Newspaper Page Text
The Fitzgerald Leader.
Established 1896.
VOL. II.
# |
4? 9
# auuuuuuu kiUUUUUUU
# Notions,
TV \ > Our stock of Dry-Goods, iii
AL Flannels, Shoes, fact everything is -J>
H usually kept in a first-class store, now
0 complete in every department. Never
^ before and country have the people of complete Fitzgerald or ^ 0
seen a more
better selected stock f 'r-i om which to
# make their purchases.
zfc vl>
>A a LOW PRICES MM LIVELY BUYING. 93 > !>
VC No firm in Fitzgerald realizes the
of the above expression fully g*
•& truth more
tx than we do. This season we before. have priced is
. goods cheaper than ever It ^
_ %*•
\ ** our constant aim each season to better
* Jr our best of the season past. <!
Dress Goods i «
m
‘ In this department we are better pre-
3|s pared to serve repiete you than novelties ever before. ^ 5f>
Our stock is with 0 so
<L popular this season for Shirt Waists. ^
*** We have made a special effort this
V* season on Black and Colored Wool
1> Dress Goods. Our s ock is larger, <1
' assortment more complete and prices <1 K
*
'3 cheaper than ever, nothwithstanding the 4$
high tariff will surely make goods of >4 >k
Sfig this kind higher later on.
«¥ 4 Shoe department. 4^
We carry the largest and best stock
, iff
s|s of Ladies' and Gents’ Fine Shoes ever
||f seen in Southern Georgia. We sell the
I finest Ladies Kid Button Shoe in the <J>
l city $5!00 for $3.00. Why pay better? $1.00 and t<
elsewhere and get no
1" EWPISE STORE
4> 1 4*
111 T. SL PRICE & CO., jLit/geSraTtl, Ga. A h*
V*
#########!^###### H
s'
DRUG (I *
j i •u •:■ V JIISEI • v i
13*0 Full of Drugs, Patent Med¬ >
i A Line
icines of all kinds, Druggists’ Sun-
dries, Etc., Etc. v
i ^ ^ !
|| Toilet Soaps am! Fine Pefftlmery. |
4 The Finest Soda Fountain in Wire- .j.
: * grass Georgia. Prescriptions Com-
I pounded Day or Night. I
| Tlie Josej Drug Co rrV * *:• *
South Grant’, Fitzgerald, Ga‘4 !>'
MwmmmmMmmmMMMwmwmmMmwM $
.73
D. G. DREW & CO.
Warehousemen, are Ready for Business at
[ The Cotton Warehouse. 1
JuAtuiiumuuiihiiaiuuuuiUiuuuiuiiiuiiUiiUimuuiuiihiiiUiiiumiiiii^
On Centra! Avenue, near the Colony Bank. Reasonable storage rates charged on Naval
stores, Hkv, Grain, Provisions and all kinds of merchandise. Car-load lots a specialt The
building-is flre-proof ami patrons are guaranteed against loss by Are.
GET Our prices on all classes
of Job work.
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE"
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897.
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL
j
A Logical Argument from the I’en of
President P. II. Fitzgerald.
Tlie people of Irwin county have no
doubt well considered the great ad¬
vantage to tlie people and the county
of Irwin in having the court house, or
county seat, at tlie city of Fitzgerald.
The county lias, by reason of tlie
colony settlement, sprung into a prom¬
inence that lias surprised the whole
State of Georgia. With the city lo¬
cated where it is and tlie county-seat
tau miles out into the woods, would
not speak well for the enterprise of
the people of Irwin county. The great
colony has done its part to make the
county one of wealth and position. It
now waits to be seen if tlie citizens of
tlie county appreciate the work the
colony lias done for them ; it waits to
be seen if tlie native element of the
county wisli to take a step forward to
keep up with tlie growing onward
movement of the county, and to aid
the colony in making for them the
most prominent county in all south
Georgia. We believe tlie progressive
class of people in the county will not
be in favor of stepping backward. We
cannot believe they will dose their
eyes to the progressive step the county
is now advancing with. They must
see tlie future results of tlie county-
seat being located at tlie colony city.
