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The CL N o m r o Leader.
^stablislied. 1896.
. VOL. II.
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complete in every department. Never
before have the people of Fitzgerald ±
and country seen a more from complete which or *
better selected stock to
make their purchases.
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goods cheaper than ever before. It is vt/
our constant aim each season to better
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si I t pared to serve you than ever before.
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popular this season for Shirt Waists. i
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out' g season on Black and Colored Wool
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assortment more nothwithstanding complete and prices the sk
cheaper high tariff than will ever, surely make goods of S§*
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We carry the largest and best stock ^
Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Shoes ever 3§*
seen in Southern Georgia. We sell the jp
finest Ladies Kid Button Shoe in the
city for $3.00. Why pay $4.00 and &
$5.00 elsewhere and get no better?
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in omraI Avenue, near the Colony Bank. Reasonable storage rates charged on
Hay. Grain, Provisions ami all kinds of merchandise. Car-load lots a specialty.
is fire-proof and patrons are guaranteed against loss by fire.
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“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLEJ.”
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1897.
All Klondikers who come back are
lucky. Those who fail to catch the
last train are all unlucky.
The theory of a French physician
that love is a disease is not unreason¬
able. People have been known to
grow sick merely at the sight of two
young persons under its influence.
Under the German compulsory in¬
surance law 18,389,000 persons were
insured last year, and the total cost of
the system was $13,400,000. The in¬
surance is wholly for small amounts
and is for working people exclusively.
Last week B. F. Raney purchased
800 acres of land in Invin county a
good farm included, at the Mrs. Pru¬
dence Porter sale, the price paid being
$150. There are fishing lakes and
good hammock land included in the
tract, and the purchase will certainly
prove a paying one to Mr. Raney.—
Ashbuni Advance.
Republicanism progresses. Gen¬
eral Harrison, it will be remembered,
modestly claimed that the Lord had
assisted in liis election to the presi¬
dency. Now comes Hanna, in a
speech at Benton, O., and proclaims
without qualification that the Lord is
a republican. No further counties
need to be heard from, apparently.
A railroad company lias been organ¬
ized and incorporated in Kansas for
the purpose of building a railroad
from Savannah, Ga., to San Diego,
Cal., and another road ‘from some
point in North Dakota to Honduras.
Fitzgerald cheerfully concedes that
the promoter of these lines is entitled
to the leather medal.
There was never a rise in tiie price
of grain in this country that was so
beneficial to the farmers and of so lit¬
tle advantage to the speculators and
grain gamblers as the rise of this year.
It came while the crop was still un¬
sold, and the few speculators who got
rich did so at the expense of other
speculators^_
The largest shipload of grain that
was ever cleared from the pert of New
Orleans was carried out the other day
by the British steamship American.
The cargo comprised 228,800 bushels
and 1,000 sacks of corn, 64,000 bush¬
els of wheat, 2,899 sacks of cotton
seed meal and 200 bales of cotton.
Tills lias been exceeded only by the
cargo carried out of Baltimore a few
weeks ago, consisting of 325,000 bush-
bushels of grain.
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Some wise men went to
California in 1849;
Colorado in 1859; *
Montana in 1864;
Black Hills ill 1873;
Klondike in 1897;
but more wise men will come to Irwin
county during the near future than
went to all the western mining dis¬
tricts com bined.
The cables brings the news that a
son and heir lias been born to the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, at
their ducal palace in London. The
Duchess of Marlborough was Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt. So it comes
about that the child of an English no¬
bleman and an American heiress may
fall heir to one of the proudest titles
in all England. What more can
Yankee money want?—Atlanta Jour¬
nal.
From the Northwest to the Southeast.
Only a few years ago it was quite
uncommon to hear of people from
northwest of tiie Ohio river going into
the South. The country immediately
south of the Ohio was extremely for¬
eign to them, let alone that territory
east of the mountains and south of
the Tennessee. What a Wonderful
change has been brought about!
Iu nearly every section of the South
we find planted and rooted that people
who had enterprise enough to break
away from a section of Country prac¬
tically at a standstill. They are but
the first of a large and important
movement; this season of 1897--99
thousands will go from the northwest
to the southeast; next season more
will follow, and the movement will
continue until our ljuids will all be
taken up, improved and enhanced in
value, our towns will be cities, and
every avenue in the South will teem
with a contented’ and a prosperous
people. A few years' ago those peo¬
ple would leave the northwest during
the winter months, many of them go-
to California. Now a large raa-
them are coming southeast for
ulie winter. We suggest they come
stay permanently with us; the
is the best “all-the-year-round
We are in position *to lo¬
them for the summer, winter or
ail time to come. Reader, can we serve
If not, give your friends our ad¬
we believe you have some
friends who should locate with us.
The County Seat Question.
