The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-07-19
: Thousands OF Visitors
Pouring Into Cordele
: Log Rolling Meet Brings Woodmen From All South
Georgia and Many Visaors---Splenda Program
of Entertdim1entJfo for Thursday and Friday.

They are here-hundreds of them
but thousands are coming. The Wood
men have taken Cordele and they are
"chopping" away for a great time. The
city has been trned, over to them.
lock, stock and barrel, to do with it
whatsoever they will, just SO they
leave it here when they go.
Cordele Camp No LOG Woodmen, Of
fetal Cordele, and the business men
and citizens generally have We'd
in preparation for the coming of the
greatest Log Rolling that the South
Georgia Log Rolling association has
ever held. The finishing touches have
been applied. Cordele is ready for
the Woodmen, and is diked out in gay
attire for the occasion. Woodmen
welcomes are placarded everywhere,
on the store fronts, In the show Win
dows, on the streets, and gay decora-
lions bedeck the business houses both
inside and out. Cordele has planned
for the occasion with such effective
ness and elaborateness as can but
reflect as lasting credit, and bring
lingering memories for it's visitors OF
time we'll spent and an occasion en-
joyed to the fullest Cordele seems
proud to serve as the host for such
a royal crowd.
Cordele extends the hand of friend
ship and welcome. The Cordele camp
Woodmen extend the hand of fraternal
fellowship. Woodcraft will be adj
vanced and fraternal feeling will soar.
to it's heighth in this occasion. 7.
Cordele bids every woodman and ev.5
cry Woodman's friend welcome, thrice
welcome. The spirit of Cordele's hos
pitality is wish that the pleasHTeaof
the visitors may be as great as " Is
Cordele's pleasure to be their host.
Special trains will begin arriving
early tomorrow morning over every
road touching Cordele, and coming
from all directions from throughout
south Georgia. The special over the
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic rail-
way from Montezuma will arrive IN the
city between 9 and 10 o'clock. The
special over this road from Camilla
and Fitzgerald will arrive in the early
morning. The Seaboard will run it's
special from Richland, arriving here at
$40. The Georgia Southern & Flori-
da will run special out of Macon, ar
irving in Cordele at $3.50. Provisions
have been made on every special for
the transportation of thousands of
Woodmen and others.
Trains will be operated between
Cordele and Albany every two or
three hours, over the Georgia, South
western & Gulf. The first special over
this road will bring the Albany camp
of Woodmen and the Travelling Mems
Protective Association of that city, to-
gether with hundreds of others. Upon
the arrival of every train the Woodmen
will be formed in line of march and
take their places in the grand parade,
which forms in front of the w. o. w.
hall at $3.50 o'clock, and which feature
opens the festivities.
The Grand Parade.
Sovereign M. N. Johnson will act as
grand marshal and will direct the pa
rade. The parade will be headed by
mounted police, followed by the Ocil-
la w. o. w. band. The uniform rank
division are next in place in the pa
rade, including companies from all
over south Georgia. This division will
be headed by Company &c" U. r. 10th
regiment, of Valdosta, J. P. Ulman,
captain, commanding. The walking di-
vision is then in order, including thou
sands OF Woodmen with banners and
flags. The Bainbridge w. o. w. band
will follow.
officers of the association will ride
in gaily decorated automobiles in the
parade, followed by floats of the Wood
mems Circle Then come the w. o.
w. floats, the floats representing Cor
dele business houses and the agricul-
tural products Of Crisp county. The
Dixie Ministries, including company
of thirty-five with an excellent band,
i;zrilI be followed by the Boy Scouts,
who bring up the end of the parade.
The parade is expected to reach from
one to one and one-half miles in length.
The line of march is as follows:
Forms on Wall street in front of w.
o. w. hall, Wall street to Seventh
street, to Eleventh avenue, to Third
street, to Fourteenth avenue, to Eighth
street, back to Eleventh avenue to
Seventh street, to court house. Here
the parade will disband for the well
come addresses and the business SEES
sion.
Sovereign Mayor j. Gordon Jones