
crops, are all doing well throughout the
state, the rains of July and August hav¬
ing brought them out wonderfully.
Peas also are growing finely, and prom¬
ise a good yield. Pastures are excellent.
FRUIT.
Apples, some grapes and a few quinces
are all the fruits yet ungathered, and
these have all been injured by the late
wet weather. The crops of both peaches
and watermelons have been small this
year, but the growers have realized
some money from them and appear to
be well satisfied with the results. The
damage from various insect pests has
become so great and so general that
every farmer who raises fruit, if only
for family use, should interest himself
in getting the legislature to appoint a
state entomologist, through whose ef¬
forts the loss from this source may be
stopped or at least diminished. If some
step in this direction is not taken, and
that very soon, the frnit industry in
this state must rapidly decline.
STOCK.
With the exception of a few reports
of cholera amonsr hogs, and some red-
water among cattle, the condition of
stock is good throughout the state.
Legal Notices--Published l»y Authority.
Notice of Change in Firm.
The Telephono business In this city
ducted by I). H. Ledbetter. H. D.
Cordelo Telephone Co., F S. Ihmder tmd
under firm styles of Colony Telephone
any has been changed. Notice is noreby
that F. S. Itauder lias sold bis Interest
above telephone business and is no
connected with It in any way.
F. S. IU UOKH.
Fitzgerald, Ga., August 11,189 IS". 3*4
Notice to Present Claims.
Notice is Uorebv given Unit the
have by ardor ol the Superior receivers Court for
county, been appointed Post, No. us 14, Department of
ussetts of Colony Arnivot' iho Republic.
Georgia. having Grand claims against said
persons Post hereby notified to file such
aro
with H. K. Symons. Receiver, at bis
room 1, Fitzgerald block on or before the
day of November 1897. All accounts must
itemized and all claims of every nature
to by the owner or his authorized agent.
Dated this 2nd day of August, 1897.
L. F. Thompson, I
H. R. Kern, Symons, V ) Receivers
4w-32 T. C.
Receivers’ Notice of Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA* I SS.
IK WIN COUNT V. r
By virtue of an order of the judge of the
perior court of said county, the passed the on
29tli day of July, 1897. In ease of
County Lumber Co. vs. Colony Post No. 14,
Department of Georgia, Grand Army of
Republic. We,L, F. Thompson, T. C. Kern
and H. U- Symons, as receivers in the
stated case, will sell in front of the
known as Grand Army Hall and Opera House,
in the city of Fitzgerald, Irwin county, Geor¬
gia, on Saturday, September 4, 1807, between
the hours of U aud 12 a. m., to the highest
bidder, for cash only, the following described
real estate belonging to said defendant, situated to-
wit: All that tract thecity or parcel of of Fitzgerald, land Irwin
lying and being in
county, Georgia, being a part of land let three of
hundred and one (301) in the fourth district
said county, and known in the plat of said
city as shown by the records in the oflice of
the clerk of the Superior Court of said county,
as lot number sixteen (16) in square number
sixteen (10) in block number seven (7), and sit¬
uated on the northwest corner of Central ave¬
nue and Thomas street, and having a front of
fdrty (40) feet on Central avenue and extend¬
ing back north same width as front, along
Thomas street one hundred and seventy (17n)
feet, together with the improvements thereon
Each bidder will be required to deposit with
the receivers a c< rtitled check lor$250, and no
bid will be received from anyone that has not
complied with this requirement.
L. C. F. Thompon,
T. Kekn,
H. It. Symons,
Aug. 9tl), 1897. Receivers.
Notice of Bond Election.
■V70T1CE i9 hereliy given to tliequaiifleil vo-
- ' tors of the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
that on Tuesday, the seventh day of Septem¬
ber. 1897, at the will polling ho held places hereinafter des¬
ignated, there of the an election of the
qualified tlie voters of allowing City of Fitzgerald, tliesaid Geo-
gia. for purpose determine voters
to vote upon and the following
proposition: Shall the city council issue the
bonds of tiie city in the sum of Twelve Thou¬
sand Dollars, bearing interest at a rate not
exceeding semi-annually, six per cent Seven per annum, Thousand interest
payable of the principal of said bonds Dol¬
lars to lie paid
in one payment ten years from date of said
bonds, and the principal be of Five Thousand
Dollars of said bonds to paid at one pay¬
ment fifteen years from the date of said
bends, following the proceeds of said Seven bonds Thousand to be used
for the purposes:
Dollars to be used for the purpose of paying
the claims of the American Tribune Soldiers’
Colony Company for school houses.schooland
other public grounds and school furniture to
be sold to the city by said Colony- Company:
Five Thousand Dollars (or so much thereof as
may be necessary) to be used for the purpose
of constructing mi artesian well or wells for
the purpose of supplying and furnishing wa¬
ter for the city.
The polling places will be as follows: First
Ward, Colony Headquarters Building; Second
Ward, the building adjoininng Whitohard’s
store on Oconee avenue: Third Ward, at the
City Hall, in the Fitzgerald Block on Central
Avenue: Fourth Ward, the store room on the
southeast corner of Pine avenue and Lee
street. Polls wi 1 be open from nine o’clock
a. m until five o’clock p. m„ Tuesday, Sep¬
tember 7, 1897.
Dated this 4th day of August. 1.897.
C. C. Goodnow, Mayor.
Petition for Incorporation
State of Georgia, (.
County Irwin, f
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of Frank S. Bander, Wm. K.
Bowen, P. H. Fitzgerald, Thos. S. Free, Sam¬
uel Whitchard. Jones, L. F. Fred Thompson, J. Clark, T. W. Hayde, S.
