The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-05-08
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Georgia Jubilee, to be held in
Macon May 49, Goth and 21st, will
not be entirely given over to
frivolity, though every moment
will be filled with benefit and en-
joyment for the visitors. Feat
lred by the big Auto Floral Pa
rade on the afternoon of the -,
open to all Georgia auto owners,
in which prizes are offered for
the most artistically decorated
cars and for motorcycles on terms
that give the small car and The
large one an equal chance, short
will be held each day
under the direction Of the Coed
Roads Committee Of the Georgia
Chamber Of Commerce, at which
addresses will be made by such
prominent Georgians as Hon.
Charles j. Haden, President OF
the Georgia Chamber Of Com
me rec; Dr. S. w. McCalIie, State
Geolcgist; Mayor Bridges Smith.
Of Macon; Julian R. Lane; Minter
Wimberly; and others also &C
lively identified with Georgia's
welfare and interested in the
Good Roads Movement; and a
meeting of the County Commits
sioners Association of Georgia
will be held on the Goth.
A call has been issued by Presi-
dent Charles j. Haden of the
Georgia Chamber Of Commerce
to the commercial organizations
of the state asking them to ap-
point delegations to attend the
meetings in Macon. and the in
vitation for the meeting of the
County Commissioners Of Geor-
gia has been issued from Macon
by Hon. Emory Winship, Chair
man of the Good Roads Commit
tee of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr.. T. B. Slade, Secretary of
the Good Foods Committee, has
arranged for a display of good
roads machinery of all kinds, and
demonstrations will be made to
visitors of all modern methods OF
making and coring for roads.
Everything from the homemade,
split log road drag to the largest
road roller ana steam shovel will
be exhibited and Representatives
of the manufacturers of the
machinery will demonstrate and
explain the operation of their
machines.
The large plizes for cars ap-
pearing in the automobile parade
will bring hundreds of auto oW-
ners from all sections of the state
to enter their cars in the contest
as we'll as to enjoy the hospitality
and carnival of fun which Macon
will furnish. When Mayor Bird
ges Smith, on the morning of the
opening day of the Jubilee, May
10Th, surrenders the keys of the
city to Prince Prosperity at the
Municipal Building, all doors will
be taken down and slowed away.
Very low rates have been
granted by the railroads, and
thousands Of visitors will come
by rail from all over Georgia to
enjoy the program of entertain
ment, which includes, in addition
to the automobile and motorcycle
parade, an address by William J.
Bryan, Secretay of State; a Bet
ter Babies Contest, the first one
ever held in Georgia, liberal
prizes being offered; base ball
games; inter collegiate athletic
contest; spectacular parade of
the Dramatic Order Knights of
Khorassan; a German-American
Ball given by the German-Ameri-
can Club of Macon; an illumi-
mated night parade of secret and
civic organizations; the Georgia
Jubilee Ball; night masquerade
carnival; and a realistic climax
in the historical pageant repro
ducing the famous Indian attack
on Fort Hawkins, in which sew
eral hundred people, correctly
costumed, will take part.
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