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Mens' And Cottou-mUde Gents’ Furnishing Pants Goods.
good Cotton-madfe only.......... 35c
Good 7oc Pants............... 65c
$1.00 Cotton black Bants I..................... .................. 70c $
1.25 Black Pants .. 90c
I 75c Black Pants 50c
75c Boys’ Cotton-made 50c long Pants...................... Pajnts................... 50c
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Boys’ Pants at Cost. Jewelry 25 per cent off.
M* ,$9.00 Trunks will go at.................... $6 50
8.50 Trunks will go at.................... ® 00
7.26 Trunks will go at .. .................. Oi 50
6.00 Trunks will go at.................... Cff 00
5.25 Trunks Will go at.................... 00
4.50 3.75 Trunks Trunks at......^........................ will will go go at.................... at.................... W bC 50 75 $
I 75e Hats f....................... 49c
$1.00 Ilats at.... .... 90c
1.25 Hats at 99c
1.50 Hats at $1 15
1.75 Hats at L 1 35
2.00 Hats at.. ,j... 1 50
Mens’ Suits anJjjgHIns’ ali«l|Uirts; Telescopes, Valises and Trav¬
eling Bags, Hats of all kinds, latest style,
all of which wjl I sold regardless of cost for cash
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e Fitzgerald Leader.
“MAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE.”
FITZGERALD, IRWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 10, 1898.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
jB J.G.' F Triy KNAPpI jt jr* j .s i [-Editors and PUBLISHER^.
Official Newspaper of Irwin County, Georgia.
Official Newspaper of City of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Subscription Kates:—O ne copy, one year
Sl.50; Six months, 'ae; Three mouths,
Terms—I nvariably in advance.
Job and advertising rates made known on
application. Your patronage solicited.
State Deficit of *84,823.
Treasurer Speer’s estimate of the
condition of the State treasury, for
July 1, 1899, will show a deficiency
§84,863.50. This is indeed a bad
showing. Two items of expense (pen¬
sions and public schools) is now being
agitated to be reduced or cut off en¬
tirely. The Leader is opposed to
depriving the old ex-confederate sol¬
dier of the small pension he now re¬
ceives. Deprive him of this pension
and the county in which he resides
will be compelled to support him un¬
der the head of “ pauper.” A gallant
and brave soldier, no matter on what
side he may have fought for a prin¬
ciple that he may thought was right
should not be permitted to be suppor¬
ted as a pauper, and then after death
be buried in a pauper’s grave. A grate¬
ful Nation (or State) should never for¬
get her brave heroes. This article is
written in behalf of the ex-confederate
soldiers of Georgia by an ex-Union
soldier and senior editor of this paper.
To retard or in any way hamper the
cause of education would be the worsf
of folly and at the same time suicidal
to the best interests of the state at
large. These two funds (schools and
pensions) should be held sacred by the
state. There can be question but what
the expenses of the state should be re¬
duced. To commence with let the leg¬
islature go to work and reduce these
expenses by abolishing two worthless
commissions—railroad and prison—
which are of no material benefit to the
state, And that is not all. Cut the
salaries of all state officials (including
the governor and all appointees) at
least 10 and 20 per cent.; amend or
abolish the present grand jury sys¬
tem ; apply the pruning knife to supe¬
rior and county court judges and
solicitor-generals, and many other re¬
forms we have not space at this time
to mention ; but in the name of all that
is good and pure, let the public schools
and pensions alone. Cripple the ed¬
ucational interests of Georgia and em¬
igration to this state will be greatly re¬
tarded or entirely stopped. If you
want an intelligent and law-abiding
people to come to Georgia, build more
school houses and churches and less
jails and prisons, as education and
Christianity is the foundation ou which
the state must build to stop wholesale
acts of crime against the state.
The Australian Ballot.
While we need moving up on many
lines of modern improvement, we
doubt if we need anything more than
a law creating the Australian ballot.
If our country has attained a greater
degree of corruption along any line
than that of fraudulent voting, we are
not prepared to recall it just now. We
go further, if the perpetuation of our
institutions depends more on any one
thing than all others, it is au incor-
ruptable ballot box. We see that a
measure has already been introduced
looking to the inauguration of this
system, and we feel that no mistake
will be made if the same becomes a
law.—Telfair Enterprise.
The Leader is decidedly in favor
of the Australian ballot, as we have
voted and printed the tickets,but it will
not remedy unscrupulous registrars
and dishonest election managers—in
Irwin county at least.
