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The Fitzgerald Leader 18Q©. >L. II. W ,iOHN B. VINCENT, In H ciorney-at-Law. M lerger Building, Cor. Pine and Grant St.. # ‘ ‘i* -tzgerald, Georgia. it : : CHENEY & BURCH, ti TTORNEY-AT-LAW, FICE—In Paulk Building-, Grant Street, <’Z GERALD, GEORGIA. ti- Kennedy, soufh'lnlkota. r.. Of Savannah. R y M AN & KENNEDY, ^WTERS ICE—In Fitzgerald Block. sail, JAY & HENDERSON, t torney-at-Law, to * Fitzgerald, Georgia. friCE—In the Slayton.&Kern building on ?JY 8 avenue. id¬ W. F. THOMPSON, f h, LrcSiitec *t 9 ma CORDELE, GEORGIA. DR. J. H. POWELL, W (Lute of tlie Best American Hospitals) t ^cialist in Chronic Diseases, o Of !IVIeii a.ncl Women, do Ice, street, Magnolia. (Per¬ 1 S. Grant near manently located.) gre W. J. LAYMAN & CO., r Estate & Insuranc Agents Loans Negotiated, to Street Fitzgerald, Georgia. ant ' v es Drs, 0, A, & L> X. Holtsendorf, dem building, ” rPic'E—In Slayton & Kern oppo- i Commercial hotel,, Fitzgerald, Ga PINE STREET ( Heat Market Carries a full line of Fresh and Salted of every description. Armour’s celebrated Western Beef always on Turkeys and Chickens bought :nd sold. 3 . L. BEAUCHAMP, ti_ Proprietor. 7 si List Property - •f L ■ ■■■•■■= AND =+ T Pay ^ : Taxes For non-resident property owners. Small and large tracts of land for sale. Enclose stamp giving full information, F. WILLIAMS, SON & CO, Fiasgerald, Ga, v Real EstateDealers. 1 Have your eyes fitted by John Ad- ams, a man that has had twenty-seven experience. I have the best as- of goods in tlie city. Gen- line of optical goods in stock. Lenses, spectacle and eye glass frames, cases, also opera and field glasses, tel- ’escopes. barometers, microscope, com- passes, etc. JOHN ADAMS, GRANT STREET, FITZGERALD, GA. Tailor Suits Tb. CALL ON E. J. DANOY, At>i Next Door to Commercial Hotel A perfect fit guaranteed. A trial is all I ask. yigarments cut and made on premises. < "leasing. Repairing anil Pressin? a Specialty WHY (ill TO ATLANTA 1 To have your Eyes fitted with glasses? You can save time and money by call¬ ing at Baldwin’s, the Eye Specialist, 'wlio is a graduate optician. Have a room especially for examining the eyes. Headache, vision blurred, can- uot read by lamplight, can be relieved proper glasses. Take no chances, have your ei r es fitted with glasses )0 i-rectly. S. BALDWIN, C. Two Dooas East of Postoffice, = : Georgia. “MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE." FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 9, 1897. A member of the Georgia legisla¬ is about to introduce a bill to le¬ draw poker. He will probably that the game is one of science not of chance, suggests the Birm¬ News. The Waycross Herald noting the of one of the Hanna’s at palatial home at Thomasville, “ Mel Hanna is a brother to the Marcus. We think he is a better than Mark, because he couldn’t be worse.” .l -*» *j» .j* •$» n ♦!* **♦ «*• .j.' *. - * V ,:A A •••* V ■.< • V m . —'• pi - t r V ■ ♦K frpfrr ■ v $ w. * jjS 0 " ' -in I 1 * y <• r m ® as if f ■■’I fiiiiu a i V V ariU 1 sa&m a ftp* ** >yf, * A First Ward School “Building ; attendance 387 a * P upils, Sept. 1, 1897. Fitzgerald, Ga. ?!♦ *»* *»* ^ 'I* ♦I* •»*. ♦.* Not long since a Kansas lawyer He- livered an address to tlie Missouri convicts in the penitentiary chapel. He began by saying : -‘I am glad to see you all here to-day.” An eastern paper quotes Mrs. Lease assaying: “I want to he fair.” Hor¬ ror! We hope she isn’t Idonding her hair.—Wichita Eagle, The Washington Post has discovered that there is a vast difference between the Georgia duel and the Texas duel, In Georgia it says it is all Prehn.i- naries, and in Texas it is always promptu and the coroner can al wavs depend on a job. T A A’ ■■.r i . U", ' 5**% if' . oT .. 