Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-14
DODGE COUNTY FARMERS
Take TRAIN BY STORM
Crowds Literally Swamp Col
Iege on Wheels to See Ex-
hibitS and Her Speeches
~ WI wArERs, JR.


EASTMAN. Ga. Feb. 1.-THE crowds
here swamped the train. Friday =orning.
substantially boosting the average OF the
numbers that have visited the coaches
at the different stops before this point.
The college on wheels" stopped here
long enough to satisfy everybody The
pupils OF the Eastman city schools and
OF several OF the country schools nled
through the exhibition coaches while
speeches OF welcome and responses were
being delivered I'D ahead; and then
marched TO the court house auditorium
where state School Commissioner NJ L
Britain addressed them on the impor-
tance Of agriculture, the part II plays
In the lives OF all OF them, and the
necessity confronting them TO learn some
thing about the science
BAND MEETS TRAIN
The Eastman brass band. the same
which greeted the first train three years
ago. was piaying again when the train
stopped At Eastman, under the same d.
rector. T. F. KodatI; and its u pieces
were sounding a good round welcome.
For Is or - minutes before the train
came in. the band played an open air
concert at the railway station. And after
the lecturers were through. the band
stayed on the the job. playing for the
whole two hours tin the train pulled
out
DR.. ]. D Herman, mayor Of Eastman.
spoke briefly. introducing ID. ID. Smith,
secretary OF the local board OF trade.
Mr.. smith voiced an eloquent welcome
He reverted 10 significant facts about
Dodge county and EASTMAN dwelling
upon them with an excUsable pride-that
Dodge county produced $500 bales OF
cotton year before last. and last year
was shot only 5000 bales In generally
short year: that the city Of Eastman
has recently voted bond issue or S5S.-
COO. OF which $500 Is 10 go TO the i'm
provement OF the public schools and the
remainder win be devoted TO the ex-
tension OF the water mains and the con-
struction OF a sewer system. He said
there are now 1900 people in Dodge
county. representing an increase OF g.
600 inhabitants over the census of ten
years ago: and that Eastman has at
least doubled in population, her estimated
figures being now not less than 1850.
director Hftsf and Commissioner Of
Agriculture HUDSON spoke, following Mr..
Smith.
NJ L Burch, the county school COM
missioner. said there had been no gen.
eral movement among the schools OF the
county 10 meet the train. he having left
them all to their own inclinationsi but
that he recognized. among the crowds,
the Giddens school. under charge OF
Miss Anna Chambers, its teacher; and
the Godwinsyflle school. under Silas F.
Ledford. the principal; and some MEM
hers OF the Chauncey school
Friday was Georgia day. and there
fore a general school holiday after II
O'Clock noon But in Eastman IL was
observed as q FUN holiday. the students
OF the upper grades being conducted to
the train almost Immediately after they
convened for the day. There are over
$50 pupils in the Eastman school. accord
Ing 10 Supt. y. W. Hurt Assisting him
at the train were the several members
OF his faculty-B. S. Keith, Mrs Carrie
Otterbourg. Mrs L n Peacock. Mrs
ngHnnfes Rfshop. Mrs. Sarah McWhorter,
Miss Rose Baker, Mss Henrietta Herr
ma. Mrs. Fannie Hamilton. and Miss
Obte Harrell.
Among those recognized in a cursory
survey OF the faces in the crowd at East
man were C II. Peacock. . big farmer.
president OF the Citizens bank: Pat
Thompson, a farmer; Wiley Williams,
the former representative from Dodge
county; Jerry Lowry. merchant and far
liIer. ". n. Clements. farmer; w. L.
Jesap, warehouseman and farmer; W. ~.
..lescn, vice president Of the bank and
a farmer; q. Anderson. David w. Sapp.
J. H Roberts, the recent representa-
live from Dodge county; VIII Peacock.
J. H Harrel. John James Harreli, CAL
win Rzwlins. the representative-elects
NJ H Edwards. Mrs. w. F. Armour,
a ; prohibition leader; 7. V. Bussey. Of
Chauncey. and numerous others of prom
insnce and successful attainment in that
section.