Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-27
WORK IS STARTED
on NEXT LAND SHOW
FOR THE SOUTHEAST
Georgia Chamber of Com
merce Prepares for Event
Which will Equal Those of
Chicago and San Francisco

success, active work has been started,
under auspices Of the Georgia chamber
of commerce. looking toward making
the Southeastern Land show the great
est Industrial and AGRICULTURAL EXPOSE
tion in the southeast and the equal. if
not the peer, of the Chicago Land show
or the san Francisco Land show.
From the very moment that the door
TO the auditorium closed on the first
land show ten days ago, a systematic
organization. aided Dy the exhibitors
the Georgia chamber of commerce and
the trades organizations of Georgia,
Florida South Carolina and Alabama
have pushed their plans for the eXposi-
ton year hence,
Prominent among the active workers
is II. u. Hastings, soon to become pres
ident of the Georgia chamber of COM
merce. and thus automatically the head
of the next Southeas stern Land show Mr..
Hastings HAS caught the land show
spirit" believes that the southeastern
states are ripe for expansion, in both
population and wealth and believes that
there is no better medium than a land
show to fuse in the southeast the best
blood of the north and west. Standing
ready 10 give any aid possible to Mr..
Hastings and the executive committee
of the Georgia chamber of commerce is
Charles j. Haden, the present president
of the Georgia chamber of commerce
and under whose leadership the first
southeastern land show was staged. K.
Y. Clarke, secretary of the Georgia
chamber. has been busy classifying
prospective exhibitors and features Tor
the next show.
Mr.. Hastings, in a statement issued
today. urges concentrated action all
through 1917 for the 1918 land show,
and pledges his efforts to make of the
next show an exposition that will be a
constructive force in the building OF
this southeastern section.
With less than one-third of our cul-
tivatable land under cultivation and
with all the people within our borders
reasonably busy cultivating that frac-
ton. we certainly need more people,
he said.
Illustrating the widespread interest
which was created by the recent land
show. and the benefits which the south
eastern section have received and are
certain to continue to receive as the d.
rect result of the exposition, are
a number of messages to land show
headquarters. E. B. Waterman, pres
ident of the Hawkinsville chamber of
commerce. writes:
LETTER FROM WATERMAN
From the efforts put forth at the
last land show. we nave sold four
farms in Pulaski county to people out
side of the state. one has been sold to u
party living in the state and within the
next few days / think l can report to
you quite a big sale to some parties VINO
are negotiating on large tracts of land
at this time"
W. c. Battey, of Fort Myers. Fla,
representing Lee county at the recent
show. has written that the first South
eastern land show impressed him far
more than the first Chicago land show.
He said he already had made several
purchases of orange tracts, as the re-
suit of the show. and that he expects TO
make further sales from persons VINO
inspected his booths.
3. \. Tyler, president of the Dalton
chamber of commerce, has written the
management, informing them that he
could be depended on TO boost in every
way possible the 1918 land show and
20 make il more pronouncedly successful
than the second.
Perhaps one of the most notable long
distance" sales of real estate directly
traceable to the land show is that made
by r. T.. Burdette. manager of the land
show department of the Burdette Realty
company in The Gambler building. The
sale was made 10 William +. Pruitt, of
New Mexico.
Mr. Pruitt bought SIS acres of land
in Douglas county, which he will use for
a stock farm, specializing on Jersey
cows ard mules This is the first farm
OF this kind in this county and will
doubtless result in interesting num-
Der of other people in this line of in
dustry.
Mr. Pruitt closed the deal for this
property on Monday of the past week
and has let the contract for the cree
ton of a modern bungalow, barns, out
houses and other improvements
Mr.. Burdette says this sale is direct
ly traceable to the land show.
Charles J. Haden says that abe land
show is merely a furthersnce of the
campaign conducted for four years by
the Georgia chamber of commerce for
increase of food crops, live stock and
better market facilities. In organizing
the enterprise, he says, the examples, as
far as circumstances would permit, of
the Chicago and San Francisco land
shows were followed Mr.. Haden's
statement follows:
The land show is simply crisp name
for progress in agriculture and indus
try. The present excessive high prices
OF food crops demonstrates the need and
wisdom of the campaign we have car
.
ance. The unanimous resolution passed
by the meeting of exhibitors of the
land show, at which nearly all were
present, calling for its renewal and
pledging their support, vindicates The
judgment of those who planned the land
show.
ADJUSTMENTS BARRED.
Following the example of practically
sii such undertakings, light amuse-
nents were obtained. Within the first
-0ur or five days after the show opened
+. developed that some of the conces-
Sionaires were abusing their conces-
sions with improper practices. and all
of Bohemia was then promptly taken
out and the cOncessionaires' money re-
funded.
As the incoming president of the
Georgia chamber of commerce. the di-
reCtiOu of the next lard show will be
. in the hands of II. 6. Hastings. who is
now maturing plans for the show of
1918 In view Of the fact that the first
Ind show had go experience all the diff
ficulties that beset the pioneer, and that
the rupture with Germany, together
with the phenomenal cold spell, all be-
gan the day OF its opening; the atten-
dance was good. and its success inspired
all concerned to join in making il a per