The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-06-27
MARIETTA ENTERTAINED
AN IMPORTANT BODY OF
VISITORS ON JUNE 18TH
Annual Meeting of Georgia
Drainage Association
Interest and Enthusiasm Marked the
Sessions and Work, While People
of City and County Gave Royal
Reception and Entertainment. -

interest or of so much Importance to
Marietta and Cobb county, as the
meeting of the Georgia Drainage AS
ISOLATION here last week.
1t was attended by people from all
over the state of Georgia, and many
came from other states to get light
and enthusiasm on the great subject
of drainage, and they were not dis
appointed.
A buster session was never head in
single day, and, from theNfirst min
ute until adjournment, the closest at
tention was paid to the speakers who
covered the subjects assigned. The
testimony was overwhelming that
drainage had been of the greatest fl
nancial benefit to every project re-
ported, and the health feature could
not be measured in dollars and cents.
The enthusiasm created in this
will give a great impetuSto the for
nation of projects not only in Georgia
but elsewhere. One visitor from an
other state who had attended many
such meetings, said this was the larg-
est and most enthusiastic ever held in
the South. Certainly it is but the be-
ginning of a great work.
The members and visitors were Civ
en- a hearty reception by the people of
the city and county. A large num-
Der of our best people were on the
various committees for the reception
and entertainme of the convention,
and right royalty did they respond to
the situation.
At the recess hour, automobiles
were in waiting to take every person
in the court house out to the Marietta
Golf Club, where splendid barbecue
and dinner had been prepared and
was served by large number of Ma
rietta's pretty girls.
In behalf of the association, we ex-
- tend thanks to all these, and it will be
many years before Marietta is forgot
ten by those who were with us that
day.
After the dinner pieture of a part
of the crowd was made, it seemed i'm
possible to get them all together, and
automobiles brought everyone back to
the court house.
The meeting was attended by en-
gineers, contractors, attorneys, dredge
and machinery men and many others
who were interested in forming drain
age projects in the south.
Upon motion of the president, The
Southern Drainage Journal, published
in Marietta, was unanimously named
as the official organ Of the Georgia
Drainage Association. Copies of the
first issue of this magazine were dis
tributed to the visitors, and a great
deal of interest was aroused by table
in it which showed the acreage of each
county needing drainage. Cobb coun-
ty alone has 10000 acres, and in the
state of Georgia, nearly eight million
acres.
Col A. R. Lawton, of Savannah,
who had served as president of the
association for a number of years
stated that it would be impossible for
him to serve longer, and the nominal
ing committee presented the following
gentlemen, who were unanimously
elected as officers of the association
70 rthe coming year:
President, DIR. L. G. Hardaman, of
Commerce, Ga.
president, L R. Akin, Bruins
wick, Ga.
Vice-President, DR.. J. A. Pirkle,
Monroe, Ga.
Vice-President, N. A. Morris, Ma
rietta, Ga.
Vice-President, H. H. Chandler,
Lavonia, Ga.
Secretary and Treasurer IS. W.
McCallie, Atlanta, Ga.
A legislative committee was also
named for the purpose of proposing
and advocating laws, composed of the
following gentlemen:
Hon. L. R. Akin, of Brunswick.
B.F. Manning, of Savannah.
Gordon B. Gam, of Marietta.
We give below the names Of our
citizens who so generously made per-
sonal subscriptions to the fund for
the reception and entertainment of
the convention:
J. E. Mosley, $500; J. NJ. Gam,
.s5.OO> Judge N. A. Morris, $500; ].
A. Benson, $500; G. B. Gam, $500;
Virgil McCleskey, s5.OO;Wm. Tate
Holland, $500; J. R. Miller, $500;
Clerk Superior Court, $500; N. L.
McNeel, $500; Joe Abbot, $500;
Hodges Drug Co., $500; W. A. Sans
Drug Co., $500; Collins Bros, $500;
F. H. Clay, $500; B. N. Summerour,
$500; DR.. Harris, $1.OO; Fl. N. Du-
Pre-, S1.0O; Anderson Bros. Co., $500;
sc. McEachern, $1.00; B. G. Brum-
by, s1.OO; Conner, Camp & McCles-
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