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=X2 tm prj «=> Christian Science. Services school every 11:80, Sunday Sunday morning eveningsorvioes 10:30: Sun¬ day 7:30, of and and Lee street. at corner Pine avenue A cordial invitation Is extended to all of what¬ ever creed or calling. WEATHER REPORT. At Government Observation and Signal Sta¬ tion—Forcast of Weather Each A. M. • and Cover the Following 30 Hours. Ireported expressly for the leader by DR. COR ,1 For the week ending Wednesday noon, Oc¬ tober 87, 1807: Temperature. Mu In- Pro'v'g DAYS. fall. wind. _fl A H 12 M. 7pm Wednesday. 68 Thursday. 53 oh i,:, no . Friday...... 5# 74 65 no Saturday.. ..I ne Sunday.... 4i; 52 Monday... <4 i,. 40 no Tuesday.... 41 63 68 Wednesday. 48 58 Total rain fall, none. hours. Sun obscured by clouds 00 credited to Rainfall measured at 6 a. m. and the preceding day. CITY AND COUNTY. The legislature of Georgia convened at Atlanta last Wednesday. The O Silly News, monkey-like, con¬ tinues to make faces at The Leader. A. W. Reynolds and wife are ex¬ pected home from Nashville next week. Tax Collector Paulk is here on his first round for the purpose of collecting taxes. _____ these The city is full of strangers days, and eyery indication of a boomiDg fall and winter.__ Clerk Paulk came over from Irwin- ville last Tuesday. This office was fa¬ vored with a short call. Dr. G. B. White has a force of Car¬ penters at work remodeling his resi¬ dence on W. Pine street. Mrs. Finber, of Brunswick, is here visiting her brother Mr. T. S. Price and wife, on S. Lee street. A native farmer, near town, left with us a few days ago a stalk of long cotton that measured 15 feet in heightb. In the race to the cemetery typhoid fever can give Y r ellow Jack the pole and several laps and then win the race with ease. _______ Ben Drew, living near Mystic, was a visitor to Fitzgerald last Monday and became a subscriber to this family paper. ___ The telephone company put in new phones at Thompson & Co., Magic city grocery and Wright’s carriage factory this week. ___ We are always glad to have our friends from the country drop in and see us when in town. They are al- ways welcome. Sheriff Bob Handley has made Irwin county an efficient and faithful officer. The voters will see to it that he is le- tained^next yean__ Henderson, Irwin coun¬ Hon. J. A. J. ty’s representative in the legislature, left Tuesday for Atlanta to be on hand on the opening day. Attorney W. F. Way left on Wednes¬ day evening for Montgomery county, where he goes to attend court. He will return Saturday. Commissioner M. Henderson was in the city Wednesday, but from some cause or other failed to pull The Lead- ER latch string. This won’t do, Nas. The livery barn of Gray Bros, on the lot in the rear of Skumway’s store is being moved to the corner of Magnolia avenue and Sherman street, this week. A number of our carpenters left Wednesday for Sylvester, where they have a month’s job. Among the num¬ ber going were Siegel Smith and Geo. Moore. _____ The Leader building will be en¬ tirely remodeled this week by having new siding and ceiling put on. It will also receive a coat of paint and other¬ wise improved. Superior court convenes at Irwinville next Monday, with Judge C. C. Smith presiding, From present indications the grand jury will be kept busy on Fitzgerald cases. Henry Gates, a colony member who resides on 10-acre tract No. 2237, left at The Leader office last Saturday, a magnificent stalk of long staple cotton. One limb contained 32 bolls. Martin Lowry, a resident of Fitzger¬ ald since the days of “Midway,” left on Wednesday for his old home at South Bend, Ind., where he will visit a few weeks. Mr. L owry is 77 years of age. Phil Harris returned from Dothan, Ala., last Tuesday, where he went to see his father who had received injur¬ ies in a saw mill. He reports his father- resting easily and will soon be around again. __ The following marriage licenses were issued the past week: Ben Taylor and Viola 'Plummer, (col.), Webster Simmons and Amanda Lucus, (col.), Geo. Tomberlin and Faith Luke,— Irwinville Disp atch. From present indications there will be plenty of timber to select from for the new aldermen to be elected at the coming city election in December. The retiring officers will be Aldermen Miller, Buice, Brunner, White and SCDtt. After Irwinville is incorporated we will bet a cookie that in a year’s time will be bigger than Mystic or Ocilla. Irwinville has some good citizens and Leader stands ready to help the seat town. Mr. Fitzgerald ljft last Saturday for via of Atlanta, where he to meet the owners of the La Paloma cigar factory and make the necessary arrangements to move here. Mr. Perry Holland accompanied him. Sunday night is the reported time gates to leave their resting places, wagons and buggies to find a new home on top of some house, and many other things to happen, as it is Hal- Keep your eye on your gates. J. C. Buckley