Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-23
|B|G SWEET potato
EXPOSITION WILL De
HELD HERE III 1922
Official Bulletin of Industry
Is Now Located in Atlanta,
Some of the Development
Plans

CeHC1y III birmingham, or agrlcul-
tural officials from railroads and
other interests concerned with the
promotion of the sweet potato, it
has been announced that the pro-
posed Worlds Sweet Potato expo
sition, which was to have been
held in Birmingham this year, will
be brought to Atlanta and staged
in the fall Of 1922.
The change in the place of the
exposition came about as a result
of the removal Of the Sweet Pota-
to Bulletin, the organ of the sweet
potato industry, from Birmingham
to Atlanta, and the appointment of
Thomas A. Ripley, native Albanian,
prominently connected with a num-
Der Of trade and business pubIica-
lions in the south for several years,
as managing secretary Of the expo
sition and editor and manager of
The Bulletin.
Mr.. Ripley, who issued the an
nouncement Of the change in the
plans Of the exposition, was large
ly responsible for the removal of
the exposition to Atlanta. He has
been connected with the Lightner
Publishing corporation, owners of
The Sweet Potato Bulletin, and a
number Of other established food
and agricultural papers, for some
months, and has been endeavoring
to bring the potato journal and the
proposed exposition to Atlanta and
thus assist in making Atlanta the
center Of the great and growing
sweet potato industry.
While the plans of the exposition
have not been completed in detail
cation had been perfected to assure
the success Of the display of DO
tatoes, by-products, and commercial
lines serving the promotion of this
food.
The organization having in hand
tne work OF completing the expo
Senator - Neils Christensen, of
Beaufort. S. c., head of the South
Carolina Development board and a
prominent figure in southern agri-
culture. PRESIDENT; Clement Ucker,
ment and Development organization,
vice president: r. D. Quisenberry''
president of the Sweet Potato Can.
ners- association. vice PRESIDENT; J.
L: Edwards, A. B. & A. railroad,
vice vice president; Otto e: Lightner,
poration. director-genera7; Thomas
A. Ripley, managing secretary; Rus
sell G. Briggs, Of the Alabama
polytechnic institute. director of ex-
A board of active commissioners
composed OF the following will d.
rect the work of completing the
exposition:
": E. Bobo. Hattiesburg, Miss.
j. +. Jackson, Savannah, Ga; Ken
yon A. Keith. Lineville, Ala. John
T; Stinson. St. Louis. Mo-; Thorn
B. Bellah. Nashville, Tenn; W. W.
Croxton, Atlanta; w. e. Horton,
Columbia, S. c.; G. A. Park, Louis
vile, KY; Roland Turner, Allan
Nd; G. A: Cardwell, Wilmington,
n; e; }; M. Jones, Norfolk, Va;
Madison, San Antonio, Tex; c. W.
Mcclure, Atlanta; M. Hull, Louis
J State university.
The following is the board of
honorary commissioners:
Thomas w. Hardwick, governor
Of Georgia: Edwin P; Morrow, gov
San, governor of West Virginia; r.
A. Cooper, governor Of South Caro-
ina: John M. Parker, governor of
louisiana; Thomas c. McRae, gov
ernor Of Arkansas; Lee M Russell,
governor Of Mississippi; J. B. Y
A. A. Taylor, governor of Tennes-
see; Pat M. Neff, governor of
Texas; M. c.. Allgood, commissioner
Of agriculture Alabama, and C. D.
Matthews, state horticulture of
North Carolina.
The exhibits Of sweet potatoes
and sweet potato products will be
along educational, commercial and
competitive lines.
In variety of it's by-products the
sweet potato is a rival of coal tar
1t is rapidly being found a mystic
possibilities of the sweet potato.
the United States Department of
Agriculture has esta blished an ex-
perimenting station at Fitzgerald
Southern farmers are turning to
and this years acreage is expect
ed to far surpass that Of last year.
The exposition Of sweet potatoes
will be the first of its kind ever
held anywhere in the United States
and promises to bring visitors to
aLldAId 1IOHl oil parts O1 Inc COun-
try who are interested in the adj
vancement of this southern food
product.
The Sweet Potato Bulletin, the
only exclusive sweet potato paper
in the world, with it's chief pur-
pose Of promoting the sweet potato
interests, is a commendable repre-
Sentative Of this vast industry. Its
editorial pages bespeak the advance
ment Of the sweet potato and fur
nish the reader with education and
progressive articles on the yam, to-
gether with all of the news from
all parts of the country to keep
its readers posted on the happen
ings in the field.
On the first page of the August
issue, just off the press, the fol-
lowing message stands out:
"In Atlanta the metropolis Of
the south, The Sweet Potato Bull
letin will carry on! With the CO.
operation Of the business men of
Atlanta, Atlanta is going to be
made the capital of the sweet po-
tato industry and that industry is
going to be made the salvation of
the south.
"Inasmuch as Atlanta will hence
forth be our home. we rejoice, in
the cordial reception tina. has been
accorded us. To the far-sighted
business men of the city, to At
lanta's uniformly good-souled folk,
the Sweet Potato Bulletin extends
it's greetings and appreciation.
We're with you in more ways
than one"
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