Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29

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The annual exhibitions OF the Four
Crop club; the Corn club and the Pig
club, were held in the Croxton build
ing just off Cotton avenue, and a large
crowd of interested people from the
city and county viewed the display
which the boys had carefully raised
aid planned for the days exhibition.
The pigs were the toast of many
admirers, and the excellent care which
they had received from the boys war
ranted the full approval of all who
saw them. The Pig club was begun
through the efforts of Demonstration
j. G. Oliver and the kindness of w.
Edwin Brown, a well known Americus
merchant, who furnished thirty pigs
for the boys to make their start. The
| plan is to furnish the pigs, and in re-
I turn give the benefactor two pigs for
every one raised from the initial gift.
Mr. Brown plans to give back some OF
the pigs which he received in order
that other boys might take up the
work. On Mr.. Browns part it meant
an investment of $500, and only two of
the first lot were lost by death. The
Iigs are all registered with pedigree.
Fifteen of the best hogs of the ex-
hibit here will be sent to Macon to
form Sumter county's contribution to
the great event beginning this week.
The fifteen best pigs to go to Macon
were raised by Ross Jennings, Austin
Greene, John Cato Murray, Miss Eliza
beth Pass, Thomas Morgan, Stonewall
Shirley, z. A. Young, Fort Parker,
Frederick Bryant, Uriah Morrelle, Mad
ison Summerford, Rollin Chambliss,
Edward DeLoach, Johnnie DeLoach
Carlisle Buchanan.
During the afternoon the boys and
many of their parents, with interested
spectators, gathered in the Croxton
building, to hear short talks by the
boys and prominent people interested
in the work
Willis Holman, one of the two Sum-
! ter county boys, to attend the South
eastern Fair in Atlanta several weeks
ago as the guest of the fair in short
course in agriculture was loud in his
praise of what he accomplished, and
returned his deep thanks to the people
who made it possible for him to take
the trip. Austin Greene, the other
Sumter county boy, who attended the
fair, could not be present at the exhi-
hition yesterday.
Speech of Crisp.
| Congressman Charles R. Crisp spoke
to the gathering for few minutes,
voicing his praise of the work, and
gladly proffering his aid wherever he
could benefit the great work which the
boys are carrying on. He was an in
terested visitor throughout the exhi-
bition, and the boys were doubly happy
that their accomplishments had come
under the notice and praise of people
in prominent walks of life.
Prof. j. NJ. Collum, superintendent
o. the Third District Agricultural and
Mechanical College, spoke to the boys
especially, and told them of the great
benefits to be derived from their sue
cess in the club work.
w Edwin Brown, "the father of the
Pig club was the happiest man in
the gathering, and he told the boys of
the great work they were doing. 1t
was through his donations of the pigs
that the work has begun on a grand
scale.
Demonstrator ]. G. Oliver explained
the various phases of the contest to
the boys, and announced that the
awards of the premiums could not be
made before sometime later in the
week because of the delay in re-
ceiving some of the record books and
necessary data to the selection of the
best exhibits in the different clubs.
Carlisle Buchanan and Douglas
Freeman, of this country, were the
two boys to attend the short course at
the state College of Agriculture some
time ago, and they spoke a few min
utes in an interesting manner Of the
things they had seen and the benefits
that they had derived.
MOrreIl Gives Thanks.
No one can say that the boys are
not enthusiastic. Several days ago
Johnnie DeLoach wrote Mr.. oliver OF
his work, and incidentally said that he
didn't know whether he wanted to
run the risk of letting his pig go to
the State Fair or not--he didn't know
whether he could be away from him
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