Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-11-29
$40. 600 BAPTIST CHURCH
The Fitzgerald Missionary Baptist Church
To build Modern and Splendid
House of Worship.


the proposed new church house.
The lots have already been purchased on
South Main street i'm ediately in front of the
present church and the CONN mittee will lose no
time in arranging for the erection of modern
building to cost not less than twenty thousand
dollars, on the new site. Of course, the con-
tract will not be let until the money is all guar.
anteed, but the csmmttee is confident that they
can raise as much twenty thousand dollars
for the purpose in time for the work to begin
early in the new year.
The committee is composed of the following
prominent business men and leading church
men: E. F. bliss, L. Kennedy, DR.. }. l..
Frazer, ]. W. Rodwell, H. l.. McLendon, E. T.
Wightman, D. B. Jay and Wright Terrence.
MM
Thankful yes we are thankful. We are
thankful for the record Fitzgerald has made in
the last twelve months the best in its history.
We are thankful first for the new county OF Ben
Hill, Indeed that would be sufficient to be
thankful for-fervent1y thankful for many years..
We are thankful for the location of the great
A. B. & A. shops here, which are so rapidly
nearing com petion, Notwithstanding last Thank
giving day the serious intimation that we might
get them would have been laughed at.
We are thankful that this is the division
headquarters for all of the present A. B. & A.
system, and that handsome $500OO Office bull.
ding in connection with the car shed is definite
ly assured.
We are thankful for the hundreds of build
ings that are going up in Fitzgerald and we are
thankful for the conditions that demand more
than can possibly be built within the next few
months.
Thankful, indeed we are thankful for dry
Fitzgerald-DRY FITZGERALD. And we are
thankful that many good business men, all of
III c m, W b dreaded prohibition has ac-
knowleged that the closing of the saloons has
not injured but actually helped business.
Yes, we are thankful for this booming pros.
pering town, with it's dozen churches and crowd
ed school rooms here in the balmy climate of the
sunny south with soil and climatic conditions
that put Fitzgerald aud its business instltu tions
on foundation as strong as Gibralter. People
who couldn't be thankful under these cond itions
would be ingrates indeed.
The Enterprise is thankful for it's friends. 1t
has tried to deserve them, just as we have tried
to deserve our sorry enemies. May God bless
them ALL
Vice President Fairbanks was a guest OF
the Florida State Fair at Jacksonville last week,
High Officials are great drawing cards for fairs,
or they are supposed TO be at least. The presi-
dent of the fair association, Ia introducing Mr..
Fairbanks expressed the hope that we might
yet see him president, and the crowd of course
not to be discourteous to the biggest attraction
at the fair cheered the sentiment and the
cold natured visitor was melted into tears by
the first exhibition of Southern enthusiasm he
had ever been encountered.
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Aud dear old Bro. Knapp is fky mad be
cause occasionally nice thing is said about
the Enterprise, but the public is not concerned
about that. What they are interested in is the
mayorality race. The Enterprise and its editor
has actively supported every candidate who has
been elected Mayor since we have been in the
city.
We helped to elect Drew w. Paulk, did
everything in our power for him, and the prob
ability is we will help to re-elect him, our opin-
ion of him is much better than it is of some
other people.
We are willing to admit that our opposition
TO him would be vote maker for any candidate
who might oppose him, aud that our influence
in this city amounts to about much the
Rambler's Influence ia Cordele. We say this
much by way of acknowledge and with the
sincere hope that it may please our neigbbor.
Something Doing.