Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-11-16
ARBOR DAY.

The City schools will observe Arbor Day in
an appropriate manner.
The school grounds are bare and uninviting,
very much wanting in the matter of shade trees.
THE City Council will be asked to assist to the
extent of providing the trees and preparing for the
planting by the school children. Unless the trees
are carefully selected and handled it is useless to
put them out and of course the schools cannot be
expected to procure the trees and then the prepa-
ration for proper trans planting should be done in
a thorough manner and the holes for the trees dug
before the day of planting. If these preparations
are made the school teachers and pupils can plant
out trees that will grow 1t is important to plant
suitable trees and locate them properly; this the
council can do by making the necessary prepare
tons for the important exercise On Arbor Day
run for Fitzgerald Pull Out
How Messages Are Sent Across The
Atlantic.
A few days ago Marconi naugurated wire.
less telegraph service across the Atlantic, and
some of the dallies have published pictures of the
big transmtter. The inventors trans ATTAIN.
tic transmitter at work in the European station of
Clfden, Galway. The plates which radiate from
the huge coil in the center of the shed are connect.
parallel to one another in an adjoining building
These plates form, as it were, gigantic Leyden
lar which condenses the current received from the
dynamo. When the spark passes, the vibrations in
the coil are communicated to the cables stretched
between high poles in the open air. The passage
of the spark sets up vibrations known as Hertzian
waves and these are received by specially tuned
instrument at Cape BrentOn. The spark is OF
long or short duration at the operators will, and
thus the letters of the Morse code are spelt out.
For second or two before the beginning of the
message there is a sound like deep grOwl of thun:
der, then the spark passes with rending denota-
ton, and for the rest of the time the message is
being sent the noise resembles that of machine
gun in action. The operator must not approach
the charged plates nearer than six feet.
mo IND i peIoHz4Ia 10Y IND
The County bond election deserves the closest
attention of the officers and tax payers of the cOun
ty who are interested in the important matter, not
that there is any opposition to the bonds but un-
der the law two thirds of the vote cast at the last
general election must be cast for bonds,
In the last election a very large vote was
pOlIed, over fifteen hundred. Then in order for
bonds to carry more than a thousand votes must
be cast favorable to the issue. The fact that there
is no opposition is the most dangerous feature, for
with a fight on the people would become interested
and go to the polls election day. AS it is we may
become the victims of apathy election day.
Something must be done to bring out large vote
or the election will have to be gone over again.
for Fitzgerald
The committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
having i'll hand the matter of soldiers home
held an important meeting at the office of EasOn
and Bull last night when they met representatives
of G. A. r. Post. All arrangements for the dinner
and entertainment of the visitors who have been
asked to come to Fitzgerald on the 81 inst were
placed in the hands of committees who will make
the occasion success
The committee on invitations have letters of ac
ceptance from congressman Lewis and Brantley
and other dist lguished guests will be present to
give encouragement to the movement that
promises so much for Fitzgerald. The meeting
last night was harmonious and enthusiastic and the
visitors will be given pleasant time and effort
will be spared to impress them with Fitzgerald's
claims in the matter of home for the old soldiers
Mr.. II. G. McFadden is cooperating with the G.
A. r Committee, o. p Webster Chairman, in Sc
curing the presence of those who may be of assistance
in the movement to have the soldiers home located
here. Congress convenes the twentieth but for
that fact we would have quite a number Of Geor,
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