The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-29
GUESTS OF SlSTRUNK
MANY VISITORS AT MODEL FARM
 NEAR TALLASSEE.
Expert Agriculturist Tenders Barbe- cue to Friends and Explains Methods Which Have Made
 His Work Successful.

Tallassee, July 2s.-(Special.) )-True old Southern hospitality still lives. and is evidenced by such occurrences as the one to which this community was treated yesterday when Major w. p. Sistrunk invited his friends from far and near to come and partake of a sumptuous barbecue he had had pre- pared. Near his handsome residence three miles south of this place, in a beautiful grove hard by the broad acres of King Cotton" gathered many from this and adjoining counties to exchange greetings. to enjoy the hos pitality of this true Southern gentle man, and to view his fields and take an object lesson from his methods of farming. There lay before us a field of 100 acres of cotton. beautiful be- yond comparison. This land, once old and worn out by the old method of farming. has been brought up to a high state of fertility by the wisdom and industry of Major Sistrunk, thus showing what can be done by proper fertilization and cultivation by inten- sive rather than extensive methods of farming. The incoming morning train brought numbers of guests who wero met at Tuckabachee and carried out to the grounds and numbers came in buzz gies and spent the morning going through and viewing this field of cot ton. About 1 o'clock barbecued pork, beef and mutton, together with other refreshments. were served in abund- ance. After the whites had eaten the negroes on Major sistrunk's planta- ton came up and enjoyed a feast of good things. verify presenting a true picture of ante-bellum days. .In the afternoon Major Sistrung read pa- per giving his views and methods of farming and urging his friends to adopt intensive methods that they might be able to meet present condi- tions in the South.
 Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole being present, after the reading of this paper, was called on for speech. Commissioner Poole express ed himself as well pleased with what he had seen. Spoke of the good work being done by the agricultural schools, the work done by the Cotton Growers Association, the present outlook for good prices for cotton. and urged all farmers to be courageous in their ef- forts to hold cotton up to 10 cents pound. M. B. Houghton and M. C. Scott of Montgomery both made talks endorsing Major Sistrunk's methods as expressed in his paper, expressing their appreciation for this occasion. and urg- ing the advisabiiity of such gather ings generally where the farmers can come together to exchange ideas and discuss new methods of farming.
 Late in the afternoon there was a general handshaking, the parting of friends, some leaving In buggies for their homes. others being conveyed to the railway station to catch the train, all loud in their praise of Major Sis trunks hospitality, all pronouncimg him a benefactor, not so much for the feast of good things for the inner man provided on this occasion as for the opportunity of coming and seeing what can be done in the way of retaining waste lands.
 Among the prominent visitors from distance to the Sistrunk barbecue were Commissioner R. R. Poole, Messrs M. B. Houghton, NJ. c. Scott, William Westcott. Benjamin Ponder. John D. Trimble. NJ. H. Stuart. Mayor elect W. M. Teague and others from Montgomery; B. W. Robinson of Lowndesboro. Joseph Galloway of Showdown, Lawrence Judkins of Mt. Meigs,> Judge John B. Lyons of Ope- lika, T'apmas H. Moulton and family, one time residents of this community now of Birmingham, and many others.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Rushin left early in the wsek tor an extended trip through the West During Dr. Rush. in's absence Dr. Walter Sistrunk. late graduate of Tulane University, will take his place.
 T. B. Wallace. Superintendent of Tallassee Falls Manufacturing Com pany, returned Wednesday from Balti- more, where he had gone in the inter- est of the company.