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E FITZGERALD LEADER.
WEATHER REPORT.
i Noon Sep. 8tli to Sep. 15tl» In-
elusive.
OUT ED EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEADER BY
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neaday. 58 82
In tal rainfall. 1 57*100.
shone 6 days.
!n obscured by clouds 11 hours.
TY AND COUNTY.
he Fitzgerald fire department will
b a grand ball Friday evening, Sep-
ber 24.
_
Rtorney Way left Wednesday for
inna to attend the Dooly county su-
ior court.
_
ome fifteen or sixteen excursionists
n the North arrived last Thursday
r the G. & A. and T. & N. E. rail-
. 8 .
fhe fer general health of this city was
better than it is at the present
[e. [ak In fact there is no sickness to
of.
___
king Cotton seems to be making Fitz-
[ald his headquarters these days,
p-notch | prices are what our buyers
paying.
_
fc. E. Martindale has moved his mill
kr Fitzgerald, and will soon be ready
begin work on his new timber.—
rdele Sentinel.
tohn L. Sullivan wants to be mayor
Boston. If John is elected it isn’t
jely any of the aldermen would care
“suss" the mayor.
Slder A. W. Monroe wants to know
there are any Second Day Adventists
Fitzgerald and vicinity. If so please
dress him by letter.
rHE Leader sends out nearly 300 ex-
1, copies this week among the farmers
Irwin county. Advertisers should
ike a note of this fact.
The pie social out at Ash dale last Fri-
y evening, was a grand success finan-
illy and otherwise. The receipts were
0.55. and for the benefit of the pastor
the Old Field church.
After going down to a depth of a
Itle over500 feet, Abbeville has struck
splendid well of water. Pumps were
tached and the supply seems to be in-
thaustible.
A unique G. A. R. post was recently
ganized at Notre Dame, Indiana. It
| composed wholly, with one excep-
bn, of Catholic priests.—Little Falls
linn.) Herald._
The third quarterly meeting for 1897
the Methodist Episcopal church will
i held next Saturday and Lord’s day,
sptember 18 and 19. Quarterly eon-
rence Saturday 7:30 p. m. Presiding
der, E. P. Dean, of Du Pont, will be
•esent and officiate.
■ Some time in July a local item ap¬
peared Bl. in The Leader saying Mr. G.
McMillan, of Brushy Creek, had
Been arrested for forging a note. We
Bave since learned that our informant
Bas in error in making the statement,
fls the note was O. K. and duly paid by
Blr. McMillan. We trust that here-
■fter parties reporting items for this
Baper will be a little more careful.
B When the new railroad from Wadley
Bo Fitzgerald is completed Telfair will
Bave three lines of railway running
Ihrough it. We learn that the line of
Ihe Wadley and Mount Vei’non road
Bill divide the county centerly. There
Bv-ill then he no point iD the county that
Bill not be in eusy access to railroad
lacilities. nome-seekers can find no
letter place to locate than in Telfair.—
Belfair (County) Yeoman.
I R. W. Fisher, 5-acre tract man,
lorth of the city, ieft at this office last
Idonday Bare a fine sample of tomatoes which
of uniform size and clear of blem¬
ishes. It can be said of Mr. Fisher, and
Ivith truth, that he is a successful to-
Inatoe raiser. He has one vine from
Ivhich he has picked in two days one-
iialf bushel of choice tomatoes, and Mr.
IFisher is firm in the belief that the vine
Iwill yet produce two bushels before it
Is through fruiting.
I Charles It. Reid, who was tried this
kveek in Macon for the killing of L. W.
[Halstead, was found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter and sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary. Reid killed
Halstead lor grossly insulting his
(Reid’s) wife. Technically Reid may
have been guilty of voluntary man¬
slaughter, but under the same proyoca-
Ition any true man would have acted as
he did, and we think him a worthy ob¬
ject of executive clemency.
Fitzgerald’s size is greatly underesti¬
mated by visitors as a rule. The pop¬
ulation of the city proper is usually
thought to be all the colonists, when,
in fact, fully half of them live outside
the city limits and do not get counted.
The colonists occupy several square
miles of land. A recent counting shows
623 Yankee dwellings on 5, 10, 20 and
40-acre tracts of the colony domain, out¬
side the corporate limits of Fitzgerald.
—Douglass Breeze.
A man may guy,
And a man may lie,
And a man may puff and blow;
but lie can’t get trade
Hy sitting In the shade.
Waiting for buslnoss to grow.
