Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-06
What Georgia
Reminds Them Of

men a 1cOI gan NlSlLo OH
other State, attending a conven
ton with a broad band abou
his hat on which the word 'Geor
gia' is spelled in large letters
what does that word remind 9th
ers OFF What, for example does
a Californian think about WhaI
would you think of, if you were
from another State, knowing
what you do of your State?
The Savannah Morning News
answers the question in the toll
lowing:
A group of Georgians visiting a
northwestern city, two thousand
miles from Savannah, recently
had tip as to what Georgia"
called up to the minds of several
classes of people. These Geor-
CLANS attending a national con-
vention designated themselves as
"Georglans" by prominent color
hatbands bearing name of the
State-of which they were and
are and will increasingly be
proud. The label won for them
wherever they went a welcome
and that's a fine sign. The big
lettered hatband was greeted by
smile-and not a smile which car
ried with it a flavor of fun or
mockery of supposed provin-
cialism, but cordial, friendly
smile that meant something.
you're from the peach state!'
shouted one Northwesterner
standing near a fruit stand. IVA
termelons" calculated another
when he read Georgia" "Your
states the home state Of one of
the niftiest ball players that ever
was" said another-another type.
In a pool room somebody eX-
claimed, Here's a guy from
Young Stribling's state" On the
golf course Georgia" was asso-
ciated with Bobby Jones and the
erstwhile Miss Alexa Stirling"
In bicycle circles Bobby Wal
thour has never been associated
from Georgia, where he got his
start. And so through long list
Georgia" calls upon stars in va
rious lnes-in every field of hui
man activity in addition to sports.
Georgia" reminds them of 9TH
er products than peaches and wa
termelons now-of pecans and
peanuts, of sweet potatoes and
cantaloups, of cotton and corn,
of many other things.
It's a fine thing for Georgians
to get line of what people of
distant sections think of wnen
they see the name of the state.
Whether it is the "Stone Noun
tain Memorial" or the site of the
first Sunday school in the world
and the first orphanage in Amer
ica," the first woman's college
or the first state supported uni
versity" Georgia" means some
thing to all who have heard of
Georgia.
A few years ago when one
thought of Florida, it was the
orange groves and mild winters
which doomed large. Today it
is tourists and lots, advertising
and enterprise.
A few years ago when one
thought of Georgia it was of cot
ton, corn, turpentine and lumber
but today Georgia is better
known for her diversification-
peaches, apples, watermelon,
and cantaloupes; cotton anc
corn, hogs and oats, cream anc
poultry-a great empire of vas
possibilities; so limitless in fact
that not one Georgian in hun
bred knows all there is to know
about Georgia.
The Union is just discovering
Georgia. They are now inter
ested and Georgians in the nea
future will be telling the worlc
about Georgia.
The Atlanta Chamber o
Commerce is raising $250,00(
for this purpose; other Georgii
communities are doing likewise
Florida has pointed the way
She has started the trend south
eastward.
Now is the most emporium
time for Americas and Sumte
county to ORGANIZE and g
after share of this emigratio
of men and money. You'll b
called on before long. and tn
entire community viii be e.
pected to respond.