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The Fitzgerald Leader Established. 1896. VOL. II. II 00000000000000000 While Talking II 00 a COURT HOUSE, « 00 Don’t Forget To Mention That 00 FRED J. CLARK 00 ft 00 Is out to Sell every Voter the 00 jjflBost ©00&8g 00 He ever did get for 00 00 00 Money, gg 00 And Quotes a Few Prices: Bed $1.50 to $8.00. 00 Mattress $1.75 to $6.00. 00 Chairs $40c to $2.50 each. 00 Ex. Tables, 6 ft., beauties, $4.38. 00 ■t J 10 fljattm? of all Kinds. 00 00 f WARDROBES, BUREAUS, 00 00 And everything to be found 00 H-'. Km 00 in b' in a First-Class Furniture • , a? Store. •&0 00 || Fred J. Clark, || 1 0 Pltaaxorald Block, j «: 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. J. C . V NO. 43. 1 81111 and ALBERTA PEACH TREES, f * # 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. * * 4 — T,ie I • $ rV $ 4 — 4 * A Full Line of Drugs, Patent Med¬ .♦ icines of all kinds, Druggists’ Sun- * * dries, Etc., Etc. m Toilet Soaps and Fine Perfumery. * | 4 4 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 4 South Grant, Fitzgerald, Ga. 4 4 ^ ♦ •f T. W. HAYDE, <•> 4 DEALER IN 0 <s> <♦> A 9 9 9 9 <S> •«> | Mouldings, Brick, Lime, Cement, Etc. <»> On after this x A and date we will take orders for White Pine Sash and Hoorn for quick <J> and prompt delivery. We guarantee to moet oompotlon in both price and quality of x (roods, it is asked us why we sell nearly all the Sash and Doors that are sold in the x <§> o (rind city, to and believe our answer the people is that realize ns we the carry importanceof strictly home protecting manufactured home poods. industries We and are f <?> thereby keep the money nt home, which is irreat benefit <8> X a to our county and State; 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 ... was a afro that we com- T X menced sellinir brick, at vi Inch time a poor quality of brick was sellintr here at f 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 4 Jr fronts. Remember our location on & Y | Centra! Av., Opposite the New Cotton Warehouse. <§>