Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1923-10-18

y LA n A. Oa,-F1Ve automobiles
will be entered in the Jefferson Davis
Highway motorcsde throuhg South
Georgia and the pageant at Savannah
October 81 to celebrate the opening
OF the Savannah division of the high
way, it was announced here Saturday
by ls1dor Gelders, secretary of the
highway associat on and editor OF. The
Fitzgerald Leader He was in confer
ence Saturday with officials OF sever
al organizations interested in better
highways and in the memorial to the
president OF the Confederacy.
/, State highway forces will put the
highway IN perfect condition from
fitzgerald, the division point to Sa-
Vannah before the date OF the tour. it
was assured by John ~ Holder, cha
man OF the state highway commission.
Mr.. Holder himself will motor to Sa-
yannah to inspect the route and with
Governor Clifford Walker will review
the pageant.
"Atlanta's cooperation I'm South
Georgia's celebration OF its new high
way will do much to keep alive the
good feeling between north and south
Georgia, which the Constitution slim
ulated last summer in sponsoring a
tour OF Atlantans to participate in
Savannahs opening of the Tybee
motor road Mr.. Gelders said Satur-
day in announcing enrolment of At
lanta cars in the pageant and motor
cade list.
Section For Atlanta
One section OF the highway is to
pass through Atlanta by the great
Stope Mountain Confederate Memorial
and South Georgia will return At
lanta's courtesy when that division is
opened" he stated.
Mrs. ?. H. Jeter of Decatur, chair
man for Georgia of the u. d. c.
national committee on the Jefferson
Davis Highway, is to represent her or
ganlzation in reviewing the pageant in
Savannah, going there from Augusta
where she will report progress on the
highway to the state convention.
General Nathan Bedford Forrest,
past national commander OF the Sons
of Confederate Veterans will repre-
sent that organization at the pageant.
Governor Walker will review the
pageant officially for the state of
Georgia and mark the formal opening
OF the Savannah division by receiving
from the pageant queen scroll CON
tanning map OF the highway. Cover
nor Mcleod OF South Carolina.
through which another division will
pass will represent that state.
Grandnlece Director
The pageant is being stagedl under
the direction of Miss Helen Gertrude
Davis of Jacksonville, Fla, grand
niece and nearest living survivor of
Jefferson Davis. She has promised to
kiss every Confederate veteran who
takes part in the pageant in memory
OF her uncle and the chief OF the nation
in whose army the veterans served.
The highway motorcade is to trav-
erse the entire length of the Savannah
division from Fitzgerald to Savannah
and will include about ZOO cars from
the II cities on that division ahd from
five others on the Richmond division
The points represented in the tour will
be Fitzgerald, Abbeville, McRae, Ala
mo, Mount Vernon, Vidala, Lyons,
Reidsville, ClaXton, Pembroke and
Savannah on the Savannah division,
and Louisville, Barlow, Wrightsville,
DuD.'n and Eastman on the Richmond
division
Atlanta cars will join the others at
.Abheville Monday AFTERNOON, October
80 and drive with them to Savannah.
George Deibert secretary of the At
lanta Motor Club, will lead the At
delegation.
Service cars will accompany the
motorcade at the expense OF the high
WaN association.