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- \ The Fitzgerald Leader. Established 18 Q 6 . VOL. II. COUNTY OFFICIALS. O. C. Smith,Judge Sup. Court,Hawlrinville.Ga Tom Eason, Solicitor Sup. Court. McRae, «L B. Clements, C ). Judge, Irwinville, “ J. E. Burch, Co. Solicitor, Fitzgerald, *• J..J. Lee,Ordinary, Irwinville, “ J. B. D. Paulk, Clerk Sup. Court, Irwinyille, “ H. V. Handley, Sheriff, Fitzgerald “ 0. L. Royal, Tax Receiver, Sycamore, “ J. R. Paulk,Tax Collector, Ooilla, “ James Walker, Co. Treasurer, Irwinville, E. J. Hogan, Co. Surveyor, Minnie, Marion Dixon, School Com., 44 M. Henderson, Co. Commissioner, Ocilla, “ Christian Science. Services every Sunday morning 10:30; Sun¬ day school 11:80, and Sunday evening services at 7:30, corner of Pine avenue and Lee street. A cordial invitation is extended to all of -what¬ ever creed or calling. TIFTON AND NORTHEASTERN R. “SOLDIERS’ COLONY ROUTE.” General Olllccs, Tifton, Georgia. Nol. No3- Feb. 9, 1897. No. 2. No. 4. A. M. y r P. M. P. M. 7:30 SSS6SSS Lv. Tifton, Ga. Ar. 12:00 *1 isssssis: 7;45 f Brighton 11:45 -1 7:55 f Harding, 11:36 » 8:15 f Pinetta. 11:16 =5 8:31 Irwin. 11:10 Oi 8:43 cn f Fletcher. 10:59 C5 9:00 jjt Ar. Fitzgerald,Lv. 10:45 Trains Nos. 1, 2.3 and 4 run daily except Sunday. Nos. 7 and 8 Sunday only, Trains run on if) Trains stop only on signal. with Plant System Trains connect at Tifton and G. S. & F. railroads, and Georgia and Ala¬ bama H.Tift, at Fitzgerald. President. H. Vice-President. IV. O. lift, Traffic Manager. F. G. Boatright. GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY. “THE SAVANNAH SHORT LINE.” Passenger Schedule, Effective Oct. 3,’07, No. 19 No. 17 STATIONS. No. 18 No. 20 P. M. A. A. P. M. A. M. 7 20 7 55 Lv. Savannah Ar. 8 35 11 55 9.51 9 38 Claxton 6 50 9 18 10 20 10 03 Collins 0 23 8 42 10 05 10 31 Lyons 5 55 ft 1 11 58 Abbeville Helena 3 4 25 15 5 4 ;J5 55 2 14 12 48 P. M. P. M. P. M. .7 15 3 35 Lv. Abbeville Ar. 12 25 7 30 A. M 9 1- 4 35 Ar. Fitzgerald Lv. 11 25 0 00 10 00 5 05 Ocilla 10 30 5 20 P. M. A. M. 2 39 1 °Z Lv. Rochelle Lv. 3 00 4 10 a 53 1 17 Pitts 2 55 3 57 3 40 2 08 Cordele 2 20 3 15 4 20 2 40 De Sota l 27 2 25 A. M. 5 or 3 09 Americus 12 23 I 29 5 54 3 45 Preston 12 13 12 X) . A. M. P. M. 0 15 4 00 Richland U 55 12 10 5 20 Columbus 10 30 4 15 M. 5 00 3 25 35 9 35 Albany A. Jl. Lumpkin Lv. 11 28 11 43 H 30 4 21 Lv. 7 25 5 05 Omaha 10 40 :o 53 7 47 5 27 Pittsboro 10 18 10 31) 8 20 5 59 Hurtsboro 9 48 9 58 10 45 7 55 Ar. Mont’mery Lv 7 50 7 40 Nos. 17 and 18 day express trains, carrying Georgia & Alabama new and magnificent buf- let parlor 19 and cars. 20 fast night .... trains, carrying Nos. sleeping between Sa- Pullman palace Montgomery. cars vannab connections and at all junctions and ter¬ Close for all points. minal points Vice.Pres. &Gen. Mgr. Cecil Gabret, A. Pope, Gen. Pas. Agt. C. N. Kcoht. A.G.P. A. Ed Stallings, T. P. A., Fitzgerald. CHENEY & BURCH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office— In Paulk Building, Grant Street, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. WAY & JAY, Attorney-at- Law, Fitzgerald, Georgia. Office— In the Slayton & Kern building on pine avenue. _ E. W. By man* Xj. Kennedy, Of South Dakota. Of Savannah. RYMAN & KENNEDY, Office— In Fitzgerald Block. W. F. THOMPSON, 9 CORDELE, GEORGIA. DR. J. H. POWELL, (Lato ol’ the Best American Hospitals) Specialist in Chronic Diseases ! Of TVfen and Women, OflSce, S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬ manently located.) A Card to the Public. Being reliably informed that certain'unprin- the eipled parties charm aro spreading purchased a and report sold by to effect that a me was oni y pawned, 1 would, in order to disap¬ prove the falsehood, make the following statement: I have at present ovei *100.08 worth of customers’ watches on ray rack which I have a right to dispose of because the time in which they must be called for in ac¬ cordance 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 *100.00 worth of watches left for repair overtures months ago Without being called 78r, and which 1 have, therefore, a perfect legal right to sell, but NEVE lt OFFERED TO SO IN SINGLE INSTANCE. Let an intelligent public answer. 