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HE FITZGERALD LEADER. WEATHER REPORT. i Government Observation and Signal Sta- loil—rorcast of Weather Each A, M. and Cover the Following 30 Hours. REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEADER BY j DR. COE.] feaber l 10 W 18ir en ^^ n ^ ^ et * aeS( ^ ay noon, No- Temperature. Hal n- PreVg DAYS. fall. wind. Wednesday, M 12 M. 6 P M 17 nw [hursday. h-lday...... . 52 nw nw kturday.... bnday...... 05 nw 58 sw londay..... •;i MOO sw uesday.... 1 sw [Wednesday. L S [Total I Sun obscured rain l’all. by I 9-100 clouds inches. H hours. Night rains measured at 0 a. in. and credited 3 that day. 4. First Frost, light frost in low places Nov. io marks on vegetation. TFTON AND NORTHEASTERN R. R. “SOLDIERS’ COLONY ROUTE.” General Oillces, Tifton, Georgia. [ol. No3. Feb. 0, 1837. No. 2. No. 4. . M. P. M. P. M. P. M. 7:30 4.00 Lv. Tifton, Ga. Ar. 7:15 7;45 4:13 f Brighton 7:00 7:55 4:22 Harding. 6:51 :15 4:42 f Pinetta. 6:31 :31 1:1 s Irwin. 6:25 :43 f Fletcher. 6:13 9:00 5:15 Ar. Fitzgerald,Lv. 6:00 I Trains Nos. 1, 2,3 and 4 run daily except Sunday. Nos. and 8 Sunday only. Trains 7 run on (1 ! ) Trains stop only on signal. Plant System Trains-connect at Til ton with ind G. S. & F. railroads, and Georgia and Ala- iama at Fitzgerald. President. H. H.Tift, W. O. Tift, Vice-President. Traffic Manager. F. G. Boatright. SEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY. “THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.” Schedule, Effective Oct. S,' f 97, Io. 19 No. 17 STATIONS. No. 16 No. 20 P. M, A. Al. P. M. A. M. 7 20 7 55 Lv.. Savannah Ar. 8 35 11 55 9 51 9 38 ■Claxton 6 50 o I s 0 26 10 03 Collins fi 23 X 42 .0 05 10 31 Lyons 5 55 CC A. M. 4 15 1 06 11 58 Helena 35 2 14 12 48 Abbeville 3 25 P. M. P. M. "3 M. 7 15 3 35 Lv. Abbeville Ar. 12 25 l *- A. Al. 9 15 4 35 Ar. Fitzgerald Lv. 11 25 6 00 L0 00 5 05 Ocilla 10 30 5 20 P. M. A. M. 2 39 1 07 Lv. Rochelle Lv. 3 06 4 10 2 53 1 J. 4 Pitts 2 55 3 57 3 40 2 08 Cordele 2 20 3 15 4 20 2 40 De Sota 1 27 2 25 A. M. 5 07 (ill Americus 12 23 1 29 5 54 3 45 Preston 12 13 12 35 A. M. P. M. 6 15 4 00 Richland 11 55 12 10 0 30 5 20 Columbus 10 30 4 15 [P. 1 35 M. !l 35 Albany 5 00 2 25 A. M. Lv. 11 28 11 43 « 36 4 21 Lv. Lumpkin Omaha 10 40 10 53 7 25 5 05 10 18 .10 30 7 47 5 27 Pittsboro 9 56 8 26 5 f.9 Hurtsboro • 46 9 .. . . 7'50 40 0 45 17 55 iAr. Mont’mery Lv 7 Nos. 17 and 18 day express and trains, magnificent carrying buf- Georgia & Alabama new llet parlor oars. night trains, carrying Nos. 19 and 20 fast between Sa¬ Pullman palace sleeping cars vannah and Montgomery. at all .junctions and ter¬ Close connections minal points-for all points. &Gen. Mgr. Cecie G abret, Vice.Pres. Pas. Agt. A. Pope, Gen. C. N. Night. A. G.P. A. Ed Standings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald. Christian Science. Seiwices every Sunday morning: 10:30; Sun- ! day school 11:30, and Sunday evening-services street. at 7:30, corner ol r Pine avenue and Lee A cordial invitation is extended toaii of what¬ ever ereed or calling’. CHENEY & BURCH, ATTO R N EY-AT-LAW, Office—I n Paulk Building, Grant Street, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. WAY & JAY, Attorney-at-Law, Fitzgerald, Georgia. Office— In the Slayton & Kern building- on Pise avern&e. E. W. Ryinan, JL. Kennedy, Of South Dakota. Of Savannah. RYMAN & KENNEDY, ~BT ji Office—I n Fitzg-erald Block. W. F. THOMPSON, J&. 3T C3 3fal i -£ <e? o t 9 CORDELE, GEORGIA. DR. J. H. POWELL, (Late of the Best American Hospitals) Specialist in Chronic Diseases Of Men and "VSTomen. Office, S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬ manently located.) BEFORE YOU BUY Or order anything in the line of WATCHES, - JEWELRY, Silverware, Diamonds. Clocks and Spectacles, examime WefTsT'em's Goods and prices. Remember that we give from 25 to 40 per cent from the with prices guarantee quoted in any illustrated catalogue, represeted. a Repair¬ that everything is Just and as at lowest living rates ing in best manner established “ Pioneer ” Jewelry at the oldest between CentJal and Pine. Store, Grant St., At the Episcopal church, Rev. J. W. Turner, pastor, morning