Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-21
HARDWICK TO TAKE OATH
OF GOVERNOR SATURDAY


the Inauguration of Thomas w.
Hardwick as governor of Georgia
were perfected yesterday by the At
Ianta subcommittee appointed for
that purpose by William J. Vereen,
of Moultrie, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state executive committee.
Colonel Walter P. Andrews is
the others are James B. Nevin, Clay
ton w. Robson, Willard Patterson
and Barney Bernard. They held a
meeting in Mr.. Andrews office and
completed all arrangements for the
Inauguration.
Mr.. Hardwick will take the oath at
IL o'clock next Saturday on a ros-
trum erected in front of the Wash
ington street entrance of the capitol
1t will be the first outdoor Inaugural
ton since Hoke Smith took office the
first time as governor in 1907, and
was held outdoors at the request of
friends of Mr.. Hardwick in all parts
of the state who wished to be pres
ent, and who realized that the gall
lery of the hall of representatives in
the capitol would not hold the crowd.
The inaugural ceremony will be
preceded by civilian parade through
the center of the city. The program
will be simple and Democratic, with
out pomp or circumstance, in accord
ance with the wishes of Mr.. Hard
wick.
At the intersection of Peachtree
and Harris streets, the formation
point of the parade, Mr.. Hardwick
and Governor Dorsey, riding in an
automobile from the Georgian Ter
race hotel, will be met by an escort
of honor consisting of the members
of Theodore Roosevelt and Fitzhugh
Lee camps of Spanish war veterans.
Adjutant General J. Van Holt
Nash, on horseback, will lead the
parade, riding Immediately behind a
platoon of mounted police in charge
of Chief James L. Beavers. After
General Nash will come the Moultrie,
Ga, band, and after them the vet
Grams of the Spanish-American war,
under command of Captain Barney
Bernard.
Friends to Be in Parade
Back of the escort will follow the
automobile bearing Mr.: Hardwick
and Governor Dorsey. In the next
automobile behind them Will be Will
liam j. Vereen, Judge Roscoe Luke
minister the oath of office to the
new governor; Rev. WnW. Memmln-
ger, rector of All Saints Episcopal
church. who will deliver the invo.a-
ton. and Judge G. Il. Howard who
managed Mr.. Hardwicks campa;gn.
The next automobile will bear the
members of the joint committee Of
the house and senate appointed to
assist in the Inaugural arrangements
=. and back of this will march anO her
musical unit or drum corps, followed
by the Atlanta division. In this
division wiki be Mayor Key members
of the city council. various othe.'
city officials and the Fifth district
members of the inaugural commit
tee.
The members of this committee
are Mayor Key. W. W. Banks, John
S. Cohen. Arthur Lucas. c. w. Rob
drews and B. NJ. Blackburn. They
will ride in automobiles.
After the Atlanta division will fol-
low friends Of t.oo Mr. Hardwick from m
Atlanta to honor him on this occa
sion.
The parade will move through
Peachtree and Whitehall streets to
Mitchell to the capitol. arriving. there
at 1920 o'clock. Mr.. Hardwick viii
proceed at once to the reception;
room of the governors office and
held a reception for thirty minutes,
after which he will be escorted TO
the inaugural rostrum III front OF the
Washington street entrance of the
capitol. o
The rostrum will seat about 100
people. On it will be the president
of the senate, the speaker of the
house, the joint committee from the
senate and house on inaugural ar
engagements, the judges of the su-
preme court and court of appeals,
members of congress and the United
States senate, Chairman Vereen and
the members of the committee OF
citizens appointed by him to arrange
the program, the women members OF
the Democratic state executive COM
mittee, the retiring and incoming
governors, Mrs Dorsey, Mrs. Hard
wick and Mrs. Thomas Rawlings, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. HardWlck
Ceremonies to Be Simple
The inaugural ceremonies VIII pc
simple and brief Mr.. HardWlck VIII
be presented to the president OF the
senate, Judge Luke will admlnliSte ef
state will be handed to the retiring
governor by the secretary of state,
the ritiring governor will hand IL
to the new governor, and the new
governor will hand it back into the
custody of the secretary of state.
The inaugural address OF Cover
nor Hardwick will then be delivered.
this address he will construe the
election as a determination by the
people to return to the Democratic
fundamentals of free speech, 1ree
press and free assemblage, VIII
sound a call fof economy. as the
/ KEYNOTE of his administra tlon' ana
will defend the state against accusa-
ttons involving law enforcement.
The audience will form around the
rostrum on the spacious lawn OF the
capitol, and it is expected that the
grounds will be thronged, as friends
of Mr.. Hardwick from all parts
Georgia have signified their intention
Of coming to Atlanta for this &C.
Although Mr.. Hardwick does not
intend to live in the gubernatorlai
mansion on Peachtree street, because
of its practically unhabitable condl-
ton and unfit location, he and MRS.
Hardwick will hold a reception there
from 4 to o'clock on Saturday att
rrnoon, following the usual custom.
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