M. M. Bulce, Henry
N. Jones and Hurst Bros., of Irwin county,
Georgia, That respectfully desire shows: for
1st. they themselves and
their associates to be incorporated under the
name and style of Cotton Warehouse and
Storage That Company. object of their
2d. the association and
the particular business they propose to carry
on are as follows: To carry on and conduct a
cotton warehouse for storage purposes, to buy
and sell any and all goods and articles neces¬
sary or required in and about said business,
to do and perform all acts and things neces¬
sary and proper for the carrying on said busi¬
ness.
3d. That the principal place of doing; busi¬
ness of said corporation wilL be in the city of
Fitzgerald, That Georgia. the of capital be
4tb. amount to em¬
ployed by said corporation will be the sum of
two thousand dollars ($2,000) divided into
shares of fifty dollars been ($50), fifty with per cent of
which has actually paid in, the priv¬
ilege of increasing said amount of capital to
five thousand dollars. Stockholders to be lia¬
ble to amount of unpaid subscribed stock,
each share of fifty dollars entitles the holder
to one vote.
5th. In addition to the powers necessary for
the carrying out of the purposes above set
forth petitioners ask that said corporation be
empowered as follows: To issue said stock
when determined on by the stockholders in
meeting assembled, otherwise to erect, own, buy, sell,
lease, rent or acquire realty and
mortgage the same, or to rent or lease any or
all realty in the their stockholders. possession if so ordered bv a
majority have enjoy of and exercise all And the general y
to corporate
lowers and privileges under the laws of
Georgia. petitioners
Wherefore pray that they and
their associates may be incorporated for the
purpose aforesaid, under said corporate name
with all the powers aforesaid for the term of
twenty years, with the privilege of renewal at
the expiration will of said time. And your peti¬
tioners ever pray, etc.
Frank S. Bauder,
Wm.fi Bowen,
P. H. Fitzgerald,
Thos. S. Price,
Sani’l Jones,
L. F. Thompson,
T. W. Hayde,
S. M. Whitchard,
Fred J. Clark,
M. Buice,
Henry Hurst N. Jones,
Bros.
clerk Petitioners.
Filed jn office superior court Irwin
county, Ga., this Aug. 25, 1897.
J. B. D. Pai?l.k, Clerk Superior Court.
State of Georgia, I
Ik win County, i
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a cor¬
rect copy of the original petition for incorpor¬
ation of “Cotton Warehouse and Storage Com¬
pany” as appears of file in this office.
This Aug. 25,1897.
J. II. D. Paulk,
35 Clerk Superior Court Irwin County, Ga.
Notice.
This is to notify all persons that I
have this day sold n.y entire interest
in the business of the Dickson &
Dorrainey Co. to J. M. Ilimes, lie as¬
suming all my liabilities as a member
of said firm. W. I). Dorjiiney.
Aug. 17, 1897. 34-4w
Mrs. Bidwell and Messenger have
opened dressmaking at the residence
of Mrs. Bidwell, corner of Sheridan
and Magnolia. Prices ranging from
$1 upward, 34-lw
DON’T
GO TO ALASK 1
As There are Plenty of Golden Nuggets k
Picked Up Right Here in Our Store With
Risking Life and Limb in the Far Northwest
OUR ■
Is a Y eritable Klondyke, and Worth Prospectn
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Our Line of the Celebrated^"* 1 — '
Barnesville & Rocklill
out
Is Complete, and the Prices Lower than F by
If you are in need of a Wayon, come and * ° ,
over the “FLORENCE/ either one or two ho/ ,f
The RAMBLE BICYCLES are $oine ~ o fast r to
t.
$37.50. 1 tlie
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Our Mammoth Stock of ; NG.
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Is Full and Complete and Embraces Tinwa
Builders’ Material, Farm Machinery, Stov»
Crockery, Mixed Paints, Wire Screens and •
SHELF HARDWARE
In feet we keep in Stock Everything Know
to the Hardware Trade.
MILL - SUPPLIES - A - SPECIAL!
When in need of anything and you don
know where to get it, come to the
Boyd Hardware Co-
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
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ft icines of all kinds, Druggists’Sun¬ ft
ft dries, Etc., Etc.
| Toilet Soaps and Fine Perfumery. 4 j
* The Finest Soda Fountain in Wire-
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Advertising Asks
Would you have your business
pay ? aud answers,Then make
it better yourself—you can do it.
But not waiting on the future.
Advertising Says
Prosperity will come, but not to
the waiter, or to the timid, or to
the undecided.
The far-seeing, the energetic and
the courageous man is now fore¬
closing on the future. He recog¬
nizes in the present his oppor¬
tunity.
Advertising Asserts
That old methods have had their
day. The jog trot, in. either
wholesale or retail business is
doDe for. The pace has changed.
Only the up-to-date, the most
progressive man is successful
nowadays. l
Advertising Proclaims
High tension throughout is the
prime necessity. Given this,
then Brains, Courage and Energy
will compel success.
Yitur move is to advertise—ad¬
vertise to-day, to-morrow and
next day. Don’t quit till you
quit business.
Advertisers Say
That the medium with which to
“cover the field” is thiq
THE : LEADER,
A Straight Story r
Of Straight Goods
In a Straight Paper
Is bound to,- bring business. If
you have a/ good thing, adver¬
tise it in
The < ◄ Leader.
And you’ll hit a market you can-.
not hit through any other Fitz¬
gerald medium. Each copy has
a whole family for its, audience,
Clean, newsy, truthful, fair., and
square.
City Plats at The Leader
Office.