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 50c; Jewels from 25 to 75o: Crystals and hands loo. All other work In proportion and fully warranted. Best 8-day Clocks *2.50, worth $4. Rogers’ triple-plated wo|th*2.75. ( No. 6) Teaspoons *1.75 per set of 6, Triple-plated Tablespoons *3.50 per set, worth *5.00. Rogers' triple-plated (No. T2) Knives and Forks, *3-50 per set of 6 each. Other goods at proportionate reduction. H. WETTSTEIN. E. NICHOLSON, A-ULctioio. eer, East Pine Avenue PITZGERALD, GEORGIA. Is now prepared to give rates on short notice. Having had fifteen years experience, perfect Satisfaction fa guaranteed. For rates and bills call at Leader office. “MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.” FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 25, 1897. THE FITZGERALD LEADER. Official Newspaper off Irwin County, Georgia. Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald, Ga. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY j G KNAPP,' f ®® 1TOR8 and Publishers. Subscription Rates:—O n e copy, one year $1.50; Terms—I Six nvariably months, in 75c; Th ree months, 50c. advance. Job and advertising rates made known on application. Your patronage solicited. Just to show that if is as civilized as other states, North Dakota has in¬ dulged in the luxury of a lynching. If the world should be thrown into a fever of excitement over the gold finds on the Yukon, how much more should it become interested in the marvelous riches taken from Georgia soil this banner year! Why, our chickens alone are worth more* than all the gold taken out of Alaska at the sacrific of life and peril of health. \ * . m .V >: y ife. > W v-3 ■ wt; I ■ . . / . . ( ... % M lull ft 11 erf- m J a .. - wk : i W ■■ The New Tourist Hotel, Nearly Completed, Fitzgerald, Georgia. The last Kentucky legislature had a republican majority of three. The next will have 102 democrats and 36 republicans. The Kentucky planters and farmers didn’t take much stock in McKinley’s prosperity. Whipple, bill of Dooly county, has in¬ troduced a in the legislature to create called a new “Wire judicial circuit, to be the Grass circuit,” and to include Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth counties.—Ashburn Advance. Now if the legislature will make the officer of Superior Judge and so¬ licitor elective and clip the county court of all criminal cases The Leader would then be in a position to say “Amen.” Dr. Charles Smith, of New Jersey, testified in court the other day that he is 121 years old, and that he has lived thus long because he bathed in Law¬ rence brook. Last summer he con- ucted a sanitarium, and he took his patients to bathe in the life-giving stream. Residents of New Brunswick objected to this and caused Dr. Smith’s arrest. The jury sided with the skep¬ tics and found the doctor guilty, and he must pay a fine of $1,000 or be im¬ prisoned for two years. It is merely making the wish father to the thought when some republican papers say that New York will con¬ trol the next democratic national con¬ vention. The power of New York in the national democratic convention was broken forever when in 1892 and 1896 the democracy of the west and south nominated candidates who were bitterly opposed by the New York delegation. The West and South will name the candidates and ( draft the platform of the next national conven¬ tion and no dictation from the East will be allowed or permitted. Election By the People. Teifair County Yeoman. The sentiment has beeen gaining ground during recent years through¬ out the state to take from the legis¬ lature the right and duty of electing judges and solicitors-general, and placing these elections in the hands of the people of the various districts of the state. We believe that a vast majority of the people of the state is in favor of this change in the manner of electing these officers. The legislature should so