and wife, of Willow Branch, Ind., father and motherof Mrs. C. M. Wiso, arrived last week to re¬ main all winter. They are improving their beautiful 5-acre tract No. 1348, preparatory to making it their future home. _ J. G. Knapp, of The Leader, will be Irwinville next week during the ses¬ sion of the superior court, where he will be glad to meetour county patrons of this paper. Those who are in ar¬ rears to The Leader will find this a good time to pay up. O. H. Johnson, who has been con¬ ducting the stationery store of L. F. Thompson on Pine avenue, has severed his connection and accepted a position with Brownlee & Thompson, the mill men, as book-keeper. His position here has been filled by Bert Frey. Croup Bros.’ saw mill, one mile south of town, burned to the ground last Tues¬ day at noon, The fire started from a slab pile while everybody was at din- ner. The loss was about $400, with no insurance. They expect to have a new mill running in a few weeks. Chas. A. DeLang, after spending ten days at Chicago, on a visit, returned home to Fitzgerald last Saturday even¬ ing. He was accompanied by his father who will spend the winter with him Charley reports times still dull, but some better than two years ago. Next Monday is the day that The Leader’s handsome and accommo¬ dating collector will make his regular monthly visit to the business men. We trust all outstanding accounts will be settled, and that we may all start out with no debts after the 1st. Try it. Becker, the baker, is the proud pos¬ sessor of a nobby new delivery wagon, that for make and artistic finish, is far ahead of anything of its kind in town. The wagon was turned out by the D. W. Wright Co., Fitzgerald, Ga., and is a great advertisement for this home in¬ dustry. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bigham are re¬ joicing over the arrival of a bran new girl that made its appearance at their house last Saturday. The workmen the big hotel, of which Fred is fore- man, declare they are having a picnic owing to Fred being late every morn¬ ing and noon. _ Miss Ola Bidwell, Mrs. Tebeau and Mr. Ed Bucher returned Friday from Cordele, where they assisted Mrs. Ruth Scott Marco in her grand opening con¬ cert for the Marco Conservatory. Miss Bidwell has been engaged as in piano, organ and violin in the con¬ servatory. __ Capt. John Phillips purchased the belonging to Dr. Deniston and next to where he is erecting the big brick building on the corner of Pine and Grant streets last Thursday at a cost of $475. Mr. Phillips will now probably build three rooms facing on Pine street instead of two. I. M. Mallory informs us that the ex- cursion days have been continued through November, December and Jan- uary, on the 1st and 3d Tuesdays, and at present certificates of good health thould be obtained before starting. Mr. Mallory leaves Chicago next Tuesday eve. at 7 o’clock for Fitzgerajd. From a legal notice appearing on an¬ other page of The Leader it will be seen that Irwinville will be incorpor¬ ated. They will regulate the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors and do such other things as becomes a city. Success, boys, and may your fondest hopes be realized. Iu looking over the Marriage Records we notice the record of tho marriage of William Richey and Miss Katherine Llewelyn of Fitzgerald on Sept. 30th, 1897. Richey rather slipped up on the boys this time, we think as none of them were aware that he was married. It may be a little late, but we extend congratulations.—Irwinville Dispatch. Wonder how the Pennsylvania miner, who digs coal lor from 40 to 00 cents ton, would feel if he should come South Dakota and have to pay $0.50 $7 per ton for coal! Pretty cold, wouldn’t he?—Elkpoint Leader. should come to Fitzgerald where is plenty of wood and all he has to do is to buy an ax and cut it. Whenever you hear a man fault with his local paper, open it ten to one he hasn’t an in it; five to one he never gave it a of printing to do; evenmp that he does anyting in any way to assist publisher to run a good paper, forty to one that he is the most to see the paper when it comes out. Thos. Kay, the W. Ocraulgee street grocery man, left last Thursday for In¬ diana on a short visit. A letter from Mr. Reynolds at Nashville, says that Mr. Kay passed through there and re¬ quested him to write Mayor Goodnow for a health certificate for Mrs. Thos. Kay. Thomas, what does this mean? Mr. L. H. Gatlin says the report that he went to and vfted for Irwinville is a falsehood from beginning to end. Tbo voting list can be seen at Irwinville, and all interested can see same and sat¬ isfy themselves. Mr. Gatlin says the report is doing him a great injustice, and he defies the falsifyor who started the report to prove it. Sportsmen are getting ready for the hunting season. The woods are full of quail; more plentiful than for years, it is said. Tho law says quail, wheat birds and wild turkeys shall not be killed be¬ tween