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THE FITZGERALD LEADER. Official Newspaper of Irwin County. Georgia. Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald, Ga. PUBLISHED EVEHY THURSDAY BY ?. G.’ KNAPP) [ E niT<)R8 and PUBLISHERS. *1.60: Subscription Rates:— Ono copy, ono year Six months, 75o: Three months, 50c. Terms—I nvariably in advance. Job and advertising rates made known on application. Your patronage soliolted. WEATHER REPORT. At Government Observation and Signal Sta¬ tion—Forcast of Weather Each A. M. ami Cover the Following 36 Honrs. (REPORTED EXPRE8SLY FOR THE LEADER BY DR. COE.] For the week ending Wednesday noon, De¬ cember 15, 1897: DAYS. Temperature, Rain¬ Pre’v'g fall. wind. li A M 12 M. 8 I’ M Wednesday Thursday. its 56 60 56 a; so so Friday..... Saturday... (K 62 se 52 r,-, sw Sunday..... Monday.... 50 52 78-100 sw 10 .VI 8W Tuesday... Wednesday 41 50 10 = V" a Total rainfall, 78-100 inches. Sun obscured by clouds 21 hours. Night rains measured at 6 a. m. and credited to that day. Thunder during rain of Monday. Christian Science. Services every Sunday morning 10:30; Sun¬ day school 11:30, and Sunday evening services at 7:30, corner of Pine avenue and Lee street. A cordial invitation is extended to all ot 'what¬ ever creed or calling. CITY AND COUNTY. That good soaking rain on Monday made the grass look as green as summer time. _ The Leader will take a few cords of dry wood on subscription. First come, first served. _ Capt. John Phillips offers his prop- erty in Tifton at a low figure, See ad in another coldrnn. Chief of Police Jones, of this city as¬ sisted Sheriff Handley in the execution of Henry Nesbitt last Friday. By an oversight the price of hands and crystals in Wettstein’s ad. was read “ 50 cents.” ' It should be made to 10 cents. _ “Bill” Snyder came up from St. Au¬ gustine, Fla., last Sunday. He says that the ancient city is full of northern tourists. _ Ira Linch, who, for a year or more, held cases on The Leader, - is now at Waycross, where he is “slinging type” on the Herald. If McKinley allows a statute of him¬ self to be made in gold by capitalists, the people are likely to make one of him in mud, says the Atlanta Journal. The building of the machine shops and bicycle factory at Cordele has been postponed until January. The promo¬ ters of the enterprise are Indiana capi¬ talists. The Leader is read by more people than any paper in the county, Our cir- culation is large and reaches the best class of citizens. It is the advertising medium for the business man. Why don’t the newspapers that are howling so savagely for Mrs. Nobles’ blood tell us why so many male mur¬ derers go scot free, or serve a short sen- tence in the penitentiary?—Rome Tribune. O. J. Graham, Robert Weatherston and Fred Nussell, all of Fairbault, Minn., arrived in the city last Monday evening on a prospecting tour. They are well pleased with the outlook of the Magic city. An Alabama editor hungrily ex¬ claims: “Friends, a little help would be appreciated very much; can’t you bring us some sweet potatoes or corn? An ed- itor once choked himself to death try¬ ing to eat grass.” The great six days’ bicycle race came to an end last Saturday night, at Mad¬ ison Square garden, New York, with C. W. Miller, of Chicago, an easy win- ner. Miller’s share of the gate receipts will be about $2,000 Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley, the aged mother ot President McKinley, died at her home at Canton, O., last Sunday, after a lingering illness of sev¬ eral weeks. President McKinley was with her when she died. Tho decision of the supreme court of Indiana, that a wife may, at any time, sue for and recover money lost by her husband gambling, is in line with com¬ mon sense and decency, and if it isn’t a good law everywhere it ought to be. The number of ballots printed for the New York municipal election was 1,900,- 000, and the aggregate weight was forty tons. Laid side by side the ballots would have covered 116 acres of land, and laid end to end would have reached 720 miles. __ J. Van Etten, living southeast of town, left at this office last Tuesday; a monster turnip of the Globe variety, measuring 20 inches in circumference, and a new variety of radishes that meas¬ ured 21 inches in circumference. They are on exhibition at this office. The directors of the Georgia Chau¬ tauqua at Albany have decided to have a building erected as a permanent home for the institution, and to have it finished in time for the next annual as¬ sembly in the coming spring. The plan is to use the Chautauqua association’s property as a basis for bonds to be is¬ sued to erect the building. Independent Candidate. Ward. Tly request of many citizens in the First inde¬ I hereby announce mysell’as an pendent candidate for alderman In the First Ward. If elected I will use my best endeavors to have lowor taxes and the city business con¬ ducted ou economic principles. Titos. Wilson. Deo. 10,1897. . Mr. C. Hurley and John Foreman, of Pike’s Peak, Ind., arrived in the city last Thursday on a short prospecting tour through this section. Capt. H. H. Tift, of Tifton, was in the city last Wednesday,and while herepaid taxes on his Irwin county property. His railroad tax was $372,000 ; personal tax $1,250.00,and Fitzgerald city tax $180.00. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Clare, last Saturday, (a 9-pound son. All get¬ ting along nicely, except Sidney, who at last accounts, was slowly recovering. We would recommend ’alf and ’alf, Sid¬ ney. The Sunday school of the Christian church will have a Christmas cantata— “Santa Claus expected” at their church Friday evening, December 24, at 7:30. Every one is invited. Come and bring your presents. Col. Thomas Wilson, who has been at Atlanta for the past two weeks, in the interest of the amendments to the city charter, returned home Wednesday evening. The bill passed and is signed by the governor. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Rev. H. F. Long pastor. Services in the Pres¬ byterian church, on South Grant street every Sunday at 11 a. M. Sunday school at 2:30 p. M. The public are cordially invited to attend. The colony company have decided to change their auction sale of city lots from December 18th, to January 20, 21 and 22. This was thought best on ac¬ count of the big excursion from the North that is to reach here on that date. Geo. Ricker, Fitzgerald’s up-to-date photographer and artist, was at the hanging bee at Irwinville last Friday, and secured pictures of Nesbitt just be¬ fore being hanged and after the pro¬ ceedings were over. The pictures are Interesting and are on sale at Rickers. The entertainment at G. A. R. hall last Thursday evening was attended by an appreciative audience. The receipts will be and for the benefit of the “Childs’ Study Club.” The program was varied and entertaining, reflecting much credit on the ladies who had charge of the same. _ It is said that down to the century a part of the marriage service in Hungary consisted in the groom giv¬ ing the bride a kick to remind her her subjection. The custom still in this country to some extent, that the kick comes after the is over. ___ At an election held at Cordele Saturday for the purpose of $7,000 in 6 per cent, bonds to insure link in Georgia & Carolina railroad tween Cordele and Hawkinsville, is unfinished, the vote stood 191 to 1 the issuing of bonds. Cordele is an to-date city. _ Tho base ball boys are making rangements for a big ball game on Christmas day with the Wolf Pit nine that promises to be interesting. We also understand a dance will be held in the evening and will adjourn at o’clock. Everybody should turn out and enjoy a good game. Major E. W. Wood, an old time trav¬ eling man, who years ago was selling goods through our town in South Da¬ kota, and at Hawarden, la., was in the city last Tuesday on a prospecting tour. This office was honored with a short call and a few yarns swapped about the pioneer days of the West. Here’s a “hot one” on Cols. Way and Burch. Before leaving Macon for ir¬ winville, Henry Nesbitt told a News re¬ porter “that two young men and inex¬ perienced attorneys were appointed to defend him, and they did not know how to manage the case.” Well, a famous Manhattan will do for us, boys. An exchange says: “The man who went out to milk and sat on a boulder in the middle of the pasture and waited for the cow to back up to him was the eldest brother of the man who kept a store and didn’t advertise because he believed the purchasing public would back up to his place when they wanted anything. _ The aim of our farmers should be to produce everything that they consume. Wonderfully favorable conditions of cli¬ mate and soil make it possible for them to raise most of the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life. Their ob¬ ject should be to avoid the necessity of buying rather than to make a great deal of one thing to buy with. On Monday last a special car left White, S. D., for a tour through the southern states, the final destination being Boston, Ga., which is situated in the southern part, only a short distance from the Florida line. The car was oc¬ cupied by thirty people, with 80 pieces of baggage, from which we infer that they intend to remain. The car will go from here direct to Chicago, and from there through to Georgia. A number of people from points on the Milwaukee road in South Dakota, joined the ex¬ cursion here.