Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-02
"a COUNTIES To
EXHIBIT MAIZE
Thousands of Jars of Fruits
and Preserves Also Received
for Corn Show.

Ninety four Georgia counties. with a
total of $500 exhibits, win be repre-
sented at the Georgia Corn show which
opens in the state capitol Tuesday
morning Full reports have been re-
ceived by the Atlanta Chamber Of Com
merce, assuring the splendid success of
the exhibition.
The interest taken by the girls Of
Georgia in the canning club contests
mas resulted in the bringing to Atlanta
of thousands Of cans and jars OF fruits,
vegetables. pickles and preserves Of all
sorts that will interest and instruct the
housewife Nineteen counties viii be
represented by the girls canning clubs.
One Fayette county girl alone win have
zoe cans on exhibition, and another girl
will have 500.
The advance guard Of sturdy Georgia
farmer boys already is beginning to
make Its appearance in the city Re-
ports show that 7l5 boys viii be here
during the week, accompanied by rela-
tlves in some instances, and in others
by their county school superintendent.
Some to Arrive Wednesday.
Some of the boys viii arrive Wednes-
day, but the majority will come Thurs
day morning, remaining through Friday
afternoon and night About 80 canning
club girls Will come, arriving Friday
morning and spending only the one day
in Atlanta.
An information bureau. in charge Of
competent and experienced men. Will be
opened Tuesday morning at the state
capitol The boys will be informed as
they arrive of where they viii be en-
tertained while in the city, Hundreds
Of the best homes in Atlanta have been
opened to receive them.
Numbered cards have been made out
and viii be assigned to the boys, show
ing the names of the people who will
entertain them. with the name of the
street and the house number, The
numbers, and will be divided among six
men, who will distribute them at the
bureau as the boys arrive,
To Have "Neiahborhood" Groups.
Each county delegation will be kept
as closely together as possible. When
the head of a party calls at the infor-
nation bureau he will be given cards
for all the boys in his party, assigning
them to consecutive house numbers on
the same street so that while here the
boys from the same county win be
next-door neighbors.
The head OF the delegation also will
be accommodated IN the same neigh
borhood. Each individual boy will be
tn In tc
pocket. showing the residence to which
he is assigned. II he gets lost all he
has to do Is 10 show it,
II Is expected that most Of the boys
will be assigned to their homes before
noon Thursday They viii be expected
at the capitol at p. m, Thursday for
the drill and organization OF the First
regiment, Georgia Boy Scouts. Speeches
will be made by state superintendent
of Schools NJ. l., Britain State Agent
for the Corn Clubs J. Phil Campbell
and DR. A. NJ. Soule, president OF the
State College of Agriculture. The
To See Gas Show Free.
II. q, Hastings, chairman of the corn
show committee, viii have charge of
the installation Of the exhibits He
will be assisted by the district agents
of the clubs. Other members of the
committee assisting In the work will
be Or. II. r. Stockbridge, w. II. Leahy,
III. G. Fisher, Walter G.. Cooper, j Il.
Bodenhamer and Wilmer l.. Moore. the
last named as eX-officio member.
A special committee, headed by Ivan
r. Allen, will call on motion picture
theaters with the request that corr
club boys be admitted free by showing
their buttons.
J. c. Rushin has already arranged to
have the boys admitted free to the gas
show at the Auditorium
The corn club button will show an
car of corn, with appropriate insrrip-
tions above and below IT,