The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-03-20

SPECTIV!s DISTRICTS .s3Aa&sM
Every valley shall be exhated and every mountain
and hill shall be made low the crooked shall be
made straight and The rough places plain"
Isaiah, 1914
At an early hour this morning the streets began show the in
being taken by the people this county surrounding
territory when the children the Schools
their teachers and parents began city Every
cvable vehicle and horsedaw the county requ
toned bring the little oMnt~ the Highway
celebration Probably children the
rural districts in line them added the 1900 of the Ftz
gerald Schools all furnished with flags which expressed the pa
otto sentiment of the occasion Superintendent Ford the city
schools and Mr. R Prent superintendent of the county Schools
busy during morning getting arrangements
place the children along the which had been agreed upon
The Clubs arranged by A. R
andW R. c. with their banners stationed Main and
attractions especially pleasing
sectve states Another feature which otony pleased
visitors but also showed the homeos improvement
county schools the fine exhibit made by the schools the
Empire hotel building and which visited by hundreds during the
Fitzgerald band the free of the with movies
all day kept the the crowd amused and happy frame of mind
When the thirty-fve rolled the Dixie Highway
commissioners accompanied for by
which had gathered bid them welcome, the of the
thousands gathered the and sidewalks of the city
bounds Blowing whistles from every factory and every engine
the limits OF the the OF the
juvenile enthusiasts made the efforts the Of the Short
Route" and its certain success douby pleasing.
The Start From Macon
Promptly 300 M. President Mrs NJ NJ Allison, the
Dixie Highway association headed cavacade followed
the hryve with the commissioners and friends of the Short
Route" left for Perry, which reached in short time
The city decorated for the occasion and school child
from the city and county laden with flowers for tine visitors
made the stop pleasant The roads in such fine
dtion that fast schedule made The thousand Of peach
long be pleasant memory the toss
days before surrounded by respective
The road Hawkinsve like boulevard frnged with
we'll developed farms the country people along gathered
numbers to add the The branches this
part the route all bdged and many expressions delight
by the tourists heard they rolled into Hawnsvie escorted
by autos which met the party the Houston county
Where do they all FROM eveyones lips they
people capital center of culture and
refinement in the days of long ago. pwas
minutes which the local committee opportunity
press their appreciation for the visit
scattered with the party Time being limited catch
with the original schedule the party spec
their Abbeve famous for Spring. Poor Robin
much fought county of Wilcox county the I'M
bdged Eight mile creek which belongs Pulaski county, which
pledged bridge with bridge the route
officially accepted the road from Hawknsve dream as Pres
dent Allison expressed it. The entire school population fable
vile aid all the nearby rural schools the court
grounds and cheer after cheer went bedecd
cars rolled up.
"On Fitzgerald and unch slogan that now passed
thong the line Of the the speedway
upon which breeze away expressed by Commissioner
Anderson that Short Route enthusiast Georgia Commission
Bowens Mill where thoughtful had erected wei
sign for Ben Hill county the interstate passed along
line Of waiting autos for miles to the capital Of Hill the Colony
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