Ool. Ed Burch returned this morning
from Vienna, where he has been at¬
tending court.
Don’t forget to register for the coun¬
ty seat election. Register in the Fitz¬
gerald district on Sept, 22 and 23.
Sheriff Handley has bought a fine
pair of trained blood hounds, and es¬
caped criminals will be shown no mercy.
The Waycross Herald says that a
letter addressed “to any respectable at¬
torney" of a Missouri town was returned
by the postmaster inscribed not known
here.
L. Moore, of Cordele, Ga., will arrive
next week with a couple of running
horses to commence training on the
race track, so as to bo ready for the
winter races. .
Mr. Leo Rollins, one of our best col¬
ony men, bought one of those handsome
spring wagons of the Boyd Hardware
Co. this morning.
The fire engines are now nicely lo¬
cated in their new engine house in the
rear of tho Fitzgerald block. The tall
tower for the fire bell is being erected
this week. A good location.
An Atchison (Kas.) woman who mar¬
ried a second time, admitted that all
through the service she saw the ghost
of her first husband standing beside her
and shaking his fist vigorously.
Come and register early for the coun¬
ty seat election on September 22 and
23. Remember, we have only two days
to register in this district 1,200 voters,
so don’t put it off until the last moment.
There will be a ladies’ prayer meet¬
ing every Tuesday at 2 p. in. at the
Methodist church, south. All ladies
and girls are cordially invited to attend
and take part Mothers who have small
children come and bring them with you.
Edwin Vickers, 16 years of age, of
Coffey county, a brother of E. E. Vick¬
ers, of Pekin, this county, was killed
by lightning last Sunday evening while
riding horse-back. His father, Rev.
John Vickers, is well known in this sec¬
tion of Georgia.
A few cases of yellow fever is re¬
ported at New Orleans, and some have
died of the dread disease. They should
all move to tho piney woods of Georgia
where an epidemic could never exist,
and the soft balmy air as it murmurs
through the pines is a healing halm to
the invali i.
Realizing the value of The Leader
as an advertising medium a number of
our business men are taking good sized
spaces in this issue. It will always pay
the readers of this family journal to
peruse the advertising columns. Live
men advertise and that is where you
will find bargains.
A crusty bachelor who is bald-headed
and sway-backed, says: “Women make
a great mistake in attending afternoon
card parties and stuffing themselves
with broiled salted peanuts, dyspeptic
doughnuts, stale caramels and frozen
pig’s feet. When they come home they
complain of headache. No wonder.
The only astonishing thing is that they
live as long as they do.”
Mrs. S. B. Coe, of Fitzgerald, Geor¬
gia, who has been visiting her daugh¬
ter. Mrs. F. P. Wright, for several
weeks, let for her home yesterday. Dr.
and Mrs. Coe were among the first to
settle in Valley City, and there are
many persons still residing here who
remember them kindly and respect
them highly—Valley City (N. D.) Al¬
liance.
County court was in session at Irwin-
vill last Monday, with Judge Clements
presiding. The man Walker who was
charged with writing obscene litera¬
ture on slates and blackboard at the
school houS3 near Minnie, was con¬
victed, with a fine of $50 or 90 days on
the chain gang. A colored man by the
name of Brown was up before the judge
on the charge of larceny, but was ac¬
quitted.
One of the best trade publications
gives the latest figures of our annual
drink bill. Last year it amounted in
the aggregate for alcoholic and nonal-
coholio beverages to $1,106,120,000 or
$14.31 per cilizen, Hard times cut
down the consumption somewhat, es¬
pecially that of spirits. But tho foot¬
ings of the various items indicate that
the average American is not accus¬
tomed to restrict himself to water in
the choice of a beverage.
The story is told of a woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal
of others, and made confession to the
priest of what she had done. He gave
her a ripe thistle top and told her to go
out in various directions and scatter the
seeds one by one. Wondering at the
penance, she obeyed, and then returned
and told her confessor. To her amaze¬
ment he bade her go back and gather
the scattered seeds, and when she ob¬
jected that it would be impossible, he
replied that it would be still more dif¬
ficult to gather up and destroy all evil
reports which she had circulated about
others. Any thoughtless, careless child
can scatter a handful of thistle seeds
before the wind in a moment, but the
strongest and wisest man can never
j gather them again.
Don’t forget to
Register.
And vote for
Fitzgerald
For the County
Seat!
Build up your
County,
Make a market
For your produce,
And raise
The price of your
Land!
Fitzgerald will
Help you, if
You will help
Fitzgerald!
