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The Fitzgerald Leader
TyStablisHed 1890.
VOL. II.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
C. C .Smith, Judge Sup. Court,HawlwnvHle.Ga
lorn Eason, Solicitor Sup. Court. MoKtto, “
v J. 5/ E. Clements, liurcli, Co. Co. Solicitor, Judge, Fitzgerald, Irwinvllle, “ “
J. J. Lee,Ordinary, Irwinville, “
J • B. D. Paulk,Clerk Sup.Court,Irwiuyille , tr
R. V. Handley, Sheriff, Fitzgerald
C. L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Sycamore,
J. It. Paulk,Tax Collector, Ocilla,
James Walker, Co. Treasurer, lnvinville,
E. J. Hogan, Co. Surveyor, Minnie,
Marion Dixon, School Com.,
M. Henderson, Co. Commissioner,Ocilla,
Christian Science.
Services every Sunday morning 10:30; Sun¬
day school 11:80, and Sunday evening services street.
at 7:30, corner of Pine avenue and Lee
A cordial invitation is extended to all ot' what¬
ever creed or calling.
TIFTON AND NORTHEASTERN R. It.
“SOLDIERS’ COLONY ROUTE.”
General Offices, Tifton, Georgia.
No 1. No3- Feb. 9, 1897. No. 2 . No. 4.
A. M. P. ~ P. M. P. a
oo oe oe to 5:15 isfeifss f f Lv. f f Ar. Tifton, Fitzgerald. Brighton Harding, Pinetta. Fletcher. Irwin. Ga. Ar. Lv. 12:00 11:45 10:45 11:36 11:10 10:59 11:18 SwSSSSS
Trains Nos. 1, 2,3 and 4 run daily except
Sunday. Nos. 7 and 8 on Sunday only.
Trams run signal.
(f) Trains stop only on with Plant System
Trains connect at Tifton and Ala¬
and G. S. & F. railroads, and Georgia
bama at Fitzgerald. President.
H. H. Tipt, Vice-President.
W. O. Tii-t, Traffic Manager.
F. G. BoATittonT.
’ GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY.
“THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.”
Passenger Schedule, Effective Oct. 3, ’97,
No. 19 No. 17 STATIONS. No. 18 No. 20
P. M A. M. m M. A. M.
7 20 7 55 Lv. Savannah Ar. GO 11 55
9 51 9 38 Claxton 9 48
10 26 10 03 Collins CC 23 « 42
10 05 10 31 Lyons O 8 03
A. M Helena w 15 r> 55
1 06 11 58 Abbeville CC * 4 35
2 14 12 48 P. M. P. M.
I*. M. Abbeville Ar. 12 25 7 3u
7 15 3 35 Lv.
A. M
9 15 4 35 Ar. Fitzgerald Lv. 11 25 »; on
10 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 17 * Pitts 2 55 3 57
3 40 3 2 08 De Cordele Sota 2 1 20 27 11 2 15 25
4 20 40 A. M.
5 07 3 09 Americus 1 29
5 54 3 45 Preston 12 35
. M. P. M.
6 15 4 00 Richland 55 12 10
5 20 Columbus 4 15
M. 5 00 » 25
35 9 35 Albany
A. M. Lv. -.■=33:7 28 11 43
6 36 4 21 Lv. Lumpkin Omaha 10 53
7 25 5 05 18 10 30
7 47 5 27 Pittsboro 9 56
8 26 5 59 Hurtsboro 46
10 45 7 55 Ar. Mont’meryLv 7 40
Nos. 17 and 18 day express trains,
Georgia & Alabama new and magnificent
fet parlor cars. >
Nos. 19 and 20 fast night trains,
Pullman palace sleeping ears between
vannah and Montgomery. all junctions and
Close connections at
minal points for ail points. &Gen. Mgr.
Cecil Garret, Vice.Pres. Gen. Pas. Agt.
A. Pope,
C. N. Right. A. G.P. A.
Ed Stallings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald.
CHENEY & BURCH,
ATTORNEY-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
Pine avenue.
E, W. Hyman, L. Kennedy,
Of South Dakota. Of Savannah.
RYMAN & KENNEDY,
LAWYERS
Office— In Fitzgerald Block.
W. F. THOMPSON,
Arcli
CORDELE. GEORGIA.
DR. J. H. POWELL,
(Late of ibe Best American Hospitals)
Specialist in Chronic Diseases j
Of TVXeii and. "Women,
Office, S. Grant street, located.) near Magnolia. (Per¬
manently
A Card to the Public.