—The Farmers’ Leader, Pipestone, Minn., 9th. Another G. A. R! Post is being or¬ ganised which, when mustered in will give Fitzgerald three posts. V. P, Dillingham is the head man of the new post. The petition has already twenty names. _ Mr. D. Ewing, a native farmer east of this city, a staunch and true friend of The Leader, left at this office last Sat¬ urday a sample of syrup of his make. In all candor it is the best syrup we have “ sampled” in wiregrass Georgia. “ Uncle Dave,” go to the head of the class. _ E. Nicholson has branched out in the draying business and now has a bran new, up-to-date wagon on the street. “Nick” will get his share of the trade, as he is the only auctioneer in town and has a the faculty of making a man do business whether he wants to or not. Success, “Nick.” Alderman Martin Scott, after an absence of six weeks on a business trip to Little Falls, Minn., returned Wednesday morning. He reports a good time, but found plenty of cold weather and more than glad to get back to Fitzgerald where the roses and other flowers are still in bloom. Capt. D. C. McCollum left this morn¬ ing (Thursday) for Indianapolis, Ind., where he will again go under treat¬ ment for tumor of the throat. The Leader is sorry to see Captain McCol¬ lum leave Fitzgerald, but trusts the op¬ eration will be a successful one, and that he will, at an early date, make this city his home agai n. Mr. S. E. Coleman, of Ocilla, was in the city Wednesday, making arrange¬ ments to move his family in order to educate his children. We understand he was successful in securing a dwell¬ ing. Mr. Coleman will farm his plan¬ tation as of yore, and will spend a por¬ tion of the time with his family in the Magic city. _ A fine sample of ripe raspberries and strawberries were shipped northern friends to-day (Thursday) by Mrs. E. C. Markland, 5-acre tract east of the city, and L. O. Tisdell, on Ocmulgee avenue. This luscious fruit was raised on open ground, the plants having been set out last October. Harry Glessner died at the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultual col¬ lege at Milledgeville, Friday. He was stricken with typhoid fever in October, just after he had been elected to the po¬ sition of captain of the company in which he had stood with the rana and file for the past three years. He was one of the most popular students at the college. He was a son of Maj. W. L. Glessner, of Macon. The interment was at Amerieus. The city is full of homeseekers from the North, and each day brings new ar¬ rivals. With a live, progressive peo¬ ple, and “I am happy all the day,” is the ever-day song of the “Yank,” The day is not far distant when the turpen¬ tine still and saw mill will be a thing of the past in this section. Both are re¬ treating to make room for an indus¬ trious people, who, in a few years at most, the north half of Irwin county will be a veritable garden owned and tilled by a happy and contented people. Mr. B. F. Wilcox, an old and highly respected citizen of the Pickren dist¬ rict, has a curiosity in the shape of a stalk of corn. It measures eight feet and nine inches in height and bore an ear of corn at every joint from the sec¬ ond to the eighth joint. But the most remarkable thing about this stock of corn is the fact that it was made with¬ out a particle of fertilizer. Mr. Wilcox learned to farm long ago, before guano was brought to this section and our country would be better if we had more farmers like Uncle Frank Wilcox.— Douglas Breeze. John Van Etten, who came here nearly two years ago from Indiana and bought 175 acres of land 4 miles south¬ east of town is meeting with good success as a cotton raiser. He had 25 acres planted to long and short cotton, of which he has already realized 7 bales of short and 3 bales of long cotton. He expects to pick another bale of long cotton, making eleven in all. The ten bales brought nearly $340.00 at the low price paid for cotton. His corn crop and csweet and Irish potatoes have brought good results. Mr. Van Etten is well pleased with wire-grass Georgia and says by plowing deep and using good barn manure one can raise just as good crops as any where on earth. Roy Baisden is the champion thief catcher of Fitzgerald. Last Sunday morning about 2 o’clock he heard an unusual noise in his store as if some one was trying to break in a window. Slip¬ ping on his pants and shoes he quietly went around the west side ol his store building and found a young negro try¬ ing to enter the house through a broken window. The negro saw Roy about as soon as he saw the negro, and away went the fleet-footed negro at a 2-min¬ ute clip. Now, Roy is somewhat of a foot racer himself, and he started in pursuit. After a chase of a block or more he caught his man in Thompson’s lumber yard. Calling the night watch¬ man, Roy delivered up the would-be robber, who now languishes in jail awaiting trial. Roy will be our next chief of police, as Chief Jones will turn over his star. A Modem