The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-19
nR. vAss AT FITzeERALD.
hi. Impressions of the New SOuth
Georgia Town.

pey. L. c. Vass. ID. D.. returned
,-s--sriay from Fitzgerald where he went
Ts-- week. as chairman OF the home mis-
sfsns committee Of Savannah presbytery-
tss preached in the q. A. r. hail twice
last sunday. After the morning service
,bere was a gathering of Presbyterians,
and consultation as 10 prospects and
CLANS. Between forty and fifty names OF
-sonle were enrolled as DESTROYS of uniting
n -be organization Of a Presbyterian
church. Everything is so new, and people
III not yet know each other,
and the notice of the meet
ing was so short, that it was
da,i5ed TO postpone organizing until March
- BEFORE that date many families Will
81 Joined by members who have not yet
arrived from the west. and many other
presbyterians will doubtless be found.
AIR Fitzgerald himself is DESTROYS that
rbe work should proceed promn.ly, and a
lot he selected for the church, as he stated
in an interview with Dr. Nass.
Ak hammer, saw, teams, paint-brush,
and saw mills are reported by Dr. Nass to
be all alive Naturally everything Is very
rough. the people living in temporary
..sbaczs:" as their houses are called; rooms
made bv slabs set upon end with the joints
brolxen. tents. or four walls, covered by a
,.nt roof. as well as more substantial
Framed buildings Almost every family
+akes boarders. DR.. Nass himself slept IN
= tent-covered room, where there were
four beds, and about eight or ten IN lhe
whole one-story house, whose head was a
bright and pretty lady OF une muslcal
ability With the organ ana banjo lIete
was a carnival of singing, ana the ldQy
played the organ ana leu the sliislHs at Tie
I11I at
Buf every where substantial and neat
houses are going up Many are alreduy
COMPLETED and occupied. Trade is active.
Most Of the building has been done within
the past sixty days. Broad avenues are
laid out like South Broad street. Win
a double control row Of young trees Eli
ferDrise everywhere is Transforming re-
cent forest into modern town; me
prevailing talk as to the future is big,
iut some are dissatisfied and leaving.
The rOld cannot he picked up on the
streets and the farms that are being dls-
tributed from 3 acres in size to 40, must
he cultivated, and It takes time 10 get q
crop Meanwhile the family must be
supported. Many have no means and
have evidently come without SOUND JQdg-
more genial cline, and are waiting 10 see
how this suits. Most of the cOlonists are
working people with small means. The
Midway, now covered with temporary
structures viii soon be cleared, ana is
reserved for factory sites.
ON the whole, DR.. Nass thinks that
FITZGERALD n
is claimed that already from 5000 to 1900
people are there and more are ON the
way. Some have been for weeks driving
their teams from the far west and north
west across the country and have not yet
arrived. Even if-as is inevitable-many
leave the body of the colony is likely TO
remain, and in a few years VIII be IN
substantial circumstances.
Mr. p. II. Fitzgerald is a very sensible,
wideawake, pleasant gentleman Of me
dunn size, genial address, quick motions
and perceptions. He and Gov. NOrthen
have been giving their earnest attention
to the welfare of this enterprise; and it Is
claimed that nearly every state in the
union is represented. The majority Of the
people are, however, from the west and
northwest. No barrooms are tolerated.
No negroes can be stock members of the
colony. White people do their own work
in every department., and are amused al
the habits and dialect of the negroes they
see.
There has been a doubt with many as
a to where Fitzgerald is situated 1t occu-
pies the site of the old town of Swan in
Irwin county, and is now the terminus
of the Georgia and Alabama railroad frOl1
1t is expected that rail connection will be
had soon with Triton. The Georgia crack
er is strongly represented in the new town.
He is there for money. one has the most
from a well he owns, and is there to sell
it. and cure I'll ailments that can be cured,
and that aiilict any noble G. a. r. colo
mist From a superb dentifrice to a per-
feet remedy for old sores and distressing
dyspepsia, his pale colored water is the
king of medicines. In fact, if anybody
wants to see novelties, and learn what
rough living means and to rub up against
sharp wits and folks with ability to do
anything that comes to hand. let him take
a jaunt to Fitzgerald, and open his eyes
and his ears, and take terrestrial obser-
Vations.