Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
CITIES READY
FOR SEEING
GEORGIA TOUR
STATE BOSTERS WILL BE ENTER
TANNED BY NUMEROUS CITIES
ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE "SEE-
ING GEORGIA" TOUR
Especial to Times-Recorder.) J

ATLANTA, Ca, May 15.-The gem
eral committee of the first Seeing
Georgia" tour, composed of one hun
dred and fifty North Georgians of
prominence, i'll meet at the Chamber
of Commerce assembly hall in At
lanta. Monday night, when final ar
rangements will be made for the tour.
Entries of cars are fast coming in to
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce ac-
cording to Secretary-Manage A. NJ.
Smith, chairman of the committee ol
entries, who says more than sixty cars,
to carry two hundred and fifty people,.
have already been entered and SO many
more are expected from the cities
and towns north of Atlanta that the
tour will start from Atlanta with not
les than one hundred cars in line and
more to join along the route.
There will be a great variety of
entertainment provided at all places
where we STOP" said w. j. Dabney,
chairman of the general committee.
"LaGrange will give us an old-fashion-
ed barbecue in the Ferrell Gardens,
one of the most beautiful spots in
Georgia. Columbus will give lunch
con on the roof garden of the new
Ralston Hotel, and the next morning
they will show the tourists all points
of interest in and around Columbus,
including the cotton mills, and the
hydro-electric power plants, Americus
will entertain the tourists, and will
show them over some of the finest
roads in Georgia passing through a
very fine agricultural section in which
lie some of the largest grain fields in
the state. Albany will show us the
mammoth pecan grove of the largest
pecan-raising section in the world
Moultrie will provide a thorough in
spection of the new packing house,
which is a complete unit for the
slaughter and curing of cattle and
hogs.
"The Southern terminus of the tour
will be at Quitman, where we will join
the great Animal Industry parade on
the morning of the 25th ,afterward
looking over the exhibits of live stock
of the American Hereford Cattle
Breeders association, and the wonder
fully productive farms of Broks
county, wher the raising of hogs is
enriching the people at a marvellous
rate.
"The Animal Industry convention of
last year was the most remarkable af-
fair ever given in Georgia. 1t was at
tended by more than 10000 visitors,
and there were HOO decorated floats
and automobiles in the parade. This
years observance viii certainly sur
pass that of last year by about so
per cent.
Returning, the tour will pass
through the truck and melon raising
sections of Berrien and Tiff counties;
through Cordele, which has grown up
on the site of the old Joe Brown plan
tation within few years; throughthe
rich farming lands around Vienna. and
Montezuma to the great peach raising
section of which Marshallville and Ft.
Valley are the centers, with visits to
the largest peach orchards in the
world. At Macon there will be stop
over night, with fine program of en-
tertainment and refreshments furnish
ed by the people of Macon, and besides
visits to the many factories and col
leges for which Macon is so well
known. Visits will be made to Bessie
Tiff College at Forsyth, and to the
Military Academy at GAINESVILLE, and
to the big factories at Griffin, the
Turkish Towel" town, and after a
stop at Jackson, and refreshing lun-
cheon at the famous Indian Springs,
the tourists will return to the starting
point at Atlanta"