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Official Organ of Irwin Connty.
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(“FRIDAY DECEMBER 20, 1M5~
tfiUger&ld now has *6,000 people.
"Aooui twoj bund rad men, with
mule*, horses, wagons, scrapes,
et S,, a t» at work, grading two of
tke!priooipal! streets of Fitzgerald.
S6,000'’'for w business ’lot 35x70
feetjin Fitagarald is prettyjfair evi¬
dence of the kind or confidence the
people have !in the futurepof the
gieapcity.
Da ole Sam and Her Majesty
have about agreed to disagree in
the Yenesuela boundary dispute;
aud the'affairjmay'end in a bit of
“unpleasantness.”
War ’Clouds.
There hat not!? been"8incaj(1861
asfbrightXprospect for war asjnow
appeas.
President .Clavelent has sent a
special masaage to congress, stat¬
ion clearly and fearlessly the posi¬
tion af the United States upon the
Veneinela boundary dispute with
Great Britain.
The Senate and’SHouseKunani-
tnously’enderse the position the
pretidantfkas taken, aud have au¬
thorised the purchase of rifles and
oannooa to the amount of $100,-
800,000, and the further sum of
(JlOO.OClO.fos thajaxpense of ajjcom-
miesian to aacartain the true line
ofj,ke British possassionsj.border-
iugfVeneauala.
Tho proceedings will be watched
With gseat interest.
EVeiy military organization in
the country are placing themselves
in readiness to respond ou a min¬
ute’s notice.
The Movement of Cotton.
The price of ootton has hung
about 8 cent* for a leng time., thus
disappointing both those who are
contending for a higher and those
for a lower prioe. Those who have
©otto? to sell feel confident that
the price *ill rise immediately
after the holidays. They feel that
way beeause they a to quite certain
that the erop ie as email an it is
esSaneated to be. On the other
hand, tho purchasers of cotton
oactend that the cotton crop: is a
great deal larger than the esti¬
mates, aud the reason more of it
has sot oome te market is tnat
planter* and interior merchants
are holding it back. It may b«
that to some extent ootton is being
held. The merchants and plan¬
ters are in much better fix for
holding it than they were last year
ox fcs many previous years.
Still, there are good reasons for
thinking that those who want cot-
ten are making a mistake, and will
hate to pay a much higher price
io* it in a few weeks hence than'
the peine at which it is now being
offered. Mr. Hester, superintend¬
ent ef tho New Orleans Cotton Ex¬
change, makes an interesting com¬
parison of tho crop of 1S92 with
that ef the present season. The
crop af 1892 amounted to 6,700,000
bales. The crop of this season is
estimated to be about 6,500,000
bales And yet, 6,000 bales or more
this year’s crop has been marketed
than at a similar pt riod in 1892.
This fact would indicate that cot-
top has not beau and is not being
held back.
All that keeps the price of
Ootton from advancing sharply
is the belief the purchasing inter¬
est that there is more ootton in
the hand* of planters and interior
merchants than there is estimated
to he. As soon as they discover
that their belief is a mistaken one
the price will advance, and the
of ootton to the ports
111 kreeent,—Savannah be much more lively ihan it is
News,
ITEMS l itOU FITZGERALD.
HEEKtY BHVlEkV Or' THE
TliOUUESS (H’ THE COLONIST.
—BY—
COLONIST JUDSOjS WEST■
Mr.|Editor. I have, been trying
for^the vast few weeks to; give
your readers some pen pictures of
our rapidly growing city, but I
think I hardly succeed very far in
giving them an idea cf the magni¬
tude of our great enterprising’ col¬
ony. and its.nurr ounriings, Chan-
ges are constantly taking piano,
and ©very day sees us stretching
out and taking in something new
or some new,Renter prise being
started.
This week another shingle mill
has come in; two sawmills have
startedfup" over Jon v west" part?$of
town ; a frame for a large general
store has gone up; two more! res¬
taurants havs been added, and are
supplying the^people withjsome ef
the necessaries of life.
The Drew Bros. baye^ com¬
menced their^'newj building 'to be
occupied as the postoffioe. The
office room has grown so small
that its bardlyjpossiblejto^get your
maU.for^two'.houra afl9rj it comes
in on accouneof the.grea crowds
that congregate for their mail.
