Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-22
ESQ ACRES PLANTED
in TOBACCO; VERY
LITTLE in COTTON
Company Showing What Can Be Done
With Fertile Lands of Section

With thirty-five North Carolina far
mers, which they brought down to op-
crate their six hundred acre farm, near
ambrose, the Atlanta Trust Company
IS showing just what can be done with
TIE fertile lands of this section, with
TOBACCO, Watermelons, cucumbers and
CtAer crops, which are planted on
their lands. The $50 acres of tobacco
about two hundred in one solid body,
operated by intelligent and experience
ed tobacco growers, are showing a
perfect stand and far advanced for
the season, although these people be-
gan operations late and had to buy
most ct their plants, being too late
to grow them themselves
IWenty-Six new curing barns are
erected or are in course of construc-
ton, size 20x20, built in batteries, so
that they can be operated with less
labor, nice bungalows for the tenants
and other farm buildings being con-
structed make the place look attract
i've
Mr.. Skies the general superintendent
for the Atlanta Trust Co., is in charge
of the business end of the property
and is giving his constant attention
| to It's operation.
A barbecue will be given by the At
lanta Trust Company or this farm on
| May 18th to- which Mr.. Lon Dickey
has received a personal invitation and
a request to bring as many of his
friends as he can induce to witness
this development of real tobacco
farm.
Mr.. Dickey extends an invitation to
his personal friends to join him on
that date to visit this farm and requests
all those who desire to go, to comm
unicate with him at once. The attach
ed letters explain themselves and show
the interest being taken in this extern
sive tobacco experiment by bankers
railroadmen and others, whose inter
/ ests are identified with this section.
Atlanta, Ca, May 20, 1924
Mr.. Lon Dickey, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Sir:
On May 18th, we are having big
barbecue on our large tobacco farm
at Ambrose, Ga, which is only few
miles from Douglas. We are inviting
t you and a great many other peopl
l. representing tobacco interests ant
n railroad and banking interests to b
with us on that date. Col. Bugg of TIL
I A. B. & A. railroad and Mr.. E. R
Black of our company, will be there
: and a general program OF entertain
ment and inspection of tobacco farm
will be had.
We believe our tobacco projects ar
the largest ever put on in the state
being all under a large number of far
! mers we moved from North Carolina
!, We want you to be present on tn
morning of the 18th and bring witt
you any friend who is interested in to
bacco growing.
Would thank you to write us by re
turn mail if possible advising whethe
or not you can be with us.
. With kindest regards and best wish
es we are, yours very truly,
Farm Sales Department,
By r. o. Crocker, Manager
*#k
Fitzgerald, Ga, May 81, 1922
Atlanta Trust Company,
Farm Sales Department,
| Atlanta, Georgia.
Attention Mr.. c. o. Crocker
Gentlemen:
l have your letter of the 10th and
beg to thank you for inviting me tc
visit your farm at Ambrose in the 28th
and also extending to me the right to
invite my friends to go down with me
and look at this tobacco.
| We were the first people to intro
duce the tobacco in Georgia and have
built two tobacco warehouses, and oi
course have been greatly interested in
it's culture. It's a treat to go down
over the farms that are operating al
Ambrose. I drove through the place
with Mr.. Skies one week ago today
and | have been pretty we'll over the
tobacco belts of Georgia, North Car
olina and South Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee and | have never seen any
thing that was anything to compare
with the crop Mr.. Skies has on your
farm at Ambrose, in fact, believe il
was the prettiest have ever seen.
| hope to be able to interest a good
many of my friends here, and &c
down on the 28th, and be at the bar
becue.
i Again thanking you for the invita-
ton, am,
i Yours very truly,
i Lon Dickey