The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-12-01
NEWSPAPER Bet
REACHES RALEIGH
Georgia People Promise to Give
the Distinguished Visitor" a
Royal Reception and About
Town Parade-Hot
Air a-Plenty.

RALEIGH, n. c. Special The
tHcn-nOnd journals Hat" en- rome
70 Atlanta. spent the day i'm Ralcipb
sunday and was the recipient Of nnanv.
ae ~ on the part of the people
of this city.
Atlanta must indeed have the "bie,
mead If your hat is Intended to III
.ne Uranium of the Georgia capital.
as an advertising scheme for Great
e[ 1,lchmond' the fat-car-nounted
I5Ig Hat" with it's inscription. is a
Raleigh bearing much closer social
ana trade relations with Richmond
IMAM with ATLANTA, the symDat1v of
our lOlkS over the loss of the yvo go,
is pronounced. though we feel you
nave really lost nothing after. all. on
the equal square mile average.
So here's good luck to Raloiai,s
anu North CarOiina's future trade re-
lations with Richmond.
me hat will spend tonight at Hen
Atlanta on the Qm Vive.
me Atlanta Journal SAYS:
Richmond need have no rniso-fviners
as to the reception of the hat 1t has
already Hcen met with flattering no
tee along the route. on its arrival
lt viii b. given all the honors due a
ulSunguished visitor. 1t is entirely
posi- bic that it viii be taken to the
various points of interest in an au-
lomobile. 1t may be exhibited at the
Journal speedway aviation meet
distinguished men Of the nation.
state. county and city will Go it
honor.
AS a final tribute it viii probably
he esta 'ishcd on the to- Of the Jol.
nails new building.
Some idea of the size Of this colos-
sal hat may he gained from the ac-
com con. panylng illustrati.1. clipped from
g Richmond naper.
The managing editor Of the Rich
1ond paper paid up like a man. but
he couldn't resist giving Atlanta a
slap on the wrist. He claims, for IN
stance. that Atlanta IN on a techni-
cality; that if Richmond had en-
oraced twenty-siN miles OF territory
in her municipal limits. instead Of
only ten she would have had leo. 900
population, or 5000 more than At
lanta. This. the Richmond editor says.
is the true comparison.
In this, OF course, Richmond and
the census bureau don't quite agree.
but this is no time nor place TO enter
into controversy.
AsSyertisin~ FROM the North.
The Fourth Estate" a leading
trade publication. issued from New
York. says OF the hat" bet:
Southern Papers Unique Honor.
1t is possible that The Richmond
WA ENtnlnE journal Is the nrSt
newspaper that has ever bet another
paper and really paid the bet. The
Richmond Journal recently bet the
Atlanta Journal hat that the census
enumerators would find more live
people in Richmond than in Atlanta. 80
which proposition was readily accept
ed 10y the challenged.
ON the announcement Of the census
returns there were found to be 127.-
coo people in the ten miles area COW
cred by the city OF Richmond against
$4,000 in the twenty-siN square miles
comprising the city OF Atlanta. so in
the fulhllment OF its obligation
though claiming 60 have been beaten
on technicolty, the publishers of
The Richmond Journal shipped on a
freight car Of the Seaboard Air Line
on Tuesday to the Atlanta Journal a
nat OF galvanized iron. OF Uncle Sam
styl9c~ Yhe hat is eight feet high. nine
So from tip 10 tip. and five feet
q HoSs the Cf'cWn.
Nnscribed on L is the condition of
Se bet and {AStatement 49,
'hat was won on -
only true comps
have taken the
the same area in I n
would have given $3.50 100000