Which do you
Prefer, your land
At $1 and $2
Per acre, or
$20 to $35 per acre ?
The second and third floors in the
big hotel have been laid and the work
on the main floor has commenced.
The board of education met last
Wednesday afternoon with all the
members present excepting Way and
Burch. Not much business was at-
transacted. Miss Edith Carpenter was
engaged as the substitute teacher.
Read the advertisement to be found
in The Leader. Live men invite you
to trade with them and are always of¬
fering good bargains. Dead men, or
men who squeeze a niekle so hard you
can hear something drop, are not
worthy of your trade. Look over the
advertising columns, read them and you
will not regret it.
The following few lines from the Cor¬
dele Sentinel, if properly digested
would make pretty good food for some
of the Fitzgerald grumblers: The Cor¬
dele spirit can’t be downed. It is com¬
ing to the front every day. The croak¬
ers and kickers are getting further to
the rear. The Cordele spirit actuates
every man, woman or child who has
lived here twenty-four hours. It never
allows a whisper against the progress,
prosperity and enterprise of the city to
go unchallenged. It actuates every
good citizen to stick to that which is for
the best interest of the town and cry
down all that is against that interest.
Gradually the price of sugar is being
forced up—or, rather, run up, for the
trust does not have to force up sugar,
haying everything its own way. Sugar
which sold at wholesale for 4 cents
shortly before the passage of the new
tariff bill, is now quoted at 5i, with
still further advances in prospect in the
near future. At the rate of advance
which has been going on recently it
will not bo a great while before the
workingman who takes sugar in his
coffee will have to pay 10 or 12 cents a
pound for it. However, the South At¬
lantic States have it in their power to
stop paying tribute to the trust. The
people of this section have raised
cane and made their own sugar before
now, apd they can do it again.—Savan¬
nah News.
An old railroad worker was convert¬
ed, and being present at a meeting
where there are many inquirers, he
was asked to lead in prayer, He hes-
itated a moment, and then with trem¬
bling lips, but clear, resounding voice,
he said reverently: “O, Lord, now that
I have flagged thee, lift up my feet
from the rough road of life and plant
them safely on tho deck of the train of
salvation. Let me see tne safety lamp
known as prudence, make all the coup¬
lings in the train with the strong link of
Thy love, and let my hand lamp be the
bible. And Heavenly Father, keep all
the switches closed that lead off on the
sidings, especially those with a blind
end. If Thy pleasure, have every sem¬
aphore block along the line show the
white light of hope, that I may make
the run of life without stopping. And,
Lord, give us the ten commandents for
a schedule, and when 1 haye finished
the run on schedule time, pulled into
the great dark station of death, may
Thou, the superintendent of the uni¬
verse, say: “Well done, thou good and
faithful servant, come and sign the pay
roll and receive your check for eternal
happiness. 5 5J
Fitzgerald Cotton Market.
Thursday, September 16,1897.
The market is quoted as follows:
Good middlings 5 \
Middlings.......
Senor A. Pacltti, one of the Arm of
the La Palonia cigar manufacturing
company, now doing business in At¬
lanta, was in the city last Saturday and
Monday, desirous of finding a suitable
factory location, His cigars are
made entirely by Cubans, and if located
here will be the means of adding 100 or
more families to the city’s population.
While here he was chaparoned about
the city by Mr. Perry Holland, who
talks the Cuban language' fluently.
Senor Pacitti was well pleased with the
outlook of Fitzgerald and left Monday
morning for Atlanta in company with
Mr. Holland, where they will further
investigate buying the opera house for
the factory building at this place.
The stree.ts are rather deserted this
week owing to the fact that every la¬
boring man who is after work has got
a job. Prosperity has struck Fitzger¬
ald in earnest and good times are being
felt on all sides. If our people could
get together and stop this petty jeal¬
ousy that is being agitated by a few
men who have nothing at stake, and
who would work as hard for the city as
they work against it, we would pros¬
per in fine style. But such flrey arti¬
cles as written by one Dr. Breese in
last weeks Enterprise, will never bring
the people together so that we can all
pull as one. Such articles not only do
a great injustice to our city officials,
but do the city of Fitzgerald great
harm in many respects. No newspaper
should permit itself to be the dumping
place for men who have but little, if
anything, at stake, in this colony, and
who, it would seem, wish to carry the
idea that they know it all and our city
officials and others are a set of ignaros.