Marc i 15th and November 1st. Doves shall not be killed between March 1st and August 15th. Any per¬ son violating this law is liable to severe punishment. __ The communication signed “Fitzger- aldite” to be found on another page of The Leader, is the most leasable sug¬ gestion that has come to our notice for some time. How easy a cotton factory could be brought here if every citizen would take hold and make an effort in this direction. The Leader would be glad to hear from some more of our cit¬ izens on this line of thought. Ex-Sheriff Jesse Paulk, from the Ruby district, was in the city for a few days this week building up a few fences and looking after his chances for sheriff next year. There will be but one man elected next year, and that will be the genial “Bob” Handley, the present in¬ cumbent. “Bob” has made a model of¬ ficer and an excellent guardian of the peace. _ The members of the Baptist church have decided to build a new church, the old one being too small and not entirely comfortable. A series of delightful so¬ cials have been planned to assist in raising the necessary funds, and the first one was held at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Breese last week. After a delightful literary and musical pro¬ gram dainty refreshments were served to the large crowd in attendance. The Baptist ladies also served meals iu a vacant store on Grant street for three days during the week, and were well patronized. Roller skating under a new term- foot cycling—is to be revived in Chicago. The revival will be celebrated on a grand scale at Tatersall’s, Thursday, November 4, under the auspices of the Olympian club. The largest skating rink in the world will be inaugurated on that day. A large force of workmen is now engaged in building the floor and refitting the premises. When the artisans will have finished their work the building will be completely trans¬ formed into an immense cycle skating academy, complete in all departments and containing an area of more than 40,000 sauare feet. Mrs. T. S. Price, of Fitzgerald, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Price, jr., of Ocilla, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Price, sr., on Saturday and Sunday last. .... Mrs. E. L. Girdner, accompanied by her son, Edgar, and little grand¬ daughter, May Weeks, all of Poulan, left last Saturday morning for a visit to relatives in Burgen, Ky., and points in Indiana. The Local is glad to an- nounce that the machinery for the Poulan cotton factory has begun to ar¬ rive, five car loads having been re¬ ceived on last Tuesday morning and the work of putting it in place is being rapidly pushed forward, so that the hum of the loom will soon begin to make music in old Worth for the first time.—Sylvester Local. The Baud Concert. The first of a series of concerts to be given by the Fitzgerald Band was fairly well attended last Wednesday night. The program was well selected and the music all that could be desired. The band is composed of performers of undoubted ability in their particular line, and the citizens are justified in holding them in such high apprecia¬ tion. To praise one is to all, as har¬ mony is their strongest characteristic. The playing of Messrs. Bucher, Bos- worth, Netzley, Sanders, Pollard and Childs was, in fact, worthy of particu¬ lar mention. The character sketch rendered in a pick-up make-up was well received and the universal verdict, of those present, is that they consider themselves well repaid for their at¬ tendance. On Wednesday eve, Nov. 3, another concert will be given, the program for which is now under consideration and will be made up principally of vocal and instrumental selections by outside and home talent, interspersed with the comic and humorous. Following this, on Wednesday eve, Nov. 10, the boys will give an old-time minstrel performance. The money ac¬ cruing from the sale of tickets, etc., will be expended in the purchase of new uniforms, and it is to be hoped the citizens will respond liberally, thereby giving the band the encouragement and support they, by their worth, are so justly entitled to. Don’t forget the dates and do not fail to add your mito towards making our band recognized, as it should be—second to none in the State. The Official Vote. The following is the official vote by Districts. Fitzgerald Mystic...... Irwinville... Ocilla Total .. Dormineya Mill. 101 •— OtWKOOOcfec SiSsisaisi Fifth.. c by...... ville. 21 83 Mi o Fifth 154 *1 1 o 26 Oil 2 Total.......... 