The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-26
ROTARIANS ARE
WELL REWARDED
First Fellowship Tour" to Foley
Opens Eyes of Pensa-
ns cola Visitors.
FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS
Cooperation Has Given Citizens
Advantages In Many Fields
of Effort.
FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS
BY JERRY sTooDARD.

Viewing some of the finest growing
crops in this section of America, Pen
sacola Rotarians made a tour of in
spection of the country surrounding
Foley, Alabama, yesterday, returning
home late in the afternoon. This was
the first of series of Fellowship
tours" to be made by the club mem
bers to nearby towns.
In Foley they We're welcomed at the
hotel of Mrs. J. w. Dumas by A. A.
Rich, chairman of the Foley reception
committee, who told the guests that
the tive eities held much in common
though they were in separate states.
"Your people and our people," said
Mr.. Rich, "are neighbors and as
neighborly neighbors we should have
adequate avenues Of communication.
The one thing that is nearest our
heart is a good road connection with
Pensacola.
Mr. Rich followed Rev. j. H. Brown,
who presided at the luncheon, and
George Emmanuel, both advocating
good roads between Pensacola and
Baldwin county. Mr.. Rich spoke of the
many car load lots of satsuma or
anges Irish potatoes. sweet potatoes.
cucumbers and truck sent out from
Foley every year. He cited c. X.
Frank as a grower of potatoes and
said Mr.. Frank had marketed 500
900 worth of Irish potatoes from 32
acres of land. Other bumper crops
were mentioned.
Following the lunch hour the guests
and citizens visited the small city of
Summerdale and the tobacco farm
there. This farm is managed by A.
G. Barnes and an average production
is estimated this year of 1900 pounds
of tobacco to the acre. Mr.. Barnes has
over 60 acres of tobacco alone and
employs a colony of assistants. The
farm is owned by the Alabama To-
bacco Growing Corporation and
complete curing plant is maintained
for their product. Other side trips
were made during the afternoon, in
Guiding Elberta, Magnolia Springs
and other towns and settlements near
Foley.
The little city of Foley is situated
in the plains in the heart of the red
sandy district and has background
of green, healthy crops of all kinds
interspersed with well cultivated or.
chards. The city is small, and is pri-
marily an agricultural community. The
people are contented, living healthy,
busy lives in growing crops that are
unsurpassed anywhere and are
equalled only in occasional districts,
The people are not only industrious
but are prosperous and happy. They
are earning more than their bread
by the sweat of their brows for they
are making and saving money, as is
evidenced by the standing of the one
bank in the city. The State Bank of
Foley is capitalized for $4,000. De-
posits in the bank are more than
$32S, 900.
Close cooperation is the basis for
the success of the citizen farmers.
Whenever a new thought that is good
is found the one finding it passes it
on to his neighbors. The new idea
is used by all. Meetings are held
regularly for the discussion of impor-
tant subjects vital to the life of the
agricultural man. Cooperation is
their motto and cooperative meet
ings are well attended and lessons
learned therein are needed.
Not only is the farmer-citizen aided
by the entire district but the city
mans interest is safe-guarded. The
Progressive Club, so-called on account
of the character of the citizens-nas
a specious hall in a building that is
suitable for a Progressive Club. City
gatherings are held when cooperative
propositions are to be backed or
boosted. Just now the citizens are
boosting good roads They want an
outlet for their production. They want
to be connected with marketing base
by a system of good roads
The citizens of Baldwin county are
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