City. Mr. Geo. W. Johnston, who visited this city some timo ago and who was an old time friend and army comrade of Capt. D. C. McCollum, wrote the Amer¬ ican Tribune at Indianapolis of his re¬ cent visit here. He says: I have just returned from a visit to the metropolis of Georgia, Atlanta, and spent a week in the next largest town, Fitzgerald, which is dear to the heart of the old soldier, and we all wish that his hopes may soon be realized. It looks to me like the city is planted to stay. I got the impression some way that Fitzgerald was located on flat land; was not well drained, and was not healthy. To my surprise I found it to be beauti¬ fully located on as nice a tract of table¬ land as there is in the State of Georgia, with good natural drainage all about it, With few exceptions every five or ten- acre tract about the city has a high and rolling building site, fronting on one or the other of the prominent avenues leading out of town. The whole is an interesting thing, which the old sol¬ dier, very often with a family about him, is solving to his entire satisfaction. The well-kept garden and truck farms, with everything from a rose to a ruta¬ baga, beautiful, fresh on Thanksgiving day, was a matter of unusual interest to the northern farmers who were paying this place a visit for the first time. Having spent most of my time in north¬ western Florida for the last six years, and knowing something of the climate, water and soil of this southland, I have no hesitancy in saying that Mr. Fitz¬ gerald and his corps of efficient helpers could not haye found in this entire South a better spot for building a city, than the present site of Fitzgerald. The very fact of the mercantile busi¬ ness and the building of handsome brick business blocks now going on is the best of evidences that no mistake has been made. The purchase of business lots, dwel¬ ling lots and outside tracts at the auc¬ tion sale held last week, by capitalists both of the North and the South, is very gratifying to the men who, two years ago, hewed their way through the pine forests for a place to plant their homes. A new $40,000 hotel, with contracts made for water, gas and electric light¬ ing, is about completed. A canning factory is under way, and there are good schools, cnurches, and a home for every one, all of which means that the city must soon rank among the best in the State. A harder-working, happier lot of fel¬ lows you seldom meet. Many of them, who were worn out and used up physi¬ cally in their northern homes, have, since coming to this mild climate among the pines, taken on a new lease of life, and it is refreshing to listen to their, “How are you comrade?” and feel the hearty hand-shake as they come and go. Geo. W. Johnston. Chipley, Fla., Nov. 29,1897. An Important Case. In its unprovoked light against the Tifton & Northeastern, the Georgia & Alabama railway has gone to the length of addressing a circular letter to its agents, instructing them to refuse to receive any freight from the former road, unless shipped from strictly local points along its line. This resulted in the piling up of a lot of freight consigned to Ocilla and other points, via the Tifton & Northeastern in Fitzgerald, the G. & A. refusing to receive it. Fulwood, Murray & Paulk, attorneys for the T. & N. E., last Saturday car¬ ried the case before Judge Littlejohn at Cordele, and were granted a writ of mandamus nisi, requiring the Georgia & Alabama to appear before him at Amerieus Saturday, December 11, to show cause, if any they can, why a man¬ damus absolute should not be granted, requiring them to transport to its des¬ tination freight consigned to points- along their line. The outcome of the case will be watched with interest, as it involves a nice point of law, as to whether a rail¬ road, as a common carrier, can dictate as to how freight shall be routed before it reaches its line.—Tifton Gazette. The supreme court has decided that the prohibition law of Irwin county is uncontitutional, and a Fitzgerald man says ho will open a grog shop in Syca¬ more for the Christmas trade. He may thrive there; he may not. Such a busi¬ ness is against the sentiment of the community, and the church will not he held responsible for the reception. The 3-mile law virtually drives the sale of whiskey to the incorporated towns, but it can be sold, in Sycamore, Ocilla and Fitzgerald. A prohibition election for Irwin county is now in order, and we are confident that if it is left with the natives the county will go dry by a popular vote. If the colonv people vote liquor upon our sister town we will haul down the flag of truce and take back all the nice things we haye ever said about them. Put the Advance down on the prohibitioon side of the fight.