service 10:45 a. m.; evening service 7 p. m. On ac¬ count of the absence of the pastor on that day there is no service on the sec¬ ond Sunday in each month. Sunday school 9:15 a. m. Tho Episcopal Sundoy school will give a basket picnic at Sunny Side grove, on McDonough road, two miles west of the city, Saturday, Nov. 20th. All friends of the Sunday school are cordially invited to come and bring their beskets and help the children pass a pleasai t day. Swings and tables on the grounds. Conveyances for tho school will leave the church at 9:30 a. m., and will leave the ground 4:30p. m. CITY AND COUNTY. Many strangers In the city. A heavy rain visited this section last Tuesday. ' Work on the brick blocks are prog¬ ressing finely. Yellow fever is now a thing of the past in New Orleans. Quail shooting is the average sport of the Fitzgerald nimrod. Capt. J. F. Gump has sold his stock of groceries to Mr. Rue. E. H. Tift, of Tifton, was in the city last Monday on business matters. G. W. Smith left last Sunday on a business trip to Jacksonville, Fla. Chief Jones is busy these days serving fi. fas on delinquent tax payers. Setting out strawberries has been quite popular since the heavy rain last Tuesday morning. Jonathan Peiper, the I. X. L. gro¬ cery man, is being prominently men¬ tioned as a candidate for alderman from the Third Ward. Rev. O. O. Johnson, pastor of the U. B. church in town and Oldfield, has gone to Johnson City, Tenn., to attend the U. B. conference now in session. C. B. McCormick, of Chicago, Ill., son of Undertaker McCormick, spent a few days visiting his father mother, left last Tuesday for his home. The sociable at Arbor church, north¬ west of the city a short distance, last Tuesday evening, was a decided success, financially and otherwise. The receipts were over $21. Miss Florence Adams, one of Mt. Ver¬ non’s fairest young ladies, who has been here visiting Col. W. F. Way and wife, left last Tuesday for her home after a pleasant visit of ten days. Judge Moore and wife are the proud parents of a new boy that made its ap¬ pearance at the family mansion last week. The judge is looking well and bears up under the strain as a judge should do. Mr. Watering, of Atlanta, who was here last spring, has again returned to Fitzgerald and will improve the Dill¬ ingham property he purchased while here. Mr. Watering is more than pleased with the Magic city’s bright prospects. M. M. Rue purchased the grocery stock of J. F. Gump the first of the week and has moved the same to his store building on E. Pine street, where he is now ready for business, Watch for his ad next week. Rev. O. O. Johnson has just returned from Johnson City, Tenn,, where he at¬ tended the U. B. annual conference. Rev. Johnson has been appointed pas- tor -at Fitzgerald, Old Field and Wolf Pit. Will preach at Wolf Pit, Sunday u. in. and Fitzgerald 7:30 p. m. Chula, the little city on the T. & N. E. railroad, has a legal notice in this week’s Leader for the purpose of in- corporating their town. They, like Ir- winville and Ocilla, will sell spirituous and vinious liquors and do such other things that become a full-fledged city, E. H. Wilkerson, who has been the resident manager of the Indiana Ve¬ hicle Co., at Nashville, Tenn., during the exposition, returned last Friday morning after a pleasant sojourn of four months. He reports on excellent good time, but glad to get back to Fitzgerald. ^ r - Louis McWhite, of Tifton, was in tb e city last Tuesday the guest of Mr. Warman, jr. Mr. McWhite fa¬ vored The Leader with a pleasant call and expressed himself more than pleased with the present and future prospects of our city. Mrs. Dr. S. B. Coe, after a pleasant summer’s visit with relatives through Minnesota aud North Dakota, returned to her home in this city last Thursday. Mrs. Coe reports an excellent good time and says that a number of people from those States will visit and locate permanently here this winter. The Leader office has bxen torn up this week by carpenters who are re- modeling the interior and exterior of the building. When completed we will venture the assertion that our office will be one of the neatest in