Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-26
1NSURGEANT LEGISLATORS DISPERSED
Heavy Indemnity BeenIG Given Italy BY Allied Counci
3UUU ATTEND SUMTER FAIRS OPENING
Great Showing OF Agricultural
PRODUCTS in Main Exhibit Ten

wonderful display of vegetables,
fruits, corn and wheat products,
hundreds Of jars of canned foods,
cake, butter, biscuit, eggs, empha-
sized the outlined in corn grain Live
at Home, Pay As You Co." And if
the booth is an indication. Thalean
community does live at home and
more than pay as it goes. Hams
and shoulders, weighing approxi-
Imately 40 and so pounds, hung from
walls which were covered with lux
uriant velvet vines, peanut vines,
cane, cotton, pecan branches filled
with nuts, and pumpkins, Irish po-
tatoes, weighing more than a
pound, were displayed together with
sacks of flour, grown, ground and
made into biscuit right on the
farms. The COW, the hen and the
hog theory was demonstrated by the
display Of golden butter, bottles of
milk. nest Of splendid white cogs,
and large hams and shoulders, a..d
shows that Thalean district has al
ready learned the lesson of boil wee
vii cotton and has gone into other
channels to live at home and pay
as you 60. A box showing TIE
perfect pasturage as prescribed by
the State College of Agriculture
displayed Iespedeza, carpet and Dali
las grasses, all ready for the COW
to Craze. A large square of tobac-
co, cured and pressed into a huge
plug, showed that the Thalean farm
er need not come to town for his
comforting chew during the day.
Pleasant Grove Diyersifying
Pleasant Grove was another beau
tiful booth, showing a mammoth
.banch Of bananas, with dozens of
the fruit, and eliminating in bios
som, exemplifying that Sumter
county can grow even the tropical
fruits. Hams and other meat prod
ucts We're displayed, together with
splendid vegetables, fodder, bundles
of hay, racks of corn, seed peas,
velvet beans, and other farm prod
ucts, showed that Pleasant Grove
has accepted the sIiversification
plan and has already made it part
of their farm project. Basketry
done by the children exemplified
the methods used in school to teach
diversification in learning, also this
teaching to develop into farm man
agement in their later years.
Andersonville's Fine Showing
Andersonyille booth was most at
tractive, with its doorway outlined
in a semi-circle of cotton stalks fill
ed with full fruit, unravaged by the
boil weevil, added to fruits, nuts
grain products and every growth of
the farm. The school exhibit was
one OF the most creditable shown,
one project demonstrating the mod
ern dairy, with it's windmill for fresh
water, silo for the COW, cream sep
arator, nests for hens, everything
for the modern dairy, and executed |
by the children of the 18th and 9th
grades. A farm bungalow was made |
by James Williams, showing latent |
architectural art in his arrangement |
OF roof, outline and furnishings. |
Posters, showing farm pictures and
pastoral scenes, were made by the |
Grammar school grades. and dress |
es, fancy work, and plain sewing
done by 4th and 5th grades show
ed unusual ability. This exhibit
from Andersonville was done since
The beginning Of school four weeks
age, eXemplifying what can be ac-
compllshed in a short time by deter
mined workers. A Violin made bv
J. b. Aycock, from wood grown on
ms fathers place, attracted wide at
5ention, the perfection of his work
drawing admiration from onlook
ers. A poster showing the Sumter
county nut family was unusual. the
'hells of the pecan, peanut black
walnut, English walnut being paint
ed to represent the entire nut
family. A product map of Sumter
county and its products showed
splendid work.
Third Aggie Has Booth
The Third District Agricultural
display was a splendid showing of
work being done at that institution
IN the way of asewing, cuisine,
farming and dairying. The booth
had hundreds of pieces of hand I
work by the girls, together with
farm products by the boys, and |
constituted one of the best dis
Hays on the grounds.
Union Highs Showing
Union High school district also
bowed splendid variety of fruits
and other farm products
n artistic arrangement, showing
he ability of that district to cope
With present conditions.
Shiloh's Slogan
Shiloh school district had for its