It is gratifying to know, however, that
we have at least one individual in our
city who knows to a “ ty” how our col¬
ony and city affairs should be conducted
and managed ; an agiculturist and hor¬
ticulturist ; a man so familiar with can¬
ning factories and fruit growers’ and
shippers’ associations, and last but not
least, a man who can prefix his name
with “Dr.” and “ M. D.” as the case
may be. But few colony members
realize that we have such a wonderful
man among us ! And no wonder he has
but little trouble in having his wonder¬
ful opinions published in all the city
papers, with the exception of The
Leader. There is but one way to get
even with him—appoint him manager
of the colony and city, at a small salary
and all will be well.
Capt. D. C. McCollum was cordially
entertained last Saturday evening by
his old comrade, Charley Kanavle, who
was a member of his own regiment, the
87th Ind. Mr. Kanavle is nicely situ¬
ated on three 5-acre tracts two miles
northwest of Fitzgerald in a fine two
story residence, surrounded with all
the comforts of life, while the neigh¬
borhood is thickly settled with well-to-
do people, mostly living in nice resi¬
dences. He has two sons-in-law, Mr.
Newhouse and Fisher. Mrs. Newhouse
being quite a musician, and the whole
neighborhood being made up of musi¬
cians, decided to invite in about six¬
teen, mostly married, young people ex¬
cept Mr. Porter and wife (who appeared
younger than any of them.) Four vio¬
lins, three guitars and .an organ consti¬
tuted the orchestra. A musical pro¬
gram was prepared by Mrs. Newhouse
in which the captain was down on sec¬
ond number for a violin solo, but Me.,
in well chosen words, begged to be ex¬
cused, as he and his old comrade were
just in the midst of explaining to each
other how they put down the rebellion.
The music was fine, which could not
bo excelled in any notheru city of five
thousand, and had they not mostly been
church members, dancing would have
been indulged in, although it was al¬
most impossible to keep Comrade Por¬
ter off of the-floor. One of the most in¬
teresting features of the evening was
the manner of serving refreshments,
each lady having prepared a nice pie,
the gentleman drawing the envelope
with the lady’s name, had the pleasure
of sharing tho same with her. Me.
says he was most fortunate in this game,
as he drew the lucky number which
called for the lady who was the real
hostess, the daughter of Mr. Kanavle
(Mrs. Newhouse) who as an entertainer
could not be excelled. These gather¬
ings are of frequent occurrence in this
neighborhood, and Me. says he is ready
for the next one.
“The most to be regretted act of my
life,” says a lieutenant commander of
the navy, “was a letter I wrote to my
mother when about 17 years of age.
She always addressed her letters to me
as ‘my dear boy.’ I felt at that time I
was a man, or very near it, and wrote
saying that her constant addressing me
as a ‘boy’ makes me feel displeased, I
received in reply a letter full of re¬
proaches and tears. Among other things
she said: You might grow to be as big
as Goliah, as strong as Sampson, and as
wise as Solomon; you might become
ruler of a nation or emperor of many
nations, and the world might revere
you and fear you, but to your devoted
mother you would always appear, in
memory, in your innocent, unpreten¬
tious, unselfconceited, unhampered
babyhood. worshipped I washed, dressed, kissed idol.
and you, you were my
Nowadays you are becoming part of a
gross world by contact with it, and I
can not bow down to you and worship
you, hut if there are manhood and ma¬
terial love transtmitted to you, you will
understand that the highest compli¬
ment that mother love can pay you is to
you ‘my dear boy. l 1J
City Improvements.
The article that appeared in last
week's Leader In reference to cleaning
o( the town lots ana flve-ave tracts of
the fallen trees and rubbish, from the
pen ot Mayor Goodnow, has brought out
much comment from our people. The
article was a strong one and deserves
much credit. Our people are of one
mind when it comes to cleaning up the
lots and tracts, but for the city to un¬
dertake such a gigantic scheme is, we
believe, a little too much at this time.
We believe that if the city has the
money to spare, to put in every cent on
the streets and highways and build
sidewalks for the non-residents, charg¬
ing the same to the lots. This would
be a better investment for the money
than cleaning up the different lots and
tracts for the non residents. If the city
had the money to make these improve¬
ments it would show the visitors that
we were enterprising enough to have
good roads and sidewalks. This, as an
advertisement, would do more toward
catching the eye of an investor than
anything that could be done in the
shape of improvements.
We coincide with our mayor in his
article in a good many ways, and are
glad to know that we have at the head
of our city government a man who can
be found in the front rank of progress,
when it comes to public improvements.
