Show HUSKIEST r MEN EN ARE IN GEORGIA Famous Southern Crack Crack- Crackers Crackers Crackers ers Arc Aie A c Not Slim But Stout iw in- Dl- Dl lW Cor Correspondent of If Tile The rl E ht 1326 1926 by The Consoli Consolidated dated Press ATLANTA Ga On Ma May The 29 2 Georgia cracker Is the tho biggest man physically In the tho world de- de despite despite de despite spite tho the Idea In the north and ond east that he I Is a lean lenn rangy In- In In Individual n dl and his size Is duo due to the tho fact tact that ho ha lives In the Iho he sun This Idea which Is s bound to develop elop considerable argument nt ha been advanced and nod Is being supported with an on Increasing number ot of o facts following the ex- ex ex experience of the tho Savannah branch of If II a a big chain store soiling mens men's clothing Tho The head hood of office ClIo shipped to Its its Savannah store tOrO n II consignment ot of suits known to the Iho trade as the tho the size zo that would bo be botho In New and just tho the kind that lit fit the Georgid cracker according to pop pop- popular popular pop ular ular notions None of ot tho the suits were sold and n a hurry lUrry order had to be sent for stouts stoats That or- or order Order or order der has been itrice duplicated Not one man out of ot 10 In Georgia could get Into the tho slim sizes that were first sent to us us d the manager of the Sa- Sa Savannah Sa Savannah vannah annah store The huge hugo size sizo ot of Georgians Is a 11 a- a revelation to our buers Our New Ingland England trade we find wt wears rs much smaller clothes than our Georgia custom custom- customers Customers customers ers WEAK VEAR lUG IlIO COLLARS nS Further evidence on this score has hIlS been advanced by a well known attorney In la Savannah who Is 15 n II man ot of unusual sIzO While in Canada recently he lie le tried In several se of the largest stores to buy collars of ot of number 18 8 size which Is the tho smallest ho can wear vear Sorry h b was told but num num- num- num number her ber 17 is the biggest size we carr carry Weve Yovo never had anybody asic for tor a larger size one one- or two clerks added You mean to tell teU me that out ouo ot of all 11 these lumberjacks weve we've heard about none wears ears as os much muchas muchas muchas as an 18 IS collar the Georgian In- In Inquired Inquired In Inquired Either that he was told or else elso they wont ont ont wear collars Sizes bigger than 1705 in shirts or col- col colIan col collars lars Ian have to be bo made to order On his return to Georgia this man visited a II crossroads village and when he went to buy collars found that the country store had number and also number and that there there was as a steady de- de demand de demand mand for tor the latter size The Tho significant fact tact was wa-s brought to light that at the Savannah High school II a a six foot club has been organized among the stu- stu students students stu students dents and that it numbers Th 15 members all aU between 16 and 18 years old At Tech High school In Atlanta which has a much larger student body over of the students are ore six feet teet or over o In height and amon among amons- these boys bos averaging between 16 and 17 years rears of age arcQ are a a number who weigh pounds or more TUr BIGGEST ELK Athletic statistics were brought Into the argument and the tact fact was proved that tool football ball teams at southern prep schools and col- col colleges colleges col colleges leges compared with teams Cams at similar institutions in th the north and east Invariably In show geater poundage where there Is anything like equality In number of ot stu- stu students students stu students dents from which l the teams are chosen Narrowing the thing d down wn to Individuals W V L I Brinson of ot Way Way- Waycross Waycross Way cross cross Ga the biggest Elk In the world was pointed out as an illus illus- illustration Illus Illus- Illustration illustration ot of the size of Georgians Ho He weighs pounds and Is so enormously proportioned that even the furniture tn ln his home has to bo ho especially adapted to his bis size Mr r Brinson who Is GO CO years old Is six feet and on one inch In height SO Inch s aro the waist alst wears v number 10 shoes and a 7 hat In his young days das he was a a great athlete and one of his his ambitions was to engage In a tussle with John L L Sullivan He has always believed that lie would have ha bested the tho superman of the ring In explanation of ot the tha contention that southerners In general and Georgians in particular are the tho biggest people in the world the theory Is la being advanced ad that e ec- ec ex exposure to tho the rays of ot the sun minus the debilitating effects of the tropics makes males for the growth of the body The absence of ot steam heat hent ex- ex except ex except during a II limited part of ot the year ear Is 19 adv advanced as another fac- fac factor fac factor tor Or Until recent years lears steam steam- steam heated heated houses had not become general In la the south and brief winters and long summers con con- con confine fine lne lne the use ot of team heat beat to a afew afew few months In the matter of ot game same too Georgia offers some Boma of o the big big- big biggest gest specimens extant In this country particularly bears In the tho matter of ot vegetation ve the same thing hords homs trueno true no |