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The Fitzgerald Leader. 3tablished 1890. r OL. II. JOHN B. VINCENT, ittorney-at-Law. berger Building, Cor. Pino and Grant St., itzgerald, : : Georgia. CHENEY & BURCH, TTO R N E Y-AT-LAW, fFiCE—In Paulk Building, GrantStreet, TZGERALD, GEORGIA. \V. Ryniaii, L. Kennedy, ! South Dakota. Of Savannah. RYMAN & KENNEDY, TICE—In Fitzgerald Block. JAY & HENDERSON, Utorney-at-Law, Fitzgerald, Georgia. TFFicr.—In the Slayton & Kern building on le nvenuo. W. F. THOMPSON, kreliitec % 9 CORDELIA GEORGIA. DR. J. H. POWELL, (Late of the Best American Hospitals) jecialist in Chronic Diseases, Of Alcn and Women, Hce.'S. Grant street, near Magnolia. (Per¬ manently located.) W. J. LAYMAN & CO., al Estate & Insurant Agents Loans Negotiated, at Street, Fitzgerald, Georgia. 8k, C, A, & l O' HsWorf, fice— In Slayton & Kern building, oppo- Commercial hotel. Fitzgerald, Ga ne 1 1. PINE STREET leaf larks! arries a full line of Fresh and Salted feats of every description. Armour’s debruted Western Beef always on ,tnd. Turkeys and Chickens bought id sold. I. L. BEAUCHAMP, Proprietor. WE List - Property -- g AND ~ Pay : Taxes For non-rosiden t property owners. Small and large, tracts of land for sale. Enclose stamp giving full information. f. mum, SON a 00, riiqnu, Ga. Real EstateDealers. OPTICIAN, Have your eyes fitted by John Ad¬ ams, a man that has liad twenty-seven years sxperience. I have the best as¬ sortment of goods in the city. Gen¬ eral 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. 43 For Tailor Suits CALL ON E. J. DANCY, Fine Av>, Next Door to Commercial Hotel A perfect lit guaranteed. A trial is all T ask. All garments cut and made on premises. Cleaning, Repairing and Fressin? a Specialty WHY (JO TO ATLANTA To have your Eyes fitted with glasses? You can save time and money by call¬ ing at Baldwin’s, the Eye Specialist, who is a graduate optician. Have a room especially for examining the eyes. Headache, vision blurred, can- not read bv lamplight, can be relieved by proper glasses. Take no chances, but have your eyes fitted with glasses correctly. C. S. BALDWIN, Two Dooas East of Postoffice, Fitzgerald, : : Georgia. “MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.” FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 16, 1897. I’ut The Leader on Your List. The time is at hand when intelli¬ gent people select the list of newspapers and periodicals they wish for the com¬ ing year. We wish very much to increase the circulation of the Leader at every postoffice in the county for the year 1898, and with a view to fa- Sl J.XXJtlAd.-LJ-r-d.JLA A i XXXXXXX XXXXXX.mTTTfc: a t- c ....... h . un 1 E t H ft f. , „ t h»- - d »t fi y —A i: -j If. | m 3 f.-I-.i i j? H H d Colony Bank, First Brick Building Erected in H " Fitzgerald or Irwin County. u eilate matters in that direction we have sent out a number of sample copies tojthose who are not subscribers, This is the last sample copy you will receive and you are earnestly request- 1 ed to carefully ; examine the numbers sent you and become permanent 1 senbers at vour earliest * possible convenience, The Leader is conceded to be one of the very best of the weekly papers in the state. Our regular departments i m ft ft ± V, HV \ \ \\ vvtH v I % m ft m ■' t: ■txvf- t ft $ ft % ft ft • ft ft ialsfc] I • ■ ft ft m ft h Ei M 3M I mT mr ^ ' ! / ft 'sr* m < i m ft ; ; ft ' m Tu . \ 0T * ft ft i. 1: m ■m f BM I : S ft ft ft i ft m ■Li’ : ft 0 m i Si '•Si: ti Ac ft V —Xr ft ft Group of Residences owned by J, G. Knapp, Cob Tbos. Wilson, CapU D. G. Welch and f. W Hayde. ft are complete and we are able to give our readers a large amount of interest¬ ing and appropriate reading matter. Our serial and short stories are writ¬ ten by first-class authors and are just the thing for long winter evenings. The Talmage sermom and Sunday School lessons are interesting to many readers. We also furnish a large amount of miscellaneous reading and matter to suit holidays and special oc¬ casions. We also furnish the local news from nearly every neighborhood in the county, including reports of court transactions and other informa¬ tion of interest to the taxpayer. If you want the home news you will find the Leader indispensable. We aim to make the Leader wide¬ awake and enterprising, and an earnest advocate of the right on all questions. We want to begin the new year with a substantial increase of subscribers and to accomplish this object we invite our friends and patrons to speak a good word for the paper to their neighbors and acquaint¬ ances. Look over the Leader care¬ fully and then send us your name and postoffice address. The regular sub¬ scription price of the Leader is $1.50 per year and we make no reductions from this price. We send the paper to no one who cannot or will not pay and aim to conduct the office on busi¬ ness principles strictly. We do not force the paper on any one and sub¬ scriptions are promptly date of stopped expiration. when requested at the For all the news, read The Leader. A doctor, hacked by Atlanta a policeman, stopped a wedding in long enough to vaccinate the bride. The couple were of a dusky hue, and were on the floor holding hands when the doctor broke in. The bridegroom ob¬ jected to the girl being vaccinated and the had to be held by the policeman while virus was injected. The office should seek the man, but the man often becomes impatient and sets some machinery in motion to make the office start toward him. I here . reform T . alt lines is m going on m • lvnnsas. ,- , the P , school , , inarms have issued • , an edit that children , who eat . onions . Cftiinot , come to , school , , as long as the scent remains upon them. The children are all eating onions now, and some of the school are well-nigh broken up. And now the Atlanta Journal has admitted that a majority of the people of the state are in favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of lo to 1.