Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-17
Union High School District Barbecue


and all worked for bonds. The ladies,
too, were there. They aren't vot-
ing down in that community just yet
and so far as l know there are only
a few who would care to cast their
ballots-but they were interested in
the success of the bond issue.
The children are to be educated in
the new high school building to be
erected with the money raised
through the sale of the bonds.
But I'm ahead of my story al
ready. Such barbecues as that serv-
ed Friday at Leslie are not arranged
in day. 1t takes time-and work
and hearty co-operation-to get up
such an affair. And the school trus-
tees in Union High school district
are workers. There isn't member
of the board who isn't willing to give
his whole time to the advancement
of the school, if necessary. But that
isn't necessary. Men like DR.. L. M.
Hawkins, DR.. w. J. Smith, j. E. XII
nard, Will Wilson and Lasco Harvey
don't do things by halves. When
they start anything they finish it. So.
when it was decided to celebrate the
holding of the election and the pas
sage of the bonds simultaneously.
these men just talked the matter over
among themselves, and decided to
let DR.. Hawkins go ahead with the
preparations for the event. while
the other members of the board went
after the voters-and they got the
votes.
And, speaking of DR.. Hawkins. if
l ever decide to give big barbecue
I'm going to ask him to arrange the
details, and when he accepts, I'm lust
going to forget all about it. ri
know therefl be plenty for all who
come-no matter how large the
crowd may be. And, as l started to
say, DR.. Hawkins was in charge of
the barbecue. He said there were
only fourteen carcasses barbecued.
and guess he knows-he must not
count chickens as carcasses. Honest
ly, l don't believe there are enough
Methodist preachers in all Georgia to
eat the chickens the people Of Union
High school community slaughtered
for the big barbecue. Folks down
there know how to cook cakes. too.
The long tables stretched through
one entire block in the heart of Les
he's residential district. and thera
was a plentiful helping for the peo-
ple who crowded. thtee and four
rows deep, about them. The 'cue
was well cooked, too. / don't know
who cooked the cue. All | know
about it is that DR.. Hawkins az
ranged the whole affair after a talk
with the other school trustees---and
yen know what l think about DR..
Hawkins.
And there was just one humorous
incident Of the whole day that it did
my hard old heart good to observe.
Well, | was walking about from enc
spot to another, with pretty girls
helping me to good things to eat,
when | CHANGED to glance beneath
the long table, about half way from
either end. know I must have been
a sight, for l had big chicken bone
in one hand and a sandwich of the
best barbecue hash | ever tasted in
the other, when, as / said, Glanced
to look beneath the table. Sitting
there in supremest contentment l saw
several youngsters-boys and girls
just about old enough to begin school
next year-eating their heads off,
and with both hands as full of bar
becue and cake as my own. Won
der if those kiddies really understood
the vast benefits they will derive in
later years through the action of the
voters taken Fridov at the polls in
the little office where Floyd Jones
makes his headquarters on ordinary
occasions.
Which reminds me, there are lot
of hustlers in Leslie, and DeSoto, and
Cobb, and the other towns in that
section of Sumter Floyd Jones is a
hustler-he worked for the bonds
like he works for anything in which