Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-20
The Multifarious Duties of a County
Agent

Agent
This is a story of the work under
taken and accomplished by one wom-
an in Union county, Ga. This work
was done in a section of the state
| possessed of wonderful latent posi-
bilities. Miss zelia Phillips was the
agent in charge of the work. She
labored in section of the state not
easily reached by railroads, and
where the roads are often extremely
difficult to travel. 1t was neces-
! sary for her to make many of her
) trips on horseback and to travel for
miles by herself. This shows the
! type of courage, industry and integ
! rity of purpose by which she was
actuated. The missionary in foreign
| fields is not called on to brave more
difficulties or hardships than she
was, for it is often cold and rainy
and dreary in the mountains and it is
easy for one to become diScOurag ed
and heartsick and ready to quit.
Those who win through are worthy
of the laurel wreath with which the
victor has been crowned from time
immemOrial
Read this story and see, what a
splendid piece of service work this
young woman has performed. She
has not only endeared herself to the
people of the community, but she has
brought fresh inspiration and new
idealism into their lives. She has
pointed out new opportunities and
she has led the girls and many of
the women as weIlJto glimpse new
vision of what they may hope to
achieve in the way of improving the
conditions of their environment and
making life's pathway more pleasant
and attractive.
A Splendid Record
I find from an examination of the
record that there were fifteen girls
clubs in the county last year. One
hundred and thirty-siX girls were en-
rolled and 1O2 of them presented
final report. The attendance at the
various meetings held during the
year was 1900. There were also fiji
teen women's clubs, the attendance
record for the season totaling 1870.
This county is organizing farm bu-
reau, which really represents an aux
Hilary board to aid the agent in car
rying forward his Or her work. The
memb ers of this advisory committee
and the agent in planning and out
lining the work and accompany her
on her visits to various communities.
This is a great advantage, because
it gives greater support, unanimity
and purpose to the work undertaken,
To show you that the agents serV-
ices are appreciated 1t is worth while
setting forth some of the facts con-
nected with her work in the form of
statistics. I find that there were 223
consultations at the home or office
with individuals who wished to Sc
cure information or advice of an es
lsential character. Something like
1915 bulletins were distributed.
Each of these was selected to serve
a special purpose in providing infOr
nation. Over 2,043 letters were writ
ten to the various members of the or
CARNATIONS through which the agent
is working. The equivalent of 10
schools or clubs were visited last
year, and there were 10 meetings
held. Think about the amount of
time and energy it takes to perform
just one little item of the work. Most
people would think they were very
busy if they had as many as 40
meetings to attend in a year. yet this
is just one phase Of what the agent
must undertake to perform. There
were 431 visits made to the homes of
those carrying forward demonstra-
tions, and 271 visits to the homes of
farmers and others not included or
directly engaged in the demonstra-
ton work. Five hundred and forty
nine club members were called on,
and 10 articles prepared for the