Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-11
News Of the Day
From Florida
GREET
PRESIDENT HARDING

ION Board President Harding's Spe-
cial Train. ePresident Harding stop
ped here for few minutes, en-
route to st. Augustine today, his first
stop since leaving Washington last
evening.
The presidents trip down was I'M
eventful. He had good nights
rest and this morning greeted lit
tie crowds gathered at stations along
the route. Word of his coming had
been published in the newspapers in
this section this morning and as a
result at every point he went
through there was a turnout of
the residents to greet him.
Balmy southern weather welcomed
him into the southland and his
schedule for the next forty-eight
hours includes golf this afternoon
at st. Augustine; again tomorrow
morning, and then, barring a change
in schedule, he will board Edward
McLeanfs houseboat for a short
cruise down the coast. -. :.
During the morning the president
went over some fifty pardon cases.
Attorney General Daugherty had
previously passed on them. NO de-
cisions were announced.
Refreshed by good nights rest,
President Harding was looking Tor
ward enthusiastically to the first day
of his vacation when he arose this
morning aboard the special train
which is carrying the executive and
his party to Florida for weeks rest
and relaxation.
President Harding and the MEM
bers of his party, which, in addition
to Mrs. Harding, Secretary Christian
and Brigadier General Sawyer, his
personal physician, includes Attorney
General Daugherty, Speaker Gillette,
of the house, and Under Secretary
of State Fletcher, ali appeared to
be enjoying the trip immensely. The
president intended to go out for a
round IF golf when he reached st.
Augustine this afternoon.
While his vacation plans for the
week had not been announced early
v,
ding might take trip Of several
days down the Florida coast as the
guest of Edward B. Mclean, pub
Usher Of the Washington Post, on
the latter's houseboat.
Elaborate precautions are being
taken by the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad officials to protect the spe-
cial train on which the president is
travelling. Every yard Of track is
being inspected by a pilot train run
ming ahead of the special, with the
general road master of the line rid
ing on the rear of the pilot t omake
the inspection.
One of the last things ate ,ded to
by President Harding before leaving
Washington yesterday was the pay
ment of his income tax. His check
included $4,000 as income tax on
the presidential salary.
BEAUTIES OF SAVANNAH
OVERLOOKED BY PRESIDENT
SAVANNAH, Ga, March o.
President Harding saw Savannah
from a distance today; that is if he
was awake. He hit Chatham county
somewhere around the western bor-
der, and scooted down into Florida
station or any of the other triumphs
of architecture in the dear old city
of Savannah. The presidential spe-
cial did not come into Savan-
nah. It struck Central junction
about three miles in the rcoun-
try and let the early morning work
men get a glimpse of it as it whisk-
ed down toward Florida. It didn't
give Savannah any more considera-
ton than it did Charleston. It hit
the outskirts only of each place, but
that didn't keep big crowd from
gathering at Union station in the
hope of seeing the president of the
United States go by.
JACKSONVILLE PLANS
TO BUY DRY DOCK
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. March 9.
No time will be lost by the city of
Jacksonville in it's efforts to acquire
the Jacksonville Dry Dock from the
United States shipping board.
The city council Tuesday night in
structed it's special committee to COM
fer with the city commission in for
mulating some plan to present to the
shipping board. A survey is to be
made, to arrive at it's present value.
The dock is to be offered to the
highest bidder on March 80, by the
shipping board, according to mem
bers of the committee which recent
ly returned from Washington, where
a conference was held with the ship
ping board.