It keeps i three persons very „busy
these day 9 .to haadle thejmail mat-
ter.
Two or 4 thre# gbuilding and Jloan
rapresesentatives! havei.been here
this week, and.someof k them have
succeeded^ iu k establishing local
boards.
Belle Boyd, and her!’.company
gave anV .entertainment ,„Tui aday
eveingjlorjthe benefit ot the G, A.
R. Tbe aJ G. ,A. R’s. have taken
steps to build af.largeJhall. They
have?, already organized,, with a
larger membership.
The Masons have also taken
.
steps ,to procure lots and expect
sometime in the. near future to
build a fine Masonic temple.
A great many more families nave
moved in during! the^ past .few
days.
Two large saw and planing mills
are promised for the ;near future.
Mr. Barsch will commence the
erection of his Jarge. brick blocks
as soon as he can get the.material
upon the ground.
Quits a crowd of Gypsies passed
through town Monday. They had
some J good horses with them,
which they were trying to sell.
The sale of lots coutiaue to be
good, and in fact, everything is on
a boom. We invite our neighbor¬
ing towns to come over and see us,
and see what what we are doing.
That will give them a much better
idea ot what.weare doing than by
writing letters.
JUDSON WEST.
Judge Hill on the Wing.
In North Alabama, Deo. 17.—
Mb. Editor : I am up here with
my children and grand children.
I have three children. Two sons,
Charles James McDaniel and Jo¬
seph Emerson Brown, one daugh¬
ter, Rcselia, now Mrs. Martin. I
have six grand children, the oldest
five years old, the youngest two
months, and I am liking these
ohildren and grand children as
well as a mother likes her son-in¬
law. There are five of the grand
ohildren that will not change their
names.
I will be back in Doolv the last
of this week and in Irwin by the
10th of January
I was in Atlanta three days.
The exposition is a big thing. I
enjoyed it, and so did Bob Hen¬
derson, his wife and their neice,
Miss Maggie Henderson. Boy and
Reason did not enjoy it so well, as
Reason was lost the most of the
time and Boy’s feet got sors and
he had to move around in his sock
feet. Geo. Hambrick hit as much
pavement as any one, especially at
Grant’s park. The spectacle man
worried me badly. They would
take hold of me and put glasses on
me anyhow and I telling them all
the time thaf I was just a big boy
and wanted to marry worst of any
body. I just had to appeal to a
policeman and he told them that if
they did not stop go much of that
performance that they would all
have to be put off the streets. Ev-
erybody has to be'on the lookou 1
fc
all the time for there are robbers
and swindlers. Thevjjar* not the
Atlanta people, but from every¬
where else. Will say more about it
later. I saw.the governor. He la
looking well and says hejis enjoy¬
ing good,health. I saw the legis¬
lators and told them about me go¬
ing to answer the roll-call nex
time, but if I did not I 'had my
eye on that messenger's chair.
The Cush bill did not "pass,Jjiut
Durr and Owens, of* Dooly, Sum¬
ners, of Worth, Shaw, of Berrien,
Fussell, of Coffee, an dJDennard. of
Wilcox, all voted for it next year.
Irwin did not vote 'against it this
year.
Mr. Charley Tucker, ‘of Vic, will
lead! to the altar one of Coffee
county’sjprettiest girls' next Sun¬
day, the 22nd, Charley is one of
Irwin’s most noble boys.
It wasja sadjdeeth that of John
Dorminy,Jof the firm of Dorminy,
Paulk & Co., who died on the 9th
inst., It was only^last winter that
he lead to the altar that beautiful
lady, Miss Walker, the only daugh¬
ter of Red Sam Walker. She died
early in the spring. Thejlast time
I saw John (six weeks ago) he was
putting flowers on his wife’s grave
with his eyes full of tears. Two
nohlejyoung,15people!|have!;*pas8ed
away. John was a son of Willis
Dorminy, and one of the best bus¬
inessmen in the county and will be
badly ^missed. Eveyboydy liked
John Dorminy.
IN AHA.
