Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-05-18
LAND SECURED FOR DRIVING
ASSOCIATION PARK

The committee appointed to secure
the land for the fitzgerald Driving AS
ISOLATION have at last secured an ideal
piece of land for their Driving ParF
grounds. 1t is situated one mile south
west of the city along the side of the
I1tton & Northeastern railroad and
a better piece of soil for a race track
could hardly be picked out anywhere
in the county 1t is as level as a floor
and no grading whatever will have to
be done only on the turns. which will
be thrown up so as to secure a good
turn and make it easier for horses
sulkies and drivers.
On Tuesday morning the committee
consisting of President John Phillips,
Vice-president C. M. Mumford, Score
tary ]. G. Knapp and Directors C. A.
Renard and J. H. Harris were
invited by Captain H. H. Tiff, to
60 out on his special train and
look the land over, which the commit
tee did and report the land and dist
ance from the city, far superior to any
the committee had looked at Capt.
Tiff in few words presented (35 acres
20 the association, in behalf of the
Ilfton & Northeastern Ry., and ]. H.
Harris.
The committee were somewhat dumb
founded at the generous gift of Mr..
lift and Harris, and were not slow in
accepting their kind offer.
It is the purpose of the association to
commence work Immediately on the
r-.,o1r o,,I
grading the track. building the barns,
fences, grand stand, and other buildings
needed.
Secretary Knapp has received letters
from Terre Haute, Ind, Independence
Iowa, Galesburg, ILL.,, and also a num-
Der of smaller towns, from horsemen
who are already interested in the big
winter meeting to be given here.
1t is expected that fully 200 high
class horses will be here and number
put the number at 3OO 1t does not
make any difference whether 500 come
we will take care of them all. The
winter meeting of the Driving Associ-
alton will be a furnishing success.
The large program and entry blank
will be ready by September 10, when
the advertising of the meeting will be
commenced.
L. c. Parnin, living on Altamaha
avenue, has now the honor of having
the first water works in the city of
Fitzgerald. He has large windmill
erected which pumps the water thru
pipes to the upstairs of his building.
The we'll is Us feet deep and the water
is as pure as crystal.
Chas. Felt returned from Fort VAL
ley, Ga, Saturday, where he has
had the responsible position as shipper
and time-keeper for the Hale orchard
company. He says he is glad to get
back to Fitzgerald.
The Jacksonville construction COM
pany expect to move into their fine
large room in the fitzgerald block next
week.
Fine free-stone peaches sold on the
streets last Monday at 90 cents per
bushel. Peaches are now getting more
plentiful as the early ones were sent
north, which brought big price.
G. F. Kicker and wife leave next
week for Cumberland, on the coast,
where they have rented neat little
cottage for the month of August. They
expect to return the first of Scptem-
Der.
With the Corn and Cotton Palace
coming off in September the big race
meeting in November and December =
tine eighty-room hotel completed by
November, the Grand Army Opera
House completed I guess Fitzgerald
will be right in it. this winter" was
the remark of business man Tuesday.
(Fitzeerald Leader. May 81, 1866
HONORED GUESTS
Tuesday was another red letter dav
in the calendar of Fitzgerald and the
Colony. On that day the G. s. & r,
and T. N. F. Railways forming the
Triton route to Fitzgerald was for
mally opened by a bic excursion from
Macon and intermediate points. under
the special charge of Geo. A. McDon-
aid, wide-a-wake and uptodate gen
eral passenger agent Of the G.. S. &
f., and Major Glessner of the Land &
Immigration Bureau OF G. s. & F. and
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