It means to them a higher price for
their lands ; it means to them a better
price for their produce ; it means to
them a school system equal to any in
the South, and to those who would
take advantage of the present low
prices and make purchases of good
city lots in tlie city of Fitzgerald, will
realize a handsome profit upon their
investments, for they must see that
with the location of the court house
in that city, that the property must,
increase ill value over and over again,
aud those who purchase at tlie present
prices may make fortunes in a sboi;t
time.
The thing to do by the good people
of Irwin county is to drop tlie fight,;
to join hand in hand with the city and
make it their county-seat city, and a
city they will be proud to say is lo¬
cated in their county. The county-
seat does not belong to any city ; it
does not belong to Irwinville; it does
not belong to Fitzgerald : but, like the
State capital, it belongs to tlie people,
and tlie people should be proud to say
•‘Our city of Fitzgerald,” as well as to
say “Our capital city of Atlanta.”
Tlie native people of Irwin county
should do as much for tlie colony as
the colony lias done for tlie county.
Now, is it not reasonably fair for the
native element to join us and make a
county-seat we can all be proud to say,
is the leading; county-seat of south
Georgia V The question of county of¬
ficers we must admit, cuts quite a
figure to tlie movement in and around
tlie western side of tlie county, for
these people have had more “r less to
do with tlie county offices for the last
fifty years, while the eastern, south
and southeastern parts of the county
have not been so well represented. It
is not tlie intention of the colony peo¬
ple to contend fcr such offices. We
have said from tiifi bfiginiiihg that it
is not office that wti fame to Irwin
county for. We came to ith'ki; homes,
to build up the county, and wtf fiLidh
iprefer the natives to administer co&i*
i tty affairs'than to be burdened with
the:® tmitfelve?. We favor an equal
division' dt bUStY ofiices to be equally
aistributed over the county and among
the native pdopfc. We have so
pledged onrselves'td’th 1 ?#/ The colony
company has offered to’ dona-tiff the
lands and aid in the construction of
suitable stone and brick buildings' Co
be made fire-proof and build some¬
thing a county and her people Will' he'
proud to say belongs to Irwin county.
I believe all these tilings have
considered by the people of If win
county, aud it is useless for me to dis¬
cuss this subject. They must know
that our colony lias but partly settled.
I will say, I do not believe one-half of
our people are yet located ; that be¬
fore another year ends we will liave
within our colony over twenty thous-
and people. Those who have notified
they are coming I believe will
our present population. Then,
this be the case, what must the peo¬
of'I t win county expect in a short
to come? They cannot but for-
9ee the resuIt ' Tlie colon y wil1 te
overwhelmingly in the majority, and j
in such an event, would be aide to
carry the county as we saw fit. Now,
let me ask all interested, would it not
be better to declare the so-called fight
off ? Would it not be better for all to
join hand in hand in this work, and
by a unanimous vote, decide that Fitz¬
gerald is the proper place for it ? It is
not the desire of the colony members
to be compelled to favor any element
or section in the county, but it is but
human nature to aid those who aid
you, and therefore, for the future of
those who openly work against this
removal, they must surely not expect
any aid from the colony people. As a
rule, all our colony people are pleased
with the management and the work-
ings of the courts and all county af¬
fairs. They are not asking a change
of such nature. They are only asking
that the county-seat be located in a
growing, prosperous city, where it
stands a chance to be brought up with
the times ; brought up with the growth
of the county and the surrounding
Country.
From my conversation with the na¬
tive farmers of Irwin county, I believe
that when thiselection is held, we will
find that there are but few who are
fighting the movement, and that it
will be carried by an overwhelming
majority. Should this be the case it
would surely be a recognition of the
good Work done for the county by the
colony company, and we would appre¬
ciate it to the fullest extent. It would
help tlie colony and help the county ;
besides, those who would quietly in*
vest in city property would realize
large profits, for such a movement in¬
creases tlie value of city property, and
it also increases the value of farm
lands in the whole county. I believe
what I have said on this subject is the
opinion of nine-tenths of the colony
members, that, it is not for office we
ask tliis change, and that tlie colony
members will surely help those who
help us, and “by their works all men
are known.” Loyally yours,
I’. II. Fitkgehald,
President Colony Company.
