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FITZGERALD ENTERPRHES
. YVolume X 1
Council Proceedings
Tax Rate of $l.OO on the $lOO.OO Valu
ation Established---Thirty Per Cent
of This will Go to Schools.
Council met in regular monthly
session at the city hall last night,
all the aldermen being present
except Messrs. Turner, Knapp
and Hooker; Mayor Paulk pre
siding.
Minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
Treasurer submitted following
report for May:
AMOUNTS RECEIVED.
May 1, Bal, brot. f0rward.........c.... $938 37
Wm. McCormick, cemetery deed.... 8.70
L. S. Osborne, Sec., tuiti0n.......... 75.91
F. R. Justice, tax deed redeemed.... 5,62
Exchange Bank, borrowed money. 1985.00
“ [ “ “" 1973.33 |
“ . “ . 2973 33 J
Clayton Jay, water tap.....cceceeeeee.s 5.00
Herman Smith, pound fee 5....... ... 16.00 ‘
H. R. Pollitzer, water and light rents 668 02 |
T 87,635.53
DISBURSEMENTS. .
By cash paid out acct salary fund ... $ 58.33
o “ s« gehool ¢ ... 73529
“ @ & % police ** ... 201.65
e s 0 e oW R T 9040 dT
Ae soae 6 eanitapytt - oo 142190
8¢ g 8 SV stYeets St 5 BeYB6
“ @ @« Pringing * .... 57.55
%= sy b genepal 80 oL, - hOTBO
2 ssc ss . ¢ COMOLOEY ve.s o OOD
“ ‘“ (13 ‘" bond int ““ e 1'393‘48 ‘
At oot S Gty Gourt: ... D
$6,467.86
Balance in treasury May Ist ~ 31,167.67
Street Commissioner Frank
Hagar reported during the
month of May: :
L Cite e, ... .. .. $60,75
Jim Paulk 18 3-4 with team $54.75
7 hired laborersat $1 00 per =
day...;....;..-....... 860764
Prison labor 78 days ..... 86.75
Sanitary Inspector R. C. But
ler recommended the removal
of the board side walks along
Pine Street and called attention
to the unsanitary condition of the
city jail. He reported that he
had prefered charges against
twenty-seven offenders wuunder
the sanitary regulations. ]
Communication from Mr. E.
K. Farmer, asking for a reduc
tion in water aand light rents at
his residence, was read and on
motion of Ald. Davis was re
ferred to Water and Light Com.
Communication from Mr. J.
H. Rountree, protesting against
the privilege being granted to
A. B. & A. railroad to lay double
tracks on Ocmulgee street in
front of his property, was read
and ordered filed. \
Ald. Davis moved that the
Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co. be
paid balance due them on dyna
mo. Motion carried.
Dr. L. S. Osborne, secretary
of the school board, recommend
ed that the annual tax levy for
the schools be placed at the same
rate as last year, on the theory
that the increase in values will
raise a particular amount to
meet increased demapds. He
recommends that four rooms be
added to the north end of the
tbird ward building to meet the
present emergency, uantil a new
building can be built.
The following resolution was
introduced by Ald. Paulk:
Be it resolved by the City Oouncil
of the City of Fitzgerald, Ga Ist.
That a levy of $1 on each one hun
dred dollars of taxable property in
the City is hereby levied for the pur
poseof paying the current ordinary
expenses of said City for the year
1906, to include the interest on the
water and light and City Hall bonds,
and the support and maintainance of
the public schools of said City.
2nd. That of said tax 8o levied,
there shall be set apart for the sup
port-of the public schools (3) mills
on each dollar of said tax so Igvled
and voligated. ;
3rd. That the first half of said tax
llevled by this resolution shall be due
and payable on the Bth day of June
1906 and the second half shaell be due
and payable on the Ist., day of Octo
ber 1906.
4th. The Oity Treasurer is hereby
directed to commence of said. collec
ionttaxes on the date above men
tioned. ‘
’ On motion of Ald. Parrott the
same was adopted. %
~ Communication was received
from Mr. J. B. McCrary, enclos
ing blue print of proposed sewer
system, acd that his estimate
on same would follow later.
Bid was received from Mr. J.
E. Leveritt, for converting the
chemical truck into a combina
tion hose and ladder truck. Re
ferred to fire committee for their
action.
A resolution was introduced
by Ald. Paulk, authorizing the
mayor aud treasurer to borrow
sufficient money to meet the bilis
and pay roll for the month of
May. Carried. -
On motion of Ald. Grover, the
Clerk was instructed to purchase
hydrant and necessary pipe to
repair hydrantat corner of Pine
and Meade streets. =~ . .