amend the constitution and make these officers elective by the people. Some of the republican papers which have been hurrahing over Sen¬ ator Gorman’s defeat were rather taken aback when they found that his term doesn’t expire until March 4, 1899, and not next March, as they supposed. “No man can sit on the fence and be elected to office in Georgia next year,” says the Albany Herald. No, indeed. No man can sit on anything and be elected to office in Georgia next rear. He’s got to keep moving, If the Dingley tariff caused the rise in the price of wheat, and not the foreign shortage," our Canadian brotb- ers must be pleased with the new tariff because the price of wheat there has kept pace with the price in the United States. There are many reasons for such a change, and we are conscious of none against it. If there ever existed a good reason for putting these elections in the hands of the legislature, such reason has disappeared. The people desire the change. The members of the supreme court are now elected directly by the people. The people could never be induced to vote for an amendment to the consti¬ tution increasing the number of judges until a provision was made making these judges elective by the people. This shows that popular sentiment in the state is in favor of elections directly by the people. If the people are competent to elect judges of the supreme court, they are cetainly com¬ petent to elect circuit court judges and solicitors general. If there is no dan¬ ger that the judicial ermine will be corrupted in contact with popular politics when it comes to the election of the highest judicial officers of the the state, there can be no reason for a fear of such dinger when it comes to the election of these other officers of the state. We beleive as an original proposition that all these officers should be elected by the people and held by the people responsible for their trusts. It is in keeping with the spirit of democratic government. The wishes of the people are often times not carried out by these elections in the halls of the legislature. The manner of the election are often not commendable. Votes are often traded. Ability and fitness of the aapirants are matters of small consideration. The main question with many legislat¬ ors is, “who can afford me the most assistance ns a return for my help and support?” It has been (charged that candidates before the legislature for these positions have actually sent money to counties in the state to assist a henchman in being elected that they might obtain his vote and assistance in the legislature. The trading and corruption attending the elections by the legislature have disgraced the state long enough, and it is high time that a change is made in accordance with the sentiment of the people. An act by the legislature amending the constitution so as to put these elections in the hands of the people will receive an overwhelming ratifica¬ tion by the people. Support your home newspaper. BACK TO BUSINESS 1 i j I # I J ! <$> ■“> ,v, - ^ C>",, /• <•> f ♦ \ .... SINGLE CENTER SPRING CQ EVANSVILLE IND. I E. H. WILKERSON, ! DEALER IN f <S> '!< <*• 9 9 Is again with us, and now has a stock in a complete line of Buggies, Carriages, ^ Pbajtons, Delivery Wagons, etc., and begs all customers in want of any kind of a X vehicle to call and see his assortment before purchasing elsewhere. Heinem- ^ her, at a Vehicle Store i6 the place to get your Vehicles. I Indiana Vehicle Store Cor. Grant and Magnolia. . - E.H.Will£erson,Prop. <*><£<*><§> «><^<8><8'<S><8><$<S>«><S><S><S><S><&'$> «•«>«'>$> jy-t mr mimmr v I MlUlilAAiAAAlA ± * «r pv # Our stock of Dry-Goods, Notions, gj: -V- Flannels, Shoes, in fact everything <|> 4> M, 0 usually kept in a first-class store, is now *** W before complete have in every the people department. Never, of Fitzgerald * *Pf ^ better and country selected seen a more complete or *P stock from which to sMs ■m make their purchases. 