1455 jg 115 2515 The county seat question is settled for the time being and Irwlnville will re¬ the capital of Irwin county. Fitz¬ comes out of the battle with a smile in defeat, but with the encourag¬ facts and figures before us that we the county on a majority vote of In other words, out of a total vote 2,515, Fit/go raid received 1.455. The Leader and the people this paper rep¬ resents feel proud of the majority vote received last Thursday. It proves con¬ clusively {hat a majority of the voters of Irwin county are wi th Fitzgerald, With these facts before them, the people of Fitzgerald look forward with bright hope and cheer for the future. The people of Fitzgerald and their native friends well know they conducted a clean campaign, and our proud of the fact that they did not resort to intimi¬ dation, pistols and dirk-knives. Such methods will be continued in the future as in the past, as long as a certain num¬ ber of unscrupulous politicians are ma¬ nipulating affairs in Irwin county. Any man, or any set of men, who are dis¬ honest and unscrupulous in politics can be counted as dishonest and unscrupu¬ lous in every-day business affairs. An honest man will not resort to dishonest methods—even in politics. Take, for instance, a few individuals in Irwin county, who have been benefited to the extent of from $15,000 to $20,000 by the location of this colony in their midst, and the building of two lines of rail¬ road into and through the county, are the very men who would kiil the goose that has laid the golden egg. But the honest, law-abiding people of Irwin county well know that when another election is held a new set of county of¬ ficers will be elected to fill the places of those who have played the part of a Benedict Arnold, and who have en¬ couraged pistol tactics and dirk-knife politics in two voting precincts. The late election has demonstrated who are the friends of Fitzgerald, and hence the future is bright and we have no fear of defeat. Board of Education Proceedings. The board of education met as per ad¬ journment. All the members were pres¬ ent except Mr. Paulk. The minutes of the two last meetings were read and approved. The special committee on school houses, through the chairman, asked for and were granted more time in which to report. President Way informed the board that Mr. Fitzgerald had stated the col¬ ony company did not ask for rent for the school houses, pending the settlement between the city and the colony com¬ pany, and that he suggested the calling of an election for the purpose of voting bonds to purchase the said school houses and to settle the claim against the city. That he would guarantee to place the bonds at least at par in the city of In¬ dianapolis. Mr. Knapp moved that the board of education, as a whole, meet with the common council on Friday evening next at 7:30, and confer with said body con¬ cerning above question. Carried. Mr. Turner moved that the vote by which the board failed to allow the bills for cleaning the school houses, at their last meeting, be reconsidered. Motion prevailed. The secretary then moved that the bills be allowed. A yea and nay vote was called for and the same resulted as follows: Yea, Messrs. Grif¬ fey, Turner and Marston. Nay, Messrs. Knapp, Towne and Burch. The vote being a tie, President Way voted in the negative and declared the motion lost. Mr. Knapp moved that the vote by which the same was lost be reconsider¬ ed. Yea, Knapp, Towne and Burch. Nay, Griffey, Turner and Marston. The president voted in the negative, there¬ by breaking the tie and defeating the motion. The committee on finance reported favorably upon the following bills, and the same were voted upon and allowed by the board: Siegel Smith, repairing well and fixing 85 halliards 3d ward school................ 00 E. school.................................... Towne, one-halfdays work 3d ward Daily Citizen, printing notices, etc....... 7 5 00 07 C. 15. Lee, printing and stationery....... I. Oelders, supplies........................ . .. Col. Burch moved that the clerk be instructed to advertise in the official paper of the city for bids for 35 cords of woods 24 inches in length, and 15 cords of wood 16 inches in length. Motion prevailed. The chairman of the committee on supplies was instructed to purchase a stoye for use in colored school. The clerk of the board was, on mo¬ tion, ordered to furnish a certified copy of the proceedings of each ffieeting to the official paper of the city for publi¬ cation without cost the city. It was moved that the clerk be in¬ structed to label all the library books city. belonging to the schools of adjourned." the Carried. The board then W. H. Marston, Sec’y. W. F. Way, President. Repeal of City Charter. As will be seen from the published legal notice to be found on another page, a bill will be Presented by Rev. J. H. Stoney, president, and W. W. Breeze, M. D., secretary, of the “Citi¬ zens’ Reform League,” before the meet¬ ing of the Georgia legislature, for the purpose of repealing the entire city charter of the city of Fitzgerald. It would seem to us at this time that our worthy brothers have taken upon themselves a job that will be hard to complete. We all admit that the pres¬ ent city charter is entirely too expen¬ sive for our size, but wo see no reason why the entire charter should be re¬ voked at this time and a new one put In its place. A new