—Blakeley Observer. We again insist, that the names of absentees without leave, the men who clog legislation by their absence, should be published, so that the people may learn where the fault lies.— Thomasville Times-Enterprise. —J -L- —I -T—I lj—*- —*——-I -I A —i-i ft, —T. 1.1—»- -T.ft.i--T. -T. -I -TI^ A , - ( :: H E H 22a h fGy.-frffiM H ' H SBM 36 H M - Street Scene, Cor. Central Av. and Grant St. E J Fitzgerald. Ga. *'“] tr -4 JTTTTTTT7T j TTTTTTTTTTT _______ ’f TTTTTTT’HTTG _ Flour $6 per barrel; cotton 5 cenls per pound. Why do not the farmers of Tattnall try raising wheat on a small scale? There is no reason why every farmer in the county cannot make all the flour his family con¬ sumes. Give it a trial.—Tattnall Journal. Subscribe for The Leader. i ■TC. sm "s- J ft ft ft r. ■M 11 i ■ v: ' A ft "A® ft ft A ; ft ft t ft ft -a jUi § H •IH: ; 8 ft x': % M. ft ft £ fit 1 ft mm m ft i .'&£ / i ‘i W'- lift ft ft • '■ ft m ft . ’ 'A i ft ft i fS?!*:'. ■ .y ■A .;>!$ ’ft ft ft ft jj.Group ot Residences—(1) H. C. Smith, (2) Dr. J. M. Deniston and (3) A. Hageman, all Five-Acre Tracts. ft / ft The Macon Daily Telegraph is to be congratulated on the excellent num¬ ber issued last Sunday. 1 he edition was brimfull of the latest news of the day, together with numerous adver¬ tisements of Macon’s live business men. The Telegraph is 0. Iv. The bill to elect judges and solici¬ tors by the people has passed the Senate and possibly the House by this time. At any rate it will. It will then be submitted to the people for ratification, as an amendment to the constitution, It will be ratified by them at the October election next year, and will become a law before the election in 1900. While it may not be the best way to get the best officers, the people who are to be serv¬ ed, will have no body to blame could but themselves. And no system be worse than the present one.—Mont¬ gomery Monitor. An old maid of Newmann, Ill., says the Yews, who had been an inveterate bater of men all her life, died the other day. She left directions that no man should attend her funeral, or per¬ form any service for her after death. Women laid her away, even digging the grave and filling it. It must give the departed a good deal of satisfaction to know that her wishes were fulfilled. The ladies kissed Pat Walsh when he was inaugurated mayor of Augusta. There’s no telling how many candi¬ dates there will be next time.—Rome Tribune. Patrick, old boy, we hardly thought that of you. My! my!! what did the neighbors say ! -!» Mondays! Here; f *: 1^? will The need Holidays nobby will suit soon for lie Christmas here, and of course,'that What boy is of yours nicer rdD Kpf for boy a than suit a clothes present. Make Up? your a of or a nice pair of shoes? him a present of something that is of value and which will do m him service. It is money in your pocket. Perhaps the men They folks will are appreciate in need of such a new present suit, above pair of all pants, others. hat or shoes. Jjfx a I Oar Holiday Prices, f ||f> Mens’all-wool suits, were $15.00, Holiday Price Titi 0 s,2 Mens’ -°°- ail #> ^ wool suits were $12.00, Holiday Price S $10.00. 0 Mens’ all wool suits were $10.00, Holiday Price * $ 8 . 00 . Mens’ all wool suits were $8.00, Holiday price S6.00. 0 Mens’ all wool suits were S7.00; Holiday price $4.00. * Hoys’ all wool suits were $2.00; Holiday price $1.50. Our assortment of Boys’ and Childrens’ suits is the largest in ^ the city. All we ask is a visit. No trouble to show goods. • Jones : Clothing: Co. ® A Fitzgerald, Georgia. iSSTAsk for our Store when in town. JOSEY’S DRUG STORE.) r ^ i I am located on South Grant Street, where I can be 3 | found with with a full line of " 1 I P | Of all kinds, Druggists’ Sundries, etc. In fact I am 1 | better prepared to serve my patrons than ever before. | | Remember I keep in stock a fine line of I Toilet 5oaps If Perfumery. \ | Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day or Night. ^ 1 JOSEY’S DRUG STORE 1 V- I *»- South Grant Street, Fitzgerald, Georgia. ili FRED R. BIGHAM, Contractor # Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Address Lock Box 8, Fitzgerald, Georgia. .” o.ksxI'p: ! Editors and Publishers NO. 50. The supreme court has handed down a decision in the case of Bud Brooks, the accomplice of Grady Rey¬ nolds, in the murder of Hunt, the Belton merchant. The judgment of the lower court is affirmed and both of the murderers will hang together, on a date not yet fixed.