Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-18
SECRETARY LYMAN REPORTS THE MANY
THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY BOOSTERS
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED
With Many Other At
Labors Proudly Herself Through The
Chamber of Commerce

department has accomplished in farm
demonstration, might be of some in
terest to the members. Through our
efforts, there is employed in Sumter
county one of the very best farm DEM
onstrating agents in the state of Geor-
gia. 1t gives your secretary great
pleasure to say this, knowing him as
do, and having worked faithfully with
him for five years prior to coming to
Americas, and when / say to you that
] G. Oliver is one of the most cons
cientious and best informed agricul-
tural agents in the state of Georgia, if
not in the Southern states, l assure
you that / know what l am talking
about. This is the first year this work
has been undertaken under the new re-
organization of the Chamber of Com
merce. The ten months work of Mr..
Oliver can not but make you feel proud
that you have organized a real Cham
Der of Commerce, if, for no other pur-
pose, than to instill into the farmers of
Mt thA 10 1nfA Il
scientific farming and good lessons
that are being taught them on pre-
Iaredness for the entrance of the boil
Neevil by Mr.. Oliver. He makes his
Office in the Chamber of Commerce, and
his services to the farmers of Sumter
county are free. incubation of swine,
as preventative of cholera, is a part
Ct this work, which has saved the farm,
ers of Sumter many thousands of dol
lars in this ten months. Through the
activities of this body and the agricul-
tural agent, we secured, through the
Sumter County Board of Education, the
services of one of the best posted wo-
men in home economics that can be
found in the state of Georgia. Miss
Ellen S. Brooks has been on the joD
now for about four months, and the
marked improvement over the county
With the little girls in this short time
is something that every member who
sits in this room tonight may feel
proud of. There has never been time
during the entire period of farm dem
onstration that your secretary has not
oaned both Mr.. oliver and Miss Brooks
his best efforts and cooperation, some
times having to work overtime many
hours in helping them to carry out
some of their projects. Feeling as !
&c that we have an agricultural center
that we should feel proud Of, there
has never been a single minute during
the day through these entire ten
months that l have not believed that
by active work our agricultural inter-
ests could be vastly improved. Mr.
Oliver will tell you, personally of some
OF the things that he has rum up
against in his work, and of the results
that he has accomplished better than
could tell you
1--WE have held seventy-three meet
ings during the year, in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce, divided as
follows: Special committees, 12;
membership meetings, 8; officers and
board of commissioners, 16; new rail-
road meetings, 8; retail merchants de-
partment. 8; fair committee, 4; depot
committee, s.
We have had this year considerable
conventions, and it has often been ask
ed: Do Conventions Pay?' There is
nothing that can be done for city thai
pays as handsome dividends as conven-
tions. They not only advertise your
city, but they bring into the city much
ready cash. We have had this year the
following conventions: Dixie Highway
convention, one day. attendance, $50;
Bankers Group 4, one day, attendance
1876; Third District Rural Letter Car
riers, one day, attendance 50; State
Sunday School convention. three days,
daily attendance 1900, total of $500
visitors during the three Gays; Dixie
Highway celebration, one day, attend
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