— Ashburn Advance. If the people of Sycamore do not choose to have liquor sold in their town, Bro. Smith, they can put the license at $10,000 and keep it out. Don’t blame Fitzgerald for a law that was un-con- stitutional. The city council held a special meet ing this morning. THE CAUCUSES WERE HELD. A Good Strong Ticket Nominated Iiy the Citizens’ Party. The city election next Wednesday promises to be a very quiet affair as only one ticket is in the field at this time, although another ticket is being agitated by the citizens’ reform league. The caucuses in the different wards were held last Saturday evening with every member of the citizens’ reform league present, but owing to their lim¬ ited number of voters only secured two candidates out of all the offices to be filled, one of which was E. S. Child as a member of the board of education from the First Ward, and C. E. Becker from the Third W aril, The following are the candidates nominated in each ward: First Ward—Alderman, Thos. Kay. Board of education, Ben Baughman and E. S. Child. Second Ward—Alderman, J. H, Stalker. Board of education, W. H. Marston and J. W. Turner. Third Ward—Alderman, A. W. Rey¬ nolds. Board of educution, D. T. Paulk aDd C. E. Becker. Fourth Ward—Alderman, H. L. Beau¬ champ. Board of education, E. Towne and D. B. Jay. THE CITY CONVENTION. On Wednesday evening was well at¬ tended by every delegate being present excepting T. S. Price from the Fourth Ward. The meeting was changed from the Grand Army hall to the city coun¬ cil chamber on account of Mr. Thomp¬ son, the manager of the hall, being ab¬ sent from his place of business and could not be found. The convention was called to order by Mr. H. G. Taylor, and on motion of Col, W F. Way he was made chairman by an unanimous vote. Mr. George Whitman was selected as secretary. On motion of Sam’l Fleming an in¬ formal ballot was taken for the purpose of seeing who the candidates would be. The ballot was spread which resulted in Martin Scott receiving 10; M. Buice 8; C. E. Dunn 9 and George Whitman 1. On motion of Samuel Fleming, the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes after the 3rd ballot was to be dropped from the list, was carried: First Formal Ballot— Buieo........................ 9 Dunn....................... Scott......................... 10 Seooud Ballot— Buico........................ ' DunnJ....................... 10 Scott........................ 10 Third Ballot— Buicc. ..................... 8 Dunn......................... 1" Scott........................ 10 Fourth Ballot— Dunn....................... ,12 Scott....................... 10 Necessary for choice, 15. BOARD OF EDUCATION RESIGNED. Members Send in their Resignation to City Council—Two Weeks for Holidays. At a regular meeting*of the board of education Wednesday afternoon consid¬ erable business was transacted. Among other matters was a resolution giving the city schools a vacation from Dec. 17th to Jan. 3d, when the schools will again re-open. After the regular routine of business the following resolution was adopted : Fitzgerald, Ga., Dec. 16, 1897. We, the undersigned, hereby tender our resignations as members city of Fitz¬ the board of education of the of gerald, in order satisfactory to remove settlement all legal with ob¬ stacles to a The Colony Company and the purchase of the school houses, sites, furniture,etc, J. G. Knapp. A. Griffey. J. E. Burch. D. T, Paulk. J. W. Turner. Edwin Towne. W. H. Marston. In the settlement with The Colony Company the city council have been unable to adjust matters on account of the school board not having the legal authority to buy or sell real estate and with the board of education in the way it was impossible for the city council to make a satisfactory settlement. The board of education deemed it best to resign, as on the commencing of the city schools next year, the buildings and furniture would then be the prop¬ erty of the city. Jonas F, Johnson, an old vet and colony member, formerly, from Ne¬ braska, was made glad and happy last Thursday by the arrival of three daugh¬ ters, Mrs. Hubbert and four children, of Polk county, Neb., and Myra and Clara Johnson, of Chicago. It was in¬ deed a happy meeting of the family, af¬ ter a seperation of six years. The Woodstock News: R. E. Mc¬ Alister received a rather odd piece of mail this week from his sister, Mrs. J. B. Butts, of Fitzgerald, Ga. It was a huge pod of the poppo plant, resembling a bean pod in shape, but about a foot in length, and has his name written in ink on it. It stood its trip without scratch or blemish, and is highly prized by Mr. McAlister.