3fc # u LOW PRICES MARE LIVELY BUYING.” X # No firm in Fi i—r realizes the ± «4> zg J*. truth of the above expression more fully X than we do. This season we have priced T ¥ goods constant cheaper aim than each ever before. to better It is ^ ^ our season w our best of the season past. * 1 Dress Goods! -li *fc * ife In this department we are better pre- 3§£ sjs gjg pared Our to serve you than ever before, stock is replete with noveltiesQso ^ f p T ular this season for Shirt Waists, ± * e have made a special effort this * j*- season on Black and Colored Wool ^ jl Dress Goods. Our stock is larger, X assortment cheaper than more noth complete withstanding and prices the jjjj *§* *fs ever, 3$E high this tariff higher will surely make goods of s§c kind later on. Shoe Department. We carry the largest and best stock 3$S 3§g of Ladies’ in Southern and Gents’ Georgia. Fine Shoes We sell ever the sjs ^ seen gjg finest Ladies Kid Button Shoe in the ^ ^ city for $3.00. Why pay $4.00 and X ^ $5.00 elsewhere and get no better? * IL^" lV/T "I9 I'Y f F 40 7 ® T. S. PRICE So CO., B'itzjgerald, G-a. *.*•##**•#{**#•#*#* PRED L. BIGHAM, Contractor # Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia. Too Sporty, Ye Gods. Americus Herald. The Albany Herald publishes a lengthy editorial under the caption “The trouble with the state uuiversity” and it is interesting reading to say the least of it. It goes on to say, and most truth¬ fully, that the institution is not so popular with some people of the state as it should be and then it looks for the reasons why this is the case. After stating several minor reasons the Herald ask the following: What is it? Why is it that so many fathers in the State who have boys to educate are afraid to send them to the State University? The tendency of the University at Athens and the influences that sur¬ round it are too “sporty” and aesthetic to suit the common people of Georgia. Too much football and baseball and “swell” society! There’s the trouble with the State University that we have at Athens today. There where oh, where will our fathers send their sons so that they may attend a college that is not so “sporty” as the university at Athens. Many of our young men get their educations in institutions outside of the state. Some of them go to Harvard, some to Yale, some to Princeton, others to Columbia, Cor¬ nell, Rennsalaer, Stevens, Pennsyl¬ vania and various different colleges in the north, yet none of these colleges are at all “sporty” or are located in sporty cities. Oh, no. There is evidently no aestheticism, no swell society in any ot the northern cities where the greatest colleges in the world are located and that is the reason, according to the views of the Albany Plerald, that our Georgia fathers send their sons to the quiet little villages like New York, Phil¬ adelphia, Cambridge, New Haven. Ithica, Troy, and others injorder that they may pursue their studies in abso¬ lute quiet, with no football, baseball or social entertaintments to take their minds off their studies. If the true reason as to why parents do not send their sons to the university is wanted it is because the ((university has not the support from the state which is due it. The Herald wants the university to succeed in every possible way, but it cannot do so un¬ less the state will help it. As soon as the legislature sees fit to do the proper thing by the best institution in our state and place it on a par with other firstclass colleges, just then will our people only be too willing to send their sons there for their education. A government inspector pounced down on Postmaster Lee, of Thomas- ville and found him short $206.00 in his accounts. Several days was given Mr. Lee to raise the amount, but he : was unable to make good the amount. 1 An extravgant family is said to be the cause, Mr, Lee being a man with no bad habits. The affair has caused a profound sensation in Thomasville. The first number of The Poulan News and Immigrant has reached our X table. The enterprise is a 7-column folio, neatly printed and ably edited e. a. Nisbett is at the helm as editor and manager. Success to it. ! Editors ad hbttikm NO. 47.