The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-10
oorSIDENT SPENDS
a WEEK IN GEORGIA
NV BLASTS FROM NORTH
|ChlnnTTED Mr.. HARDING ON
1Nh IpRTVAL AT AUGUSTA.

,,rI-STA Ga.-The Easter cold
az ~ the north, reaching far down
""' .be south, met President and Mrs.
|nV w. 49, on their arrival here to spend
h. ,s final week OF their vacation but
n' .h;llv blast was soon forgotten in
\ aordiality of Augustus welcome.
lI ,.,or nearly a month spent under
'- ar,n and sometimes almost broil-
p' .rr Of Florida the return to even
..+a Of the weather experienced
na March in the northern states
FurlDs ost noticeable and members OF
GaS . .m9; party promptly cast aside
he ' '.raw hats, hannels and other
he ,, se," clothing which they had been
Fe a2L. ss,oecial train on which the pres
Inc nc, 't nartv left St. Augustine last
l Daaing arrived here soon after six
/ ,' ynC9 Sunday morning, but the
clo ydeot and Mrs. Harding stayed
fy srd until nearly 9 o'clock. AL
O C"rb the hour of the arrival had
no 'a bent secret, several hundred peo-
ecu n' I at the station along with an
E.; WI welcoming delegation headed
I Wavor Julian M. Smith and Geo.
iombard, president of the cham
8sr Of commerce. i,
Another welcoming group awaited
4 r. and Mrs. Harding at the Bon Air
H. I-LJ+ hotel where thew were at
o rrc during their visit to Augusta.
F }i' group included, Speaker Gillett
fhe house, former Judge Kennesaw
onntajn Lands, former Senator
E$rbrock OF Nebraska, DR.. Nicholas
,,r. Butler and Charles D. Hilles,
tonbiican national committeeman for
Few York.
Attended Church Services.
In observance of Easter, the presi-
.rt attended two services. Accom-
sniqd by Speaker Gillett, secretary
christian and Brig. Gen. Sawyer, he
Rterded the morning services at the
Rryt Baptist church. After leaving
church he went to the Masonic
femple and participated in the Easter
rvjccs there, making a brief talk.
pmewhat tired by the train ride, Mrs.
adng did not attend church as had
len expected.
In accordance with his expressed
shes no public functions were ar
need for the president during his
Nv here and most of the week was
+ voted TO rest. Other members of
party on their arrival, however,
ere flooded with invitations to en-
rtainments, barbecues and dinners,
zen by the chamber OF commerce,
rious clubs and other organizations.
The president dropped in on the
Bster dav services at Masonic Tenn
unexpectedly. The ceremony of
Relghting of Lights" was conducted
Delta Chapter, Rose Croix No. 4,
EOttish Rite Masons of Augusta, and
IS scheduled for p. m, just at the
ur when the president left the First
ptst church.
During the ceremony the president
kde brief talk in which he said
long other things, that he was glad
# be present and that he was partlcl-
ting not as president OF the United
btes, but as member of the fra
nifty. There had been no formal in
adon to the president to the ex-
Bes other than that the secretary
the chapter had communicated to
i b notice that the. ceremony would
k place at p. m, and while, of
rse the hope was INDUCED that he
Lud Join in the exercises, there was
assurance OF his presence there
III he put in appearance. President
Prding is a thirty-third honorary de-
Re Mason.
The president and his party lett for
abingdon Saturday night after
ndmg a week very pleasantly in
gusta