Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-12-10
WOMAN'S CLUB OF
BROXTON HOST TO
ROAD BOOSTERS
CHAIRMAN HOLDER GUEST OF
HONOR - REPRESENTATIVES
OF FOUR COUNTIES ATTEND
MEETING AT BROXTON.

NEE lN(s a bNOA YIN,
+, One of the most delightful enter
tainments furnished Better Roads"
advocates was the affair promoted by
the Broxton Woman's Club Tuesday
evening, when seventy-five represen-
tative citizens gathered in that hos
pitable little city of Coffee County
to discuss the road problems of that
section of Coffee County, the home
of County Commissioner P. l.. Moore.
Broxton's ambition is to be placed on
a state highway, either one from
Hazlehurst to Douglas via Broxton,
or one from Fitzgerald via Broxton
to Douglas or Hazlehurst, in fact the
little city would be better pleased if
both projects were favored by rhe
State Highway Department.
Prominent citizens of Coffee. r.
win, Jeff Davis and Ben Hill counties
were entertained at a banquet during
the progress of which a number of
short speeches were made relating
to the good roads and kindred SUI
jects. Hon. ]. H. Millholin, banker,
merchant and farmer, was the toast
master of the evening, who afGer an
invocation by Prof. J. M. Thrash of
the A. & M. School of Douglas, in
troduced DR.. C. C. Giddens, of Brox-
ton, who in a most sincere speech
welcomed their guests in behalf of
Broxton's citizens to which re-
spouse was made by Hon. John R.
Slater, of Douglas. Sen. E. L.
Grantham, of Douglas, spoke on the
future of Coffee County, it's road and
educational institutions, for which he
recommended consolidation of the
schools of the entire county. Mr.. ]. E.
| Turner and Mayor ]. H. Mayes, spoke
of the interest had in the road de-
| velopment of the entire section by
the citizens of Ben Hill and Fitzger-
: aid and the pleasure they experienced
in being given the opportunity in CO.
operating in a movement which was
of mutual benefit. Mr.. T. A.
| Mitchell, banker of Douglas and T.
A. Dickson, of the State Banking De-
partment, spoke for the financial in
| terests of the county and gave some
fine reports of the improved finan-
cial status of the people of Coffee
County, as reflected in the increased
| deposits of the banks of the county.
Four newspapers were represented
at the gathering, VIM. Frier of the
Douglas Enterprise; Fred Ricketson
of the Coffee County Progress; ]. j.
Pryor of the Herald, and l. Gelders
of the Leader, of Fitzgerald. The
| POSTMASTER felt delicacy in making
la selection to the response for the i
press and left it to the three editors
to pass the buck to Editor GeldersJ
h.
Hon. M. D. Dickerson of Douglast
in splendid form, proving him arb
orator, introduced Hon. John NJ
Holder chairman of the State Highly
way Commission, who covered the
subject of roads, their Importance,
the methods of getting the state sys-
tenn and why, explaining that the
roads that are given preference by
the commission were the roads that
by actual experience were found to
be needed most, judging by the trav-
ell on them, which information they
secured by actual count of the cars,
during some month during the year,
when a systematic census of the
travel was made by employees of the
department, which developed the in
formation upon which the commits
sion acted in awarding aid for the
construction and maintenance.
Unique Arrangements of Banquet
Tables
The artistic arrangement, fitting
the otSss.sion, of the tables, which
were three in number, each seating
twenty-five guests, was an interest
ing feature of the evening. In the
center of each table, the entire length
a roadway was made with minia-
ture bridge in the center and road
signs placed to indicate the roads i
that wers in question, one bearing !,
the legend Fitzgerald to Broxton, ~
one Douglas to Broxton,' and the.
third "Hazelhurst to Broxton,r witiN
toy autos and various miniature mos
tor-driven vehicles on the roads.
The banquet, which was served BY
liveried colored walters, contested Of
four courses, a fruit cocktail quail
on toast with fixings and coffee, ia
salad course and sweet course with
ice cream and cake.
A violin solo by Mrs. ]. u. MIL
holm, accompanied on the piano sby
Miss Willie Royal, ushered in the
banquet, piano numbers being baau-
tifully rendered during the entire
evening by Miss Royal. The entire
company fully agreed with Mr..
Turner's opinion in regard Ntos the
banquet, stating that of all the-swell
affairs he had attended in the course
of years of attending banquets ii the
cities with the bankers Of theJconn-
try, this exceeded any IN petnt of
quality, quantity and SERVES At
IL 80 the assembled guests NFe dis
missed with a prayer by DC. C.
Giddens, after vote of thar to the
hosts of the evening.
Fitzgeraldites who ATTENDED the
banquet were: J. J.. Dornfiey, M.
w. Garbutt, j. H. Mayesg j. T..
Turner, F. R. Justice, J. J. Eyor, w.