Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-07
FARMERS UNION BARBECUE
WAS BRILLIANT SUCCESS
By ROGERS WINTER
(StaR Correspondent OF The Jourual)

BY ROGERS WINTER
(StaR Correspondent OF The Journal)
| UNION CITY, Ga, July 5.--Never
before in the history of the Georgia
Farmers Union has a Fourth of July
celebration approached the magni-
| tude Of the one held here yesterday
under it's auspices, with An attend
ance estimated all the way from TO-
600 to 10000. with addresses by S9n-
ator Thomas y. Watson, Governor
Thomas w. Hardwick and other no.
tables, and with mammoth barbe-
cue and basket dinner which exempli-
fed in abundant measure the tradi-
tions of Georgia hospitality.
Charles S. Barrett, natnonal pres.-
dent Of the Farmers Union, and State
Senator ]. H. Mills. president Of the
Georgia division of the union, were
| joint hosts of the monster gathering
They were the happiest men in Geor-
gia when the program ended Monday
afternoon with congratulations show
cred upon them by hundreds of their
guests. The personal direction OF
the program was in charge of Paul
Barrett, a SOn OI SIldI1SS Dali CIT
who devoted all of his time to it for
week in advance. H. S. Barertt, an
other son of the national president,
contributed to the entertainment OF
the guests with airplane stunts In
the company of .. G, Page, his fly
ing partner. Both are aviators In
the marine corps and flew to Union
City especially for this occasion.
Everybody in Union City, of course
took a hand in making the program
a success. Mayor Walter Cowart
drilled his town marshals and special
marshals very thoroughly in direct
ing the traffic and assisted in pre-
pairing the barbecue. J. c. Upchurch
one of the famous barbecue cooks OF
Georgia, was in charge of the pits. A
greater quantity of well~cooked meat
was probably never served at sin"
gle barbecue in Georgia. Everybody
had plenty and did not have to wait
to get it.
Vast Throng Assembled
A vast throng assembled from ad'
joining counties, from distant parts
of Georgia, and from adjoining states
to participate in the general festlVl'
ties and to hear Senator Watson ano
Governor Hardwick. All roads lead
ing to Union City were damned with
traffic as early as daylight. Many
of the parties from distance came
the day before and camped in the
grove beside the lake. Members OF
the legislature, state house officers
former legislators and former COVER
nors, prominent politicians from al
parts Of Georgia, were among the
guests.
Senator Watson's speech was the
first he has delivered in Georgia since
going to the senate. Men who have
been hearing him for twenty years
declared he never made a better
speech. He was filled with the nat
ural enthusiasm of the occa sion, was
lifted to the pinnacle of eloquenct
by the admiration of host OF
friends, and discussed national cues
tons in manner which showed that
he is taking the keenest interest II
his work in the senate. He was
radiant with good humor. as happy
as school boy at a picnic, ~ofteI
pausing in the midst of his speecf
to laugh aloud. Although scheduled
to begin speaking at II o'clock. ne
commenced at 10 to catch the north
bound New York-New Orleans linn
tied. which stopped at Union City te
take him back to Washington.
Senator Watson wore a new ponget
| black felt hat. black slippers witt
capless toes, and detachable cuffs
| He had not take time to remove tine
| size tags from the suit before put
| ting it on. After he had spoken ter
| minutes his detachable cuffs got n
! his way and he snatched them or
| an dstood them on end on the taole
| in front of him. The blazing July
| sun bent a beam around the canvass
| roof of the rostrum and burned hin
| like an X-ray, so that he was drencn'
| ing wet when he finished his speech
Senator Watson prefaced his
speech with an eloquent and power
| lation by the Georgia legislature az
| this session to provide free text books
| in the common schools. He SAID ne
would lose heart and never again put
ture adjourned and went home with
out doing it. Men in the crowd re-
| piled with shouted expressions of
| confidence in Governor Hardwlck in
which the senator concurred whole
heartedly
This was followed by excoriation
Of the federal reserve board. in Sen
ator Watsons most dramatic style.
| He accused the board Ct conducting
a war upon American business more
ruthless and frightful and destruc-
| tive than the war of the Germans
on land and sea-" Using figures pre-
pared by John Shelton Williams. for
mer comptroller of the currency, ne
| accused the reserve DOdIu VI uo-
| stroying values in the United states
| amounting to $31 100000, sum
| of money equal to the German war
| indemnity" His arrangement OF me
board for depreciating the value OF
United States war bonds was one or
the most consummate pieces of ora
| tory in the senator's career. He
| played upon the emotions of his audi
| ence like a violinist plays upon. the
strings. His remedy for conditIons,
| he showed in closing this part of his
speech is to make Liberty bonds le-
| gal tender for the payment OF all
| debts, thereby establishing them at
| par value by law.
In the closing periods Senator Wat
| son paid tribute of remarkable e!o"
| uuence to the spirit of American de-
| nocracy, expressed his deep inter-
| est in pending highway legislation in
| congress and appealed to GeorgianS
| of all factions to forget past differ
ences and support his efforts in the
| senate whenever they believe he is on
| the right line.
Governor Hardwick's Speech
/ Governor Hardwick's speech was in
substance a repetition of his inaugu-
raj address delivered on Saturday,
June 26, on the rostrum erected on
the capitol grounds. when he took
the oath of office.
Most of his speech was devoted to
state finances, which he declared to
be in the worst muddle since recon
struction. He showed that the treas
ury will have a deficit Of S3,500,000
h. Of NJ