1 - - i .. *, • JyvAiJF; i: " v ” v i ' ' : in of Colony Post No. 14, G. A. R., January, 1856, Fitzgerald, Georgia. MRS. NOBLES MUST H A Mi. U. S. Supreme Court Affirms the Decis¬ ion of Ihe Georgia Court. From Abbeville Chronicle. The United States supreme court has reviewed the evidence in Mrs. No¬ bles’ ease and affirmed the decision of the Georgia supreme court. There¬ fore the old woman will have to hang, and the day of execution will soon be fixed. Mrs. Nobles, who murdered her husband, is the lowest type of the backwoods Cracker, illiterate, and some say, half witted, if not demented. The crime for which this woman (now past 60 years of age) must pay the penalty with her life, was committed over two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Nobles, with their two sons, Deli by and Jack, were living on a small farm twelve miles below Jeffersonville. Em¬ ployed on the place as farm hands were Gus Families and his wife, Mary, and Dalton Joiner, all three negroes. Mrs. Nobles is said to have been in all respects far beneath her husband, and their domestic life was a wretched one. The unhappy condi¬ tion of tilings culminated in a con- spiracy between Mrs. Nobles and Gus We enjoyed the circus with the rest of our friends. We saw at least 500 j of our weekly subscribers there who are due us from 50 cents to 85 on sub- scriptiou. If they had paid us 50 cents on subscription, they would have felt better and made us feel better, while at the same time an honest debt would have been paid. We will be satisfied, however, if you will bring us a bushel or so of corn, potatoes, or any¬ thing you have lying barn.—Cordele around your corn Sen¬ j crib and storage I tinel. Mr. Bryan tells the following good story at the expense m the 1 almci- Buckner democrats: “A man travel- ingmia Missouri train said that he could tell by the looks of the passen- gets what puliiicul party they lie- longed to. u This man here,” said the traveler, “is a republican.” “ T es,” sa id the ]i;isst-iigeiv“ that is my poli¬ tics. “ L’imt man there is a demo- “ That’s correct,” responded the second pnwenger. “ That man in tlm ‘hml «.», is “ C |“ ■ ( p 1Y ,-n f.mherV 'a'gold-hug deinOi-rat,” “ No I an.....t,” pmi.iptlv responded the fellow, “ I’ve been sick, That’s what, makes me look that way.” Mary Families to murder tlie old man. Early otic Sunday morning, in June, 1895, the fiendish plot was carried in¬ to execution. At tlie trial which fol¬ lowed, it was shown that Gus Fum¬ bles had approached Mr. Nobles from the rear and dealt him a murderous blow on the head with an ax, which felled him to the ground. Mrs. No¬ bles then seized the ax and with the fury of a demon gave her husband tlie finishing stroke. Before life was *t *;*.'■*♦ *»♦ “F *J* ♦!* -5* -T* .4* *5*. *5* M* * v •t. v * * V % * * 1 Xii N ' ? * A ' •F - r v I Ml 141 iv ■‘J*: •F •I* ' Jt ft v A, Third Ward School Building; attendance ^ A 430 Pupils, Sept. 1, 1897, Fitzgerald, Ga. THE LEADER has the largest circulation of any news¬ paper in Wiregrass Georgia. Augusta, the beautiful city, at her last election, stood Pat. It is no joke, for the new mayor is Hon. Pat Walsh, After one of the most niemoriable elections in Augusta’s history, Hon. Patrick Walsh was elected mayor last Wednesday by 824 plurality in a hot, three cornered fight. Patrick, here is to you. Speaker Jenkins thinks the lower house of the Georgia legislature will pass a the satisfactory bill will convict the hill. following He says contain provisions: leased Able-bodied heretofore. convicts The aged,’ will be out as infirm and women convicts will he placed above on a farm and the earnings their own maintenance will be devoted fptions. to Misdemeanor the support of convicts public insti- will he hired out either in the county of their conviction, or be sent to the State farm. Ail misdemeanor con- victs will he under State control. A damage suit which is interesting to bicyclists lias