The National tribune., 1908-09-10

| STeeS, LOT the spring, % degrees, sum-
| mcr, 81 degrees; Autumn, SIS degrees.
There are only ~ G. A. r. veterans in
4 the Fitzgerald Cemetery. a minimum
mortality rate not equaled anywhere
else in the country. 20 bs-
Municipal Facilities and improvements.
The city owns it's water works and
electric light plant, and both yield a
| revenue over cost of operating, and the
people get good water and light at a
| minimum cost. The City Hall is sub
| stantial brick. view of which is shown
| in another column. The Council room
and city offices occupy the second floor
and the fire department the ground
| floor. The latter consists of two teams.
| four paid men, including the Chief, w.
c. Wilkerson. and 2pavolunteers. The
equipment includes a large chemical en-
gine, hook and ladder truck and hose
wagons. There is a telegraph alarm
| system. The water used in the city
comes from artesian wells 500 feet deep.
and from a standpipes10e feet high gives
/ pressure enough to throw water over
any building in the city. The supply
is ample for present use
w. H. Green is Superintendent of the
light and water plant. under the direc-
ton of three Commissioners, e. K.
Farmer. L. o. Tisdei and A. H. Den
mark.
Extensive municipal improvements
| are to be Instituted this Fall. Oct. Is
having been designated as Employment
Day, when work Is to begin on various
| propositions, including a sewer system,
| $4,000: extension of water and light
! plant, 200; County Court House and
Jail, 1000, and High School Building
| $4,000. 1t Is expected that work will
| begin before the year is out on $4,000
union depot, and an electric street car
| system, already chartered to New York
and Baltimore capitalists, and the route
! laid out, involving an expenditure of
| $250,9G0. and cars are to be running
Jan. next under a forfeit of $1,000. An
| enlargement CT the cotton factory is to
be made which will double its capacity
| The completion OF these improvements
viii place Fitzgerald in the front rank
of modern cities, giving it every munich
pal facility and convenience enjoyed by
very much larger places:
The official directory Of the city is as
! follows: j. q. Knapp, Mayor; G. NJ.
| Wise, Clerk; G. p. Mfngledorff, Treas
urer; Aldermen, Il. N. Davis, j. NJ.
Mosher. b. G. Mosher CMayor pro tenn. {,
G. w. Hayes w. r. Paulk, J. NJ Nc
Donald, i. r. Bigham, G.. e. Kicker
and Thomas Wilson; Judge of City
Court. D. b. jay; City Solicitor, o. HI
| Ellins, Chief of Police. c. e. Harrison;
| Marshal. Herman Smith.
The administration of the city from
| the beginning has been above reproach
| The improvements We're made without
/ suspicion of wastefu,ness. and every
dollar in public uses, from the water
works to sidewalks, was well spent.
| The Newspapers.
In 1876 there were 1877 newspapers in
Georgia. Thirty years later there were
394, or more than double. in POI cities
I 1t.
! 296 weekly. Fitzgerald has three, one
daily. one tri-weekly and one weekly
The first paper in the Magic City, was
the Enterprise, Dec. 20, 1895. For sew
eral years it was edited by Mrs. Nettie
| G. Hall, popularly known as Mother
Enterprise" She was lame and walked
with cane, but energetic for the pub
1 lie welfare. She was succeeded in 1899
| by Jesse Mercer, who is, still in control.
In 1906 it appeared as tft-weekly. and
1t IS intended soon to- issue3it as daily.
The second paper, the Leader, appeared
Jan. L, 1896, by b. +. Knapp & Son, well
| known in connection with newspaper
work in iowa. They retiped from the
| Leader in 1899, but areistill residents of
| the city, the son now serving as Mayor.
The Leader, a daily. is published by a
company, of which J.H. Harris is Presi-
dent, e. s. Fuller Isl editor anu E. B.
| Brasweli associate edttDr.h Other papers
| have appeared from slime otc time, but
| most of them were consolidated with
the Leader. The Enterprise and Leader
are we'll edited and good, looking typo
graphically. Idlss
The Business League.
A necessary adjunct to severy city Is
! some organization which can give to the
| public the benefit of the combined
thought and effort of it's representative
men. Organized effort stands in much
| the same relation to individual effort
that organized capital stands to indi-
vidual capital, 1t combines and concen-
| trates, and so gives force to all ideas
and aims which make for advancement
/ 1t Is organization that makes the Stand
ard Oil Company a force In business
affairs. 1t is organization that makes
/ the United States and Great Britain the
| two great powers in the world.
| The Fitzgerald Business League has
membership of 136 progressive citi-
zens. 1t is non-politicaL non-sectarian
and non-mercenary organization. There
are other good men in the city who
| are not yet members. Every citizen of
| Fitzgerald gets the benefit of the work
of tha League Therefore. every citizen
| should be on the Roll of Honor. and