The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-16
Telling The Story

President Lon Dckey of the Chamber Commerce tells an
interesting story in this issue Industrial Index We quote
in part:
Th Georgia is developing at wonderful rate in
anagricuura way said Mr. Dickey 1--WE have right around
Fitzgerald of the best lands Not only that we
nave an unusually large proportion of white farmers who
Rnednmslze farms and doing WELL Ben Hill is advancing
agricultural county by leaps and bounds Just how fast ad
wang shown by the years ago the cotton receipts
here 500 bales and during the last they amounted
ZOOO baes-and did grow normal crop in the immediate
vicinity of Fitzgerald, either.
Many interesting facts testify sngy to the great develop
ment of South Georgia along agricultural lines continued Mr.
hickey Our cutovr lands being utilized to an increasing
extent every year. responsible representative of the Georgia
IL Florida Railway who has just been that companys sy
tem making close inquiry the that will he planted
the different sections that H. will cuva
this estimate carefully and will provide facilities for handling
the agricultural products and also the supplies incident to the u
dlvaton of this much more land
II have been different sections of the country and
back to old Georgia better pleased with than ever lived in
Arkansas and studied conditions there with much interest
Numbers of fortunes made but struck me that the man
with small capital had but little It's very different here
IN South Georgia This indeed the poor country in the
best sense of the word of character energy start
out here with little actual money achieve success This
statement substaned by the experience of many people
successful farmers in Ren Hill county have in mind a.
genenen VINO started farming in this county few years ago.
with small stuck to it and gave it his best aen
ton Last year he O3 pows and 1892 bales of cotton
His normal either and year. with average
conditions, he should make 1,50O bales.
While our county developing right along yet can be
had at reasonable figure Good land be bought in Ben Hill
county for $50 Of course tire land nearer the city high
The situation along the road between Fitzgerald and Della
illustrates the present degree of agricultural development At
nt all the land this road under cultivation few wears 400
one only came to farm here and there travelling along this high
way.
Fitzgerald is peculiar among the cities of the South con-
Guded Mr. Dickey To begin with the circumstances under
which was founded charged with romantic interest Nine
teen the site OF Fitzgerald vast pine forest The
city founded by northern people, and rapidly the
town and developed is part of Georgia history We
now have about 1906 people and so substantial amp ctv
with business section that would be place of 25 600
inhabitants Fitzgerald of the best advertised towns on the
map 10 begin with about half of people Northene and
half Souherners The Norheners have friends and relatives
back home They writing to these friends relatives Of
ten telling them about Fitzgerald and Georgia Northern and
Western people are constantly visiting Fitzgerald and am GLAD
TO say that many of them remain to their lot with u.s.