Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-12-10
TOPAVE CENTRAL
DIXIE FROM MACON
TO JACKSONVILLE
COUNTIES COME TO AGREE
MENT AND HIGHWAY DEPART
MENT ASSURES CO-OPERA-
TON; CHAIRMAN HOLDER EN-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED.

Nk1AANEMAIN k1O10GN GsANr
ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED.
Cooperation between county Off
ecials of Coffee and Irwin, as pledged
at the melting of the Central Dixie
Highway Association Tuesday at
Douglas, assures the early paving of
the entire route from Macon to Jeck-
ssonville.
About two hundred Good Roads
enthusiasts, members of the Dixie
Highway Association, greeted Mayor
John R. Slater of Douglas, at the
Court House, when he rose to extend
the welcome of his city to the assem-
.bled members of the association, who
came in response to special call is
sued by President Bowen and Secre-
tary Gelders of the Association. Mr..
Slater turned the meeting over to
President Bowen.
Hon. J. j. Whitfield, commissioner
for Pulaski County, responded at the
request of President Bowen. Secre-
tary Gelders read the minutes of the
tenth annual meeting held in Fitz-
gerald on June oath, and made an ex-
tended report on the activities in the
several counties and the present
status of the paving projects in con-
temptation. Pulaski, Wilcox, Ben
Hill, Irwin, Coffee, Bacon and Ware
county Representatives responded on
roll call of the counties along the
Central Dixie Highway. A telegram
was received from the Charlton
County Board of Trade expressing
their continued interest in the asso-
citation and their cooperation. Pu-
laski, Irwin, Coffee and Bacon coun-
ties, through their commissioners or
authorized representatives, pledged
immediate action to secure a perma-
nent road through these counties. j..
J. Whitfield, commissioner for Pulas-
XII, reporting a contract made to pave
the first four miles of the road to
Perry, with assurance that the entire
mileage on the Central Dixie through
Pulaski would be paved.
Commissioner-elect l.. G. Goodin,
reported for Wilcox County, that the
sentiment for paving through his
county was not sufficiently clarified
to make a report at this time, but
that the road at present. was in good
condition.
Counties Report Progress
Commissioner j. E. Turner, re-
ported on the paving project through
Ben Hill and which is progressing sat
isfactorilly. Col. Newburn, county
attorney of Irwin, reported that
county ready to take such steps as
may be necessary to secure paving of
the route through Irwin and that his
county was ready to enter into con-
tract for completing the highway
through its territory. Commissioner
Louis Vickers of Coffee, expressed
the sentiment of his fellow citizens
of Douglas, and Coffee county,
backed by Commissioners Moore and
Meeks, stated that they will take the
initial steps at their next meeting to
secure the cooperation of the state
department for the building of the
highway through Coffee. Bacon
county's representatives also brought
the cheering report that their county
would join in projecting the route
through their county.
Ware county's report as made by
Jack Williams, editor of the Way
cross Journal Herald, accredited rep
resentative for his county, that they
will build. in both directions, via
Waresboro and direct to Alma, for
which roads they had already voted
and sold bonds. He also reported
progress on the paving project being
in course Of construction south OF
Waycross and in Charlton county.
John N. Holder, chairman of the
State Highway Department being in
troduced, spoke at length on the
general highway situation and the
work being done by his department,
the funds needed and the funds avail
able for new construction during
1926. Mr.. Holder expressed the de-
sire of the Highway Department to
cooperate in every way possible or
practical with the counties in making
the highways travelable under all
weather conditions and in detail told
as to the steps necessary for secur-
ing State and Federal aid in the
building of the main highways, pledg-
ing. his efforts so far as possible to
secure for this section the necessary
aid to complete the highways.
Barbecue at Country Club
A barbecue was served at the
Country Club, at ESQ P. M, under
the direct auspices of the Douglas
Kiwanis Club, at which Mrs. j. l..
Walker of Waycross, made plea for
the Identification of the highway
and especially stressed the value of
planting trees along the side of the
road. Mrs. Walker is a director in
the Dixie Highway Auxiliary, the or
ganization sponsoring the beautifi-
cation of the Dixie Highway through
out the entire distance. Mrs. l. w.
Purdon, of. Waycross, prominent
official of the, State Federation of
Woman's Clubs, also spoke briefly on
the part her organization is taking |
in the highway promotion.
After the barbecue a brief BUSH
ness session was held in the assembly
room of the club at which number
Of speakers outlined plans to better
advertise the Central Dixie Highway.
was represented at the
meeting by President w. r. Bowen,
I. Gelders, j. E. Turner,
W. A. Adams, F. R. Justice, w. G.
Roberts, C. T. Owens, ]. j. Pryor, w.
S. Halle and W. N. Smith.