Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
MACON BOOMERS
SNOOP DOWN ON
ATLANTA
Boosters of Central City Pa
rade Streets Lauding "This
Towns Only Rival"
Today is Macon day in Atlanta.


Two hundred fifty of the Central
City's enthusiastic boomers. headed by
Mayor Moore. many beautiful women
and the Macon bugle corps, breezed
into the Terminal station today in
special. six cars long. They came to
boost Macon. All day they did what
they came for. incidentally, they we're
royalty entertained at the Elks club by
the Atlanta Ad Mems association, after
they had made one of the most spec
tacular parades Peachtree street has
seen this summer
The invasion of the Maconites was
the idea of E. H. Hyman, secretary of
the Central City Chamber of Commerce.
the Guy Who Put the Con in Macon,
With Mayor Moore, w. T Anderson,
of The Telegraph, r. w. Armstrong ana
the PAS other boosters, he boarded the
train at the Central City at o'clock
and started out in blaze of Macon
bunting that startled the countryside
all the way along. The boosters
stopped at GAINESVILLE, Griffin and For
syth and paraded the main streets of
those towns with the redoubtable grey
coated buglers at their head.
Met BY AID Men.
When they reached Atlanta they
found the Terminal station thronged
with Interested spectators, who cheered
the invaders almost as heartily as the
invaders cheered their native town as
they detrained and marched. two and
two. to the plaza, where the parade
formed
The Atlanta AID association had
score of autos awaiting them, decked
out with red and white pennants and
red and white umbrellas fiaring forth
the inscription welcome to Our City"
But the men from Macon were not
to be outdone. They piled the autos
full of their own placards. prominent
among which stood out the chivalric
boast, Macon, Atlanta's Only Rival"
Into the automobiles climbed the Wis
iting women, Mayor Moore and the
Guy Who Put the Con In Macon
The other invaders formed in double
file on either side and, far back of the
machines, the bugles and drums struck
up a crashing fanfare and the long
parade started across to Peachtree.
There will never be any doubt in
anybodys mind after this about the
enthusiastic loyalty of Maconeers to
Macon. Those boosters had been rid
ing through a pretty warm country on
a warm train since : o'clock in the
morning. Three times enroute they
had left the train to parade, through
Georgia villages and shout out their
lungs for their favorite town,
Sun Didn't Wilt Them.
When they swung marching into
Peachtree street the sun was scorch
ing and they had long tramp UP hill.
But every one of them was smiling and
still brim full of enthusiasm So that
they cheered the crowds that swarmed
the pavements and the doorways and
windows, and then cheered some more
for Macon for good measure.
In one of the automobiles rode Miss
Eugenia Anderson. daughter of Man
ager Anderson of The Telegraph. and
the mascot of Macon Engenia hadn't
had a thing to eat since 7 o'clock and
she is only six years old and had been
in all the marching. But all the way
up Peachtree she flung an American
flag and waved Macon pennant so
vigorously that the crowds in the street
cheered her. because she was pretty
enough to be mascot for Atlanta.
Off Peachtree street the parade
swung into Auburn avenue and up
North Pryor street to the Ell<s club.
At the Elks club the Atlanta AID men
had fixed up Dutch luncheon which
the hungry men from Macon welcomed
with a cheer almost as enthusiastic as
those they continually expended upon
their city
Shortly after noon the boosters
marched over to the capitol to pay
their respects to the governor and the
general assembly
Unfortunately, the senate and house
both had adjourned, but the governor
came out listened to a couple of tunes
by the bugle corps, made short speech,
had his picture taken with them on the
steps and invited them to come again.