A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . denoting courage, with the frontpinned back to permit mm to look everyman in the eye, one with a feather todenote leadership, and one with stream-ers to ripple behind him as he goesforth to combat. It was such a hatthat he presented to the chairman ofthe city committee whose generalshipwas credited with getting out a largerper cent of city votes for bonds thanwas cast in the rural districts under theleadership of Wilson Hardy. Mr. Cothran respond
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . denoting courage, with the frontpinned back to permit mm to look everyman in the eye, one with a feather todenote leadership, and one with stream-ers to ripple behind him as he goesforth to combat. It was such a hatthat he presented to the chairman ofthe city committee whose generalshipwas credited with getting out a largerper cent of city votes for bonds thanwas cast in the rural districts under theleadership of Wilson Hardy. Mr. Cothran responded, but did notpromise to wear the hat beyond theconfines of his home. His assignedsubject was, If the hat fits you, wearit. With this theme he likened thehat to a mans relationship to the com-munity. Some men are loath to dis-card comfortable old hats for a new oneof a different block; some are loathto get out of the rut of old ways totake on new ways. Some men are soold fashioned that they refuse to weara new hat style; some are so oldfogy that they refuse to do anything forthe advancement of their keep up with the procession. WRIGHT WILLINGHAM, authority on hats,boll weevils, home-building, economics, bet-ter citizenship, high water and the law. wearing new hats; some accept newduties and responsibilities of a civicnature. He said that in no other placein America are there more men andwomen who are willing to accept thenew hat of civic service than in Romeand that the service is always welldone. Lester C. Bush read a few spasmsof original verse on the bond Reynolds spoke of Bonds IsBonds, Leon Covington told how tokeep dead men from voting, Ed Mad-dox glorified the immortal 67 whovoted against bonds, saying that theyrepresented the factor really responsi-ble for the victory because they form-ed the opposition needed to arouse theadvocates of bonds. He said he ad-mired their courage if not their judg-ment, but that always on all questionsmen dis
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