The Leader would like to hear from
any of our readers on this line of im¬
provements.
Musical Treat.
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, under di¬
rection of Mrs. Tebeau, will be pre¬
sented the “Gipsey Girls,” which con¬
sists of choruses, solos, etc., sung by
girls attired in brilliant costumes. The
stage will represent a Gipsey eamp with
tent, camp-fire, woodland scenery, etc.,
and will be very realistic, interspersed
will be vocal duets and solos, with cor¬
net, violin and piano music. The “Gip¬
sey Girls” will be represented by about
thirty of Fitzgerald’s popular, winsome
lasses. If you do not know that Fitz¬
gerald possesses a great deal of vocal
talent attend the Gipsey Girls and be
convinced. The next evening, Thurs¬
day 23, there will be a concert given by
Miss Bidwell, Mr. Bucher and Mrs. Te¬
beau, assisted by others, whose names
appear on the program. Admission
25c; reserved seats 35c each evening.
Reserved seats can be secured at Josey’s
Drug Store and Gelder’s Book Store.
PROGRAM.
Overture..............................Orchestra
Piano solo, “L'ngariscbe Fantasie"—Liszt—
Miss Bidwell.
Vocal duett, “Italian Serenade”—Berdan—
Mrs. Tebeau and Miss Bidwell.
Cornet solo, “Favorite”—J. Hartman—E. A.
Bucher.
Reading. “The Chariot Race.”—Miss Bidwell.
Vocal solo, “La Fari'alctta’’—Jane Torry—
Mrs. Tebeau.
Violin duett “L’At'ricaine Potpourri”—E. Bidwell.
Mack—Master and Miss
Quartette, “Come, Fairy Moonlight”—W. 3.
Thompson—Mesdames Tebeau and Paulk.
Dr. Stalker and Herbert Graves
Violin solo, “Seventh Air Varied"—De Beriot
—Miss Bidwell.
Musical Glasses, “Mocking Bird and Home
Sweet Home”—Mrs. Tebeau.
Overture..............................Orchestra.
From the Klondike Lyre.
Dawson Pettibone lias finished his
new well in the rear of his kitchen. It
now has eleven feet of ice water in it,
and he has washed over $75,000 in gold
dust from the dirt taken out.
Bill Jacobs made a pretty good strike
on the Little Juniper this week. He
struck plenty of gold at a depth of
three feet, but as the lumps were too
big to carry, he closed up the hole and
staked another claim farther up the
creek.
The high wind yesterday raised con¬
siderable dust. Jake Lukenbill, who
was out on the Eldorado road with his
team, says he was nearly blinded by it.
When he came home he coughed up
$73.8!. One of our greatest needs is
street sprinkling.
While Ike Sigman, the esteemed pro¬
prietor of the Big Strike saloon, was
fishing in the river yesterday, his boat
struck a snag; it proved to be a 000-
pound nugget. He will have it taken
out and use it as a horse block in front
of his place. Ike is always bound to
have the best that is going.
Our esteemed townsman, Bud Gravel,
placed upon our desk yesterday a hand¬
somely shaped nugget; it weighed
twenty-seven pounds. We have cred¬
ited him with three months subscrip¬
tion to the Lyre. We are please to see
that Mr. Gravel, who is one of our best
citizens, is doing well. He is one of a
who expect to buy a quart of
whisky on Saturday night.
Teachers’ Association.
The Irwin county teachers’ associa¬
tion will meet at Fitzgerald, October
2, 1897.
proquam-2 O’CLOCK I*. SI.
1. Roll call, answered by quotations from
Lowell.
2. Music—Miss Stewart.
11. “Origin and Growth of School Fund”—M.
Dickson.
4. Soug—Miss Edith Carpenter.
5. “Am 1 a Teacher?”—Miss Chovin.
(i. Discussion—Miss Ora Welch.
7. Music—Miss Harrington. the
8. "The What Spiritof it?—Professor limes'” McIntosh.
(a) is
(b) How has it been felt in the development
of the educational system of this coun¬
try—Miss Emma Welch.
9. Music—Miss Bidwell and Mr. Bucher.
Mas. Ellers, 1
Miss Daisy Gardner, >Com.
Isidore Geldehs, I
Notice of Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the Fitz¬
gerald driving association on Saturday,
Sept. 18, 1897, at 3 p. m., for the pur¬
pose of electing officers for the ensuing
year, and the transaction of such other
business as may come before the associ¬
ation. A large attendance is desired.
The meeting will be held at The
Leader office, on the date and hour
above named.
J. G. Knapp, Secretary.
J. A. Phillips, President.
Attention, Voters!
There is one matter which we espe¬
cially desire to call the attention of the
voters of this county who formerly re¬
sided in the northern states, and that is
the necessity of registration on the days
appointed for their respective districts,
if they desire to vote at the county-
site removal election to be held on
October 21, 1897. We fear that some
of opr readers may lose their vote by
not having a clear understanding of
the situation. On several occasions
we have met colonists who did not
seem to realize that when they re¬
moved to Georgia that they began liv¬
ing under different laws in some re¬
spects than those under which they
formerly lived. Under the laws of
Georgia no person can vote who is not
registered. No person can register
except by complying with the provis¬
ions of the Georgia law. Don’t make
the mistake of thinking that you can
neglect registration and on election
day “ swear in ” your vote. Such a
process is not recognized by Georgia
statutes, and if any voter foolishly
neglects to register he will not be
allowed to vote under any circum¬
stances. What you may think about
the wisdom of the law will not make
any difference ; the managers of the
election will be governed by Georgia
law and nothing else. The colonists
are located principally in four dis¬
tricts, viz : Minnie, Dorminey’s Mill,
Irwinville and Fitzgerald. Those in
the Minnie District should go to Min¬
nie store, Monday, Sept. 30th, to reg¬
ister ; those in Dorminey’s Mill will be
given an opportunity to register at the
court house grounds, near the mill,
Tuesday, Sept. 21st, while those in the
Fitzgerald district will be given a
chance to register on Wednesday and
Thursday, September 22d and 23rd.
Those in the Irwinville district can
register from now until Sept. 27th at
Irwinville court house.
RAILROAD IS COMING.
The Extension of the Wadley and Mount
Vernon Road Assured.
Arrangements are being made for the
extension of the Wadley and Mount
Vernon railroad from Rixville to Fitz¬
gerald, a distance of seventy-five miles.
An instrument of writing was filed in
the clerk’s office Tuesday by the road’s
secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. D. Ty-
sor, iD favor of the Central 'Trust Com¬
pany, of New York, which will take
seven hundred and fitly gold bonds at
the value of one thousand dollars each,
making a total bonded indebtedness of
seven hundred and fifty thousand dol¬
lars.
The cost of construction, as stipulated
in the mortgage contract, is not to ex¬
ceed $7,500 per mile.
The road will traverse a good section
of country and will doubtless prove a
paying investment, aside from the ad¬
vantages in opening up a new and fer¬
tile section of virgin soil, splendid tim¬
ber, etc.
McRae is about on a direct line be¬
tween the two points, and if our people
will offer the necessary inducements it
may be induced to come through here ;
otherwise a good opportunity to develop
this immediate section will be lost.—
McRae (Ga - ) Yeoman.
From private communication The
Leader learns that the bonds have
been sold for the construction of the
road, and that as soon as the necessary
preliminary arrangements are perfected
the work on the road will begin. The
opening up of the country between this
city and Rixville, will no doubt be the
means of settling up the entire line
with a large number of first-class set¬
tlers. With the extension of this road
and the building of the road from Nich¬
ols (the Waycross Air line) to Fitzger¬
ald, and the extension of the road to
Fort Valley, will give Fitzgerald rail¬
road facilities second to no city in the
State.
The first grand ball of the season will
be the second annual fireman's ball to be
given at G. A. R. hall, Friday evening,
Sept. 24, 1897. Grand march at 8 p. m.
Music will be furnished by Taylor’s
Orchestra. Refreshments of aLL kind
will be served. Everybody invited and
a good time guaranteed. The proceeds
of the ball to be used to uniform our
fire laddies. On with the dance, let joy
be unconfined. Admission to hall and
dance, 50 cents; to the hall 15 cents.
Have Ricker take a view of your
tract and buildings now while the
foliage is green and send them North.
You can do no better advertising for
the colony and yourself.
Notice to Tax Payers.
All city taxes for the year 1897
must be paid in full by October 1st,
1896. Interested parties will please
take notice. Pay your taxes and
avoid the penalty.
II. II. Kabrich, City Clerk.
Sealed Bids.
Sealed bids will be received at the
mayor’s office, Fitzgerald, Ga., until 6
o’clock p. m., October 4, 1897, for the
construction of an artesian well ac¬
cording to specification on file in the
mayor’s office.
C. C. Goodnow, Mayor.
Sept. 16, 1897