On motion of Ald. Mosher,
Supt. Politzer was given leave of
absence for five days, from June
11. ;
The city attorney was in
structed to arrange settlement
settlement with proper officials
who are now advertising city
property for sale,
Ald. Parrott moved that chair
man of fire committee place an
order with one of the dealers
here to buy a pair of horses in
Atlanta for the fire department.
Carried.
On motion of Ald. Grover, the
council decided to give the coun
cil chamber to the firemen for
sleeping quarters from aand after
July 1.
* QOrdinance 213, providing for
the creation of a paid fire de
partment, was given first reading
Ordiniace 214, granting right
of-way on Ocmulgee street to
A. B. &A. railway for purpose
of laying double tracks, was
given first reading.
Council adjourned.
Sanitary Notice.
To real estate owners. After
June 20th. I will begin posting
lots that have not been cleared
of weeds and rubbish and that
means extra cost of 50 cents per
lot to cover cost of posting. So
cleam up and save extra expeuse.
Sidewalks included.
_ R. C. BUTLER.
Postponement of Picnic.
Oa account of not being able
to make arrangments with the
railroad company for a train
Thursday, the Central Metho
dist Sunday School Picnic will
make a date latter, which will be
duly announced. |
L. O. Tisdel.
| : S. S. Supt.
‘ Mr. Cooper shipped 25 barrels
of Fi‘zgerald cabbage which
la\'7eraged 150 p~unds to the
‘barrel and will ship out 25 bar
'rels tomorrow. They were
raised by B. Fohl. Thisis what
we have conteanded for all along.
Ship out and supply other mar
kets as well as our own. .
THRICE-A-VWEEIIRK
FIVZGERALD, GBEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1906,
’ Robert B. Owen, one ofthe grad
uating class of the Fitzgerald High
School, read the following unique
essay at the closing exercises Mon
day evening of last .week, in which
‘he tells of our origin and pictures
‘the probable future.
_ A PROSPECT.
In a remote part of the piney
woods of the great empire state
of the South, in the year 1895, a
few men hunting in a dense pine
forest were startled by long
caravans of travellers pouring
into the forest from all directions.
Those caravans consisted of
men, women and children vari
ously related, some husbands
and wives, parents and grand
parents, children and grand
children, uncles and aunts, nieces
and nephews, first cousins,
second ccusins, steg-cousins,
half-cousins, cousins-in-law, and
the whole family of cousins.
Looking more closely at this
strange and unexpected band,
gallant youths were seen gently
assisting fair, blushing, but
smiling maidens to alight from
the vehicles; these were easily
distinguished as lovers, who
‘were evidently in quest of the
same object as their more aged
and settled sires. ‘
Without law or ceremony, the
men at once began to fell the
trees of the forest, and tostretch
tents for the shelters of their
families, until houses could be
built, while the women and
children busied themselves pre
paring the evening meal, for the
day was well nigh spent.
One of the hunters accosting
the newcomers, asked the pur
pose of these sudden and strange
proceedings. ““Why”’, replied
they, ‘“‘We are laying the foun
dations of the most thriving and
prosperous city your empire
state will ever know.” ‘‘lndeed”
was the reply. ‘‘And whence
came the originators of so great
an enterprise?” “‘O!from every
where, the north, east, south,
and west,” answered a robust
youth, continuing the while to
ply axe with vigorous strokes to
what appeared to be the king of
the pine forest.
Smiling outward approval and
encouragement to them, but in
wardly jesting at the unlikeness
of such a prophecy they tooki
their leave promising themselyes
however, that they would at some
future day return to find this
imaginary city deserted by these
aspiring inhabitants, who will
have left no more trace of their
whereabouts than did the first
settlers of Roanoke Islaud.
A few years later a man, some
what years past the prime of life
was toiling along thro sand and
wiregrass when suddenly to
wards evening he came upon
fields of corm, sugar cane, and
blossoming cotton. Farther on
their were rows of trimmed
China-berry trees and orchards
laden with ripening fruit. Red
roofed cottages were scattered
everywhere and in their midst
arose many large foundaries,
round-bouses repair shops and
other large bnildings indicating
railroad shops. He wondered
greatly how came these shops
here., Passing on, he saw in
AN AIR CASTLE; OR
CASTLES IN THE AIR.
