The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-13
Great Georgia Statesman
Will Address Thousands
AT Marietta Park Square
Reception Plans Are Completed
For Home Coming Event of Il
lustrous Cobb County Boy. Big
Parade to Precede Speaking in
Marietta.

Parade to Precede Speaking in
Marietta.
Marietta is decorated from cellar
to roof and elaborate plans are COM,
pleted for the reception of Honora-
bic William Gibbs McAdoo, candi-
date for Democratic nomination for
President of the United States and
native son of Cobb county. Mr.. Nc
Adoo will speak in the park at Mari
eta tomorrow, Friday, at IL o'clock
to the thousands of citizens who
have planned to be present.
Mr.. McAdoo will leave Atlanta
about $3.50 and will be met at Smyr-
ma by a reception committee from
Marietta and escorted to Park Square
where he will speak. The Marietta
school children will join the parade
at the post office and with the other
local organizations march around the
square following the McAdoo party.
Following the speaking in the
square a luncheon will be served the
McAdoo party at the Marietta Golf
Club about ! o'clock. A visit will
be made to the oldAMcAdoo home on
Powder Springs road early in the af-
ternoon before Mr. McAdoo leaves
for Atlanta where he Is ID speak Fri
day night.
Ten to twenty thousand people will
be in Marietta tomorrow from sur
rounding towns and counties to hear
Mr.. McAdoo speak in the interest of
his campaign for nomination on the
Democratic ticket for President. The
local organizations of every kind will
turn out in body to join in the pa
rade and the largest crowd ever seen
IN. Marietta is expected.
Mayor Gordon B. Gam and a cit
+ lzens committee have been working
night and day for the past week max
ing preparations for the home COM
ing event of the Great Georgian.
From every part of the county the
heartiest cooperation has been given
IN making the day big event.
In addition to the local schools a
number of county schools and schools
OF near by towns will declare a holt
day and the children will be brought
to Marietta in cars to join the local
children in the parade. Invitations
have been sent out to all surround
ing territory inviting the people to
be the guest of Marietta Friday.
Hundreds of automobiles from sur
rounding towns will bring thousands
OF visitors to Marietta early in the
day and the streets will be packed
with McAdoo admirers long before
ne arrives. Local organizations are
planning to serve lunches to the Wis
Itors at a nominal cost to see that
no one goes hungry during the day.
The detailed @program, as an
nounced late Thursday afternoon by
Mr.. Campbell Wallace, chairman of
the program committee will be as fol- !.
lows:
Mr.. McAdoo's special car will be
met at Smyrna by committee of To-
cal men with automobiles. From
here the procession will proceed to
Dixie Avenue, at this point school
children with American flags will line
both sides of the street to the Meth
odlst church. Here a special band
will join the line of March, falling
N directly behind the cars. The
school children will also fan in the
parade.
When the parade reaches the park
it will circle the square once. When
MIR. McAdoo's party reaches one of
the east gates of the park they will
go to the bandstand. The band win
pc seated at the foot of the stand.
the school children win then pass in
review before the distinguished Geor-
gian.
Rev. George Grove will say the in
vocation. An address Of welcome to
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