From Henry Symons, who returned
from Bruswick last Wednesday, we
learn that Congressman Brantley’s
majority in the district is over 6 , 000 .
Even Coffee county gave him a ma¬
jority. Mr. Symons says Irwin is
the banner county of the district, Sir.
Brantley’s majority being over 700.
If Spain keeps up with our special
army and navy reports she may some
day know who “did it.” Her present
clouds of doubt on this point are ex¬
cusable.
Council Proceeding:*.
Tlfe city council met at 7:30 last Mon¬
day evening, with all the Aldermen
'resent, including the mayor and assist¬
ant city clerk. The minutes of pre¬
vious meetings were read and approved.
A communication from the Bankers
National Bank, of Chicago, was read
showing a balance on hand up to Nov.
1,1898, and to the credit of the city of
Fitzgerald, of $34,650.00.
A petition from a Tifton lady, pro¬
testing against her five acre tract No.
4' 3, being taken into the city, was read
a*,d said 5-acre tract stricken from the
corporate limits ot the city.
The prayer of H. Kora, for relief
from erroneous taxation, was granted,
A proposition from H. Gould was read
in which he demanded a salary of $7^,00
i er month as superintendent and engi-
3er of the light plant and water works,
vhlch was granted. Mr. Gould had
previously contracted with ihe city
(by letter) as superintendent for $65.00
per month.
Street Commissioner Harlan present¬
ed his report, showing he had done 44
days work on the streets, but the
amount asked ior the labor of his force
of workmen was not stated.
City Treasury Clark said hisAionthiy
report was ready, but that tkAi finance
committee had been unable toau dit his
vouchers.
“The legal opinion of City Attorney
By man was read here upon the question
as to the legality of the publication in
last week's header of the tax sales for
this year. Also as to the manner in
which the levys on city property could
be made. It was moved by Alderman
Scott that this opinion be printed in
the Courier, which was carried.”
By permission B. F. Knapp stated
the City had an official paper for the
publication of ordinances, etc., where¬
upon Mr. Algee said he would publish
the opinion (?) for nothing. (Ryman’s
personal opinion of Mayor Goodnow
will be found in full in another column.)
“Mr. B. F. Knapp was accorded per¬
mission to address the council which he
did, explaining the action of his paper
in printing the tax sale notices as was
done, and requested the body to protect
him in the matter since it was done in
good faith upon their delivery to Knapp
& Son from Chief .Tones.”
An ordinance was passoit changing
-the time and manner of ad .-ertising tax
sales and levy of same.
On motion the city clerk was ordered
to prepare a statement showing how
much cash had been expended on water
works and light plant out of the sale of
bonds for that purpose. Carried.
On motion council then adjourned to
meet Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, 1868.
The Washington Guns.
The two brass pieces in front of
Armory Hall, the headquarters of the
provost guard of the Seventh Corps,
are among the most interesting and
cherished relics of the Revolutionary
period in the cmintry. They are
French guns, which were captured by
the Colonial and British forces in
Canada during the war which resulted
in the wresting of that country from
France, and they were afterwards used
by the British against the Americans
in the Revolutionary war. They
formed a part of the artillery sur¬
rendered by Lord Cornwallis at York-
town. When Gen. Washington visited
Savannah in 1791 the Chatham Artil¬
lery was one of the millitary compan¬
ies that received and welcomed him,
and on his return to the seat of govern¬
ment at Philadelphia he caused the
two brass pieces to be presented to the
company.
The guns were too light to be used
in the war of secession, and in order
to provide against the possibility of
their falling into the hands of the
union forces, should Savaunah be cap¬
tured—which eventually occured—the
members of the Chatham Artillery,
before they left home for the field, had
the cannon buried, and they remained
underground until 1870, when, Geor¬
gia having regained her position as a
sovereign state and having the right
to an armed volunteer force, they were
resurrected and mounted on new car¬
riages.
These old guns, first French, then
British, then Confederate, are now
guarded by an Illinois regiment in
front \j)f the armory of a Georgia artil¬
lery battery. In their present sur-
roundings, ■ therefore, is represented
not only the mutations of tirpe, but the
complete reunion of the sections of the
United States.—Savannah News.
I Editors and Publishers
NO. 45.
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But the JONES CLOTHING COMPANY have declared
War on High Prices and will, for the next 30 days sell Cloth¬
ing and Gents’ Furnishings at prices that will make would-be
competitors green with envy. Look over and note prices be¬
low. Our goods are guaranteed as represented :
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