Being reliably informed that certain unprin- the
eipled parties are spreading purchased a and report sold by to
effect that a charm me
was only pawned, I would, in order to disap¬
prove the falsehood, make the following
statement: I have at present ovei $100.06
worth of customers’ watches on my rack
which I have a right to dispose of because the
time in which they must be called for inac-
cordauee with the laws of this State, has ex¬
pired. Now, is it reasonable to suppose that
I would dispose of an article I haye no right
to sell, while holding over 1100.00 worth e£
■watches left for repair over threo months ago
without being called 7sr, and which I have,
therefore, a perfect legal right to sell, but
NEVER OFFERED TO SO IN SINGLE INSTANCE.
Let an intelligent public answor. Also, know¬
ing full well in whose interests said black¬
mailing scheme was concocted. I will, until
further notice, clean watches and clocks for
60c; Mainsprings 60c; Jewels from 25 to 75c:
Crystals and hands luc. All other work in
proportion and fully warranted. Best 3-day
Clocks $2.50, worth $4. Rogers’triple-plated wo|th $2.75.
(No. 0) Teaspoons $1.75 per set of 6,
Trlpie-pla tod Tablespoons $3.50 porset. worth
$5.00. Rogers' triple-plated (No. 12) Knives
and Forks, $3.50 per set of 6 each. Other goods
at proportionate reduction.
H. WETTSTEIN.
E. NICHOLSON,
Auction e e r ,
East Pine Avenue,
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
Is now prepared to give rates on short notice.
Having had fifteen years experience, perfect
Satisfaction is guaranteed. For rates and
(bills call at Leader office. ,
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.”
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1897.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER.
Official Newspaper of Irwin County, Georgia.
Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald, Ga.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
15. F. KNAPP, j- Editors and Publishers.
J. G. KNAPP,
Subscription Rates:—O ne copy, one year
$1.50; Six months, 75c; advance. Three months, 50c.
Terms—I nvariably in
Job and advertising rates made known on
application. Your patronage solicited.
It begins to look as if Mark Hanna
would have to fix things with his little
check book.
J. I. Ponder, a policeman in At¬
lanta, was shot and killed by burglars
he was trying to arrest. Several well
known Atlanta men are under arrest
charged with the crime.
An exchange says the daughter of a
San Francisco saloon keeper has in¬
herited 825,000,000. This young lady
will find no trouble in securing her
own acquaintances in the future.
The yellow fever is being subdued.
Only three or four new cases each day
now where formerly there were from
eight to one hundred. Frost seems to
be a better physician than Govern¬
ment Surgeon Guiteres.
Consul General Lee has sailed for
Havana to resume his duties at that
place. He will look after the interest
of our citizens, and endeavor to keep
a friendly and peaceable spirit existing
between this country and Spain.
The hotel San Marco, one of the
finest in St. Augustine, Fla., was
burned to the ground last week, en¬
tailing a loss of over $250,000, with
only about 850,000 insurance. The
fire was the work of incendiaries.
G. W. Bailey, a creature who has
been in Athens for some time, and
who has recently been discovered to
be the author of articles for northern
papers slandering the South and south¬
ern women, has been served with no¬
tice to “ git” and has gone. The only
regret should be that he was not ac¬
companied by ample coat of tar and
feathers.
Every man accounts for the
in the recent elections in a
entirely satisfactory to his peculiar
bent of mind. McKinley says he is
pleased; Bryan thinks its a ground
swell for free silver; the goldbugs are
satisfied and the silverites are rejoicing.
Man is wisely, after all, as well as
wonderfully constituted.
The legislature passed a bill on
Monday prohibiting a game of foot¬
ball played in the State of Georgia.
Now, if they will go a step further and
make it a penitentiary offense to
smoke cigarettes the State of Georgia
will be relieved of two great curses
that have wrought death and destruc¬
tion to the youth of the community.
The University of Missouri receives
823,023 from the estate of the late
John C. Conley, under the operation
of a law recently passed by the legis¬
lature, which provides that if a man
dies leaving no father, mother or di¬
rect lineal descendants, a certain per¬
cent. ot his estate, excluding any
amount left for charitable or religious
purposes, must go to the State uni¬
versity.
Abbeville has won a great victory
in the court house election. The offi¬
cial returns give Abbeville 1,323, Ro¬
chelle 2,128. Then it w»l be seen
that Abbeville received over 500 more
votes than was required to keep the
court house, being that much over the
necessary one-third. The election was
well fought on both sides, but was free
from fights and any trouble whatever.
