Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-11
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| daily from 1:15 until $3.50 p. m.
Manager Hildebrand, who has been
staging tractor shows for eight
years, estimates that thousands of
! people will witness the demonsrta-
ticns here. Already Macon is thronged
with visitors and the preliminary
| preparations this morning drew doz-
ems of farmers from this and sur
rounding counties.
First in South
The Macon demonstration is the
first of a series OF eight which will
be conducted this year by Mr.. Hide.
brand. One will take place in WASH
ington state in April, two in Cali
fornia in May, one in Denver Iii
June, one in Kansas in July, one III
South Dakota in August, one in some
northeastern state in September
This is the first great tractor denl'
Georgia winning lit through the fact
that in the past year this state mas
jumped from thirteenth place In the
list of states of agricultural worth
to fourth place. In the Macon DEM
onstration the tractor men propose
to show farmers of the south every
thing that it is possible to do with
the most modern of farm nipple
ments.
Already we'll known manufacture
erS and prominent farmers from
many sections have arrived. A reg
iStration bureau was opened at the
chamber of commerce this morning
by f. Roger Miller, general secretary
of the chamber of commerce, VINO.
by the way, is one of the busiest
one is properly cared for. This aft
ernoon Mr.. Miller will show four
hundred of the visitors some Of the
farms and orchards of Bib county.
arrived last night was Colonel Wiz
liam ]. Oliver, head of the Oliver
Tractor company. of Knoxville, Tenn,
which manufactures the only tractor
made in the south. Colonel Oliver
came to Macon in his private car,
prominent agricu1turists. Another
well known visitor is J. S. w ater-
man, general manager of the VIII
liam J. oliver Manufacturing com
pany.. Numerous branch managers
of this company who are also here
were entertained. at dinner at the
Hotel Dempsey last night by the
sales manager, S. A. England.
]. 3. Bartholomew, president OF
the National Implement and Vehicle
association of America, and president
of the Avery Tractor coT=pany. Of
Peoria. Ill, and one of the best known
tractor men in America, arrived this
morning to remain throughout the
demonstrations. The Avery, which
boasts ga size for every farm is
tractors in the demonstrations.
One of the Avery machines is an
improved cotton cultivator which
will be shown here for the first time.
prepares the soil and plants the cot
ton and express confidence that it
soon will have a cotton picking 1T
tachn1ent.
Wants Tractors for Mexico
"BilI' Sherman, of Texas, popular:
ly known as 'WiId Bill" is a visitor
who has come to see the show with
d view of buying farm implements
for the cultivation of six million
acres in Mexico.
The fortunes of Mexican revolu-
tons have resulted in the six mlllich
acres changing hands innumeraOiC
times during the past few years. MR..
Plantation Development company, hGS
had possession for the past six COLI
secutive weeks which has instilled
in him the confidence that he can
safely buy tractors with a view to
beginning cultivation operations.
j. D. Oliver, president of the oliver
Chill Plow works of South Bend,
Ind, and the largest manufacturer
Of motor seed bed implements iii the
world. is due to arrive Wednesday.
His firm gave the south it's first
Chill pillow.
Mrs. Parrett, who this morning
broke the first ground for the demon
STATIONS, is accompanied by her Eus-
band, Dent Parrett, president of the
Parrett Tractor company, of Chicago,
Ill. and one of Americas foremost
manufa cturers.
Mrs. Parrett started out to show
the women of America that a woman
can operate the most modern of farm
implements with as much skill as
man. In 1916, she covered eight states
in a series of tractor demonstrations,
| driving a tractor practically every
day for three months. She makes a
| trim figure at the steering wheel of
| tractor and whips the largest Of
machines about with the ease Of a
veteran.
Prominent visitors
Jose Colone, representing a group
of plantation owners, has come to
Macon from Havana, Cuba, to OBJ
serve the merits of various types of
! tractors and to buy for Cuban farms.
! o. K. Piquet is here from Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, for the same pur-
| pose.
j. A Emerson, head of the tractor
and tractor equipment departments
| of the International Harvester COM
pdHy, dIIINGu Ills HlOI HIHS' Il IHuISy
p. Mount, president of the Advance
! Rumley company, of LaPOrte, Ind, is
expected to reach Macon on Wednes-
day.
Among other well-known men who
! already have arrived or who are on
| their way, are: E. j. Gidden, vice
president and general manager Of the
J. I. Case Threshing Machine COM
| pany, of Racine, Wis; T.. p. Merwin,
vice president and general manager
of the Russell company, of Massillon,
| Ohio; NJ. NJ. Baker president of the
! Holt Manufacturing company, Of
Peoria, Ill; J. H. Myers, of Atlanta,
sales manager of the Southern Mo-
| line Plow company; H. E. Reid, of
/ LincoInton, N. c., North Carolina,
| South Carolina and Georgia distribu-
tor for the Hart-Parr company, of
! Charles City, Iowa; J. L. Frederick
son, vice president of the Hart-Parr
! company; A. e. Knobloch, vice presi-
dent of the Cleveland Tractor COM
pany; J. NJ. Burke, branch manager
at Nashville for the j. I. Case
Herman, of the National, and Mark
Majors, a former Albanian now with
| the Power Truck and Tractor COM
| pany of Detroit, Mich.
J. II. Myers. of Atlanta, sales
manager for the Southern Moline
| PIow company, has twelve entries in
the demonstrations, promising to
display ANY implement used on the
farm" from tractors with self
starters and electric lights on down.
In spite of a painful, 49, not seri-
| Gus, accident yesterdayIF afternoon
when q piece Of casting fell on his