the State. Our local and news department is necessar- ily cut short on this tear up. The readers of The Leader should peruse tho ad of the Indiana Vehicle Co. to be found on another page. Mr. Wilkerson, the manager, has just re¬ turned from Nashville, where he brought with him nearly two car loads of sample buggies and wagons. This store handles nothing but vehicles and bicycles, and any one desiring a good buggy or wagon should giyo them a call. Henry Nesbit (colored) the murderer, who was sentenced by Judge Smith last Thursday to hang on the 10th of De¬ cember, was taken to Macon by Sheriff Handley and Dr. Fussell, last Saturday, where he will be kept in jail until the time arrives for his execution. The hanging will be private, and is to be in one mile of the court house at Irwin ville. Fitzgerald Cotton Market. Thursday, October 14, 1897. The market is quoted as follows: Good Middlings.............. middlings........ il-i« 5? , .............fi WILL HAVE RUNNING MEETING. Trotters nml Pacers Will Have No Show —So Say the Stewards. At a regular meeting of the stew¬ ards of the Fitzgerald Driving club last Monday, the races advertised for trot¬ ters and pacers were declared off and the meeting will be devoted exclusively to running horses. Tho date is No¬ vember 25, 20 and 27. In connection with the running meet¬ ing the horse swappers’ association, composed of Irwiu, Wilcox and Coffey counties, will meet for a three days’ session. The following is tho program: NOVEMBER 25. Ono mile, running dash..... .$50 One-half milo, running 2in 3 r.n Three-quarters running, repeat............ 50 NOVEMBER 26. Pony race, one-half mile, repeat Farmers’ running race........... 50 One mile running dash........... NOVEMBER 27. One-half mile running, 2 in 3. (5fl Three-quarter mile, running dash.......... 50 Consolation race, entrance free 1 money.... 25 For any information regarding the races address Fred J. Clark, Fitzger¬ ald, Georgia. H. E. Temple was elected presiding elder for the Georgia district. Over 60 reserved seat tickets have been sold for the entertainment to-mor¬ row night. Rochelle can now sympathize with Fitzgerald since she failed to secure the necessary two-thirds vote to move the court house from Abbeville. The musical comic opera “Eliza,” at the opera house to-morrow (Friday) evening by local talent, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt, promises to eclipse anything ever produced in the city. Superintendent Saunder’s report to the board of education at their regular meeting last Wednesday shows that there are 505 children enrolled in our public schools, 50 of which are colored. The report also shows that 70 white children are enrolled from Irwin county. John Daniel went out yesterday and took the dimensions of Colonel Bla¬ lock’s prize hog, the largest ever raised in Sumter. His pigship measures 9i feet from tip to tip, stands 3 feet high and weighs well nigh 750 pounds.— Americus Times-Recordor. Our good friend of the Tifton Gazette is as cute as a little “yaller” dog with two white feet. In his last issue he says the editor of this great family pa¬ per and advertiser’s delight is an “ass.” When we meet again, Bro. Herring, the bystanders will exclaim, “A pair of Jacks!” _ A goodly number of excursionists from Ohio will be here next week. In view of this fact would it not be about the proper thing to clean up the rub¬ bish about our premises? A little muscle and a wheelbarrow or wagon, if put to the proper use, would add fifty per cent to the appearance of our city. If The Leader is not up to its usual standard of excellence, attribute it to th e fact that our office building has been undergoing repairs the past week, an< * a ' so the fact that our advertisers have charge of The Leader. We trust our readirs will bear with us another wee h when we hope to give them a much better local paper—if we have to issue a large supplement in order to fulfill our promise. The Georgia & Alabama did a quick piece ot business Sunday, says the Sa¬ vannah News. A ship due to sail Sun¬ day at noon lacked part of her cargo. Five hundred bales of cotton were wait¬ ing at Columbus, but would have to be delivered in Savannah by 8 o’clock Sun¬ day morning in order to come within the Sunday law. The vessel’s agent called on General Manager Gabbett of the Georgia & Alabama Saturday to see what could be done. Mr. Gabbett agreed to handle the cotton. The ship¬ ping contract was made at 1 o’clock Saturday. At 4:30 o’clock the cotton left Columbus. It was landed in Savan¬ nah at 8 o’clock Sunday morning, and was loaded on ship by noon. In twenty- three hours it was hauled 266 miles by rail, delivered to the ship and loaded. The quick handling of the be asked.