A LETTLK Fit (fit EVERGREEN.
IS. Mobley Gives a Few Interesting Facts
On the County-Seat Ouestion.
To The Fitzgcrald Leader.
Please allow me space through tlie
valuable columns of your paper to ex¬
press my opinion as to the removal of
the court house to Fitzgerald. On
personal interest I can’t see why every
real estate owner in Irwin county
would not vote for Fitzgerald for this
reason: Irwinville has been the county-
seat for fifty years or over, and it lias
never advanced the value of land one
cent or any other property. Fitzger¬
ald is only two years old, and it fins
advance! land at least 100 per oent
all over tlie county. Now, if we Call
get the court house to Fitzgerald and
also 10,003 or 12,000 more people, Ir¬
win county land will be worth on an
average of $12 per acre. This is a
big item to all of us people, who you
might say have too much land. If I
had 5,000 acres of land and it worth
S3 per acre—S15.000, and to move the
COUVt house it would make it worth
a ilArtA£ r “
tried Irwinville fifty or more years and
have made nothing of it yet. I say,
let’s try Fitzgerald, a* the cost of a
as mufeVas theoiie at Irwfftville, and
native* farmers are tlier? building
our ownitvtevest.
duce. Fitzgerald Rws built a
c”r: t r:2;rS:“ living
me that every man in iiwiii
comity should vote for Fitzgerald, nil-
ies»he belongs to a ring.
yours truly,
B. Mobley.
EVWfcreen, Ga., Sept. 13, ‘97.
F. Sl-'-I read the article in your last
week’s paper that was written by
one at Minnie. It expressed my
Give us another letter, “Old
they are interesting.
The farmers declare that three-
fourths of the cotton crop is now open
and that the' bulk of the crop will be
gatheted by the first of October. The
hot weather bf the past two weeks has
wliitehed the fields’.
?;o. KNAPr; [Editomnd Publishers.
mmmmmmMWM m
We Cannot Take
Your Time
To Quote You
Prices we are Making.
MWMWWMMMMM
:: =
i
i
l I
I
....
mm
m
£
i
i; i:
:F=4j
I', ;l
,jfcg
m
««
l M
m
m
; i
You Will Have to
Come to Our Store
And See.
mills • *
FITZGERALD Block.
Suits Made To Order.
'- -r r r . ' T Si Tr—
1 on can have a Suit of Clothes made to fit
yoe in first-class style at only an extra small
expense. We have One Thousand Samples of
goods from which to make your selection, which
is much better than to depend upon the ready¬
made suits where the assortment is so small in
s "^ fl»t you. Our Fall ami Winter
Samples ailll FfiSiliOll PfitteS Ul'C UOW ill - am] we
I « . 7
# l 1 • suits
daily taking measures tor and supiilv-
*"« our ^“y customers who are acquainted
with our work. We UTC DmCtiCal tailors find
i 1
‘ j l , ,
KiioiY . just now to take a measure to insure a
P, e rfe ct fitting suit, which is the most important
thing . in the business. W h&ve
e made thousands
fsui ‘ 8 aiKl I««l one left on our hands on
aJeeount of a misfit. Prices raiure W,, from $1 v - 2 In tu
at,™*. and I 1 higher, • l it -p desire. i • Please call and
you
samples. n
D. C. McCOLLUM,
I*ine Avenue.
Fitzgerald Bottling Works,
North Grant St. All orders will receive prompt attention*
OLIN S. McCOYi
NO. 37.
Hurst Bros.
Our New Fall Stock
lias commenced to
arrive, embracing
everything* known
to the l)rv-Goods
trade.
The Latest in Style
The Lowest in Price
The Best in Quality
N-EW
,
Ffannefs 7
New Prints
Underwear,
And the Finest Line of
Ladies 9 and Gents 9
Fine Slides
To be Found in the City.
Dollars invested
with us will Make
you Gold. We dial-
lenge a comparison.
