Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-23
Fitzgerald Sees $40, 900 Buildings
Finished During Last Fiue Months
Despite Supposed Hard Times
Business Houses and Homes
Go Up Steadily
New Bowen Block and Sans
Souci Bathing Pool Two
Biggest Additions Here

More than 100000 worth OF build
ing work is estimated to be now in
progress or to have been finished
since January 1st This enormous
amount OF expansion has been made
despite the so-called period OF hard
times the section has gone through
and is considered by business men to
be a good indication that things are
not nearly SO bad as some people
have thought them 70 be.
The one biggest piece of construc-
ton work that has been done is the
new Bowen Block on the corner of
Man and Central avenues. This
splendid new edifce is occupied by
the Bazaar Store, the Home Furni-
ture Company, the Littleield Under
taking Parlors and the new Reeves
Fowler Drug Company. 1t is of
white pressed brick.
The next largest building opera,
ton is the recently completed Sans
Souci Swimming Pool on East Cen
trail Avenue, said to be the costliest
and finest pleasure resort of its kind
in Georgia. The material used was
white pressed brick. The owner, Mr.
E. L. Dorminey, is understood to be
planning extensive improvements in
the surroundings of. the pool which
will be made most attractive.
New homes which have gone up
in the face of hard times are those
OF DR.. L. S. Williams, OF Halle Drug
Company, on West Pine Street the
late D O. Benson on South Grant,
Lawrence Phillips on South Grant,
O. H. Minter on Roanoke drive and
a fine new home is being built now
for ! Fl. Spence on lot fronting
Central Avenue in the four hundred
block. Mr.. Spence is planning to
build FIVE five-room apartment
house front Central avenue some
time within year When built this
will be the finest apartment house
south of Macon Frank James is
planning a new home on Central av-
enue and other new homes may be
built up during the year
Extensive improvements have been
made by the Fitzgerald Automotive
Company at the corner of Main and
Central by the Standard Oil Com
pany service station on the opposite
corner and by the w. +. Jones SER
vice station connected with the Fitz
gerald Automotive Company.
The Weyman Cash and Carry
Store has been reprinted and REIN
ished inside and out. The McLemore
formerly Denmark Drug Company
has also been handsomely refinished.
The former stand of the Home
Furniture Company at 1920 South
Grant Street has been rebuilt and
refnshed with the latest New York
style OF front for the H. K. Staten
ladies ready-to-wcar store and the
Bradshaw Music Company. The
upstairs of the building, the old
Hansen block, has been remodelled
into handsome show rooms d
ware rooms for the Bradshaw Music
Company.
In the near future the former stand
of the Bazaar Store at ll7-l19 South
Grant will be remodelled and REIN
ished for the Piggy Wiggly Grocery
Store and probably for another new
business firm which plans to locate
here during the summer.
The Standard Supply Company, J.
A. Parrot proprietor, Bert Frey, the
Graham Lumber Company, the Nc
Cowan brothers, contractors, have
done most Of the building and re-
modelling Mr.. PARROT states that
he looks for still further increase in
the volume of construction work
during the summer.
Lumber is as cheap as it will
ever be and labor is plentiful" he
says, "and now is the logical time to
build"