The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-30
Dixie Highway Officials, Who
Come Saturday, Will Be
Entertained.
SHOULD MEAN MUCH HERE
Over Five Hundred Invitations
Have Been Mailed Out, and
Many Have Already Been
Accepted.

The committee on arrangements for
the reception and entertainment of
President Allison and the two COM
missioners for Georgia, of the Dixie
Highway association, Clark Howell
and w. r. Anderson, met yesterday
noon and mapped out all details for
the entertainment
AT least ten of the most prominent
Brunswick people will go out to the
Glynn county line and meet PreSi-
dent Allison and the commissioners
and accompany them to the city.
They will be entertained at dinner at
the Oglethorpe Friday night, and on
Saturday, after the business meeting
in the city hall, which will commence
at 11:30 in the morning, luncheon
will be served at the Elks club to
the visitors from along the line of
the Seacoast Route, as well as Pres
ident Allison and the Georgia com
missioners. The details Of prepara-
tion of the luncheon will be handled
by r. l.. Philips, vice chairman of the
Board of Trade convention commit
tee, who arranged for the unusually
attractive and enjoyable luncheon to
the Cotton Manufacturers AssOcia-
tion of Georgia last June.
Nearly FIVE! hundred invitations to
attend the meeting in the city hall
Saturday are( being mailed by the
Board of Trade for President Allison
and the Georgia Commissioners to
the county commissioners of all the
{ counties from Savannah to Jackson
, vile, to the mayor and aldermen OF
each incorporated town, and to prom
inent citizens and especially those
who are automobilists and good roads
advocates, asking them to meet Pres
ident Allison and Messrs. Howell and
Anderson here on Saturday morning
1t is expected there will be an lln
usually large response and that the
crowd of visitors will be strong in
numbers and long on enthusiasm.
Already, in response to invitations
mailed only Tuesday night, a long
distance call to the Board of Trade
from r. H. Manson, Darien, states
that eight or ten automobiles viii
come from Brunswick's nearest neigh
boring town, filling to capacity with
those who believe that good roads are
the first essential to the development
of the country.
At the meeting of the committee
on arrangements yesterday noon, eV
cry member was present except
Judge j. w. Bennet, who was away
from the city. The committees per
sonnel is: c. Downing, chairman; j
w. Bennett, F. D. Aiken, F, E. Twitty
]. H. Hopkins, C. H. Leavy, George
H. Smith and A. M. Smith.
At the meeting yesterday a recep
ton committee was appointed, includ
ing the mayor and aldermen, th'
chairman and members of the boart
of country commissioners, and the OF
ficers and directors of the Board o
Trade. These will receive the vlsl
tors Saturday morning, will MAKE
acquainted with each other at thu
meeting at the city hall and will ac
as hosts to the out-of-town people a
the luncheon at tue Elks club, which
will be held at l O'Clock, immediate
ly following the business meeting
the city hall.
1t is likely that at least one auto
mobile will make the trip to Way
cross early Friday morning to NEE
President Allison and Commissioner
Howell and Anderson and pilot thei
car over the Waycross-Brunswicl
road to Brunswick after the meetin'
to be held in Waycross Friday o
representatives from along the Cen
trail Route of the Dixie Highway from
Macon To Jacksonville.