Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-12-21

tioll, clean up week and other such
work
Industries.
We secured the Government Sweet
Potato Experiment plant. This exper
ment has been going on for two years
and if it finally proves successful will
be worth millions of dollars to the
South. 1t also gave this city great
deal of publicity. The corps of men
who were maintained here for this
purpose spent quite little money.
We promoted and helped to build
a tobacco curing and re-drying plant.
=. We advocated and assisted in sell
ling stock in hospital. This enter
PRISE, while not being a money maker
tor the stock holders, has been a bles-
sing to those who have had to make
use of a hospital and has brought
many people here from other parts of
the state for treatment. 1t is a good
advertisement for the city.
Agricultural.
We secured the services of a county
agent and have contributed $500 per
year to his salary since he has been
here.
We planted tobacco plant bed and
gave away enough plants to farmers
to plant 100 acres of tobacco. This
was great stimulus to the tobacco
industry at a time when it was about
dead. In addition to this, we have
held number of meetings in the inter-
est of tobacco and have encouraged
ITS production in every possible way.
Undoubtedly the activities of the
Chamber of Commerce has helped to
increase the acreage in this section.
We bought 1000 4 or. bottles and
had them filled with good Georgia
cane syrup and gave them away as
samples to a big convention of busi-
ness men and farmers at Atlanta. The
labels on the bottles bore the name
of the Chamber of Commerce and
lot of good advertising was gotten by
this ethod. 1t also brought some or
ders for syrup.
We bought $500 worth OF pure bred
hogs and gave them to young farmer
boys in Ben Hill county to encourage
the raising of pure bred stock. The
value of this is shown in report by
the county agent to the effect that in
l9zO there was shipped from this
county, 6 cars of hogs and that there
were shipped in 1922 66 cars of hogs
We have continued from year to wear
the giving of pigs from the original
set that we gave out and today we
have large number of hogs in the
county.
We donated $1O0 for eggs from a
pure strain of chickens and gave them
to the poultry club girls to encourage
the raising of poultry. Reports from
the county seem to justify our action
in this regard
We gave barbecue to the Pig
Club and Poultry club members and
ttheir. families and in this manner got
in closer relationship with them.
Conventions.
This body assisted in entertaining
the Georgia Singing convention and
invited them to hold their annual con-
ventlon in this city and the invitation
was accepted. This not only brings
large number of outside people into
the city each year but is effective ad-
vertising.
We also gave help to other conven-
tions, including several large church
conventions, helping to get homes
for the delegates and giving them an
auto ride over the city.
Miscellaneous.
Brought contractor to city and got
citizens to put in a number of blocks
OF concrete sidewalks.
Induced the Western Union Tele-
graph office here, to keep the local
office open from 500 a. m. to 500 D.
m. and to refrain from closing at meal
times.
Assisted in the fight before the Geor-
gia Railway Commission to secure
lower rates on messages by the w.
U. Telegraph Co., and won.
Issued monthly paper for a long
time to the members of the Chaber
and allied copies to various organiza-
tions and individuals thruout the coun-
try, ginving an account of all matters
of interest and keeping the members
informed regarding the work of this
body.
Donated $100 toward the Automo-
bile Show held here and assisted them
otherwise in making it a success.
look leading part in tn fight to-
make Brunswick the site for the State
Port.
Have induced a number of persons
to locate in Fitzgerald and many of
them have either built or bought
houses here and some of them have
gone into business.
We made strong fight to locate
the state Odd Fellows Orphan Home
here, but were outbid by Griffin.
Assisted the Carnegie Library in
their book campaign and donated $40
to buy new books with
We led the fight against the es-
tablishment of a city court and won.
Were successful in having an Army
Recruiting Station established here.
Fought an increase in express rates
before the Ga. Railway Commission,
and won.
Fought an attempt of the S. A. L.
Ry to take off one of their trains,
which would habe hurt our business
in Fitzgerald, and won.
We assisted in establishing the Curb
Market.
We assisted in the Greater Tech
drive and made a good showing
Got the physicians of the city to
secure and administer typhoid serum,
free to all who desired it.
Led in the fight to prevent the junk
ing of the Ocilla Southern Ry. and
have so far been successful.
Have attended dozens of conven-
tions in various cities and made many
speeches in the interest of Fitzgerald.
Have written thousands of letters
to people all over the U. S. on all
kinds of matters Have oiven all sorts