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©Official Organ U. S. District Court
CELEBRATION WILL BE BIG EVENT IN HIGHWAY HISTORY
Release of Small Farms From State Taxation
Is Sought as Relief Measure for Agriculture
PRESENT TENANT-SYSTEM
HINDERS DEVELOPMENT
Divide Plantations Into Small
Farms to Encourage New
Settlers in State
- Atlanta, April 27.—“ The small
farm, intensively cultivated by the
owner and his family and watched as
carefully as any other business enter
prise managed by its owner, will be
the salvation of Georgia agriculture,”
was -the opinion expressed by James
\H. ‘Thomason, of Des Moines, lowa,
who called at the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce this week to express his
approval of the proposed state tax
exemption law for small farmers.
. “T have traveled all over Georgia,
studying conditions affecting a com
pany which sells the greater part of
its products to farmers,” said Mr.
Thomason. “In my opinion, the tenant
system is the greatest trouble that
you have.
“No employee takes the interest
in building up a business that the
owner will take. No renter will keep
up a house and lawn and garden as
the owner will. No farm tenant will
look to the future, because he expects
to move as often as possible.
“Y can see no reason why a Geor
gia farmer can’t make a profit a lot
‘easier than an lowa or a Kansas far
mer. His land is just as good, his
growing season is longer, his climate
‘better, his cost of living is less. But
he needs a system of co-operative
marketing, in order that raising di
versified crops can be made profit
‘able. -
“] believe that exemption of one
hundred-acre farms from state taxes
will be an important factor in break
.ing up Georgia’s big and unprofitable
plantations into small farms. The
owners are anxious to sell, and the
better class of tenants are anxious to
buys.
“Fyven if the new owner has only
a small equity in his farm, he will
have the pride.of ownership and will
try to put something into the land.
He will work harder and think harder,
and will make it pay, somehow.
“If Geotrgia will advertise to the
nation that she wants more farmers
and will welcome them to the state,
I know of hundreds who will leave the
Middle West, where lang is scarce
‘and high priced, the winters long, and
taxes high. State tax exemption will
be a tremendous selling point for such
a eampaign of advertising.”
Veterans of Civil War
Guests of Local Lions
At Weekly Luncheon
Nine survivors of the armies of the
Confederacy were the guests of the
Ben Hill chapter, U. D. C., at the
Lions’ luncheon Wednesday for whose
entertainment a special program was
given.
President Lasseter presided and
introduced Judge Roscoe Luke, who
spoke feelingly of the valor of the
American soldier, those who followed
Lee as well as the followers of Grant,
and expressed with fervor the thought
universal, that today there is no
north, no south, no east nor west, but
one country and one flag.
Graley Haile recited that beautiful
poem, “The Georgia Volunteer.” Mr.
Charles Butler, song leader for Judgze
Luke, responded to a special request
to- sing “When You and I Were
Young, Maggie,” and recited a poem
of pre-war days with effect. (We saw
several of the audience dry their
eyes.) :
Mrs. Humber Watson, president of
the local chapter of U. D. C., extend
ed the invitation to attend the pro
gram at the Baptist chu?ax\,- after the
luncheon.
The veterans attending were W. H.
Bell, 84, J. R. McCook, 83, S. Bailey,
84; G. W. Kinard, 84; W. Hurd, 83;
H. B. Brown, 86; O. M. Horn, 78;
J. L. Porterfield, 80; P. M. Adams,
81. Mesdames J. L. Porterfield and
0. M. Horn, Mrs. Clayton Jay and
Miss Lillian Butler were also guests
of the club on this occasion. |
Saunders Store Ready
For Opening Friday
The new gore of L. Saunders
will open Friday W a complete
stock of general mere dise, and an
invitation is extended in tkjs issue of
The Leader for the trading public to
come and inspect his well selected
lines c¢f dry goods, shoes, and men
and women’s ready-to-wear.
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MELVIN TO MOVE g
Melvin, the jeweler, has rented a
store room on South Grant street and
will move into his new location next
week.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER
BETTER HOMES SHOWN
TO MANY VISITORS
IN WEEK OF EXHIBIT
With Mrs. R.E. Lee as the enthu
siastic chairman of the Better Homes
committee of the Woman’s Club, the
demonstration in the city this week is
being carried on most successfully
and enjoyably.
The planning of Mrs. Lee and her
committee has been thorough and the
hospitality of those ladies who have
opened their homes for inspection has
been most gracious. Automobile com
mittees have provided ample means of
conveyance for those interested in
making the rounds and many helpful
points about home making will be
gleaned by the visitors. ‘
On Tuesday the handsome remod-j
elled home of Mrs. Clayton Jay had
no less than a hundred visitors, more
than the other homes because of its
central location. This home displays
the thought and taste that developed
it into the attractive and convenient.
abode that it now is. A group of
friends assisted Mrs. Jay in conduct
ing the visitors over every part of her?
immaculate house. |
What good taste, deft fingers and
energy can do to a plain little coun
try house was demonstrated by the
charming interior of Mrs. Stubbs Dor
miney’s cozy home on the Dixie High
way. Old fashioned furniture, handed
down from generations back, has un
der Mrs. Dorminey’s artistic touch be
come a veéry handsome part of the
spacious living room, furnishedas it
is throughout in soft gray and ivory
tints, clusters of pink roses being the
finishing touch on chair backs, desks
and fire screen. Lovely washable rugs
made in a church orphanage are used
throughout the house on the lovely
hardwood floors.
" The gift for painting, a fine taste
for color and immaculate cleanliness
distinguish this little: country house.
Mrs. Dorminey has, too, a wonderful
garden, conforming to all the rules
of landscaping, and in each season has
flowers of particular size and beauty.
On the lawn a bevy of lovely girls
served punch to all the visitors.
. On South Grant street there is a
little gem of a modern cottage, built
and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Casper. The place is new and shines
in its display of glistening hardwood
floors, crystal knobs and beautiful
light fixtures. Abundantly supplied
with windows and handsome doors, of
one beautiful wood panel or French,
doors of glass, it has a style which
the handsome furnishings emphasize.
A number of handsome fur rugs give
distinction to one room. Assisting
friends of Mrs. Casper dispensed
punch in her neatly appointed kit
chen.
The lovely flower gardens of Mrs.
H. G. Powell and Mrs. R. A. Majors
elicited the most enthusiastic praise.
This afternoon the homes of Mrs.
Drew Paulk, Mrs. Ted Dunn and Mrs.
J. B. Seancr and the gardens of Mrs.
J. H. Ennis and Mrs. E. S. Bill are
being visited. This presents a variety
of a spacious town house, a tiny bun
galow which is electrically equipch,
and a lovely suburban }mme, and some
rose gardens that will give pleasure to
that sense of the beautiful that most
peor;‘l‘&a,.possess and which flowers so
easily touch.
Domestic Science Exhibit
A fitting close to the Better Homes
demonstrations of the week will be
the exhibit of sewing and cooking,
which will be shown on Friday after
noon at the high school building by
the department of domestic science,
under Miss Cook.
The hours will be from 5 to 7, to
conform to the other home demon
strations of the week. Home making
is becoming more and more a science
and an art. We are proud of the ac
complishments that our town girls
have attained-in this line of educa
tional work, and we should show our
appreciation by attending their exhib
it in large numbers. |
Just preceding the exhibit the high
school P. T. A. will hold a short ses
sion at four o’clock. |
Texas Company Builds
New Wholesale Station
Clearing up the location and exca
vating for a foundation on the prop
erty of the A. B. & C. railway, on
North Grant street, for the new Tex
as Oil Company wholesale plant was
begun this week, and at an early date
that part of the Dixie Highway will
show a decided improvement. It is
reported that the company is to ex
pend $20,000 on the location. ‘
CHAUTAUQUA BRINGS
Efil}lfiwgnp%%mm'
CE IS SMALL
Entertainments Called Best in Years;
Guarantors Must Make Up
Deficit in Receipts
Though the attendance. has been
smaller this season at Chautauqua,
due to conflicting interests, the gen
eral expression of those who attend
each year is that the entertainments
have been better all round than in
any season for the past five years.
It is the second time that a deficit
has been experienced, but the splen
did character of the entertainments
has made the guarantors quite cheer
ful in bearing their share of the de
ficit, feeling that it has been worth
while to the.community.
Perhaps more of the people will
rally to the support of the Chautau
qua for next year because of this
great appreciation of the programs
presented this week, and it is truly
to be hoped that they will. Fitzgerald
will be taking a step backward to let
such high class entertainment go by,
as it is about the only chance our
young people have to see and hear
something which is at'the same time
entertaining and elevating.
Memorial Exercises
At Baptist Church
Honor Our Veterans
Less than a score of veterans occu
pied the place of honor at the Memo
rial exercises held in the Baptist
church on Wednesday afternoon at
two o’clock. The chancel and altar
was covered with baskets and gar
lands of lovely flowers and their fra
orance spread even beyond the
entrance. :
A number of attractive young girls
wearing a decoration of red ushered.
On the platform the past presidents
of the U. D. C. were seated with the
present incumbent, Mrs. J. H. Wat
son, who presided with ease and dig-
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" The chorus singing of “America”
‘and “Dixie” was led by Mr. Charles
Butler, evangelistic singer. Other mu
sic was a beautiful vocal solo by Miss
Marjorie Owen, accompanied by Miss
Chastath and Mr. Sam Jones with vio
lin. The community orchestra, under
Mr. R. G. Johnson’s leading, = gave
several selections during the program.
Mrs. G. R. Womble introduced the
junior orator of the afternoon, Mr.
Leon Kassewitz, who gave a most
touching speech on the subject, ‘“Lest
We Forget.”
Mrs. S. G. Pryor, Sr., introduced
the next speaker, Mrs. J. F. Single
ton, who held her hearers in close at
tention and sympathy while she un
folded a revelation of our country’s
need at this very time which calls for
patriotic and religious service from
her citizens in holding up the com
mandments of the Decalogue that are
being broken to such a wide extent
all over the land today.
A closing ceremony of sacred sen
timent was the bestowal of the cross
es of service and honor. Rev. S. C.
Oliff and Judge Roscoe Luke gave the!
invocation and the benediction. |
Rapid Transportation
~ Big Aid to Merchants
~ Atlanta, April 27.—Hand-to-mouth
‘buying is here to stay, according to
leading authorities in the field of com
merce and industry in Atlanta. By
that it is meant that merchants no
longer stock up on large quantities of
goods as they did in pre-war days.
The same is said to be true of pur
chasers of machinery and tools.
Strange to say, it is held by these
same authorities that careful and con
servative buying is a good thing for
business in the long run. It was point
ed out that there is less waste in mer
chandise which goes out of style, and
in tools and machinery which become
obsolete. 1
Moderate - stocks carried by local
merchants, it was claimed, makes fi
nancing easier and distribute the de
mand for money throughout the year,
restlting in the economical and un
interrupted use of a moderate volume
of credit. Lok
Increased production and transpor
tation facilities, particularly the fast
freight service on the railways, it is
said, have made it easier for manu
facturers to fill order, thus removing
the necessity for placing large orders
a long way ahead.
St QY et
“ Why do you ask for a reference,
Jane? You have only just come.”
“I know, mum, but after I've been
here a while you might not want to
give me one.” 9
Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, April 28, 1927
ANOTHER POULTRY CAR
TO VISIT THIS CITY
ABOUT MIDDLE OF MAY
Suggeiti‘(uu and Warnings Given By
County Agent on Preparation
. Of Fowls for Market
On or about May 17 or 18 we will
have another poultry car. In order
that we may obtain the best price for
our chickens it would be well for us
to observe the proper preparation of‘
them for the market. |
Examine your chickens, If they are
not fat, begin feeding them on food
that will produce fat. It is advisable
to put them up in a good sanitary
vlace for about two weeks before
sale day. If you do not see fit to buy
fattening mash, cornmeal with a small
amount of cotton seed meal, made
into a stiff mash, is a very good fat
tener. Some cracked corn and some
whole corn.for the late evening feed,
plenty of fresh water af least four
times a day, with vessels ¢leaned reg
ularly, will produce fairly good re
sults in fattening chickens. ‘
Another suggestion is, or rather a
warning, do not bring chickens to
market in a sack and do not crowd
too many in a box or any other kind
of a container. Quite a number of
chickens died from having been
brought in sacks and crowded into
small boxes when the last car was
here. These car lot buyers will not
take them hereafter when they are
brought to market in a way that will
endanger their lives.
I am not able at this time to tell
you just what the market will be,
only that it will be the same as the
Atlanta market. A few days before
the car is to be here I will know what
the price will be and will publish it
in the papers, and also send you eir
culars giving you the prices and ‘the
exact time that the ca gwill béddn
Fitzgerald. If your name is notim
our poultry list and you wang.t ) -
formation, let me knowf & 1]
place your name on the Hsti & 7,
Do not overfeed yourjhiekens the
day you bring them™fo market:=Tm
case you do they aré liable/to be dock
ed accordingly.
C. T. OWENS,
County Agent.
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Permission Sought to
\ Cut Levees in Effort
~ to Save New Orleans
Washington, April 26.—A tele
graphic request from Gov. Simpson,
of Louisiana, for permission to cut
the Mississippi river levee below New
Orleans’ in order to save that city
from inundation was received today
by Secretary Davis, of the War De
partment, and referred to the district
engineer at Vicksburg for investiga
tion.
’ Will Pay Losers
Gov. Simpson described the point
fat which he believed the break should
be created, and asked co-operation
of the commission, the chief of army
engineers and the Secretary of War
to carry out htis purpose. The mes
sage included a pledge on the part of
Louisiana and the_City of New Orle
ans to undertake to compensate all
persons who might suffer damage as
a result of the break.
Mayor O’Keefe, of New Orleans,
also signed the message with the gov
ernor.
Plan Payments
New Orleans, April 26.—Governor
0. H. Simpson was in conference here
this morning with a group of bank
ers, presumably for the purpose of
working out plans of reimbursing the
residents of the area that would be
affected by creating a crevasse in the
levee below New Orleans. |
MUSIC CLUB WILL MEET
The next meeting of the Music
Study Club will be on Tuesday after
noon at the club rooms, Mrs. Allen
Elder and Miss Marie Chastain, host
esses. The program will probably be
one touching on Grand Opera.
CLEAN UP WEEK, MAY 2nd TO 7th
Mayor’s Proclamation
Tn response to a request of the Woman’s Club, and by the
authority vested in me, I hereby declare the week of May 2nd
to'7th, “CLEAN UP WE{EK”.
T request that all good citizens give their hearty co-opera
tion to the sanitary department of the City of Fitzgerald, so
that it may be of the utmost service to our people. :
It is further ordered that all trash and refuse be collected
and deposited in the alleys of the city, so that the sanitary wag
ons of the city may collect and dispose of it.
Issued under the seal of the city, April 28th, 1927.
G. P. F. Dickson, Clerk. J. H. Mayes, Mayor.
TEACHERS ARE CHOSEN
FOR ENSUING YEAR BY
~ BOARD OF EDUCATION
‘Supt. Usher and Many Teachers Are
1 Re-Elected; Few Vacancies |
| Still Remain to Be Filled 1
At a meeting of the city board of
education, held last Saturday, teach
ers were elected for next year as
ollows:
High School
N. H. Reed, principal, Virgil Har
vey, mathematics, Miss Pauline Dunn,
Mrs. W. R. Womble, Miss Mary Lane,
Miss Lucille Cook, Miss Sarah Stew
art, Miss Lillian Franklin.
First Ward
Misses Mildred Bohannon, Jean
ette Barfield, Loise Malcolm, Carrie
Hutcheson, Jewell Williams, and Mrs.
J. H. Benton.
Second Ward
Mrs. J. H. Burke, Mrs. F. P. Hil
liard, Misses Virginia Hadden, Mar
garet Wise, Mattie Adams, and Mrs.
C. B. Ware.
Third Ward
Miss Mary Linn Owens, Mrs. C. T.
Owens, Miss Lucy Bell Nelson, Mrs.
R. M. Mathis, Miss Carrie Davis, Mrs.
G. E. Usher. :
Miss Louise Bishop, Expression;
Miss Margaret Cheek, Music.
Supt. G. E. Usher was re-elected
at a previous meeting of the board.
New Territory Over ’
Three States Flooded |
By Onrushing Rivers
Memphis, Tenn., April ‘26.——Sweep-i
ing man and his works scornfully be
fore it, the mighty flood water of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries
rolled mercilessly on toward the sea
today, inundating new “ territory ip
Mississippi! Arka“ ? id; 440 ’igigya,
rendering, additiongjehon aaiils home
: iR ST oTR P
L R fr o 4
e Gk (O S
“Bgflffixd“"mf’; Vel WM'_‘WW'. swift
forces of relief, Magshaled B¥an en
‘means to give succor to thousands
concentrated in refugee camps or
marooned on such high places as they
could flee to when the wave engulfed
'their homes. .
With the known death list steadily
climbing above the 100 mark and va
rying estimates from 200 to 500 dead
in the whole stricken area, every pre
caption was being used to prevent ad
ditional casualties from disease, hun
ger and exposure.
Refugees fleeing from newly inun
dated towns and communities in the
three states swelled the ranks of the
homeless, which already ha dbeen es
timated at 150,000.
In Southeastern Arkansas, nearly
a dozen small towns were receiving
backwaters from old breaks in the Ar—|
kansas river levees, the inhabitants
either ‘climbing to the levees or re-‘
moving to nearby towns which remain ‘
dry.
The southern Mississippi delta,
through which the waters from the
Stops Landing break in the main
Mississippi levee must course before
rejoining the parent current near
Vicksburg, was another scene of evac
uation as the flood waters from the
mighty river joined with the back
water of the Yazoo and piled beyond.
In northern Louisiana, small trib
utaries of the Mississippi added their
rampage to the peril from the swol
len flood of the winding Red river.
Rich acreages were going under wa
ter and towns located in low places
were preparing for emergencies or be
ing evacuated by large numbers of
citizens.
Sections of the southern Louisiana
delta, below New Orleans, received
more water from the Diamond cre-|
vasse. 1‘
G 4 e Akt L L 0 SRI U e I
Senator Harris paid his late col
league, Senator Thomas E. Watson,
a deserved compliment when he had
inserted in the Congressional Record
Watson’s famous song, “Song of the
Bar-Room,” a copy of which should
be placed in every home.
Plans Are Rapidly Nearing Completion For
Start of Big Jacksonville-Atlanta Motorcade
INDIANAPOLIS CAR TO
BEGIN RECORD RUN
TUESDAY MORN!NG‘
The Evansville, Ind., Motor Club’s
non-stop car, driven by Dick Pride,
who will be locked to the wheel, will
start Tuesday morning from the mo
tor club offices. Pride will be accom
panied by J. William Heyns, ditectorl
of the Evansville Chamber of Com-|
merce, whose sole duty will be to look
after the personal comfort of the
idriver and keep his car in gas and the
driver supplied with food and drink.
Pride is to make the trip to Jack
sonville locked to his steering wheel,
and will have food and drink passed
to him by his companion.
The car will probably pass through
‘Fitzgerald early Wednesday morn
ing, and is expected to reach Jackson
ville in record time. The excellent
condition of the Dixie Highway from
Evansville, via Nashville, Chattanoo
ga, Atlanta, Macon, Fitzgerald and
Wayecross will attract national atten
tion.
~ The party wil return over the same
route and will make short stops at
‘each of the cities along the way. The
?highway committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, J. H. Palmer, chairman,
‘will meet the party at Bowen Mill, if
their time of arrival can be ascer
‘tained.
Salvation Army Busy
In Work of Relief
In Flood-Swept Aresa|
In harmony with ifie.gfirit of ser
vice charagteristic of ithe Salvation
Army. everywhere in the world, the
flood had just about commienced its
devastation when officers and work
‘ers in local centers in the affected
area of the Mississippi valley were
‘on duty, relieving distress and suffer
ing. r ;
b Wi o b T teied
workers have been forwarded the
;local Salvation Army workers by Ma
.jor Bertram Rodda, divisional com
’mander for Georgia agd South Caro
lina.
‘ Conditions are described as pathet
ic. Boat loads of refugees were ar
)riving at Vicksburg. Major John
'McGee, from Atlanta, was in charge
of that area. Ensign Widgery was in
command of the Memphis area.
Staff Captain Arthur Fynn was ready
for eventualities in New Orleans. 1
Salvation Army lassies, with the
men workers, are repeating in similar:
fashion to that which characterized
their activities in France during the
world war.
It is night and day duty. Feeding,
clothing and housing the sufferers.
They also fit into every type of emer
gency, such as assisting in finding
lost relatives, identification of the
dead and injured.
Many cities are sending carloads of
aothing for the people who are in
peril. Officers from this state have
already offered their services and
stand ready for duty in case the call
should come. Major Rodda has al
ready names on his waiting list, tak
en from applicants for sacrificial ser
vice. :
Churches, civic clubs and public
spirited citizens are coming to the aid
of the Salvation Army in the flooded
area in a wonderful way and # very
splendid esprit de corps exists, so es
sential to meeting such a disastrous
need as that which faces the workers
at this hour. Food supplies, cots and
bedding are being rushed to the scene
of activity.
tanne Highway Free
i Of Detours to North
~ With the completion of the grad
ing on North Grant and finishing the
stretch of highway north of the city,
-all detour signs have been eliminated
and the tourists have a straight shot
'to Abbeville and on to the North.
Reports from the entire route from
lJacksonville to Macon indicate the
’road to be in the very best of condi
tion and superior to any other route
iinto Florida. It is evidently so known,
‘as motor traffic throuzh this city has
gradually increased until hundreds of
cars are passing daily.
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;OSS[W]TCHIE EflECTRIFIED
| S. B. Sutton, local Delco agent, has
‘installed an electric plant at Ossie
witchie Springs, which will make that
‘resort more popular for evening pic
nics and bathers.
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’ The hero season is at hand. There
are tourists who run into traffic cops
‘with their flivvers—and don’t run.
DEVOTED TO THE
INTERESTS OF FITZGERALD
AND WIREGRASS GEORGIA
Vol. XXXVII—No. 17
THOUSAND CARS LIKELY
TO DRIVE TO ATLANTA
Programs Being Prepared For
Various Stops on Route;
Local Band Starred
The Dixie Highway Auxiliary, with
national headquarters in Macon, will
| join the Dixie Highway Association
in celebrating the completion of the
troute from Perry to Atlanta, and is
‘planning for a special dedicatory cel
'ebration of its “Road of Remem
brance,” for whose beautification the
lorganization is sponsor.
| Alarge delegation of Maconites
will meet the Jacksonville-Atlanta
!Motorcade -on the Dixie Highway,
eight miles north of Macon, where
this patriotic organization of Macon
ladies has completed a model mile,
planted with shrubs and trees, in
memory of Bibb county’s war veter
ans. Governor-elect L. G. Hardeman
will deliver a special address on this
occasion, when a patriotic program
I will be the feature. .
The Fitzgerald Community Band,
of sixty pieces, will participate. Mrs.
Charles Akerman, director for Geor
gia of the Auxiliary, will be in
charge of the arrangements, assist
ed by Mrs. Orren Massey, of Maecon,
president of the National Dixie High-
Iway Auxiliary.
. A reception will be given the mo
torists and their ladies at the Demp
sey Hotel, where the Fitzgerald. band
will play a concert on the balcony,
and where prominent speakers will
address the vigitors.
; Broadcast From WMAZ
' Speakers and the Fitzgerald Com
'munity ~Band, with Mr. Burr Stokoe,
Ibaritone, and Mis§ Marjoxie Owens,
ol Vil Bl ot the
Mercer 'Un‘ivgb'< v, ffi%fl?{&;&
at 9:30 P, M. om, May 2dth. 'he pro
tgram 18 beé by Prof. R.
Glen Johnsotfeader of the band.
Othc‘rW; to Join Motorcade
The eastéwn.and western branches
Wlime-d ol
Macon, and of which the..completed"
highway from Atlanta ‘to Macor
forms a part of their respective route’s
’will jointly celebrate on this oceasion
with the Central Dixie Highway As
gociation and join the monster parade
with motorcades from their respective
territories. The caravan of autos will
leave Macon at 9 A. M. on May 25th
for Atlanta, stopping at each of the
communities en route. The Fitzger
ald Community Band will detrain at
each of the stops and play, and spe
cial speakers will be named to respond
to addresses from local orators along
}the route.
. Hundreds of Cars tod Reach Macon
\ . South Georgia will have hundreds
of cars in the caravan when it reach
}es Macon, and it is expected that
'more than a thousand cars will enter
'Atlanta, headed by the Atlanta Police
Band and the Fitzgerald Community
il.fz-.nd_. for whose convenience the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
;hus tendered one of their de luxe
sightseeing busses, to drive through
Atlanta and to the destination of the
visitors, accompanied by 2 platoon of
‘motoreycle police, and marshalled by
James L. Beavers, chief of police of
'At]anta.
| Seeing Georgia
’ Traversing from Florida to Atlanta
'through the center of Georgia, with
'its wonderful agricultural and horti
‘cultural section, its manufacturing
cities and the vast development made
in the past few years along the entire
route, the visitors will become im
pressed with the potential future pos
sibilities of this great section of a
great state.
' A SLEEPING LION
g The danger in the candidacy of
i Governor Al Smith, of New York, for
!the presidency is not the danger that
{he will defeat McAdoo,and receive
Ithe nomination, and not the danger
of his being elected, should he be
’nominated. The real danger is that
| of fanning to flame the sleeping po
!Htical prejudices of this country. It
!is the danger of the revival of the
iKu Klux organization, the anti-Catho
lic organizations, and the hatred of
| Catholies for protestants.
l It is understood that influences are
‘heing brought to bear on both Smith
and McAdoo to get them out of the
érace for the presidency. It is believed
| that should they stage another contest
'for the democratic nomination, they
would virtually wreck the party, and
‘there are those who fear that it would
result in the formation of a Catholic
‘party in this country for the first
,time.—Moultrie Observer. -
e e e
I Sam Gershon, of Atlanta, spent a
ifew days in the city this week, look
'ing after his farm property.