—Americus shipment was as as could Times-Recorder. Grniid and Traverse Jurors. The following grand and travors jurors were drawn for April term, 1898, by his Honor C. C. Smith, judge of said court on the 5th day of Nov., 1897: grand jurors. Samuel Mixon, J E Bentz, B. E Smith, J M Hanes, Geo It Cooper, T B Young, John Vanatten, David Clemente, Jacob Hall, Jno P Hughes, John A Branch, C L Royal, J S Johnson, Jonathan Walker, Lucius Paulk, Wm Henderson, J J Newton, S P Troup, Daniel Tucker, J J Vickers, Jas G Dosher, Knapp, J Y Paulk, W B Marcus Lulco, J H Goodman, b Jehu Fletcher, sen, E It Smith, Dauiel Gray, Jesse Grantham, L D Taylor. TRAVERSE .JURORS— 1ST WEEK. J B Clements, Charley Jinkins, C Clements, D A McCaskeli, I VV Bowen, A J Green, D J Branch, J T Walker, VV 11 Johnson, Jno T Boyd, Mose Pridgeon, T J Pope, Boney Hogan, J L Bass, Jno B Paulk, Sol K Johnson, « W Boss, M Henderson, Jno J Clements, Wiley McMillan, VV E Coleman, R H Roberts, J P Peacock, S L Sutton, Isaac A F Clayton, J E Porter, W C Register, Z T Player, D C McCollum, M Dixon, J A J Nobles, Geo L Paulk, C S Baldwin, M D Young, M Poweli, R L Henderson' The Fitzgerald military band played at Abbeville last Wednesday while their county seat election was in progress. CIGAR FACTORY IS NOW ASSURED. Money Is Raised and a Temporary Fac¬ tory Will Be Started at Once. Well, that long sought for Cuban cigar factory has been assured, the money raised and work on the factory building and twenty-five cottages will be commenced in ten days’ time. Part of the business men who have subscribed to the fund to secure tho factory mot last Wednesday evening at the council chamber to listen to tho re¬ port of the committee and remarks by Mr. Holland, who represents the fac¬ tory as traveling salesman. The report of the committee showed that the neces¬ sary money had been raised, and Fred J. Clark and J. G. Knapp were ordered to telegraph the company that the money was ready, and that tho city of Fitzgerald was ready to carry out their of tho contract. J. H. Harris, who was present, stated to the meeting that John A. Phillips and M. Buice stood ready to build the twenty-five cottages if the cigar factory would deposit one-third of tho cost of each cottage in the bank, subject to their order, after the cottages were completed, tho balance to be paid in rent at the rate of $8 per month, with the usual rate of interest. The offer was accepted by Mr. Holland, who im¬ mediately telegraphed the company the offer made by Mr. Harris for Phillips and Buice. Mr. Holland then stated that the company would open up temporary quarters in the Fitzgerald block imme¬ diately for the manufacture of their cigars. A reporter asked Mr. Holland this morning how long it would be before the temporary quarters would he opened and he informed us that he would go to Atlanta on Friday or Saturday to make the arrangements. We will have more developments next week. Editorial Opinion. The Washington Post, one of the most conservative newspapers in the United States, did a most unusual thing in devoting an editorial to the Robin¬ son & Franklin Bros, shows, which went to Washington unknown, and went away with an established reputation. In part the Post said: “The Robinson-Franklin Bros show represents all that there is of legitimate worth in the circus business. It is in the charge of men who aspire to elevate the tone and purify the atmosphere of the calling, and we believe the thous¬ ands who have attended the perform¬ ances certify during the past two days will that they have succeeded. Not only was the performance upon the