Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-07

show him what Georgia REALLY is
and has, in contrast to what outsid-
ers, judging by our junior senator's
maniacal conduct in Washington and
other adverse publicity, too often
think we are and have. The two
headed south from Atlanta and
among other places paid brief visit
to Americas, unheralded at the time.
Mr.. Taylor went back North after
8 days and in the December 8 issue
of 1.-THE Country Gentleman" his first
article appeared, having to do almost
entirely with the sweet potato, and
with little attention to Georgia's APP
parent political decadence. He told
the story of the Iowa ex-soldier who
at Camp Gordon got his first taste
of Georgia yams.
"a lieutenant in the National army,
lowan' by nativity but shifted by
chance of war to a Georgia camp,
became acquainted with the Southern
sweet potato" he wrote. "The RAJ
ton list thereafter never contained
it often enough for him. When the
war ended he resolved to have all the
yams he wanted and also give his
fellow Iowans treat. The sale of
thirty carloads of Georgia sweets is
directly traceable to his activity.
"This case is typical of the en-
thusiasm of the average Northerner
when he meets up with Dixie's sweet
spud in its home circle. Once let
him cut into a baked sweet potato,
trowel over the honey-golden meat of
it with a goodly chunk of butter and
try just one mouthful. Right then
he joins the army of golden-spud en-
thusiasts. Thereafter sweet potatoes
candied, Drowned, casseroled or serv-
ed up as pie can follow in due time
and place. It's a toss-up as to which
is the best; the golden-spud is always
quality dish in the hands of those
who know its possibilities.
'As surely as fate this question will
occur to the Northern traveller: why
the dickens can't | get sweet po-
tatoes like these up North?' Prob
ably he cana year or so from now.
Maybe he can right now if he lives in
a favored city and is willing to scour
the market places diligently enough.
But the Dixie sweet is still largely
consumed or allowed to go to waste
at home. Only 5,191,7 bushels of
the 103,834,000 grown in the South
in 1920 were shipped outside"
The story continues with complete
statistical data about the sweet po-
tato in the South and contains many
references to Georgia sweet potato
experts who were interviewed by Mr..
Taylor during his visit in Georgia
under the guidance of the Georgia as
ISOLATION. Among these are H. C. AL
bin of Waycross, J. j. Parrish of
Abel and j. w. Firor,. of Montezuma
manager of six curing houses for the
Planters Products company which
has advertised widely "The Pride of
Georgia Sweets" in Northern mar
kets.
Mr.. Taylor's story also refers to
the effective work being done by the
Georgia Bureau of Markets on "the
other end of consumers street"
through Representative in Chicago
lining up the big. retail stores in Chi
cago's big negro district"
1t is understood that as result of
the same trip through Georgia, Mr..
Taylor has prepared several other
stories which are expected TO appear,
in subsequent issues of the Country
Gentleman, giving Georgia still furth-
er constructive publicity of inesti-
amble value, and illustrating the
great value to Georgia of the services
of a statewide association devoted to
obtaining constructive publicity and
offsetting the effects of much adj
verse advertising which Georgia has
recently been securing.
America will be better off when
the knows instead of noes have it
Get a new auto tag or you're it.
The flyer who stayed up &c hours
must have been in a poker game.
Money is SO close and yet so far.
Harding says he will meet the
farming troubles Hope he doesn't
shake hands and pass on.