charter like the pres" ent one would only be an experiment, and we do not know where we would land if tried. We do know of some changes in the present one that should be made, and certain bills will be intro¬ duced for that purpose. The main fight against the present city charter is the prohibition clause, and The* Leader, like many others of our city, are willing to abide by the will of the majority of the voters at the coming city election. If the prohibi¬ tionists elect their entire five aldermen that are to be elected in December, then they can put the license so high that no saloon man could possibly pay and liye. The present city charter is plenty good enough, with a few changes, and we should not try another experiment. Will Have No Content. To Our Friends. The Fitzgerald campaign committee make this final statement. At the election the 21st, there was cast 2,615 votes, of which Fitzgerald received 1,455. This gave Fitzgerald a majority of 400 over the combined opposition, but not the necessary two-thirds. As in this instance the law requires the ma¬ jority to bow to the will of the majority. We must either accept the result of the election as final or appeal to the courts to set aside the declared result. Many of our friends, both native and colon¬ ists, have urged the committee to con¬ test the election. After careful consid¬ eration the committee do not believe a contest would be for the best interests of Fitzgerald or Irwin counsy. The colonists came to Georgia not to engage in endless factional strife, but to build homes for themselves and families, and to liye in peace and harmony with their neighbors, the native farmers. A con- test means possible years of bitter feel¬ ing on both sides The court house is to be desired, but an honorable peace, and the development of the county of our new homes is worth more than all. Having fought hard for the court house, and having been beaten (whether fairly or not, we leave to the judgment of our neighbors, the farmers) the committee deem it t.o the best interests of all con- cerned to drop the fight, Irwin county and Fitzgerald cannot prosper if its leading citizens engage in warfare on each other. To those friends who stood by Fitzgerald in its fight, the commit¬ tee extends its Hearty thanks; to the other fellows, we have to say that we forgive you. You are a trifle peculiar in your county site notions, but you are not a bad lot, and old Irwin is the bet¬ ter for having you as citizens. To both sides we recommend the laying aside of all bitterness, if any exists, and let us all pull together in the endeavor to make old Irwin the banner county of south Georgia. Some day—say five years hence—when we are all wiser and richer, mayhap we may meet and “scrap” again. E. W. Ryman, Chairman Camgaign Committee. Snow In Colorado. Colorado was visited by the heaviest fall of snow and sleet last Tuesday that was ever known. The damage in Den¬ ver is over $100,000. One company in thave 4,000 miles of wire down, rail¬ roads blocked, not able to turn a wheel and business of all kinds prostrated. The storm was most severe between Denver and Pueblo, but extended to Wyoming, northwestern Utah and western Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. The storm came so suddenly that ranchmen did not hrve an oppor¬ tunity to shelter their stock. At Col¬ orado Springs the snow and sleet blew so furiously that it was impossible to see across the street. Fitzgerald was visited by a light frost Monday morning. The white mantle was very light, in fact could just be seen at day light on boards. As the Atlanta Constitution says, “yellow fever is a baby in the hands of a giant when it makes its appearance in the piney woods of Georgia.” Only one case of fever has yet struck Georgia, and that was a refugee from New Orleans who came to Atlanta. He was taken to a detention camp, and under the special supervision of the board of health, was well in twelve days. No one in the North should be afraid of yellow fever in Georgia. The soft, balmy air as it murmurs through the pines, is a heal¬ ing balm to the yellow fever patients of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The gates of Georgia’s capital city have always been wide open to the yellow fever refugees from other States, and but one case has ever put in an appear- ance. Georgia is the banner State of the South, Bl’ttlNESS MEM PROTEST Against Changing City Charter in Re¬ gard to Male of Spirituous Liquors. A petition is being circulated this week addressed to the Georgia legisla¬ ture which is being freelv signed by the business men and others in regard to changing the city charter relativo to the sale of spirituous liquors. The ob¬ ject of the petition is to head off an¬ other petition that is being circulated. The following is the petition and has already over 200 business men and citi¬ zens’ signatures attached: To the Georgia Assembly and to Hon. J. A. J. Henderson, member