highest professional ana artistic stand¬ ard, the menagerie, large and varied, and the trained animals ox the best, but there was not in these shows a single one ot those discreditable and demoral¬ izing features which have doneso much to give the circus a bad name and to discourage the true friends of that oth¬ erwise wholesome form of amusement. The managers keep all their promises, advertise nothing they do not expect to give, and carefully divest their perform¬ culated ances of anything the and everything cal¬ to offend nicest taste. We are sure that the verdict of Washing- ton w fil be most favorable and that the show can return to us sure of finding genuine admirers and friends.” These great shows will exhibit in Fitzgerald, Ga., on Tuesday, Nov. 30th. Mr. M. Noble, of Duluth, Minn., old- time _ friend of that prince of good fel¬ lows, John Wadleigh, arrived in the city last Tuesday. Mr. Noble has had quite an experience since his coming to Georgia, and from conversation with a Leader reporter, was victimized out of $700. Before coming South he pur¬ chased through an ex-mayor of Super- ior, Wis., and a man from Savannah, p a ’’ little acres city of of Sibley, land at Georgia. the “flourish- ” They represented to Mr. Noble that Sibley was a regular little city with fine shaded streets, handsome homes, etc. Mr. Noble arrived at Sibley last Friday evening, and to his amazement he saw nothing but a turpentine store, an old saw mill and three negro cabins. For streets the railroad track was the m a in thoroughfare, and the fine shaded streets were the majestic pine. Mr. Noble was so dumbfounded that he didn’t know where he was at, and as he said, “if I could have met the fellows who sold the land to me, I would have been tempted to wallop the very life out of them.” The next morning- ho came to Fitzgerald and met his old friend Wadleigh, and together they are look¬ ing over the city and county. To the reporter he said: “If you can find me a purchaser I will frame the deed to the land and sell it to the first man who comes along for 10 cents.” Mr. Noble purchased a fine 5-acre tract east of town, and will build a residence in tho city. ___________ J. Harris Chappel, president of the normal and industrial college at Mil- ledgeville, recommends to tho people here that “Professor Erhardt, who pre¬ sented the comic opera “Eliza,” in their city, is a gifted and accomplished mu- sician, a splendid teacher and a master¬ ly trainer of amateurs.” Professor Er¬ hardt, who is training the local talent here for the opera to-morrow night, is meeting with great success. The cos- tumes to he worn by the ladies will be superb, while the spectacular presenta¬ tions will be grand. Don’t forget the so as to secure your seats early. Drew W. Paulk was transacting busi¬ ness at Tifton on Tuesday. ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT HERE. Colony Company’s Illuminator Ar¬ rived for Use in the Big Hotel. The streets of Fitzgerald will soon be illuminated and tho tall majestic pine in the back ground will show off in all its grandeur. The colony company received their electric lighting plant last ween for the use in tho big tourist hotel. The plant’s is 7,000 incandescent lights. lamps will be used from an incan¬ circuit. The colony company have donated to the city the free use of the lights on Central avenue, Pine and Grant streets if the city will immediately have poles set and wires strung along the street. At the next meeting of the city coun¬ cil the matter will be brought up for their consideration, and if acceptable, the streets will be lighted by electricity instead of the “man in the moon.” The plant will be located across the alley south of tho hotel, and will be put in place next week. Colonel Wilson, who has charge of the hotel, informed a reporter that in two weeks’ time, if lumber could be se¬ cured, the hotel would be ready for oc¬ cupancy. The planing mills are run¬ ning night and day, but cannot keep the city in lumber. Boar d of Education. The board of education held an ad¬ journed meeting November 6th. All the members were present except Mr. Burch. The question of the purchasing of the school