Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-11-22

the size of Fitzgerald This is particularly
true of Fitzgerald. Nearly everybody believes
that Fitzgerald's future is so promising and
that there are so many good things in store for
US in the near future that real estate values are
muchstoo low although much better than they
have been.
The increase has been remarkably steady
since we started the Enterprise in the fall 1890
Then, with about four hundred thousand of tax
values, our growth in wealth has been very re.
markable. Ia the spring of 1900 our values
were assessed at about $45OOOO The next
year at 100000. In 1902 $880OO0, in 1903 we
had grown to be considerably stronger-$1, $50,
600 were the assessed values, 1904 1,5OO, 600
1905 81, 100000, This spring, 1906 our values
were assessed at little over two million of dol
lars. But we have accomplished great deal
this year, securing the new county. railroad
shops, drying the community, and hundred
other little things and we expect to show an 1n-
crease of half million, probably million. Ger
tainly our assessment next spring will not be
less than two and a half million, maybe three
millions. Inspite of this steady growth there
are those who are ex pectiug as some day to
reach the limit-get grown. They seem to be
grow on increasing half million or more each
year. One of these doubling Thomases COM
planned 1--WE use the word complained advisedly)
that land was selling too high at Winona Heights
sales. We explained the d.t (doubting Thomas)
that we believe that if there was any trouble at
all about it, that the prices were too low, that
they would be great deal better in the near
future and our opinion has been vindcated.
Six lots bought at the first Wnona Heights sale
have just been resold at private sale at $4OO ad-
vance on the original price, for one half inter-
est, equal to an advance of $500 on the six lots
representing large per cent on the original in
vestment.
Real estate transactions every day demon
strate that our values are on most substantial
basis and will be very much better in the near
future When we get the negroes out Of town,
or in a designated section of the city and get up
sufficient houses to shelter the people who are
coming to Fitzgerald we will indeed be the
wonder of the section and the pride of Greater
Georgia.
We have began TO grow, dear reader, and
when stop growing you will be too old to be
at all interested.
One of the most deplorab1e signs of the
times is the evident predominance of sel6shness
ia almost every circle of human endeavor. In
this land of freedom of speech and liberty of the
press, purity of conscience should be para
mount to every other thought of the public
writer's, the moulders of public opinion.
The liquor traffic would be blotted out of
Georgia in few months but for the private gain
that it puts in the pockets of the dealers.
These dealers have friends and have money
out of the profits of the traffic to make fir lie s
(buy friends) with the result that they have a
great many newspaper friends. We know they
resent the insinuation that they are influenced
any thing but an unbiased opinion.
We know what we are writing will not add
There is terrific war on in Atlanta between
the saloons and the good people who want to be
rid of 'em. These saloon men haye their mon
ey invested and are making more money to in
vest and they have surprising influence over
the press of that city-surprising, yes amazing
One of them this week says editorially:
1t is truth, too we'll attested to need ar
gument, that an absolute prohibition of the Ii
quor traffic cannot be decently and adequately
enforced ia American city of the size of AT.
lanta."
Such prohibition has been tried time of mind
and the results have been disappointing and dis.
gushing The bloodest and most direful trage.
dies in Atlanta history we're recorded during
the two years when we were supposedly under
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