—The Farmers’ Lead' er, Pipestone, Minn., 9th. The door nail, in earlier times, was the plate of the door upon the old- fashioned knocker struck to arouse the inmates of the house. As the plate or nail was struck many more times than any other, it was assumed to be more dead than any other nail. Hence the phrase, “Dead as a door nail.” If old ideas are to be revived, as now seems probable, the phrase may soon have a present application. DROPPED TO ETERNITY Henry Nesbitt, the Triple Murderer, Is Hanged for His Crimes. COOL AND CALM TO THE LAST Went to the Gallows Expressing Hatred for His Whole Race—At the Scaffold He Examines His Coffin and Shakes Hands With His Friends—Made a Short Speech. The first legal hanging in nearly 40 years in Irwin county took place at Ir- winville, the county seat, last Friday, in which Henry Nesbitt, colored, dropped into eternity for the murder of James Airington, in this city last June. The trap was sprung at 1:21 by Sheriff Handley, and in 11 minutes the attend¬ ing physicians, Drs. Luke and Julian, pronounced him dead. Nesbitt killed a negro by the name of James Airington in this city last June. Previous to the murder, Airington and Nesbitt were partners, and worked to¬ gether on the Georgia & Alabama rail¬ road, between this city and Ocilla. A day or two previous to the murder Nes¬ bitt robbed a fellow laborer of $17 in cash. He told Airington of the theft and said he had thc^pioney. Airington told the negro that Nesbitt was the thief. Tho negro demanded his money of Nesbitt, but Nesbitt made a denial and asked who accused him of taking it. “One of your best friends,” the negro replied, meaning Airington. “D—d him, he wont live to. see an¬ other sun rise,” was Nesbitt’s reply. Nesbitt then came to this city on tho night of the killing, where ho and Air¬ ington had some words over the matter. Nesbitt pulled a forty-four calibre re¬ volver and shot Airington in the head. In the scramble to get out of the room, Nesbitt ran against another negro com¬ ing in the door and shot him through tho thigh. COMMITS A SECOND MURDER. After the killing of Airington, Nes¬ bitt skipped out for Pate & Holland’s turpentine still in Coffey county, where he had some trouble with Dick Wright, a one-legged negro and cooper by trade. Wright was in debt to Nesbitt for bor¬ rowed money. Nesbitt sent word to Wright that he would be there the next night for his money, and if Wright failed to pay him he would kill him. Nesbitt made good his word by calling on Wright the next evening and de¬ manded his money. Wright told him he could not pay it, and Nesbitt pulled his gun and shot Wright dead.', Nesbitt made his escape into Florida and back into Georgia, stopping at Bax¬ ley, where he was arrested. Before Nesbitt began his walk from the jail to the scaffold he confessed to killing George Fukeway in Bullock county, thus making three victims to his blood-thirsty deeds. Said he: “I have shot three niggers dead and have wounded four, but during this time never had trouble with a white man. If I was turned loose I would kill every nigger that came within reach of my gun.” Nesbitt was dressed in a black suit of clothes and smoked a cigar as he left the jail. At the scaffold he examined, the coffin that was to carry his remains to his father at Millidgeville, Ga. He bade all his friends good bye who had been admitted to the stockade, and told them he was prepared to meet his God. When he reached the top of the scaf¬ fold he made a short speech to the crowd through a window on the outside of the stockade. Not a tremor was de¬ tected in his voice. He walked to the trap door and told the sheriff how ho wanted the noose fixed about his neck as he wanted it broken, and did not want to strangle to death. Sheriff Handley fixed the noose about his neck and asked him if he had any¬ thing to say. He said: “Nothing, sheriff, nothing, only that I forgive you and the judge. I am ready to die and know that my sins are for¬ given.” The black cap was put 'on and the trap door was sprung. His body was taken in charge by a negro preacher and was sent to his father at Millidgeville, Ga. Christinas Ball. The Fireman will give a grand ball and oyster supper at G. A. R. (halt Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th. Music by Taylor’s orchestra of five pieces. Ad¬ mission to hall 'only 25c; admission to hall and dance, 50cts. Ladies free. Everybody invited and a good time guaranteed. Grand march, 8:30 n. m. F. V. F. D. Notice. To all confederate veterans of Irwin county: You are hereby requested to meet at this place on Wednesday, 22 inst., for the purpose of organizing a camp of ex-confederate veterans. Fail not. Capt. G. a. Jackson. Sycamore, Ga., Dec. 13, ’97. To the many loving friends, who so tenderly beloved” ministered in his sufferings, to “our most dearly I offer my heart’s sincerest clearly gratitude by our un¬ tiring devotion so heart, demonstrated, has established in my a friend¬ ship for you as indissolluble as that entertained between Jonathan and David. Dec. 13th. Mrs. B. B. McCraw.