Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-08
GEORGIA SWINE BREEDERS
OPEN MEET AT TENNlLLE
BY JACK l.. PATTERSON

IENNlLLE, Ga, April line
sale of fat hogs conducted in this
city Thursday under the auspices
of the Tennille Advertising club and
the Washington County Farm Blu
reau, aggregated 761 hogs, totaling
in weight 13O,S55 pounds. The
prices paid were the highest receiv-
ed at any co operative sale held in
the hog-raising counties of south
and middle. Georgia. The White
Provision company, Atlanta, sub
mitted the highest bids, as follows:
Number ones, 346 hogs, 72,050
pounds; number twos, 164 hogs, 26,-
$50 pounds; number threes, 161 hogs,
10 900 pounds; number fours, so hogs,
IL, AIT pounds. number ones sold at
$50; number twos, at $7.95; number
threes. at $3.50, and number fours
at $50.
The. hogs were loaded into eight
stock cars and shipped to Atlanta
Thursday night. The bidding was
spirited, but the Atlanta firm elm
mated all competition, taking the
entire lot. Washington is one of
the principal producing coun-
ties in the state, and the farmers
co-operated enthusiastically in the
sale, which was one of several that
have been promoted in south and
middle Georgia.
At Sycamore, Tiff county, last
week, the highest price paid for
number ones was IT'S cents a pound.
Tennille, with population of about
1900, is one of the most progressive
and prosperous cities in middle Geor-
giia. With one accord, the citizens,
men and women, enter heartily into
all approved enterprises, which &C.
counts for the profitable success of
the first hog sale that has been
held in Washington county. The
Tennille Advertising club and the
Washington County Farm Bureau
are influential factors in the projec-
ton of every movement for commu-
nifty betterment, and the farmers,
who are turning their attention to
diversified agricultureSS are well for
titled for the present year, despite
the raVages of the boil weevil. A
program of diversification and econ
omy has been adopted and the re-
suit is already obviously apparent
in the towns and rural districts of
the county.
Governor Approves Work
Governor Thomas w. Hardwick,
whose address was the. feature of
Thursdays program, was an inter-
ested visitor at the grading pens
during the afternoon. The governor
was for many years, a resident Of
this county, and received a cordial
welcome from hundreds of friends.
The governor told of the increase in
the production of hogs and cattle
since 1916, and urged that more at
tention be devoted to swine and cat.
tie.
That Thursday had been banner
day in the history of Tennille and
Washington county was agreed to
by all. Among the prominent citi-
Zens who were largely instrumental
in promoting the success of the sale
may be mentioned Mayor G.. E.
Brown, H. M. Franklin, ex-mayor
and ex-member of the general as
sembly; B. H. Lord, trafnmaster Of
the Wrightsville and Tennille rail-
road and secretary of the Tennille
Advertising club; j. L. Kelley, farm
er; John e. Smith, chairman of the
board Of county commissioners, and
H. L. Shannon, cashier of the Ten
mile Banking company.
Governors Speech
Governor Hardwick was given
an enthusiastic reception here
Thursday, when he spoke to an au-
dience of people, from Washington
and adjoining counties. The gov
ernor stated that his first political
address was delivered in Tennille %
years ago.
During his address the governor
reaffirmed his position on the state
income tax, citing Mort Carolina,
which received, he said, sufficient
revenue from the income system.
The governor asserted that no
farmer in Georgia can produce cot
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