Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-05
South Georgia Divided Into
Districts, Each to Have Dr.
rector - Extension Plans
Are Mapped

ALBANY, Ga, June with more
than $4,000 acres signed to co-opera-
tive contracts, the Georgia Peanut
Growers Cooperative association
was Friday declared lover the top
by the organization committee, in a
meeting held at headquarters here.
Members of the committee, which is
composed of one or more representa-
tives from each of the twenty-five
counties in the present territory OF
the organization, expressed the opin-
ion that the acreage signed up is
from 70 to IS per cent of the total
planted to peanuts in those coun-
ties
At the meeting Friday, the terri.
tory of, the association was divided
into ten districts, the number Of dis
tricts to be increased as the asso-
citation branches out into other coun-
ties. This will provide for bringing
into the organization at a later date
the counties of middle Georgia,
which are now being organized.
In each one of these districts a
director will be elected by members
of the organization who have signed
COAIIdCIS 111CoC WILL NC h1IOW1
Incorporation directors, who, after
their election, will meet in Albany on
June IS to make application for a
charter for the association.
In addition to the ten district di-
rectors, there will be a directorate
large, or public director, to be APP
pointed by the governor of Georgia,
and the organization committee at
the meeting here went on record as
requesting the governor to appoint
to this position Colonel r. K. l..
Spence, who has served as executive
chairman from the incipiency Of the
association movement. The commit
tee also adopted resolutions thank
ing Colonel Spence for his efficient
and faithful service in getting the
new organization on its feet.
Election Is Planned
At the meeting committee was
appointed to conduct the election for
directors. This committee will meet
at Pelham next Wednesday to make
nominations. 1t was instructed to
make at least two nominations for
each district, with O. blank space pro-
vided on the ballots SO that mem
bers not desiring to vota for either
man nominated might insert the
name of any other member of the
association in the district.
The committee to hold this cleo
ton is composed of c. S. Hodges,
Cyrene, chairman; w. c. Cooper,
Pelham; L. E. Black. Jr., Doerun;
r. w. Warren, Sylvester; z. T. Ra-
bun, Morgan.
A majority vote will be necessary
to elect, but if any candidate in any
district receives a plurality vote, he
will serve as temporary director I'M
til run-off election can be held.
Districts of the association, as
fixed by the committee Friday, and
the acreage in each county as sign
ed up so far, are as follows:
District No. 1-Dougherty, 3,751
acres; Lee, $3.50.
District No. mitchell, 6,482.
District No. 3-Baker, 1881; Early,
1858.
District No. 4--seminole, $500;
Miller, sees.
District No. 5-Grady, $500; De-
catur, 2,429.
District No. 6-Thomas, 1883:
Brooks, 1867.
District No. worth, 3,156; Tiff,
1876; Berrien, 342; Ben Hill, unor-
ganized; Turner, 977.
District No. S-Crisp, 2,695; Dooly,
1855; Wilcox, 1853; Sumter, morgan
lied.
District No. 9-Calhoun, s,949;
C.ay, sass.
District No. 1O-Terrell, 2,517;
RandoInb I 256. Stewart 096.
Webster and Quitman, unorganized.
The committee appointed to divide
the territory into districts, as above,
was as follows: P. ]. Brown, Al
bany, chairman; w. J. Oliver, She'll
man; J. P. McRee, Camilla; T, B.
Mcdowell, Blakely; B. w. Stone,
ThOmasville.
More for Loan Benefits
Demand that peanuts be specified