Judge Gamble, in his charge to the
grand jury at Swainsboro a few days
ago, was very forcible, and amoDg
many other things his reference to
wine selling was very explicit. He
said '. “ No one is allowed to sell wine
who does not grow the grapes or other
fruit from which it is made, and who
does not do his own manufacturing,
and it must be sold in quantities not
less than one quart, on the premises
where it is made, but the buyer must
remove it to other, parts before he
drinks it.”
Subscribe for The-Leader.
Congress will re-convene on the fu$t
Monday in December next. <.
The Georgia legislature cost a figure
approximating 81,400 daily. There
are 219 members, with clerks, pages,
porters, etc. This sum multiplied by
50, the number of days to which a
session of the legislature is limited,
will give a 870,000 result—the cost of
the entire session of 50 days.
A most gratifying evidence that
New Orleans is gradually freeing her¬
self from the embarrassments and
difficulties arising from the prevalence
of yellow fever and quarantine is the
fact that last week $2,000,000 was for¬
warded from New York to this city • o
meet the needs of business.—New
Orleans States.
A rich and childless widow of
Chicago, Mrs. Celia Wallace, has off¬
ered to adopt the Cuban refugee, Miss
Evangelina Cossio Cisneros, and to
make her the heiress of a fortune of
8500,000. The girl is delightedly
acquiescent to the plan and only
awaits the consent of her father. The
old man will consent of course.
There is no question of public policy
affectiug the public interest that the
people cannot be safely trusted to de¬
cide. The fewer puwers the people
delegate to agents the better, and, for
this reason we are heartily in favor of
the election of every public officier in
the state, including judges, solicitors
and state house officers, by the people.
—Atlanta Commerial.
Some newspapers have been making
a great parade of the fact that a
cranky old man in Warren county
has been caught defrauding the State
and county out of taxes which he
owed. The miserly old sinner was sup¬
posed to be poor, but he had 83,000 in
cash hid away, which was stolen. He
notified the officers of the law that he
had been robbed and they recovered
the money, hut seized $500 of it v:'. ac¬
count of taxes for several years. The
old man was forced to pay what he
owed the State and county. But why
such a fuss over his case when there
are so many instances of tax dodging
in Georg'a that are more outrageous?
This old man held back only $3,000
from the tax receiver, while there are
men in Georgia who conceal from tax¬
ation every year many times as much
property as this old fellow is worth.
Yet, he is hauled up and paraded be¬
fore the public as a bad and unpatri¬
otic citizen and made disgorge while
thousands of others who are men of
position and influence in their coni-
munities give in their property below
its value year after year and nothing
is said about it. It is not hard to de¬
cide which class of these tax dodgers
deserves the most censure.—Dawson
News.
Daniel Smith, the Bridgeport pio¬
neer, who enjoys the distinction of be¬
ing the oldest person in Michigan, if
not in the country, and portions of
whose history have been made public
heretofore, was on the streets the other
day greeting those who have long
known him and making new acquaint¬
ances. The veteran is in his 105th
year, and will reach the 106th year of
his life the 21st of next January. He
is hale and hearty as many a man of
76 or even less, and his cheeks are lull
and rosy with apparent health. It re-
quires but a few minutes’ conversation
to discover that his mind is as vigor¬
ous as his body. Mr. Smith will tell
you about the famous Decatur, who
had the little difficulty with the Bey
of Algiers, and also recite poetry of
that event new to this generation. He
was in the war of 1812, and served un¬
der Decatur, who the old gentleman
claims, was his godfather. Mr. Smith
was born aboard ship in Maine har¬
bor. His father came to this country
in 1798, and he reached Michigan in
1826. It follows that very little of the
early history of the Wolverine State is
unknown to him. “At that time,” he
said to-day, “ no one could make me
believe that a farm could be made out
of Michigan soil.” Mr. Smith lives
with his daughter in Bridgeport, and
although he is capable of doing con¬
siderable tramping and thoroughly
able to take care of himself, he does
not frequently visit the city.
An honest man has been found by
George Lowell, general superintend¬
ent of the Chicago, Indianapolis and
Louisville, if the statement ot the New
Albany “ Ledger” be true. His cow
was killed by a train on that road, and
in answer to the company’s interroga¬
tory as to the value of the animal,
said she was only an ordinary cow,
worth perhaps $35. By return mail
he received a letter from the company
inclosing a draft for $35, and saying
this was the first common cow killed
by their trains since the road was in¬
corporated. It was their misfortune,
the claim agent wrote, judging from
the claims sent in, to always kill the
blooded cows—cows with pedigrees as
long as moral laws ; cows that were
most prolific milkers and the best but¬
ter makers in the township. He said
that the letter ot the farmer would be
filed away as an evidence that it was
not impossible for a railroad to kill
stock that was not the best of its kind.