Very little is said by our people on
the county site removal election. We
feel that we are in the hands of the
and that the farmers are our
friends and we have no fears as tp
their deciding this matter light. Like
Commissioner Henderson, whose glow¬
ing eulogy of our city and its people,
is reproduced on another page, the
farmers realize the advantages of hav¬
ing a good town in the county, and as¬
surances reach us every day that all is
well with Fitzgerald in the country
precincts.
We abuse no man or place, and in
this fight are relying solely on the
merits of our case and the efforts of
our farmer friends. The cry of high
taxes is being effectually silenced.
The farmers of old Invin are a think¬
ing lot of men and they know enough
of their own laws to know that we
colonists have absolutely nothing to
say about the rate of tax levy.
The tax levy is usually recommend¬
ed by the grand jury, and is fixed by
the county commissioner. The com¬
missioner is elected by the grand jury
and the grand jury, in turn, is se¬
lected by the iudge of the superior
court.
Fitzgerald will donate $10,000 to¬
ward building a new court house; if
more money is spent than that sum
for the building, the responsibility will (
rest entirely with commissioner Hen¬
derson.
Growth of the South.
Imposing as had been the progress
from 1879 to 1880, the growth of the
South from 1880 to 1890 is still more
remarkable. According to the statis¬
tics quoted by General Jau.es Long-
street in a speech at Augusta, Ga., on
tiie ninth day of March, be said: “Be¬
tween 1880 and 1890 the true valua¬
tion (not the assessed valuation) of
real and personal property in the
South increased from $7,641,500,000
to Sll,534,000,000—a gain of $3,800,-
000,000, or 50 per cent., while the
New England and Middle States com¬
bined gained only $3,900,000, or an in¬
crease of only 22 per cent, The value
of farm property in the South in 1880
was $2,314,000,000; in 1890, $3,182,-
000,000—a gain of 37 per cent. The
increase in farm values in all other
sections was about 30 per cent. In
1880 the South hod $257,244,000 in¬
vested in manufacturing. In 1890 she
$657,288,000—a gain of 156 per
while the gain of the entire coun¬
try was about 121 percent. The value
the manufactured products of the
in 1880 was $457,454,000. In
1890 it was $917,589,000—a gain of
100 per cent. In 1880 the factory
hands in the South received $75,917,-
in wages. In 1890 they received
In 1880 the South hud
in cotton manufacturing $21
in 1890,$61,100,000. and now
$120,000,000. In 1880 the South
had $3,500,000 invested in the cotton¬
oil industry. It has now more
$30,000,000 so invested. The
mileage of the South has been
since 1880 more than 25,000
at a cost in building new roads
in the improvement of old ones of
one billioil dollars. In 1880 the
made 897,000 tons of pig iron.
1895 it made 1.702,088 tons. In
the South’s output of coal was
tons. At present it is at the
of 30,000,000 tons per year.”
Notice. Read Very CareftTlly.
A rigid and thorough inspection of
colony lands, including city lots and
tracts, will be commenced on Octo¬
1, f897, and all such as have cot
been improved as required by the
of colony directors, will be de¬
forfeited and the allotments on
cancelled. No extensions, ex¬
or trades will be granted or
until after the auction sale on No¬
18tfe next. By order of the j
of colony directors.
D. C. Welch, Superintendent.
B. F. KNAPP, | Editor?and Publishers;
J. G. KNAPP, f
NO. 39.
A GOOD STORY
mu bear remiss i
k*. V story that tells people
where and how to save
s 'M money by buyimg New
Goods at Low Prices. In
«i = fact a story that never gets
old. My story today, and
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especially on
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A magnificent new line of
Dress Goods will be sold at
a bargain, viz:
W§ Dress Plaids from 8 to 10c per yd
22 in. Brilliantine 10 to 12c pr yd
38 in Brilliantine 25 to 30c “
Suitings from 8 to 12c per yd.
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m Ladies’ $1.25 Shoes for 75c.
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Cheapest on the Market I
'I' The Hustling Dry-Goods Dealer.
Cor. Pine and Grant.
Suits Made To Order.
You can have a Suit of Clothes made to fit
yoc 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 read} T-
made suits where the assortment is so small in
suits that will fit you. Our Fall and Winter
Samples and Fashion Flates are now in, and we
are daily taking measures for suits and supply¬
ing our many customers who are acquainted
with our work. We are practical tailors and
know just how to take a measure to insure a
perfect fitting suit, which is the most important
thing in the business. We have made thousands
of suits and never had one left on our hands on
account of a misfit. Prices range from $12 to
$20 and higher, if you desire. Please call and
examine samples.
D. C. MCCOLLUM,
Pine Avenue.
Fitzgerald Bottling Works,
North Grant St. All orders will receive prompt attention
CLIN S. McCOY
