Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-04-09

The mercury got DOWN little oeloW ulty
last night and the wind made it feel ten degrees
cooler.
Superintendent C. B. Chapman, of the Bibbs
County Public School System was before the
grand Jury this morning. He came on their in.
vitaton and, with, the newly elected county
school board present. he tod the jury of the ad-
vantages of "a year of the Bib County System,
reputed to be the best in the state.
The most important thing of all he said, is
the county Superintendent County School
Commissioner. Bib, Richmond, Glynn and
Chatham are the only couuties in the state that
have the ombined city and countva systems.
After 80 years trial of the System, not one man
in fifty would be willing 10 60 back to the old
system.
The Grand Jury is very much interested in
the question of schools for the county and will
probably recommend the Bib County System.
cyclone came dangerously near Fitzger-
aid Friday night. About midnight the storm
struck in the north west corner of this county
and demolished houses, fences n timber.
The greatest damage done on the farm of
r. l.. Stone. The farm of the Southern Mer-
camille and Building Co. suffered considerable
damage. The wind was blowing in a north
easterly direction and struck the farmes Of B.
E. Hunter, VIM. Hunter and others farther
north The home Of VIM. Roberts was compet-
ly destroyed A md calf was blown away
or at least disappeared. The family wa in the
house which was completely unroofed but all
escaped unhurt tho the house was lifted off the
blocks.
Fitzgerald has so greatly improved in
moral sense and the Transformation has been so
rapid that many of our home people fail to APP
preciate the fact that ar e entitled to be
classed among the cleanest and most law-a'bld-
ing of Georgia's towns.
very small amount of blind-tigering
and immortality has been + o un d by the
pres Grand Jury. Dligent IN
qury by % we'll informed citizens, who have
been conscientious in their Investigations failed
to discover any great amount OF vlcousness.
The tempting profits from the sale of liquor
have led several otherwise fairly good citizens
into error but little stern justice will serve to
set them backin the road of honest livelihood.
But altogether h e community is fairly
clear of the uglier things that few years ago
made Fitzgerald reproach and by-word.
Violations of Sunday law are no longer
heard of. Migrants have found useful employ"
ment and the downright vicious have sought
other pastures green.
We are not Boosting, for there is quite
some room yet for improvement but our moral
status and law abiding citizenship will COM
pare very favorably with many Georgia towns
of her size.
But.
We are going to do much better.
1t is believed that number OF new coun.
ties will be made in South Georgia.
This is as it should be. Large counties
great nuisances to the people who live
in them. farm that lies close to a county
seat is worth great deal more than
long way off.
Little counties are not only more eonven-
lent, but the creation of these counties in
creases the values pretty good per cent
Farm land in this section have increased
about 80 per cent since Crisp county was
made and our city property in many cases
has declined in value.
Rochelle, we understand, is going to make
an effort to form county SO that she
can become comfy seat. This would not
only prove profitable to the people of the
west side of Wilcox who will be cut off in
the new county but the Abbevllle people
would be benefited also the old faction