Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-14

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| Atlanta Semi Weekly Journal. Regular
5o-cent and 81 size bottles for sale at all
drug stores. s.ss.ss.,--
Greer is particularly interesfed in. the
Denomination Of thesHhole iregrass Sec
ton and has lent his. active assistance
in the forrnationa-of several nepFs. and
very active boards OF trade SCverf1 100
was raised at the smoker in Baxiey Fri
ldav evening for the. expenses of an adj
vertising campaign Upon which the
board will enter 81 once. None but local
men were allowed 10 contribute, i've of
whom gave 500 apiece
Jesup was reached at IL o'clock Sat
urS~- and the train remained there till
2 o'clockl Though the audience was not
so numerous as at some other stops, 1t
was Thoroughly representative and was
very much interested in the messages
I that the AGRICULTURAL workers brought.
Director Hite. Entomologtst Worsham,
Editor Duckworth, Commissioner Hud-
son and DIR. Bahnsen all spoke. Mr.,
Duckworth talked straieht and hard at
some OF his hearers
The train began the last day of its first
weeks run at Bailey Saturday morning
It had spent the previous night there.
Everything got an early start. there
/ fore. and by 1880 O'Clock everybody had
seen the exhibits. Wade H. Watson. the
mayor. welcomed the agricultural party
and was followed in the same compli-
mentary strain by Prof A. H. Moon, SUI
perintendent OF the Baxley schools. which
have just recently been housed in mag
nlficent new building.
Director Hite, Commissioner Hudson,
Editor Duckworth. DR.. Bahnsen and
Professor Landess all followed these
speakers. the last named talking on
poultry, and DR.. Bahnsen on the live
stock exhibit. All the lecturers stressed
the points particularly applicable to the
local conditions at Bailey. where the
farmers have just now begun 10 get out
OF the virgin woods thar their forefath-
ers found The country Is sparsely set
tied, comparatively speaking, and there
are large tracts of wilderness that are
rich In big possibilities.
The speakers emphasized the impor-
lance of the campaign already begun by
the board of trade to bring in new set
tiers and break up the big tracts into
small farms. They stressed the coinci-
dental necessity for stock raising, PIC
turing the opportunities OF that industry
about which Georgia knows so little.
Scoring the wasteful methods which have
heretofore had no possible visible effect
i vi TITS ECNllOn ttSOuICccs AOElIlleelOH-
er Hudson said they are, akin to shift
Iessness
dig UP YOUR sTUMPs."
Suppose the Southern railroad were
to go around all the stumps between here
and Macon" he promised. How long
would the trains be in getting there
Dig up your stumps. Farm right. Don't
waste what you have got" ls-
While this program was going on at
the circus car Prof. James w. Hart was
holding forth to Interested farmers at
the dairy department within The exhi-
bition coaches, and John T. Mcdaniel,
secretary Of the Georgia Farmers union,
was explaining the cotton exhibit, and
Professor. Campbell was lecturing at the
boys corn club exhibit. and Professor
Firor at the horticulture department.
The whole thorough and complete pro-
gram was going on at once, just as IL
/ Is at every stop, Offering something of
/ interest to everybody. Some eighteen of
the county schools of -Applipg weres rep
resented by students and teachers at the
train in Bailey. Among these were the
Springfield. Midway. Hamilton, Sweet
water. Ramon. Hopewell. Lily Graham,
Altamaha. Ten Mile, Pine Grove Lacey.
satflla. Red Oak and Spring Head
schools and one school, Oak View, from
Jen Davis county.
The students from the Ramon school
/ came ten miles ana others had TO travel
almost equal distances through the coun-
try. About 20 OF. the county teachers
were in the crowds around the train. II.
]. Parker, the county school commits
sioner. said there were some 200 pupils
/ from the country schools in, town.
He and Professor Campbell made the
preliminary arrangements 2 for rganiz-
/ ing a boys corn club in the county.
nearly all Of the $50 pupils of the Baxley
public schools were at the train, though
/ the day was Saturday and all were on
holiday All members of the faculty
were there.
Among them were Misses Annie Mat
thews, Helen Brewer, Ellen Patterson
Lula Fisher, Matte Bell Archer, Edna
Milton. Mrs. w. A Melton, Mrs. r. II.
Eason. Mrs. ]. c. Price and Miss Earella
Burney.
CAME FOR MILES.
Some Of the farmers who met the train
at Baxley came as far as 30 miles from
their homes. G. B. Tippins, the repre-
sentative from Appling county, came IS
miles; W. II. Waters, IA miles; II. A
Bennett. Is miles: L f. Johnson. former
representative, ~ miles; Jesse Hair, q
miles, B. H Billiard. 10 miles; A. Gamer
on. county treasurer, Is miles; Nathan
G. Tippins. Is miles; ]. c. Williams, 20
miles: c. B. Mayors, s miles l.. w. Hut
/ TO. u miles: T. r. Billiard, 20 miles,
Frank Floyd. l6 miles; David Branch, 10
miles; z. r. Taylor. 10 miles; John B.
Carter. Is miles. and many others from
similar distances, all in buggies and wa
CONS. some with their entire families.
Other farmers of the county recogniz-
ed among those at Baxley were n. G.
Weatheriy, ]. w. Tippins, ]. w. john
son, Jasper Dubherly. John +. Smith, w.
]. Branch. former sheriff. member of
the board of education; George w. Lynn,
Stephen Crosby. II. r. Williams. w. j.
Kimes. G. N. Weatherly, 5. A. O'Quinn,
H S. Carter, +. n. Carter. p. W. Car
ter. Leonard Miles, B. r. Harrell. Henry
Dowdy. Henry Lynn, c. w. Melton, II.
II. Hicks. NJ B. Johnson, former treas
! urer of ApplinR county and resident Of