Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-07-03
The celebration of the fourth To-day, the

have always celebrated that day, which Will
make two good trade days for our merchants
It has been claimed although we have not said
so. that the change was made primarily Tor the
benefit of the saloons who are supposed to get a
lions share of the trade on gala>occas1ons. BY
those having the affair in charge, the reason is
given that on account of the election that was to
have been held tomorrow, the change was made
out of difference to those who might be detained
at the various precincts of the county. Really
il does not make much difference what people
claim. eyery man with a thinker does his own
thinking; only this forenoon we heard proml-
nent citizen doing some loud thinking on the
subject and expressing his utter disgust that the
first enuncination Of American manhood and IL
dependence should be prostituted to the interest
of traffic that means exactly the reverse, l. e.
the degradation of American manhood.
Central Ave. has been extended west about
one third of it's original length and is now decld-
edly the longest street in the city.
The Glynu Development Company, who has
invested large amount of money in lands i'm.
medately west of the city limits, has opened
the Central Ave. extension and graded the street,
doing much expensive work on this and other
street extensions and cross streets through their
property. Mckinley Ave. which runs parallel
to Central Ave. west of the city, has also been
broadened to sixty feet and graded These
Brunswick investors are spending quite large
amount of money in improving the property
they have bought in and around Fitzgerald and
for which they originally paid apout $4O,00O.Oo
They are doing more. perhaps, for F1tzgeralds
suburbs than has been done by any dozen inves-
Of <ho n10 nfE HI.
standing the fact that they have not been gener-
ously treated
The Enterprise is sure a large number Of
our good people are not unappreclatlve OF the
work that has been done by the Brunswick COM
panies who now own much of the prettiest SUI
burban property in the colony.
Rains of the past or S days have greatly
damaged crops in this whole section.
Fitzgerald is going before the legislature
with strong delegation to secure the new coun-
ty which was missed by only one vote IN the
committee last year. Modern improvement and
methods and the Development of the section
make these political subdivision necessary, and
we hope to see them get one. It will be a great
convenience to the people; one they can scarce
1y realize until they experience some of it's bene.
fts.-TiJton Gazette.
With trade and industrial conditions I'M
precedented in the history of the country the
demand for labor is great. In the face of this
fact the vagrant is legion. He is the baue of
every community. Many stalwart negro buck
in every county in Georgia works not more than
one day in the week, some not more than day
in month. What will the Legislature do about
it?
The board of trustee of the Mutual Life In
surance Co. appointed a committe to investigate
the affairs of the company and this committee
has reported some remarkable indeed startling
developments in the management of that great
company, in which hundreds of thousands of
ers. 1t seems that human nature is too weak to
withstand the temptations offered in the mauip.
ulations of millions of trust money.
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Hon B. E. Wilcox left yesterday for Atlanta
where he is busy today on the floor of the house
is interested and that he will push with his us.
ua energy. This is his first day with the pre-
sent session having been delayed on account of
the death of his estimable wife. That he will do
his whole duty to his constituents is not doubted
even by those who do not agree with him
every issue. He will first press his High Lii
ense Bill and will INN ediatey take up the New