houses, sites and furniture was thoroughly discussed and resulted in the introduction and adoption of the following resolutions: Be it Resolved, By the hoard of education that we again urge the city council to call a special election of the qualified voters of the city to vote upon the ques¬ tion of issuing $8,000 in bonds for the purpose of buying the school buildings, sites, furniture and to provide for the payment Qf the book debt contracted by said board. Resolved, That the clerk oi this board be instructed to present a copy of the above resolutions to the common council at their next meeting. The bids for furnishing the city schools with wood were opened and ranged in price from 65 cents to $1 per cord. The bid of L. N. Buck being the lowest he was awarded the contract. The board then adjourned. W. H. Marston, Clerk. W. F. Way, President. While plowing in rye in his field on the Savannah river, near Herschman, in Screven county, Mr. Edward Hughes brought to light some very interesting relics. His plow struck against some¬ thing hard, and upon investigating he discovered two old Indian pots, or urns, just below the surface Of the ground. One was in an upright position and the other was turned over it, as a cover. Within were a lot of small pieces bone, and the pots had evidently - been used as a funeral urn to hold the ashes of some braye. The finding of the bones within a pot is rather an unusual occurrence, as it is not known that the Indians ever cremated their dead. Pos- sibly they are the remains of an infant, but the pieces are so small it is hard to tell. The vessels are of the usual In¬ dian make, of red earthenware, and measure about twelve inches in diame- ter across their mouth, One was broken, but the other intact. They are now, with funeral contents, in the pos¬ session of Colonel R. Lee Moore, of Statesboro, Ga., who were at Mr. Hughes’ home at the time, and to ; whom he gave them. That section of Screven county for several miles along the banks of the Savannah river seems to have been a favorite stamping ground of the Creeks, who lived and hunted there more than a century ago. Numbers of relics, in the way of pots, tomahawks and mortars for pounding corn, have been found there at various times, and there is an old Indian burial mound somewhere in that locality, just on the borders of the swamp. It has been suggested that possibly these last unusual relics which Mr. Hughes plowed up in his field contain the dust of some old Spanish eavelier who, two centuries ago, tell in the forests of Geor¬ gia, a victim of malaria of the river or may be an Indian arrow; and that, dy¬ ing, far away from home and loved ones, his body was cremated by his comrades and his dust deposited in these rude urns. This does not seem so altogether fanciful, when it is remembered that the Spanish invaders, bearing the sword and cross, must have marched several times up and down the banks of tho Savannah, and that an old piece of armor which undoubtedly dates back t0 thoso days of wild adventure, v, a,. dug up a few years ago in Screven county near the same spot where the bones were discovered. At all events, the pots and bones are a reality, and there is much room for speculation. / Don’t forget the musical comic opera entitled “Eliza,” at the opera house to¬ morrow, Friday evening. The cast is strong and those who attend can rest assured of having a rich treat. Harris’ Nickle Plate circus wiil show in Fitzgerald next Thursday, Novem¬ ber 18th, and Robinson & Flanklins will be here November 30th. Don’t forget the day and date as both shows are worth the price of admission. A BIG OIL WAR IS ON. Tile Dixie Oil Company Is Here nml the Standard Cuts All Prices. Fitzgerald has a genuine oil war and the consumer is rejoicing. The Stand¬ ard oil company, which has been repre¬ sented by L. F. Thompson in this city for a long time, began a cut on kero- seno and gasoline last week when jt was known that the Dixie oi! company were to establish an agency in this city. For several weeks’ past it has been known that the Dixie oil company were to do business in tho Magic city would meet all competition set out by the