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The Fitzgerald Leader
Established. 1896.
VOL. II.
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Suits Made To Order
You can have a Suit of Clothes made to lit
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 ready¬
made suits where the assortment is so small in
suits that will lit you. Our Fall and Winter
Samples and Fashion Plates 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,
FRED L. BIGHAM,
Contractor # Builder.
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice.
Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia.
.GET Our prices on all classes
of Job work.
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.”
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1897.
County Field Workers.
I have visited twenty-five Sunday
schools, eighteen of them have ex¬
pressed a desire to join our coun¬
ty union. The denominations
represented are Methodist Episcopal
1, the United Brethren 2, Methodist
Episcopal south 4, Baptist 4, Presby¬
terian 1, Christian 1, Lutheran 1,
Union Sunday schools 7, Christian
Science l, Seventh Day Adventists 1.
I made the acquaintance of one Meth¬
odist Episcopal minister, three United
Brethren, four M. E. south, eight Bap¬
tist, one Christian, one Lutheran, one
Primitive Baptist, one promiscuous
preacher, one Salvation Army captain,
all of which are in the Master’s ser¬
vice. I helped to reorganize two Sun¬
day schools. I gave sterescopic lec¬
turers. I received by way of free will
offerings from Rev. Register 25 cents;
from Little River Baptist association
50 cents. Sunday school rally assem¬
bled at New Mount Zion church 50
cents; New Prospect Sunday school
72 cents. 1 bought some confection¬
ary and run a stand by the help of
some of our Sunday school boyys at
our May picnic, with a net profit of
$2.40, total, $3.97, all of which I spent
in the Sunday school work from time
to time as I thought best. I attended
five Sunday school conventions, one
Sunday school rally, one childrens’
day exercise, two Sunday school pic¬
nics. I have visited at least one
Sunday school per week, and some
times three, and many Sundays, too.
I have heard sermons preached from
twenty-six different preachers of seven
different denominations, beside one
from uncertain denomination. I find
that Big Creek Sunday school has sus¬
pended their school for a time on ac¬
count of so many big meetings going
on. Also that Prospect school lias
suspended for some cause. Mason
school was using a private house, but
the owner wanted it, so the school had
to suspend until they can build a
ehurchj which job is already on foot.
As a general thing the Sunday schools
are on the advance. One school, O.ti
Field, has very materially helped to
build a church house. In another
place they have had a grand revival of
religion, and 1 believe the teachers
were very powerful instruments in
God’s hand to bring it about. The re¬
sult was, twenty-two converts. One
school I helped to organize (Sidney
Grove) an April 18th, with 54 present;
has had a general average of fifty-two;
pretty good for a country school. The
superintendent goes from town every
Sunday, a distance of nearly four
miles. At country schools they have
preaching at an average of two Sun¬
days eacli month. All of the religious
services are conducted in the English
language. All are having Christ for
tlieir standard bearer except one.
They teach that Christ is not divine.
In the twenty-five Sunday schools that
I visited, by counting, the largest
number of people, old and young, at
any one session I find there is ten
hundred and ninety-eight in all. In
our ten city Sunday schools they have
four hundred and sixty-nine people.
In the city public schools they have
two hundred and sixty-three pupils of
school age. Taking into account the
percent of Sunday school scholars that
are over school age, we feel that a
large part of our children are in the
Sunday school. I set aside the Old
Field and Wolf Pit Sunday schools to
form what will be known as the sec¬
ond Sunday school district. They held
their first convention at the Wolf Pit
tabernacle on September 19, ’97. They
will hold three conventions per year,
on the - Sunday in September,
January and May. I also set aside
New Mount Zion, New Prospect,
Shiney Groye and Arbor Sunday
schools into what will be known as
district No. 3. They held tlieir first
convention at the New Prospect
church on the 26th of September.
They will hold their conventions on
the first Sunday in October, February
and June. Mr. and Mrs. S. 1). Raynor,
Misses Ethel, Tsie and Mary Morris,
Mr. S. Robitzsch, J. A. Tomberlain
and S. S. Goff have gave me valuable
assistance in my field work, also many
others. Thanks to many of our busi¬
ness men, not forgetting the press of
our city.
And now I make my bow to the pa¬
tient reader and bid them adieu as a
Sunday school field worker, but will
stand before them to receive their
criticism, and I hope for their assist
mice »s Simdey scliool historian for
our colony under the auspices of the
old settlers’ association. Any one
having any data or material of other
interest they want published in our
first volume, which will be out near
the end of the year, will please send
or bring it to me and receive my
Yours truly,
C. J. Estey,
Sunday School Historian for Colony.
The Little American Citizen.
Atlanta Constitution.
Among the little colony of distin¬
guished Cubans at present at the Le-
land hotel, is a bright-eyed baby boy
of nine months, whose jet black eyes
(sparkle with intelligence when he is
called Georgia. His appearance in
the hotel parlors brings about caress¬
ing exclamations and the Cubans in¬
troduce liira with pride as “our little
American citizen.” The history of
his still young life brings out a story
that illustrates the many sorrows in
separation that at present possess the
Cuban people.
The “little American citizen” is the
only child of General and Madame
La Nousa, distinguished Cubans, and
while the general endured exile at
Cuesta, a Spanish prison retreat in
Africa, his wife, a beautiful Spanish
woman, sought temporary retreat in
Georgia.