from Irwin County. The undersigned business men, legal voters and tax payers of city of Fitzger¬ ald, hereby most respectfully, but em¬ phatically , protest against any chan ge in the city charter of this place whereby a section prohibiting the sale Of intoxi¬ cating liquors shall be placed therein. The present section of the charter council (40) vesting the power adopted in the city less than to grant license was one year ago by a vote of the election, qualified and vo¬ te Js of this city at a legal by a vote of 326 to 120, and by the same majority at said election did the legal voters of this city repudiate the prohi¬ bition section (38) and as we believe in the principal of the majority ,being al¬ lowed to rule, we object to the Georgia assembly forcing upon the people of this town a law which has been repudiated by so large a ma jority of the legal voters of this city. Under the present section the prohibitionists can secure prohibition if they have votes enough to elect aldermen, and without a ma¬ jority of the votes they should not be allowed to rule. A Good Suggestion. Editors Leader. In ruminating (as Bill Arp would say) over the recent unpleasantness in the county seat election a plan has sug¬ gested itself that seems to me will meet with approval and indorsement trom every public spirited citizen of our com¬ munity. Success often comes with de¬ feat. Does the annals of war record a single instance of any of our greatest generals giving up in being defeated? Who is he that did not rally his forces and make greater efforts than before? Does this not hold good in commercial affairs? Some of our millionaire mer¬ chants made miserable failures—take for instance, Charles Broadway Powers. Did he give up in defeat? Never! In our county seat question we have met not with defeat, but deferred success. The plan that has suggested itself is this: Take our ten thousand dollars of- fere 1 for the court house and offer it as a bonus to the first company who will put in a fifty thousand dollar plant for the manufacture of cotton goods, cotton seed oil, cigars or any other article which can be profitably manufactured here. We were all anxious for the court house, sojanxious that we gave our notes to the amount of $10,000. Now, I, as one who gave my note to tho com¬ mittee, am willing for them to keep it, together, with the others, and make that as a standing offer to the country at large for a factory whose capacity shall be designated by the committee holding these notes. Now, if all will put their shoulders to the wheel and push in this direction, we will not need to offer to build a court house in order to locate it where it ought to be. Why did we offer to give this $10,000 to tho county? Simply as an inducement to get the court house removed to our town. If we are able to donate $10,000 for that purpose, then we are able to give the right kind of a factory that amount, and more, too! Which will be of the most benefit to us, the court house, building costing $10,000 or $15,- 000, and bringing a few dozen people here at each session of court, and causo perhaps, a few people to locate here, or a factory whose buildings and improve¬ ments would cost $50,000 (five times as much as a court house) and be the di reet cause of probably forty or fifty families permanently locating here, who would have work the year round, and who would be spending thousands of dollars every month with our mer¬ chants, lawyers, doctors and every class of business in the city? It seems that every reasonable mind would say: Most assuredly the latter! Then when the time comes to vote on the county seat question again we can manufacture (by reason of our increased population) enough votes to move Fitzgerald ^he court house here or down to Landing, if that suited us, but with our railroad fa¬ cilities, our vast country surrounding and our geographical opportunity location, wo have a great before us. We have worked (practically) in our recent campaign as one man. We went to the poles last Thursday and cast our vote as one man. Now, let this harmony con¬ tinue, and as a unit lets cast our vote attached to this $10,000 for a factory to come to Fitzgerald. Lets advertise it to the world that silk line we are fishing with silver rod, a and a ten thous¬ and dollar bait for the first good fish that comes along. No suckers need ap¬ ply- Very respectfully, Fitgekaldite. Oet. 22, 1897._ The Tifton Gazette, who the people of this city have heretofore considered their friend, shows the ear-marks of Balaam’s ass in its last issue. What the Gazette says about “ costly errors,” are void of fact, and such a thought could only emanate from a brain, backed by a constituency, green with envy. Attend to your own knitting, brother, and the people of Irwin county will manage to paddle their own canoe without your aid or advice. The people of Fitzgerald ask no favors of Tifton, and when they do spot cash will follow the order.