The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-03
THE FITZGERALD COLONY.
,,vo thousand Additional COIoniSts
Expected in Two Weeks.

r7+zrerald. Ca, Feb. 2-B. c. Adams OF
-. arm Of Adams & CO. Of Dawson.
". has lust closed a deal with the board
~ colony directors. and will at once erect
ash. door and blind factory. which,
hon completed, will be one Of the largest
- the state Of Georgia In connection
s-b this a machine shop viii be added
80 -bs manufacture Of all kinds of wood
--,-k. giving employment in the course of
civ weeks after il is started to 100 men.
A. Adams was interviewed by a Morning
,-,v-s reporter, and he said: That all
c0Ionv men were to be given the prefer
80 in the works, but when colony men
could not be gotten, others would nave
!. h. employed. The factory is TO be To-
,-4d upOn block 4, square 16. on which
-. Drew turpentine still stood, north of
~ colony headquarters. Side tracks will
- nut down on the east side of the fac
t5rv. along the Georgia and Alabama rail-
r8ad The building is TO be started at
once. The machinery has been ordered;
- now in progress. D. c. WEIGH,
s--nerintendent of the colony, expects
fwo thousand people TO arrive here from
ne west within the next two weeks. Reg
--isr excursions will be run every day
,-rtl the 18th of February. Mr.. Fitzger-
All is in Indiana now making arrange
ments with railroad oitlclais; As soon
as the cutting out of the right of way
III the Triton and Northeastern is finished
~ FITZGERALD, which will be in few
5avs. and before the completion of the
road a telegraph line will be run from
Tifron here. The Triton Gazette says that
II IS very appropriate that Fitzgerald's
frst electric touch with the world at large
should be through her hustling neighbor,
Tifton. If possible, we are going to send
tbe Morning News the first telegram that
leaves the colony city.
4 Gentleman from Boston has also VS.
tied Fitzgerald, with a view to putting
in a large boot and shoe factory. The ar
rangements are not all completed, but
if secured, this mandatory VIII employ
sbout 1000 men. The colony will prob
ably give the land if this great factory
The organization of a board of trade is
now being agitated among the colonists.
Ii is thought that it would be great ben
eft to the colony by giving information
10 capitalists without loss of time.
Messrs. Paulk q Paulk have selected
a site for their general merchandise store,
and are now building "a by 20 store room.
They will put in fine stock of general
merchandise.
The Inherent secret orders are Begin
ming to organize in force. Grand Master
A. n Manucy of Savannah will pay a
visit to Fitzgerald in short time for the
purpose of organizing the ODD Fellows
lodge. There are now about 200 Odd Eel
lows in the colony. The Blue lodge of
the Masons has been instituted a long
time and the chapter and commandery
will organize soon. The Grand Army OF
the Republic relief corps, and Sons of
Veterans are already in running order,
and there is talk of the ladies' of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Daughters of Veterans organizing. The
Sons of Veterans held their election this
week, and selected Maj DeLang, captain;
Charles II. Felt, first lieutenant, and w.
F. Thompson, second lieutenant. A call
has been Issued for a meeting of the Mod
ern Woodmen.
grand leap year ball is the source of
much merriment among the young people.
it will occur at the Grand Army of the
Republic hall, Tuesday evening, Feb. 4.
Railroad men seemed to have things all
and and" Mr.. staiiings represented the Ge 9Pe
gia and Alabama, Mr.. Stevens, the Plant
system, while Capt. Tiff came in the in
terest of the Triton and Northeastern.