Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-01
NO COTTON At FAIR
IN SA|VDERSv|LLE.
Ry G. 8. CHAIRMAN

SANDERSVILLE, Ga, Sept. 90
Congressman Carl Vinson of the
Tenth district. was one Of the many
hundreds of visitors who were pleas
ed with the wonderful exhibits on
display at the Washington County
fair, now being held in Sandersville.
Mr.. VinSon has visited many state
and county fairs. but the sights that
greeted him here were In q way a
revelation as to the possibilities of
this section Of Georgia getting along
without King Cotton.
Speaking OF cotton you would
wonder if this commodity was raised
in this county any more, for nowhere
reminded Of the fact that Washing
ton county was among the banner
cotton counties of Georgia, for, you
see fifty-pound hams hanging here
and there. Yes, fifty-pound hams,
and they are not the smallest nor MOI
as you prefer to say. in this section.
Sugar cane so tall that it was nec-
essary to top it in order that IT
would stand upright in the building.
Pumpkins so large you wonder now
many could be hauled by a pair IT,. OF
they are on display in, all the "57
varieties" This makes you ponder,
and YOU then visualize the vast nut
orchards that are scattered over the
county. But to continue to 'elabor-
ate on each of the countless articles
on display would consume columns
of space. i3E
In the woman's building, it is a
wonderful sight to behold the bril-
liant displays Of needlework. Inc
fair sex simply rave over this great
centerpiece that looks months to
work, then they gaze in establishment
at handmade lace, or embroidery,
wondering how the fingers that held
the needle could glide here and there
so gracefully, never making mis-
take.
Next to this building is the poultry
vast poultry shows of New York
and Chicago, not in numbers, but
in varieties of pure bred birds. Thor
oughbred chickens, little about which
was known in this country a few
years ago, is now most Important
item in the affairs of chicken fan
ciers.
No matter how little you care for
hogs, as you enter the one hundred
by one hundred swine building, you
gasp with surprise. To the right,
to the left, behind and in front you
are confronted with hundreds and
hundreds Of the finest sows and
DOarS tnaC ever grunLeQ. many OF
these hogs are valued in the thous-
ands, and there is one hog, big
Poland China boar, that is expected
to tip the scales at one thousand
pounds in a short while. He is
actually worth $500 per pound even
in these times of depressed prices.
Here one is tpld of the hundreds
of dollars that may be made from
one sow. Acres are not thought
about in the swine building, for it is
all hogs and dollars,
All in all, visitor, and there
are thousands here, after looking !
around, comes to the conclusion that
money can be easily and quickly
made on the poorest and finest lands
of Georgia, boil weevil or no boil
weevil. Prosperity is here and
ahead Of US. County fairs are bring
ing to the attention Of farmers who |
once despaired that while other |
states may hold alluring land tempt
ing offers, where the boil weevil has |
not marched, yet right here in the !
heart Of the empire state it has been |
demonstra ted that this |
is Goods Country"