The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
MRS. MATHIS TAXES REST AFTER LONG TOUR OF SPEAKING Past Week Spent in Macon and Chambers Counties
 and Vicinity
PLEASED BY VISIT
 MADE TO TUSKEGEE
Is Especially Impressed by Finding Classified Twenty-Seven Differ ent Varieties of Sweet
 Potato Products

Mrs G. H. Mathis is now resting at HSl home near Gadsden, recuperating after a very strenuous speaking tour lasting several weeks, and supervising the cul- tivation of her large farm. For more than three months she has been golne about the state in the cause of diversified farming, and has addressed thousands oi interested farmers and townspeople.
 Her tour during the past week began at Tuskegee, where she spoke to several hundred people at the courthouse altef spending Sunday in the charming country home of MT. and Mrs. W. w. Thompson accoupanied by MT. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson, who met her in Montgomery and carried her for a delightful trlp across the country in their car. MT John Drakeford and Mir. Wadsworth, two prominent bankers of Tuskegee, met her there and carried her to the meeting, where she was introduced by MT. Hare, editor of a Tuskegee paper.
 The audience was greatly impressed with the inspirational talk which Mrs Mathis gave, and it is believed that 1t will have a tendency to stimulate the farmers of the section and induce them to seek the paths of better farming and live stock.
 In the afternoon Mrs. Mathis went to Tuskegee Institute, where she met the members of the faculty and addressed about 800 of the student body. She was much impressed with the work the school is doing, and found the students eX- tremely interested and appreclatve. She visited the laboatory, where Dr. Carver was at work, and found him experiment. ing with sweet potatoes and then by products. anG she was amazed to find that he had classified 27 differert ones. T am convinced" said Mrs. Mathis. that we have not appreciated that common vegetable as we will in the 1T ure, as it promises so many useful @hlrgs
 Monday ;nght Mrs. Mathis spoke 1t Liverpool, addressing an audience of 90 farmers in one of the stores. She was the guest of the Thompsons for the night and the next morning she was carried across country to Notasulga by Mrs. Thompson, Miss Estelle Thompson and MT. Thompson. Here she found the good roads boosters at work. and MT. Keller and several workers from Auburn and Opelika were holding an enthusiastic meeting. The programme was completed by an agricultural address by this able woman, the audience expressing great en- thusiasm over her remarks. The meet ing was an especially good one, as il had been advertised extensively by the bankers Mr. Reynolds. MT. Brooks, MT. Bridges and MT. Hope
 From Notasulga, Mrs. Mathis went to Opelika, making the trip through the country over good roads and past splendid farm lands, with John Allen Jones of Opelika. Her naXt stop was Lafayette, where she was met by n T. Tatum and NJ. R. Buckalew, repre- sentatives of the local banks. Here sne joined in an automobile parade around town, the occasion being the opening of the chautauqua. Fifteen automobiles took part, and men, women and chi!- dren were enthusiastic participants.
 A packed auditorium greeted her that morning when she spoke at the cour.- house and she, as well as Mir Burelsun of Auburn. shared the approval of the audience, which was expressed by fre- quent applause. She promised to go back to Chambers county later in the year and at the close of the meeting left for home.
 Now Mrs Mathis will rest awhile before she takes up her strenuous du- ties again. But the work still goes on and with the enthusiastic co-operatiop of the government agricultural de- partment with it's earnest demonsra- ton agents, and Mrs. Mathis, it will not be many months before the gospel or better framing has reached the far thest ends of the state.