Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-03
CORN SHOW TO REPRESENT
"a COUNTIES OF GEORGIA
Girls Canning Club Will Be
Feature-ViSitorS to, See
Gas Show Free

Full reports cor the Georgia Corn
show. which opens in the state capitol
tomorrow, received by the Atlanta
chamber of commerce. show that "a
Georgia counties will be represented,
with total of $500 exhibits.
There viii be nineteen counties rep
resented by the Girls Canning clubs.
with thousandS of cans of fruits, vege-
tables. pickles and all sorts Of good
things. One Fayette county girl will
have 200 cans and another 500.
These reports show that there will
be 7I9 Georgia Corn club boys here for
the show, coming either with relatives
or their county school superinteRdents.
About fifty OF the Canning club girls
viii come, but they will be here only
for one day. Friday.
Some of the boys will come Wednes-
day. December 5. but the largeymajorlty
of them viii reach Atlanta Thursday
morning.
Complete arrangements have been
made for the establishment of an in
formation bureau in charge of expert
enced men at the state capitol Cards
have been made out for every home
where it has been agreed to entertain
tn boys. and upon these will appear
the number of boys, tne name of the
lady of the house, the location, includ-
ing street and number.
These cards have been arranged by
streets and in the order of the num-
bers on the streets. They will be di-
vided between six men, who will dis
tribute them at the bureaus as the boys
come in and call for them, and plans
have been made to put each county
delegation as closely together as pos
,sible. usually all on the same street
WWwn
calls at the bureau with his delega-
ton. he " III be given cards with con-
secutive numbers on the same street
as far as possible for all the boys with
him. and he himself will stop in the
house with the last number given. For
example. suppose the numbers run
from 7O2 to 75S. the first twb boys
VIII be placed at 702, the others. in
homes at the intervening numbers. and
the county school superintendent him
self at T5S. lie can then distribute and
collect his delegation with the least diff
ficulty.
The boys viii all keep their cards in
their pockets so as to identify their
locations IN case they are lost. The
county school superintendents in charge
will be given another card with literal
directions, showing what street car to
take and just where TO get off.
After their ARRIVAL Thursday morn
ing the boys wfll go Immediately to
the homes assigned -t'sem. reaching them
on or before noon Theysrwill fhen re-
turn to- the capitol promptly at 2
o'clock for. the drill and organization
OF the First Regiment. Georgia Corn
Scouts. The speeches by State Super
intendent OF schools NJ. L. Britain,
state agent for the Corn clubs. ]. Phil
Campbell. and Dr. A. NJ Soule. presi-
ture, will follow at $50 p. m.
The installation Of the exhibits and
the Corn show viii be in charge OF H.
G. Hastings, chairman of the Corn show
committee. assisted by the district
agents for the Corn clubs. He will
also be assisted in various details by
other members OF fife committee, In
Guiding DR.. H. K. Stockbridge. W. D.
Leahy. II. c. Fisher, Walter G. Cooper.
j. f. BOdenhamer and Wilmer L.
Moore. ex-officio member
Ivan f. Allen. J. G. Evins and J. Z.
BOdenhamer have been appointed
committee TO call on the moving pic
ture theaters Of Atlanta today and to
request that they will admit the Corn
club boys on their buttons. The Corn
club button bears an ear of corn in
the center. with Georgia Corn Show,
December 3, 4. 5, s. 1872 above, ana
Auspices Atlanta Chamber Commerce"
below.
]. c. Rushin. in charge of the Gas
show at the auditorium, has arranged
to have the boys admitted there on their
buttons at any time