Another week finds us without
any news. We’.have fine weather
for outdoor work, but the greatest
trouble with the most of us is find¬
ing the will to do it.
Inaha looks a little like herself
this week. Mr. W, C. Williams is
loading a few cars of wood for the
Inaha company.
Miss Lucy Luke is visiting her
sister here this week.
Miss Flora Monk is off on a visit
to friends and relatives at Ellaville
and Americus.
Whenever you waut ' a good din¬
ner of birds, call on Mr. D. G. Irby,
and when you wish to make a
pleasant visit, call on Mr. aud
Mrs. D. G. Irby.
Will Monk is having an unen¬
viable time clearing about forty
acres of new ? ground. It iB a
smuty job to say the least of it.
The “Brach place” will look more
like a “little river place” when
Will handles it a while.
We prohibitionist still have jtho
fight on us, and it is encouraging
to know that we have gained some
ground, if the Bush bill did fail to
pass as a law. Let us never lay
our armor down, fox we are bound
to win. Our faith in this direc¬
tion should be inspired, and we
should take courage from what we
have seen. “Faith without faith¬
fulness” is nothing. The blessed
Christ insists that “faith without
works is; barren and dead." We
inter from this, that v e should do
all that should be done; all that
under the circumstances duty re¬
quires.
As the end of the old year is
drawing to a close, we look back
and see many things to regret
as well as many things to make us
rejoice. Doubtless, we will all be
forming new resolutions shortly.
Standing Round in the Hall.
THE : NEWS
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At Prices that Befy Com¬
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All sorts of legal blanks
kept on hand for imme¬
diate delivery. Send cash
with your order if you want
PROMPT : ATTENTJ,Q 3 f.
THE COLONY STORE
J. H. HARRIS, Proprietor,
SWAM, ee c c ©£©K©IAo
Bargains Dont'express what we have in store for you, and^youjshould come
to see for yourself.
4 10-oz balls potash, 25c; 4 pounds soda, 25c; 3-hoop cede.r buckets, 30c; Boys’ Hats. 25c an d,
up; Good Jeans, 13c and up; Suspenders, 5c and up; Good Flour, $3.75 and up, and
40,001 Other things,
which space will not allow us to mention here. Come to see us, take a good look at our indus¬
trious Yankee friends, and s the magic city of Fitzgerald.
J, II. HARRIS.
me for $313..” Find Charges—No Speculations.“ Write me. I
GEORGIA MIGRATION and
.A.- dr. DeLOACH, Agent,
SYCA MORE/GA .
My facilities for handlingiReal Es¬
tate in Irwin and adjoining counties
are unsurpassed.
Georgia First.
Here is an extract from Governor
Hastings’ speech at the Atlanta ex¬
position. The govornor of Penn*
sylvania has been studying up on
Georgia history. He said :
Georgia versatility on climate
and soil induced her lawmakers to
extablish the first State department
of agriculture in the land.
Georgia was the first free and
anti-slave colony in America.
Her code of laws of 1790 was so
wise and symmetrical that it was
afterwards approved and to some
extent engrafted upon the venera¬
ble body of English jurisprudence.
The first steamboat that ever
crossed the ocean sailed from Sa*
vannah.
The first female college in the
world, Wesleyan Female college,
was established in Macon, Ga.
The cotton gin was invented in
1793 by Eli Whitney, near Savan¬
nah, on the plantation of General
Greene, of revolutionary fame.
The first sewing machine was
invented by a Georgia preacher
F. R. Goulding.
Georgia ia the second state in the
production of cotton and the first
in the south in all general lines of
manufacture.
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8nt of the best prunenies in Irwin, 60mm am listsfl Will]
—XMAS TKIX-
We hare the largest assortment of
CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES
Ever seen in Sycamore.
Come to see us before buying and be convinced
that we can save you
B I GMoney!
FOUMTAIM & MAYESo
This space belongs to D. W. Paulk & Co.^Swan Ga
They have just received FIVE GARLOADS new goods !
Watch this space next week for BARGAINS.
J. H. Goodman &Co„ proprietors of the‘‘Colony Drug Store*
at Swan, Ga., will make an announcement in this space next
week that will interest you.