Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-22
President Wilson Is Ipvlted
To Speak IN Atlanta Feb. 22
On Bio Patriotic Celebration

fort. rendering herewith the said
. trusted leader our assurance that
cheerful response shall be made to
his every call, and that We shall
hold up his hands so far as in US
lies;"
Second: That it is the sense Of
this body that a great state con-,
vention be held in the city of Allan
ia, on February %, 1918, the birth
day of the Father of Our Common
Country, for the purpose of sound
ing Georgia's nationwide call to
patriotism, and that twenty dele
gates be appointed to represent this
melting at such convention and that
every citizen of our county be and
he is invited to add to said conven-r
ton the inspiration and encourage
ment of his presence.
Third: That the Honorable Wood
row Wilson, providentially as we
believe, presiding over the destinies
of our country in this crisis of her
history, be and he is hereby cor
daily and earnestly invited to be
present and address said convention
on said date; and, if the press of Of
fetal duties or other providenttal
cause prevent his personal attend
ance. that he be ard he is hereby
requested to designate some pa
triotic citizen to fill, as far as pos
sible, his place.
Fourth: That a copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to Honorable
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States. ......-
.- Five: That an arrangement COM
mittee of nine be appointed by the
chairman of Fulton County Council
of Defense. ---
Col. Nolan Speaks ,~-ss-----.=r=
Another feature OF the afternoon wa
the address of Colonel John @. Nolan
of McDonough, former state represen
tative from Henry county. Mr.. Nolal
reviewed the life and character of Rob
ert E Lee and the white heads noddinl
in appreciation throughout the audience
pore witness to the faithfulness of hi
portrayal.
Two Confederate veterans were pre-
scented with crosses of honor by the At
lanta chapter of the United Daughters o.
the ,Confederacy. Those honored wer
A. ]. Shropshire and Gum Harrison.
Every man who fought for the soutl
is entitled to wear a cross of certain
designated type. From time to tim
the United Daughters of the ConfederacI
workers discover some old soldier VIII
has never received his badge of serv
ice rendered, and the veteran is formal
ly decorated at the next available pub
lie opportunity.
Miss Elliot Todhunter. daughter o
Colonel Ryland Todhunter, of Missouri
a Confederate leader who fought at tn
battle of Atlanta and was left on tn
field of Chickamaugua for dead, recite;
two poems written for the occasion b!
Frank stanton. when the Boys Conn
Back" was the title of one and it caus
ed tears among those who listened. tn
ether was a laughable, lovable plant o
a southern darby who has seven som
with the gov'ment guns"
On the floor and in the crowded gal
lery. intense enthusiasm was apparent
despite the fact that the fuel situation
caused the hall to be rneagerly heated
1t was stated after the meeting b.
Chairman watkins, of the Fulton
County Council of Defense. that tn
plans discussed Saturday afternoon wer
the prelude to the greatest patriots
gathering the south has ever seen. Mr.
Watkins said that other counties owe
the state were preparing to do thei
share, and that Washington's birthda.
would find Atlanta the mecca of pa
triotic Georgia.