Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-12-29

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With this issue we close our years work
for Fitzgerald.
1906 has been decidedly the most important
of the eleven years of the city's existence. Her
growth has been greater Not merely the growth
in population, for while that has been at least2o
per cent, her industrial growth has been pro-
portionately much more satisfactorily, and her
commercial interests have spread far beyond
Z the most sanguine hopes of her most hopeful
citizens year ago.
But best of all is her moral advancement.
The removal of the dram-shops indeed marks
an epoch in our city's history, one that all good
men feel proud of and one that we hope no citiz
en- of, the town will try to undo
The Enterprise feels the greatest pride in
the part that it has played through its printed
columns and through the personal efforts OF its
chief editor, in the good things that have been at
tanned for Fitzgerald during the year 1906. We
do not claim all the honor but we shall not ac-
cept any second place in the list of the men who
have wrought so successfully during the bless
ed twelve months just drawing to a close.
In securing the new county we have accom-
plished what we'll informed men at home and
throughout the state told us year ago was i'm
possible It was indeed difficult but the more to
be be appreciated for that reason.
The great advantage to Fitzgerald is but
one of the benefits growing out of the new coun-
ty proposition, this whole section has vastly prof.
ted by the change. Ten thousand people and
more are direct benefciaries.
The great railroad shops that have been Sc
cured, and that are almost completed, have done
more for Sur immediate commercial interest
than anything that has been omplished dur
ing tRe year, they will add two or three thousand
good citizens to our population, and half mill
lion, probably much more to our real estate val
ues.
The passing of the saloons has not detract-
ed one ot or little from our trade or prosperity,
and not, wthstandng crops have been little
short, cotton has not sold above a normal price
we have had no failures worth the mentioning.
There are other smaller things that have been
accomplished that contribute to our growth and
prosperity, such as the doubling of the capacity
ofthe Cotton Mills, opening of the Lee.Grant
Hotel; the building of some business blocks and
things that naturally follow in the wake OF lar
ger enterprises.
We NAV give our readers a sort of forecast
of Fitzgerald's 1907 in our New Years Day edi-
ton.
President A. ]. Cassatt, of the great Penn
sylvania railroad system, died suddenly yester-
day, at Philadelphia.
The astonishing news comes from New
York that George W. Perkins a partner of J.
Pierpont Morgan. formerly the president of the
New York Life Insurance Co., and ex-secretary
of the treasurer, Chas. F. Fairchild have been
indicted by the Grand Jury, charge with forgery
in the third degree.
81 Editor Tom Watson is entirely too much
exercised about Col. Mann and the original Wat
sons Magazine. If Mr.. Watson will get down
to his knitting and let Col. Mann alone, he may
make success of his new magazine. The peo-
pie have quite sufficieucy of his lambasting
Col Mann.
The cost of postofice box rent has advanced
about 80 per cent. Postmaster Marston has
been notified of course with every other post
master in the United States, that after the first
of January, 1907, the rental price will be:
For call boxes ....., SIC
For small lock boxes. DOC
For large lock baSf1,n. .75c
For lock drafe the that sS1.0o
Thesa or;ces taJe answer uncoycre,lely.
nssss 800 pon the s.Tbst'1 ;nto the
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