Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-06-02
WILL BRING SETTLERS
Z FROM CANAL ZONE To
DIXIE EMPIRE STATE

ing nfty-three heads OF 1amlIles, Gov
ernmeht employees of the Canal Zone
citizens of almost every State in the
Union, MIR. ]. H. Stevenson of Cristo.
bal and Mr.. F. N. Weidner of Gatun,
Canal Zone, have just arrived in Bal
timore from an inspection trip which
took in the states of Maryland, Virgin
ia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia, lasting three week.
These gentlemen are committee OF
theCanal Zone Colony Club whose
members are DESTROYS of colonizing,
for agricultural development, in some
state when and as they are Identified
from the public service. The compile
ton of the canal will release thous-
ands of employees and officials.
The committee will return to the
Zone, sailing from New York on We'd
nesday, and will make its report of its
findings to the Club soon after. This
committee landed in New York on
May End last, accompanied by R. S.
parcor ne Tho Colonization napo r+r7ap+
of the Southern Settlement and De-
velopment Organization, who had gone
to the Canal Zone previously at the
request of the Club for the purpose Of
aiding them in the organization of
their association. Under MIR. Per
sons chaperonage, the committee
travelled practically all over the
South and inspected many properties
with the aid of DR., Cyril G. Hopkins
Director of Agriculture of the South
ern Settlement and Development Or.
ganiazation. The itinerary was out
lined before the committee came intl
the states, and upon their arrival in
Baltimore, the Colonization Depart.
ment of the Organization, in coopera.
ton with the industrial and land com
missioners Of the several Southerners
railroads, arranged a detailed SEIZED
ule which permitted the committee t
cover a great deal of ground and in
spect a large number of properties
within the limited time of the leave
lof absence granted them by the Cana,
Zone authorities.
During the trip the party was ac
companied on their respective lines BY
Mr. F. H. LaBaume of the Norfolk AM
Western Railroad, Mr.. W. L. Hender.
son of the Southern Railway, Mr.. ]. F
Jackson of the Central of Georgia, Mr.
]. A. Pride of the Seaboard Air Line
Mr.. G. H. Cardwell of the Atlantic
Coast Line and Mr.. K. T. Crawley OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
and while in the respective tsates they
were also accompanied by local Farm
Demonstrators of the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington.
Mr.. Stebenson, commenting on the
trip of the committee said:
I'VE were impressed favorably by
the good work done by the railroads
throughout the South to faster pro-
gressive agriculture and agriculture
development. We have been most for
chilly impressed by the high class and
enthusiastic work being done by the
Farm Demonstrators through the
Southern states to aid the farmers 20
make progress and grow better crops
and make better homes for themselves
and families. We ais were Impressed
with the cooperation between the
: arm Demonstrators and Railroad
Companies and every other factor
working for the development of the
agricultural South
I'VE found model farms being main
tanned by the Railroad Companies. We
found test farms being maintained
jointly by the Railroad Companies ami
State Colleges of Agriculture and as
sisted by Farm Demonstrators for the
benefit of farmers in the territory
These test farms are located on the
farmers own land and he works the
test farm according to the plans of the