The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-03-02
LOCAL BOOSTERS
MAKE TRIP To
DUBLIN PLANT.

A trip to inspect the mammoth
Farmers Cooperative elevator and
mill, at Dublin, Georgia, and secure
accurate information as to its sue
cess, was made by party of en-
thusiastic Marietta boosters last Sat
urday.
Those making the trip, and entire
ly at their own expense, were A. l..
Grove, of the Holland Realty Com
pany; George E. Daniel, of Daniel
Bros. Jewelry Company, and G. c..
Langford of the Marietta Battery
Company.
Dublin is 200 miles from Marietta
and the party made the trip by auto.
When interviewed by the Journal
these boosters were bubbling over
with enthusiasm as to the great pos
sibilities for like plant to be erected
in Marietta this year. The party
left Marietta at 4:00 o'clock Saturday
morning and reached Dublin at noon.
When within forty miles of Dublin
they noted great change in the far
ming conditions, field after field of
expanse of green, that is to be turn
ed into profits the coming fall. The
fields were principally wheat, oats
and rye-but the party learned that
velvet beans is probably the most ex-
tensive crop produced in the Dub
lin territory.
Some data was secured at Dublin
which is of special interest and
which 5also is convincing evidence
that the Dublin grain elevator and
mill was erected purely for self-pre-
servation, and that it has made
wonderful success. In 1918 Laurens
county raised $4,000 bales of cotton:
1919, 2O,165 bales; 1920, 17,427 and
in 1921 only II, lip bales. About the
normal acreage had been planted each
year, but the boil weevil made such
ravages on the crop that production
dropped to where farmers were in
actual want for a livelihood.
The elevator and mill was the solu-
ton. 1t has proven the very life
of Laurens county farmers, and to-
day they are well off financially, and
the future looks bright.
The farmers in the Dublin terrific
ry have nearly banished the idea of
a cotton crop this year, although cot
ton is being raised as a side-line The
principal crops now consist of velvet
beans, corn, wheat, oats, rye and pea
nuts.
The Marietta boosters learned that
there are 554 stockholders in the
Farmers Cooperative elevator and
mill at Dublin, and the majority of
stock is held by farmers. They talk
ed with fifty or more of these farm
ers and found them all enthusiastic
in their praise of the plant. The ele-
vatOr was constructed in 1919. and
started business on October 18th of
that year. The first wear it paid to
the farmers total of 1851 checks.
nnd handled 10000 bushels of grain:
iii 1921 the elevator company issued
TO farmers 3.010 checks and handled
10000 bushels of grain. From Oct
ober. 10th, 1921. to February 25th
1922 (iust FIVE month sand fifteen
davs) the company had issued 300
checks to the farmers of that Sec
ton.
The Marietta boosters learned that
the Dublin elevator was drawing bus
mess from a twenty mile radius, and
that it was not uncommon for the
plant to handle fifty to seventy-fve
loads of grain in a single day. The
larpec+ davis b,,c:,oee x,,or
weeks ago when 1877 loads Of grain
came into the Dublin plant.
In 1920 twentv car loads Of corn
was shir2ed into Dublin lor local con
sumption, and in 1921 corn was shin
ped from the Dublin elevator to 9th
er towns. One big shipment Of corn
went to Eastman. Ga. a distance Of
l75 miles from Dublin. ard other
shipments were made into the Mari
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