The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-06-12

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ton, president: A. o. Allen Of Atlanta,
vice president; and J. n. Williams OF
Atlanta, secretary.treasuror Dele
gates TO the state convention which
meets In Cordcle July s, were named.
They are: A. o. Allen. J. L. Erwin,
o. +. Head, j. L. Sawyer. L. s. Adam
son. j. w. Percell. r. G. johnson. J.
u. Williams. l.. ID. King, J. T. Shep-
herd and J. l.. Wallace. The question
OF death benefits was brought before
the meeting. and Paul l.. Lindsay
president of the National Letter Car
riers' association: j. L. Williams ana
j. II. Erwin were selected as a com
mlttee to investigate the existing con
ditions and 10 formulate n plan OF
procedure. The association unani-
mously adopted a resolution present
ed by Paul Lindsey commencing the
press Of the state in promoting the
movement looking to the establish.
ment Of good roads throughout the
state.
One OF the most significant chap
ters In the industrial history OF Geor.
gia was written in the senate cham.
Der at Atlanta when representatives
OF the amalgamated Farmers union
warehouses In this state perfected or
ganization, merging all subsidiary
concerns, elected officers to have en-
Hire charge OF the warehousing and
marketing system. and adopted tenta-
tive measures for centralized selling
OF Georgia's cotton crop The style
of the new. company will be the Union
The following officers and board Of di-
rectors were elected: President, w.
w. Webb, OF Hahira; secretary-treas.
urer, r. II. L. Evans of Thomson.
Directors: w. t. Yonn of Telfair
county. w. F. Mcdaniel OF Rockdale,
c. II. Gullat Of Campbell c. A. New
conner Of Ben Hill, and j. T. Mitchell
Of Walton.
The Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company has taken charge of the Tiff
ton Telephone exchange. The Triton
exchange contains two hundred local
phones and has three long distance
lines.
The Farmers Institutes held in the
various dist let's OF the state which
have proved OF such vast interest and
aid TO the planters OF Georgia, are
being resumed under the direction
OF DR. A. NJ. Soule, president OF the
State Agricultural college and director
OF Farmers Institutes. An institute is
held each year in each Of the forty
four senatorial districts of Georgia,
which are made the rallying places
for the planters of that neighborhood.
Through these means, DR.. Soule has
stirred up the greatest interest I'm the
State Agricultural college at Athens,
where he is doing q wonderful work
and also in applying scientific princi-
pies to practical agriculture. In ad-
ditlon to the best method OF fertiliza-
ton, rotation Of crops and other in
subjects, great deal of at
tention will be given at these meet
ings to the subjects Of cattle raising.
DR.. SOule is great believer in rails
ing beef cattle in Georgia, and states
with the climate, grass and abundance
Of cotton seed meal, recognized, uni
versally, as the cheapest and best
cattle feed to be had, there is no rea-
son why cattle cannot be raised In
every county in the state and at
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ment at the State College of AgTicul.
ture at Athens, where five hundred
pounds in weight have been added TO
a herd Of beef cattle by feeding them
with a ton Of cotton seed oil.
Special Master Commissioner Sam
uel G.. Dunlap before the courthouse
door in Gainesville sold the Gaines
vile street railway 10 r. l.. West OF
Atlanta, who bid II in for 100000
I here has recently been great activ
ity In the purchase OF mineral lands
In north Georgia Aluminium Com
pany OF America, with headquarters
at Pittsburg. has secured options on
two hundred acres of mineral land
near Rome, belonging TO b. ID. Ed
wards and q. II. Walker. The compa-
ny will prospect for bauxite on these
lands, and II the mineral is found will
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