FITZGERALD'S PAST AND FUTURE.
front of him like a great white
ship surrounded by little boats,
a large fair shining city. There
were houses, shops, and lofty
pallaces, and all that makes a
city.
Before entering the city he
passed thro a surburb which
from its many beautiful places
he judged it to be the home of
milliosaires. Upon inquiry he
found it to be the beautiful
heigts of Winona. Thro the
center of the wide streets there
were long green parks bordered
on either side by magnificent
maple trees standing like
emerald goblets. '
Surrounding the gray stong
mansions that stood at either
side of the avenues were flower
gardens as briget as if the earth
had been embroidered - with
threads of blue, and scarlet, and
gold. Walking along one of these
beautiful streets, he at last came
upon the city.
In the open square in the cen
ter of the city were marble
pools where the children played.
At the corners of the streets and
and the sides of the houses were
fountains which were constantly
at play,
In the center of the square is
a collonial building, and as the
man made bis way along the pav
ed walks, past the pools of water
and beds of flowers, he poticed
the front of the building cut
in white marble, the word,
“Library”. On approaching
the steps he read these words
upon the great corner stone;
“Free Public Library,’’ present
ed by Andrew Carnagie, and
built in the year 1920.”
He entered this beautiful
library and fouad something
like a rcception going on. This
was being given under the aus
pices of the Chamber of Com
merce in commemoration of the
opening of the library.
The house was sizzling full of
people. Those who were jamb
ed in the lobbies tried to getinto
the reception room and those
packed in the reception rooms
struggled ‘o escape, holding
plates of stratified cake and
qualified ice-cream high above
their neighbors’ head like signals
of danger Everybody was talk
jng at the same time iaa loud
shrillvoice and nobody was list
ening to what anybody was say
ing.
The tide of chatter rose, and
swelled, and ebbed, and sud
denly sank away.
- The crowd now began {o dis
perse by twos, and by threes,
by fovrs. Thestranger noticed
that the men were all wearing
blue and gray badges. Oa
peering more closely he read on
the brdges toese words; “"PULL
FOR FITZGERALD ORPULL
OouT.”
Quicker than lightning the
thought flashed across his mind
that this was the city which years
ago when a boy he had helped to
lay its foundation.
He was the self same lad who
had felled the first pine tree and
?Lhelped to build the first rude
lhomes. As the people continued
Confinued on Last Page, :
Roster of Vet
And Their Families who Atten' [
Services at Andersonville TN§
Cemetery, May 30, 1906
VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY,
S. C. Brown, Surgeon 18, Ind.,
Inft; . D. Lee Co G 18 lowa
Ipft; C. H. Brooks Lieut Co C 49
Mass; Milo Porter Co E 16 Wis
Inft; A. W. Keeney 9th Ohio
Battery; E. Town Co F 2nd lowa
Inft; John Huff Co M 4th Mich
Cav; J. R. Green 2ad Ohio Bat
tery; E. L. Mason Co K 181
Ohio Inft; J. M. Mosher Co A 64
Ills or Gates Sharp shooters;
Joel Thomas Co H 45 Ills; T.
Wilson Co A 2ad Ohio Cav;J. T.
Johnson Co E 81Ills Co D 17 Ills;
Louis Thayer Co D Ist Ohio
Cav Ist Lieut Co H; J. B, Warner
Co A 167 Pa; J. Schroll 116 Ills
Inft; A. M. Jennings Co C 3d
Minn; W. M. Cooper Co E Mo.
Inft; C. Stratton Co H 9 lowa
Cav; J. M. Waller Co C 7 Mich
Cav; E. M. Winslow Co D 105
1lis; C. A. Oliver Co A sth Iowa;
A. S.Smith Col 6 N Hampshere
vols; John W Fox Co A 11 N Y;
J. S. Johnson Co A 59 Ind; C. F.
Ritchie Co B 47 Wis; W. B. Todd
Co L 9 Ind; W, White Co G 16
N Y; W. E. Welton Co B3d Mich
lCav; Wm M. Young Co B 9
‘Kansas Cav; George Herbert Co
H 83 Indiana Inft; W. Friend Co
A 38 Mass; D. Stevers Co 9 Ind
Batt; John Cooper Co K 92 Ills;
W. N. Sewart Co D 64 Ills Ist
Lieut; D. L. Albright Co B 142
Pa; C. C. Lobingier Co A Penn
sylvania Roundheads; R. Math
ews CoF 16 N Y; J. W. Howder
C 0139 Mo; R.R. Lombard Coll
21 Mass; O. N. Cowell Co H 26
Ind; B.F. Knapp Co D 4 lowa
Musician, J W Manbeck Co A
126 Obio; O P Webster Penn.,
vols; WF Flagg CoD 44 Wis.
VETERANS OF THE CONFEDERATE
ARMY., :
George Minich Ga Vols; W. B.
[Tammock Ga Vols; J. R. Horne
55 Gu first Guard placed on duty
over federal prisoners at Ander
sonville; A. A. Couch Co 855 Ga
a prisoner for 21 monthsatCamp
Douglas Chicago Ills; J. M, V.,
Williams Co C 55Ga among first
guards over fzderal prisoners at
Andersonville; T. Nobles 60 Ga.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF, UNION
VETERANS, |
Miss Klla Chaple; Mrs E J
Thursten; Ivan Thurston,
Floyd Whitman; Wynne Plopper
E Carl; H W Brown; Mrs Lulul
Armantrout; Mrs M A Griffin;
Katbhleen Koapp; Roy Graham;
Miss Ethel Burkhar:; Miss Nora
Jobnsoa; Mrs L C Hubbard;
Mrs E Purneli; Mrs H Brown;
Miss Edith Parker; Merrill
French; Mrs M Kurrock; G
Seagraves; Mrs Lydia Nealson
Martio; Mrs I Hawn; Mrs B|
Reid; Mrs I Keany; Mrs O Hitch |
L Hartley; Misses Frankie andi
Flora Bell Reiber; Mrs L Fick
ler; C Bitch; CD Bercaw; Missl
Ethel Kstey; W Keeney; I A
White; Miss Lily White; A C
Young; Miss Lizzie Harrold; W
McDowell; H Varndell; A C
Colson; Mrs L Colson; Miss May
Shaffer; Ruth Conwell; Mrs J
‘Coates; Annie Coates; Mrs L O
‘Tisdel; Mable Carpenter; Alice
Malmdrum; Eliza Shaeffer; Mrs
D B Loucks; Hazel, Thela and
Mildred Tisdel; Gladys Lee;
Lottie Shaeffer; Lillie Stone, Mrs
M Gelders, Mrs
Gertrude Hungafl
Myrick; Hugh Lee"
H Stevers; J Stevers
Don Knapp; R M
Camplin; J A Esteyj
N B Andrews; §
Helen Lee; F Hag
Slater; G H Mat
Browp; Mrs W. B 8
Ollie Howder; J A §
Townsend; J L §
Johuson, 4
SONS AND GRANDSONS
TERS AND GRANDH
OF CONFED’
VETER/
Mrs. Sherman B
Mary and Lelia W
L. W. E. Wagnon
Peary; J. C.
Myers; Mary J. Pa
Saunders; Mrs. M.}
Bishop; Mrs. L. Bis
Seagrove; Miss Melif
Niss M. Newbern;§
A. Brown; Mrs, H
G Power; C R Mck
S Fussel!;f B Dye
Fussell; arles |
Glover; E W Bui
1 Paulk; J K King; J €
L Robertson; W J&
Paulk; B M Monk, BB
C Wilkerson; E L De
P J Dell; G Adams; )
ton; JM Duff; J B
Simmons; Mrs C €
J M Duff, Emma §i
Kelley; Mrs M Ci
Lane; J D Evans; J §
Fickler; R S M Lilly
MISCELLANE
Mrs, S C Brown &
Mrs J Sattlemyer Wi
in German army;
widow of D M Bi
supt of cemetery; C
Atlanta constitutiof
tive, a relative of
Stanton of the sizfis
Wyman granddaugl
lutionary soldier, Of
son of soldier in Ger
Augustin Bravo |
Spanish-American W
Garcia (Spaniard) §
erican war.
Lack of time and}
vents the full ro
Fitzgerald Guards, &
soldiers enrolled,
Bluz and Gray §
On Wednesday, Jul
p. m. at Wm. McCors
room, will be held a §
the Blue ann the Gra}
will be the last mee
the 4th of July, everyg
requested to be presg
By order Simp
M.rs. W. E. Oxford
at her home on Sout
Mrs. Claudia Hoove
taken sick several di
close of school, rem
the same. It was €
first she might be §
fever, but the doctor
has no fever.
~ Mr. John Smith, of
left this week for H§
Ark. with his little
LLettie, who has been’
for several years wit
tism. The Enterps
that we may get 200§
limpr?vment which
glad to announ
friends. =