just been instituted by Edison McCormick, a bicyclist of Monroe county, N. Y., against Charles Topliffe, a farmer of Brighton, N. Y. The bicyclist wants $1,000 damages for injuries to himself and his wheel, caused by a collision with a cow on | the bicycle cinder path at Churchville. Farmer Toplitl’e sent his hired man to j firing home a cow. Itbeingdark, tlie j*, lia ii drove the cow on the bicycle path, McCormick, who was riding jyithout a light, ran into the cow. The latter was frightened and tried to jump a fence, the hired man was knocked into the ditch, the cyclist was hurt and his wheel was wrecked. McCormick says Topliffe is responsi- Lie for the violation of the law by his hired man in driving a cow on the AleCm'aiek was “viohlting^hf brought j vr, li, '. !,ut ?, !infl l,as a counter ' 8U!t . ’’I ,lan, i '« M f.° hls f 0 "’' il ? e hlred j 1 I nr Peking , solace in U,r hls , . hardly extinct the old man’s body was dragged to she edge yf the lot by Mrs. Nobles am! Fumbles, a hole was dug and the mangled remains were tum¬ bled in ami hurriedly Fumbles covered up- Mrs. Nobles and Gus were both first found guilty and of sentenced murder in the be degree, Fumbles, who to banged. implicated, Mary the was also was sent to peni¬ tentiary for life and is now serving her sentence. Gus Fumbles and Mrs. Nobles have yet to pay the penalty their crimes. [Editors and Publishers NO. 49. Mondays IHere m * - & V*. v will The need Holidays nobby will suit sooir for lie Christmas here, and of coursejthat What hoy is of yours nicer < ^ju L > rAv a a present. of shoes? Make §^! r for your hoy than something a suit of clothes or a nice pair and which will do < jAr > Kb him a present of that is of value him service. It is money in your pocket. Perhaps the men folks p re in need of a new suit, pair of pants, hat or shoes, iV z ippreciate such a present above all others. A UUr Holiday Prices. » ||f Mens’ all-wool suits, were $15.00, Holiday Price |||> ^ ® 12 ' 00 ' $§■ X av; Mens’all wool suits were $12.00, Holiday Price S m $10.00. SS. Mens’ all wool suits were $10.00, Holiday Price m y'l'-y $ 8 . 00 . ileus’ all wool suits were $8.00, Holiday price $6.00. w Mens’ all wool suits were $7.00; Holiday price $4.00. Boys’ all wool suits were $2.00; Holiday price $1.50. « the Our city. assortment All of Boys’ is and Childrens’ No trouble suits show is the goods. largest in ff) jg we ask a visit. to i Jones : Clothing: Go. I Fitzgerald, Georgia. » ®g"Ask for our Store when in town. $ 4# ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ $ sfc ¥ fjs sk & & r w* '> w Auction Sale OF ♦ <> 't' City Lots s' 'k N AND f> ’T > r - Condemned 5-Acre Tracts, -V- ;/.v V K aturday, Dec. 18, ’97 vL n I 9 "i >4 At the front door of Colony Headquarters, * commencing at 10 o’clock A. M. 'I A number of choice residence lots, |i> X vL condemned lots and 5-acre tracts will X vb K be put and sold to the highest bidder. Watch this space next week and see v 4 "C the hst of property. Go look them T over and be ready to I my. Don’t for- get the date. vb COLOIXY CO. Jt E. NICHOLSON, Auctioneer. Sri JTTTTTTTTfTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTnTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTiff JOSEY’S DRUG STORE ■ I ' a ■+' t I am located on South Grant Street, where I can be E found with with a full line of a 1 pr II! P /I I P 9 1. E Of all kinds, Druggists’ Sundries, etc. In fact I am 3 o- I I better prepared to serve my patrons than ever before. c Remember I keep in stock a fine line of | | Toilet 5°aps If Perfumery, f l Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day or Night. I I JOSEY’S DRUG STORE,) South Grant Street, Fitzgerald, Georgia. ^IkiikUkiiUkmUkkUkilkkikiHiUkLkkkUUiiiklkiikUkkikklilkkkkiUlUiiiiiiiUiiuuiiunmm^ bred l. biqham Contractor # Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia.