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VOLUME XXXI, No. 143
Move to Merge
Macon and Bibb
Gov’ts. Is O.K’d
By Kiwanians
MACON. OA.—•The Klwanls Club or
Macon Wednesday unanimously voted
endorsement of a resolution offered
by L. L. McKenney, editor of the Ma
con News, for the consolidation of the
governments of the City of Macon,
and the county of Bibb. The discus
sion concerning the resolution was
decidedly favorable.
Included In the resolution is the
provision that a committee selected
from the Klwanls Club shall as
sist the legislators from Bibb In
preparing the bill which shall be
presented at the next session of the
Georgia legislature. This commit
tee will be announced at the next
meeting of the club.
The proposed consolidation has
been discussed by members of the
various Macon civic clubs in an In
formal way and all have endorsed the
plan.
News Advocated Plan
The Macon News has advocated
the consolidation of the city and
county governments for some time
both in an editorial way and
through the news columns. The
News Interviewed more tahn fifty
of the leading business and profes
sional men and women of the city
and county on the proposed merger
and with but very few exceptions, ev
ery one endorsed the proposed plan.
The Chamber of Commerce took
up the proposition some months ago
and appointed a committee headed
by General H. D. Russell to gather
data concerning the one-government
plan and the results of its workings
in other places. Much information
was obtained by this committee which
showed the excellent economical ad
vantages of such a system. Business
men aro strongly of the opinion that
such a government would be much
more business-like than the present
ones snd would mean large savings
annually to the tax payers.
The resolution offered by Mr. Mc-
Kenney which was adopted, Is as fol
lows:
■Whereas, during the past few
months there has been much
discussion of the question of con
solidating the governments of the
City of Macon and the County of
Bibb; and
Whereas, the expenses of the
City of Macon for the year 1923
amounted to $781,511.00 and the
expenses of the County of Bibb
for the year 1923 amounted to
$442,582.10, and we believe there
is much duplication of effort and
expense in the operation of both
governments; and
Whereas, we believe it will
make for efficiency and econ
omy in the administration of
our local affairs and will save
thousands of dollars to the tax
payers of this city and county
to consolidate the said two gov
ernments; and
Whereas, said proposed con
solidation will require for its
author.nation an amendment to .
the Constitution of Georgia; and
Whereas, we believe that such
an amendment to the Constitu
tion should be passed as soon as
possible and that thereafter a bill
hould be prepared and passed ef
fecting such a consolidation sub
ject to a referendum thereon to
the people of the City of Macon
and of the County of Bibb on the
question of whether or not they
desire such consolidation:
Now, therefore, be it resolved
by the Kiwania Club of Macon:
1— That we endorse without
qualification the proposal to con
solidate the governments of the
City of Macon and the County of
Bibb.
2 That we urge our repre
sentatives in the General Assem
bly of Georgia to introduce at the
next session of that body, and en
deavor to have passed, an amend
ment to the Constitution of Geor
gia authorizing such proposed con
solidation, so that said amend
ment may be submitted to the
people for ratification at the No
vember elections oT this year.
3 That we favor, immediately
upon the adoption and ratification
of such amendment to the Consti
tution, the preparation and pas
sage of a bill effecting such con
solidation for the City of Macon
and the County of Bibb, said bill
to contain a provision that it is
not to go into effect until adopted
by the people of this city and coun
ty at an election had thereon for
that purpose.
4 That copies of these resolu
tions he furnished to the represen
tatives from Bibb county in the
House of Representatives and to
the senator from the Twenty-Sec
ond Senatorial District.
CARRY FIGHT FOR
SATTERFIELD'S LIFE
TO SUPREME COURT
ATLANTA, Ga.—Fight for the life
of J. B. Satterfield, condemned to die
on the gallows Friday for murder of
his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart, two
years ago, was carrie# into the Geor
gia supreme court again Thursday.
Attorney for Satterfield asked the
court, through mandamus proceed
ings. to compel Judge John D. Hum
phries of Fulton superior court to
certify a bill of exceptions to obtain
agpeal on denial of an extraordinary
motion for a new trial.
The extraordinary motion was de
nied Wednesday when Judge Hum
phries held that It had no merit. The
supreme court is expected to pass on
the spplication for writ of mandamus
without delay.
Convicted Man Draws Two
Guns and Fires 12 Shots
Into Crowded Courtroom
BUTTE, Mont.—When c*ll»d
upon by Judge Trey In federal
court to atand up for eentence
after conviction on a liquor charge.
John O'Leary Wednesday drew
two revolvers and fired 1! ahota
In the crowded courtroom. He
opened fire In the direction of four
federal prohibition officers, N. E
Haynham. one of three officer*,
dropped to the f'oor and made a
flying tackle, throwing O'Leary
down while he wae still shooting.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, 6c; SUNDAY, 6c.
ELKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Expect Mellon To Urge Veto Of Tax Bill
Move Is
Sighted
By High
Officials
WASHINGTON —Strong
indications were given at
treasury Thursday that Sec
retary Mellon will recom
mend a veto of the tax bill
by the president when the
measure is submitted to the
treasury for consideration
and review.
High officials declared
the bill to be “very unsatis
factory’’ to Mr. Mellon and
the statement was made
that he viewed it as a “most
unfortunate piece of legisla-1
tion”. He believes all of
the provisions for reform of
the tax system have been
omitted and finds no justifi
cation for inclusion of such
p r o v i s i o ns as increased
estate tax rates.
OTHER OBJECTIONS
BYY SECRETARY.
The secretary also feels that the
section making Income tax returns
available to certain committees of
congress and opening to the public
the proceedings of the board of tax
review wll have harmful effects, on
business, working to Injure credit and
divulge trade secrets to competitors.
The estate tax rates as now* car
ried by the bill are expected by treas
ury experts to result in lowered pro
duction of revenue instead of an in
crease. They base this belief on in
dication thaht large fortune will be
distributed by their owners in ad
vance of death and the government
therefore will obtain little if any tax
on that part of the estate remaining
intact.
Because of the deficit that the
treasury foresees under the measure
the secretary takes the position that
the reduced income would require an
entirely new finance program for the
treasury. New funding arrangements
for the present outstanding debt
would be required, in his opinion, as
well as Increased issues of securi
ties to take care of current require
ments when receipts begin to come
in under provisions of the bfll.
Enactment of a law that would re
sult in a treasury deficit even for one
year is held by Mr. Mellon to be a
reversal of a well established nation
al policy, certain to produce ill ef
fects on future fiscal programs.
GENERAL PERSHING
Handles Wheelbarrow at
Fort Benning
FORT BENNING, Ga.—GmeraJ
Pershing faced another battery Thurs
day, but the ammunition was several
hundred feet of motion picture film
and not 75's which boomed as he en
tered the fort yesterday.
At 7:30 o'clock while most of the
civilian population of Columbus was
asleep, the general manipulated the
control devices of a gigantic concrete
mixing machine, poured the mixture
into a wheel barrow and grasping the
handles wheeled it to forms and pour
ed It therein to the click of mdvie
cameras.
This performance marked the actual
construction work of the new stadium
to be erected here. It wll cost $125,-
000 and all of the money Is being sub
scribed by infantrymen. The gov
ernment is not contributing anything
to the building of the stadium. When
completed it will be the largest in the
army.
Gen. Briant If. Wells, commandant
of the infantry school; Colonel Mar
shall, General Pershing’s aide; the
staff of General Wells, snd the various
unit commanders at the port witness
ed the ceremony.
Eleven shots were fired without
hitting any one and the twelfth
Inflicted a wound on O'Leary’s
head, which may be fatal, accord*
ing to physicians.
More than one hundred persons
were In the court room at the time
and a panic ensued. Judge Pray
remained calmly on the bench,
though one of the bullets, appar
ently deflected from the ceiling,
fell to the floor In front of his
desk.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, 1924
Broad Street Merchants Will .
Not Benefit by a Boat Line
In the old days when a boat line on the Savannah
river could be used as a stuffed club to secure lower rail
rates from competing and unregulated railroads, it was
considered a good investment for Augusta, even though it
steadily lost money and finally had to be junked. Such
has been the history of boat line after boat line on the Sa
vannah river.. Wholesalers and retailers were content to
put up modest sums to purchase small boats, the only
kind that could possibly operate with the present chan
nel, knowing the investment was a losing one, but
the argument of water competition to force the rail lines
to give Augusta certain depressed rates —notably in fa
for of cotton and wholesale grocery shipments
But today under the Transportation Act an entirely
different situation confronts river navigation on the one
hand and rail rates on the other. Also an entirely dif
ferent situation confronts the cotton interests, and the
wholesale grocers, and manufacturers generally. _ Boat
line competition is not going to influence rail rates in the
future. Ocean competition is not going to affect making
rail rates in the future. As far as Augusta’s rates are
concerned in the future, it would make little difference,
if we had the Atlantic Ocean at our doors. It would do
Augusta little good so far as rail rates are concerned, if
we moved the town down to Port Royal, to be on an
equality with Charleston and Savannah, for their rates
even with ocean navigation, are going to be readjusted, as
well as Augusta’s rates and those of Columbia, Macon,
Greenville, Charlotte, Atlanta and Athens. Conversely it
would do Augusta little good so far as adjusted rail rates
are concerned, if the government deepened the channel
and brought the ocean all the way from Savannah up to
Augusta.
In other words, for the future,
navigation on the Savannah to be
worth anything to the merchants
of Augusta must be actually used
as a means of transporting goods,
actual shipment of goods by the
river.. It can no longer be used
as a stuffed club to Influence and
depress rail rates.
With this fact clearly In mind,
every merchant and taxpayer In
✓ Augusta can easily determine for
himself just how much river nav-
Igatlon on the Savannah river Is
going to be worth to him, In the
actual shipment by the river of
his boots and shoes, hats and
men’s clothing, ladles ready to
wear, or corn, hay and oats, flour
. and meats, horse and cow feeds,
building materials, cement, auto
mobiles, tires, accessories, gaso
line, syrup and molasses or Just
what his stock of merchandise
may from time to time represent.
In other words, if a merchant can
move any of his stock of goods
physically and profitably bv the
river, he will do so, and get the
benefit of a small differential in
rate, less whatever extra charges
such a movement may entail In
the way of extra handling, haul
age, damage. Insurance, extra time
consumed In the movement and
interest on his money.
At the present time, about an
average of a ear a day of freight,
limited mostly to a few articles In
the wholesale grocery trade. Is
moving by the river, while It Is
estimated that from 10 to 12
thousand tons a day is the real
movement of freight into and out
of Augusta. River freight Is a
microscopic drop In the business
bucket of Augusta. It has been
so far many years and will al
ways continue to be so. To think
that under Modern business con
ditions Augusta Is prepared to
Junk the railroads In order to di
vert freight to the river would be
to dry up the town faster than
the Savannah river dries up dur
ing an August and September
drought.
The Day In
Washington
Senate and house met.
National conference of outdoor rec
reation begins.
Senate Daugherty investigating
commottee is called.
Houkg committee investigating the
shipping boifd m—tl.
American institute of Architecture
continues its session.
Senate elections committee proceeds
with the Mayfield contest.
Senate agriculture committee con
tinues the Muscle Shoals hearing.
Senate foreign relations committee
continues consideration of the world
court proposals.
House commerce co miftee contin
ues Its hearing on proposals affecting
the rate section of 'he transportation
act.
Macon Club Directors Will
Decide Team’s Fate Tonight
MATO.V, <3a.—The directors of tho
Macon ilasehuli Association will hold
ti meeting Wednesday night st which
time the association w.ll be rcrcganlx
cd arid arrangements made to care
for any financ a! obligations of the
present organisation. It is the pen
of the directors not to give .up the
franchise if arrangements can he
made to caro for current expense*.
The meeting Thursday night will
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
GRIM AFFIRMS
HIS FAITH IN
DAUGHERTY'S
HONEST!
WASHINGTON.—An account of
some of the difficulties factod by Ha**- !
ry M. Daußherty as attorney general
and a plain spoken affirmation of
faith in his honesty and loyalty, were
given the senate Daugherty commit
tee Thursday by John W. H. Crim,
Who served with him throughout the
troubled days of his tenure as head
of the department of Justice.
In his long and close association
with the* former attorney general, Mr.
Crim said he never found ground to
suspect him of corruption.
“It will take a lot of evidence,’* he
told the committee, “before I will be
lieve that Harry Daugherty ever took
ft cent of crooked money through Jess
Smith. Tie had h!s faults, but I’ll have
to Judge the evidence myself before
I’ll believe he prostituted his office.
To me, he never faltered.’*
In the present organization and
management of the justice depart
ment, however, Mr. Crim said he
found much to criticise in the time
he had acted as assistant attorney
general. The large list of men and
women now holding the title of as
sistant, he said, should be cut to two
and they should be held personaily
responsible for results. He declared
the force of secret agents also should
be reduced by nine-tenths, and the
district attorney's office throughout
the country out of politics and
placed on an efficient basis.
The reason he finally resigned his
high post in the department, he told
the committee was because “the de
partment of Justice wsr not function
ing as well as it might,”
“TOO MUCH WORK
DONE IN WASHINGTON.**
WASHINGTON.—John W. H. Crim,
special assistant, to the attorney gen
eral, questioned Thursday by the
senate Daugherty committee, declared
there was “too much work being done
In Washington by the department,
due to neglect of the offices of the
United Ktates district attorneys out
In the country.’*
With a district attorney and sev
enteen assistants at Chicago,, he ex
plained, “I found that In the fiscal
year 1922 they tried 22 Jury case*.”
Mr. Crim suggested that In the In
terests of simplleity there should be
two assistant attorneys general, one
to handle criminal and one civil cases,
through the district attorneya. There
are too many assistant attorneya gen
eral now, he declared.
Under the present system, Mr. Crim
(Continued on Togo Two)
be for the purpose of reaching a defi
nite decision a* to whether Macon w.il
retain or give up the franchise. Di
rectors of the association stated
Thursday that poor attendance was
rcHimnslbie for the depleted condl*
t on of the treasury, but that It is be
lieved the association will be suc
cessfully reorganised end put on
feet again.
G. P. Maggioni of Savannah Is Chosen
President; Foster Brigham of Augusta is
One of Vice-Presidents; Tybee Selected
As the Place For Next Year's Meeting
This Photograph Was Telephoned
TITs remarkable example of trAnsm usion of a photograph by telephone is one of 15 picture* sent from
Cleveland, 0., to New York—the first time pictures l»y wire have been sent with success. Within 45 minutes
of the time a photo had been tftken In Cleveland it was being exhibited, Completely developed, to a group of
interested spectators in the American Telegraph Sc Telephone Co. building, New York City. A new process
of transmission by e’eetricty has been perfected, making this possible. The picture here appearing was not
retouched, ah is customary in the arrangement of most news pictures. An action picture is used to give an Idea
of how well detail is preserved by this process.
S. C. DELEGATES
INSTRUCTED TO
STAND BY
M'ADOD
COLUMBIA, S. C.—With McAdoo
forces in complete control, the state
democratic convention Wednesday vo
ted to send an Iron-clad Instructed
delegation to the national Convention
to he held in New York next month,
adopted a platform and re-elected the
state’s representatives on the national
executive committee. The delegation
to the New York convention, composed
of 23 delegates with a total of 18 votes
was instructed to vote as a unit for
the nomination of the former secreta
ry of the treasury for the presidency
so long as hi* name is before the con
vention. On tile question of instruc
tion hinged practically the only fight
of the day.
Fourteen district delegates, each
with a full vote, were nominated by
district conferences and approved by
the convention without discussion-
Four men delegate* at large, each with
a half vote, and five women dele
gates at large with two-fifth of a
vote, were elected. In naming five wo
men, the convention reversed it* orig
inal decision to send only eight dele
gate* at large, four men and four wo
men to New York. The change was
made at the request of Mrs. W. D.
Melton, of Columbia, one of tin* dele
gates, asked that Mrs. Leroy Spring*
of Lancaster, national democratic
comrnittewomun from South Carolina,
be added to the delegation. Mrs.
Springs had twice refused to accept
a nomination for the place on the
delegation. %
The Instruction resolution, intro
duced by (’laud N. Happ, of the Hlcli
land county delegation, produced the
only contest, of the session. Opponent.*
of Instruction sought to have the Sapp
proposal referred to a resolution com
mittee and, full.rig in that, they pro
posed that the convention endorse the
Californian's candidacy, without. In
structing it* degeate* to the nation
al convention of the party. The en
dorsement resolution offered by Rob
ert Lathan, of the Charleston delega
tion, wu rejected by a vote of 203
to 134. An enrller motion by Mr. La
than to tab*) the Rapp r* solution was
defeated by a 2 to I vote.
Delegations elected were Governor
McLeod, Kdgar A .Brown, of Barn
| well, Hen ft tor T. H Pearce, of Colum
bia, and Lelloy Springs, of Lamastrr.
Alternates were J. ftlon McKisalck,
of Greenville; L V. Jennings, of Hum.
ter; D. A. Spivey, of Conway, and *.".
H. Tatum, of Blshopvllle.
Women delegates chosen were Mrs.
W. E. Duncan, of Aiken; Mr*. Nellie
C. Kllerbe. of Marlon; Mrs L. 11. Jen
nings, M J! shopvllle, and Mrs. W. !>.,
Melton of Columbia Alternates were
Mrs. Richard Williams, of Greenville,
Mrs J. H. Halley, of All.en; Mrs, f'sr.
lie Mel’s trick, of Anderson, and Mrs
11. K. Dttievllle, of lieauf^t.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE. WEATHER
Globe- Circlers
Make 2 Days'
Flight In One
KASUMIGAURA, Japan.
Three American army
aviators flyinj? around the
world arrived at Kasumi
guara, Japanese naval avia
tion base, 60 miles north
west of Tokio, at 5:40 p. m.
Thursday.
Their flying tinle for the
354 mile hop was five
hours and ten minutes and
their flying time for the
day’s two jumps, they hav
ing reached Minato from
Yetorofu Island, in the
Kuriles, Thursday morning,
was twelve hours and forty
minutes. The two jumps to
talled over 650 miles, mak
ing the day’s accomplish
ment one of the best thus
far attained.
NOTABLE DAY FOR
AMERICAN FLIERS
KASUMIGAURA, Japan. This
w»s a notable day for the Ameri
can army aviator* who are circl
ing the globe by air. Within fif
teen hour* they drove down out of
the bleak, windy north I'aclflc re
gion where etorma and fogs have
hampered their progress for days,
Into a temperate clime where they
probably can make up noma of the
Inst time. They made the flret
landing American men have made
In Japan and they did two days’
task In one.
Taking off from the Icy watera
of llltokappu Hay off Yetorofu In
land, In the Kurile*, at 8 a. tn, the
aviator* awooped down over Ku
ahlro, on the Inland of Hokkaido,
four houra and fifty mlnutea later,
circled once over the American de
stroyer John D„ Kord, on duly
there In enae the filer* needed aid,
and went on without landing to
Minato, at the northern end of the
Island of Hondo, on which Tokio la
located.
At 12:30 p. m. they took the air
again for the 350-mll* hop to Kn-
Hiirnlgaurn, where they arrived at
5:40 p. tn.
tin the way here the Americana
gave the population of Ku*hlrn, nl
ready thrilled by the vi*lt of the
I'm 4. the flr*t foreign war craft
ever In enter that f elting town'*
harbor, their flr*t eight of an
American airplane and to moat of
them, the ftrat view of any air
18 CENTS A WEEK.
craft whatever. There wan disap
pointment when the aircraft, after
circling over the deatroyer went on
to Minato.
Crowds also were gathered at
Minato. The beach wa* gay with
thouearid* of achool children who
waved flags and shouted. There
were no ceremonies at Minato, all
the time the filers spent there be
ing taken up with refueling the
aircraft. The fliers had lunch and
a brief re*t and then went on.
At Kendal, about half way be
tween Kasumlgauva and Minato, a
group of Japanese plane* met the
Amerlcnn* and escorted them
aouthward.
Present expectation I* that the
American* will not continue their
flight until Hunday or later. They
sre to be received by the prince
regent In a Npeclal audience on the
occasion of a vlalt ho In making to
the aviation base and their plane*
ar« to be gone over by the finest
corps of mechanlrs the navy ha*
been able to assemble from among
Its air force.
FACTIONAL CLASH
Looms in State Convention
in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—The pros
pei t of a vigorous factional clash with
l lie friend* of Secretary of State Ed
Jackson, the gubernatorial nomine*
who won with tig* npport of the Ku
Kliix Klan In tb« recent primary elec
tion. constituting th* balance of pow
er, overshadowed the republican *tate
convention Thursday a* delegate* as
sembled for the final *e**lnn of the
two day meeting, Conferences arrang
ed by leader* seeking to avoid a
••on test, on th* floor ov«r a elnte of
delegatee at large which did not In
clude th* name of g’oatmeater General
Harry H. New. a former senator from
Indiana, atill were In *e*»lon a few
hour* before convention time.
Preliminary work on the state plat
form Indicated a declaration of poli
cies acceptable to a *af* majority of
the convention easily could h* framed,
It seemed doubtful at the same
time that sponsor* of a plank aimed
at the Ku Klux Klan would be suc
n aeful In *n attempt to have th*
vb w* embodied In the platform.
Instruction* to the national dele
gation already have been given In
the presidential preference primary In
which President Coolldg* won a
sweeping victory over Senator Hiram
Johnson, of California.
A resolution Instructing the delega
tion to work for the nomination of
Senator VV’ataon for th* vice presiden
cy at Cleveland w«* tentatively *r
cepted by tile resolutions committee
Thursday morning.
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Friday; moderate temperature
BIG PARADE BN
BROAD STREET
THURSDAY AT
3 O'CLOCK
The final day’s session of
the convention of the Geor
gia Elks association adjourn
ed at noon fol
lowing the election of new
officers, the choosing of the
time and place of next year’s
convention and disposition
of other matters.
Officers named were aa
follows: President, G. Phil
lip Maggioni, Savannah;
vice-presidents, A 1 H. Mar
tin, Atlanta; E. Foster Brig
ham, Augusta; Jesse Harris,
Macon; W. E. Page, Colum
bus; Louis Ludwich, Bruns
wick; Ike Ehrlich, Albany;
secretary and treasurer, T,
B. Lamar, Columbus.
The report of the commit
tee on time and place, re
commending that the next
convention be held at Tybee,
was received with applause.
The members of this com
mittee were: Hugh Kinchley
and Harry Butler, the latter
extending the invitation on,
behalf of the Savannah
lodge. The 1925 conven
ion will be held in May.
BRIQHAM RESOLUTION
ENDORSED AT MEET
Ths convention adopted a resolu
tion offered by E. Foster Brigham, of
Augusta, endorclng the national de
fense act In regard to the military
and naval force* of tho nation.
An award of SIOO each year will ha
made to the etudent of the University
of Georgia submitting the best essay
upon partlotlo subjects, to be announc
ed annually by the association, under
the adoption of a resolution offered
by Je*»e Harris of Macon.
Juat before adjournment, ex-Chlet
Cummings of th* Atlanta fire depart,
ment. wa* Instructed tn visit Chief
Frank d. Reynolds, of the local fir*
department, and present-him with a
handsome bouquet and the best wish**
of Chief Reynold*' brother Elk*.
Chief Reynolds line been prevented
from attending the convention by ni
nes*.
A rising vote of thanks, during
which much enthusiasm was dliplay*d
wa* extended In acknowledging Au
gusta’s hospitality to th* visiting Elka.
PARADE ON BROAD
IS 810 FEATURE
Probably the blggeit single feature
of the entire convention wa* th* pa
rade held Thursday afternoon at I
o'clock. This wa* one of th* most
spectacular affair* of this nature ever
to wend It* way down Broad street.
The Elk* wore the color* of the order,
purple and white. The Royal Purple
h*nd and th* Purple Devils’ Patrol of
Atlanta, wore the uniform which hag
become a familiar night on the streets
since Tuesday night, Augusta Elka
and all those not In regularly uniform
ed organization* will appear In purs
white suits, white shoes, whit* shirt*,
straw hats, purple ties, hlit hands
and arm hand, and purple umbrellas
or plain walking cane*. The Richmond
Academy band and a detachment of
police will also be among the march
ers.
Til* procession began th* march a*
3 o’clock and was led by traffic of
ficers on motorcycles ami a squad of
mounted patrolmen. Following th* po
lice came th* state and local lodge
officers with th* bend of the acad«
cmy next In line. The handsome Co
lumbus float, on which six young In
dies of Augusta, representing tn#
lodges, followed the cadet's hand, the
Columbus delegation following their
float. Savannah, Macon and other
towns came next to Columbus, the bal.
anc* coming In the following order:
Judge 1,. F MO'ietlan, exalted ruler
of the Atlanta lodge, at the head of
Ills outfit, which Includes several hun.
dred members, (he Royal Purple hand,
l the Purple Devils’ Patrol, the Troll
liadours. the degree team and thb
drum and bugle corps. The Eagles’
hand rnme next, and was followed by
j the Augusta lodge,
j Lester Elliott wu* chairman of tha
I parade committee.