Standard. As soon as it was found out that the Dixie people wero going to establish an agency here the Standard people made a cut on gasoline from 25 cents to 15 cents per gallon, and kerosene from 20 cents to 12 cents per gallon. The Dixie, however, saw the bluff, called for a show down and moved right into the enemies’ camp. Both companies are selling oil at tho reduc¬ tion price, but it is understood the Standard is yet to reduce the price, and will try ana get rid of all competitors Of course if the Dixie wants to do busi¬ ness in this section it must meet all re¬ ductions, and for this reason it might be said the war is on in earnest. Just when this slashing of prices will end no one can tell, as both companies are strong, and each is determined to drive the other out, from all appearances, The Standard has long enjoyed a mo- nopoly of the business in this section in the sale of kerosene, gasoline and other oils, and its products have been more generally used than any other, but now that the Dixie has entered the field the competition will be great and tho con¬ sumer will reap what little benefit there is to be gained. The Dixie company is being repro- sen tod by D. T. Bacot, and the Stand- art ^ by Hamlin & Chambliss, A WARNING To All Evil Disposed Persons, Gamblers or So-Called Fakirs, Games of Chance >Ien, Villainous Infestors o r Country Fairs, Etc. We kindly warn you to stay away from the show grounds of this show; you will not be tolerated for one second. The proper authorities will be informed each day when we exhibit to arrest any man or person engaging in any scheme for the purpose of swindling our paj. trons. We advertise largely, faiviy,. squarely and honestly, and every act, word or feature is a sacred bona fide af¬ fidavit that we will do what we say, and we are in duty bound to protect our friends. We repeat, no game of chance, no gambling, no drinking booths, will be allowed near this show. If by chance they are there, it is the duty of all good, respectable citizens to report them to the city officials at. once, and we will J oin hands in prosed* 11 # fhem to the fu llest extent of the law. f n coming to th e big show don’t let anyone m'7 ke J ou believe you can get something for not,- S’ the exact change for your tickets, it will save you a great deal of delay and unnecessary trouble. The public’s obedient servant, W. H. Harris, 0wner , manager and founder- of the World Famous Nickel Plate Show. Penitentiary Statistics. Georgia’s total penitentiary popula¬ tion is 2,357. Fulton county has the largest number of penitentiary convicts, 243. Chatham county hps the si second larg¬ est number, 176. Dawson, Echols, Fannin, Gilmer and White counties only have one convict each, Murray and Towns counties have none. The crime of burglary is represented by the largest number of convicts—870; while 212 are doing time for simple lar¬ ceny, and 79 for robbery. There are 373 prisoners convicted of murder, 138 of manslaughter, and 256 of attempted murder. There are 81 rapists in the State pen¬ itentiary, and 78 attempted rapists. Comparatively infrequent crimes are represented in the penitentiary by 69 for arson, 50 for forgery, 6 for bigamy, - for infanticide, 3 for incest, 3 for kid¬ napping, 2 for mayhem and 3 for train wrecking. Good Hope Items. From our Regular Correspondent. Robeit Kline is building a bant on his ten. Mi. Cowell and son have been clear¬ ing their 20 the past week. I ierson Bros are experiencing some difficulty in obtaining enough water for their mill. J. F. Hoffman, who received slight in jury by falling, at Pierson Bros, last week, is able to be up again. Harley Ayers and sister, Alta, have made several trips to town, where they each time enjoyed the club da nces. Jnoi Fletcher and son, Billy, drove a car load of steers to Ashbuni last Tuesday, Parties from Kentucky bought them. Mrs. Fox, the tailor farmer, her daughter, Mrs. Siianklin and husband, Charles Fulton and others, went to the Allappaha fishing last Monday. Will report results later. Just think of it, middle of Novem¬ ber, and Mrs. J. F. Hoffman has some fine snap beans, (others call call them green beans.) Observer.