Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1914 — "Hoke Smith" Shipped by Freight. [ARTICLE]

"Hoke Smith" Shipped by Freight.

Washington, D. G. —Watermelons grow so large in Georgia nowadays that they are christened. One weighing 62% pounds arrived at the House office building from Georgia, consigned to Representative Roddenbury of that State, shipped in a special orate. Carved in the rind was “Hoke Bantth.*