The general's exile is but the repe¬
tition of many such unique actions on
the part of the Spanish government
in Cuba. lie occupied a position of
trust and responsibility, being a man
of intellect and distinguished ability.
About fifteen months ago certain doc¬
uments of a suspicious nature, and
presumably placed there by an enemy,
were found in bis apartments and be
was subsequently exiled to Cuesta.
Ilis charming young wife soon after
left Cuba and lor her health came to
Gainesville, Ga. It was there, six
months after his father’s exile, the
“little American citizen” was born,
lie was called “Georgia” in honor of
bis adopted retreat, and has since
been known among bis mother’s
friends by manytermsof endearment,
but none that seem more expressiye
than that of the “little American citi¬
zen.” Since coming to Atlanta a pic¬
ture of him has been taken that his
father in far away Africa may see the
face of the little boy who may call the
name of “papa” before he ever sees
him.
Madame La Nousa has lived in great
retirement since coming here, seldom
appearing in the little gatherings of
her Cuban friends, but last week a
great change came over her sad face
for the last few days she has appeared
the picture of happiness playing with
her baby boy, and telling him in the
soft Spanish language that “papa is
coming borne.” A cablegram reached
her some days ago announcing that
the release from prison of her husband
had been ordered and subsequent let¬
ters led her to believe that the voyage
home might be accomplished by some
time in November. In that case Gen¬
eral I,a Nousa will join his wife and
child in Atlanta and receive a patri¬
otic welcome from the Cuban colony
here and their sympathetic Georgia
friends.
“Lord Beresford” figures once more
in this country—and now lie is said to
be on his way to England. This time
Beresford or Lascelles turns up in a
New England town under the name
Lancaster. He was just now
in engineering a huge “Klon-
scheme, hut he did not find the
as susceptible to his blan¬
as were the southerners, and,
make matters worse, a Fitzgerald
met and recognized him in his
home. And now the dashing
lord is said to be fast putting the
between himself and his many
“friends.” Johnathan
Sid, and he should have staid
with us a while longer.—Eastman
Why Go to Atlanta
To have your eyes fitted with glasses?
You can stive fare, time and money by
calling at Baldwins, the Eye Special¬
ist, who is a graduate optician. Re¬
member, he can examine eyes in any
of the ways known to modern times;
has n room especially for this, Also
the best place in the city to buy jew-
elery. First-class repairing done. If
your watch fails to keep time bring it
in, will put it in good order and guar¬
antee it—Try it.
O. 8. Baldwin, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Two doors east of postoffice. gr.xt 4l
H, ", <4 / ;Editorr-and Publishers.
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NO. 43.
1 81111 and ALBERTA PEACH TREES, f
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# I wish to inform the good people of Fitzgerald and *
t^« vicinity that they do not have to go to another town to get ^
* Snead and Alberta Peach Trees. sk
0 as I will have a full stock on sale and will guarantee that
they arc not infected with the San Jose scale. We have
A* in stock everything us SP5' a first-class Nursery,
/V Office and sale yard South Main set, Fitzgerald, Ga.
It # FITZGERALD NURSERY*
E. M. WINSLOW, Nanager.
##*?£##### H' ^ sfs
Headquarters For
pure ©rugs,
Goodman’s New Drug Store,
Cor. Pine and Grant Street.
Everything Patent Medicines. Fresh and Prescriptions New with a Full Line of
Compounded.
Sf FRANK S. HARDER, President. WM. R. BOWEN, Cashier.
$The Colony Bank|
m BAUDER & BOWEN,
Bankers.
‘flipr ^Northern This hank is now open ami doing a General Banking business . Vie ore
Exchange and Pension Checks at Par#
gL When deposited by our customers. We issue Exchange on New York, Snvan-
pT Y nab, Macon, orders. Darien and Cordele at one-halt' the rates charged bv postoffice
jX mone>
We lend money on high class security, never charging overeight percent,
per annum.
KpL Jb and Ourrates Louisville and banks. banking In rules other and words, customs give aro the the same business as those of of Atlanta Fitzger- *TT
we men
&$£ aid the same banking rates and privileges from the start that it took the mer- gSaf
chants of Atlanta and Memphis twenty years to get. Lack of competition X,
"’ill never cause us to take any advantage of the colonists.
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* A Full Line of Drugs, Patent Med¬
.♦ icines of all kinds, Druggists’ Sun- *
* dries, Etc., Etc. m
Toilet Soaps and Fine Perfumery. *
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4 The Finest Soda Fountain in Wire-
i grass Georgia. Prescriptions Com¬ m
pounded Day or Night. m m
I T he -Josey Drag Co. * 4
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South Grant, Fitzgerald, Ga. 4
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(roods, it is asked us why we sell nearly all the Sash and Doors that are sold in the x
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but we occasionally have a customer who has heard that puttv does not stick so
(S’ ® well to yellow pine sash as white pine, (which, under our system of preparing the -
sash, we are prepared to contradict by a iruarantee it will), and for this class of rns- -
X tomers we will hereafter bo prepared to (five them estimates on White Pine (roods for x
J* Jr quick we are delivery. headquarters While for we Brick aro at and it that we desire it to but call your few months attention to the fact that 2 ...
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X % per titles 1.030, at very We are much now lower maintaining fl'knre a We yard also price on 1.000 larpo brick at *?.00. and in quan- f
a carry a stock of Bias-., and will x
X bo pleased, on short notioe. to make estimates on Plate and Window Glass for store f
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