Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-09-15
A Bis-nearted,
Patriotic Railroad
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crops and Pierce will add millions
to her wealth by giving the scattered
Jews a home"
AS Stricking Illustration of the
unique and effective advertising
which MIR. Leahy is sending broad
cast over the county through the
Publicity Department of the A. B.
& B., read the following front page
of a folder calling attention to Far
ming Lands in South Georgia and
North Florida"
Quit climbing hills, jumping gull
lies and piling rocks. Come where
lands are easily cultivated and crops
never fail. Come to Townsville,
Ca, and W. E. Craigmiles will show
you the garden spot of the South
land in an automobile. Lands sell
from SIS to $50 an acre, and make
1870 bushels of corn, 700 bushels of
sweet potatoes, 200 bushels Irish
potatoes, 500 gallons syrup, 1870 bush
els oats, 80 bushels peanuts, $50
pounds lint cotton, 2 tons Of hay, a
car load of melons to an acre. This
is the land of hog and horIniny,
schools and churches"
HE DELIVERED THE GOODS.
One day few weeks ago a stwal-
wart-looking stranger walked into
Mr.. Leahy's office in the beautiful
A. B. &. A. building in Atlanta, and
said: w. j. Vaughan is my name
| read your "ad" about cheap home
lands in South Georgia in the De-
troit Free Press. 1t looked good on
paper, and decided to come down
here and see if you were telling
the truth. If you were not I'm
going to expose you. But if you
have told the truth, I'm going back
4 and tell my neighbors and bring
lots of 'em to this country"
Leahy smiled in confidence. Good
4 We covet investigation, Sir, and |
am satisfied you will be so we'll
pleased that you will 60 back as an
evangel from our section to the
home seekers of the North and
West"
And he did. That stranger went
to Triton, investigated the many
thousands acres Of level, fertile land
opened to home seekers by Capt,
H. H. Tiff, the great commercial
hester and big-hearted philanthro-
pist of Wiregrass Georgia, and the
result was that our enterprising
friend from the North went back to
Detroit and organized a company
for the purpose of bringing these
lands to the attention, and within
the reach. of thousands of his neigh
bors who are trying to flee from their
long, cold winters to a land of
sunshine and plenty Mr.. Vaughn
is especially handling 10000 acres
of the Harding Fig Farms where
man makes a good living and mo-
ney on ten acres of land.
MoULTRIE IS WIDE AWAKE.
No town has more royalty and
enterprisingly responded to this pa
triotic railroads leadership than
Moultrie, the hustltng young metrop-
oils that is the capital of Colquitt
county. Led by such live wires
IS Zach Clark, W G. Vereen, W.. E.
Aycock and John E. Howell, the
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce
has been laying itself out for the
home making development of Col
quit county which is nearly as large
as some New England States.
h The Moultrie Observer tells of land
ing" the first new emigrant in the fol-
lowing entertaining story, telling
how man from Missouri was
I"shown" by the enterprise of the
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce:
The newcomer is Mr.. j. C. Christ
ensen, of New London, Missouri
Mr.. Christensen is from Denmark,
originally, but he settled in Missouri
some years ago, and has accumula-
tied quite a snug little fortune. In