The Independent South.
Tfis increase in the number and
size of southern cotton mills during the
last few years is a significant fact.
Throughout the long season of depres¬
sion in textile manufactures the south¬
ern mills, most of them, notably of
Augusta, have paid good dividends. It
is only natural that the South, by rea¬
son of its proximity to the cotton fields,
better climate and cheaper labor,
should offer a more profitable field for
the employment of capital in the cot¬
ton industry.
These facts have all been pointed
out before. The fact that makes
brighter the outlook for the South is
that the cotton manufacturers of New
England are beginning to realize that
they must come South if they are go¬
ing to compete with southern mills.
Several New England mill men are
now visiting the South on the lookout
for sites on which to build cotton mills.
Competition in all lines of business
is growing stronger day by day, but
the South’s advantages place it on an
equal footing, and more, in any com¬
petition. The day ahead for the South
is a bright one indeed.
Cure for Pear Blight.
Elder W. W. Stone, who lives in
Florida, and who has been in Valdosta
for several days, called at the Times
office this week and gave us a receipt
for the cure of pear blight, San Jose
scales, bugs, insects; etc., among trees.
Mr. Stone formerly lived in Washing¬
ton and Oregon and he stated that
that section had suffered a great deal
from blight among the trees, from in¬
sects, etc. He states that the State
agricultural department in one of
those States sought a remedy and when
it was found laws were passed forcing
fruit growers to apply it to the trees
every year. He says the result was
wonderful.
The fruit growers in this section
may be interested in the remedy, so
the Times secured the receipt from him
for publication. It is as follows, and
known as the “Lime-Sulphur-Salt
Wash”: “ Forty pounds of uuslacked
lime, 20 pounds of sulphur, 15 pounds
of stock salt and water to make 60
gallons. The mixture is to be sprayed
on trees in winter and spring when in
a dormant state. This wash is so cheap
and effective “ that no excuse can be
tolerated for a seriously infected tree,”
says Mr. Alexander Craw, the dis¬
coverer.
Another superior wash consists of
30 pounds of resin, 9 pounds of caus¬
tic soda, 41 pints of fish oil, in water
to make 100 gallons. The wash is to
be sprayed when trees are dormant.
These receipts should be kept by
fruit growers and used. If they come
up to Elder Stone’s recommendation
they of will be of great value to raisers
fruit.—Valdosta Times.
The negro lunatic asylum near Mill-
edgeville was destroyed by fire Tues¬
day. The building was crowded with
patients, and the work of getting them
out of the building and the scenes
about the fire, as the reasonless creat¬
ures dashed hither and thither, is said
to have been wildly exciting. The
burning of the building is a ereat loss,
and the management will have trouble
to accommodate the lunatics until some
place can be prepared for them.
B.r.KNAPP, | f Editors and Publishers;
J. U. KNAPP,
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s> Is again with us, and now has a stock in a complete line of Buggies, Carriages,
Phsctons, Delivery Wagons, etc., and begs before nil customers in want of any kind of a
vehicle to call and seo his assortment Vehicles. purchasing elsewhere. Remem¬
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Indiana Vehicle Store, Cor. Grant and Magnolia.
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be country selected seen stock a more from complete which or
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No firm in Fitzgerald realizes the
A truth of the above expression more fully
A than we do. This season we have priced 'h
goods cheaper than, before. vf .
A ever It is
77 m our constant best of the aim each season to better
Tv our season past. *4
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s'> In this department we are better
pared than pre- jp
to serve von ever before. ^
Our stock is replete with noveltiesOso *
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popular this season for Shirt Waists. "G
\\ e have made a special effort this
season on Black and Colored Wool J
i'* Dress Goods. Our stock is larger, 'i
f assortment cheaper than more noth complete withstanding and prices ♦ :
ever, the
high this kind tariff higher will surely make goods ‘ of ifl
SfC later on.
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± We carry the largest and best stock 3$
of Ladies and Gents’ Fine Shoes ever sfe
S§C seen in Southern Georgia. We sell the & X
3je finest Ladies Kid Button Shoe in the ^
X ci y for $3.00. Why pay $4.00 and
J $5.00 EMPIRE elsewhere and get STOKE. no better? ±
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®- PRICE & CO., Fitzgerald, Ga.
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FR£D G. bigham,
Contractor # Builder.
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice
Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia.