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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

+ the State.
The Farm Sales department
OF the Atlanta Trust Company
alone has under its control a
total of 1872 acres of tobacco on
its ] projects devoted in part
to that crop, and is doing more
perhaps, to popu1arize it than
is any other institution of its
character in Georgia. For the
potential tobacco lands under
his immediate control Mr.. Croc-
ker sought and obtained farmers
IN a strictly tobacco region. the
tobacco sections of North Car
ollna-tarmers who know tobac-
co, how to produce it, how to
cure it and how to appraise its
quality and value. The tobacco
grown on this acreage will be
sold locally provided the prices
offered locally are right" if
not. the growers will be pre-
pared to ship their product in
bulk to other Georgia warehouse
markets.
In keeping with the GEORGIA
Associations land settlement
! plan. Mr.. Crocker sells, leases,
or offers to sell or lease, no farm
that is not in hrst-class, habita-
Bile condition; and in no instance
will he permit a purchaser, ten
ant or cropper to attempt TO
operate an area in excess of his
resources and capacity. He op-
crates on the reasonable and oh
vlously correct theory that a
contented, prosperous farmer is
both a community and a per-
sonal asset, the success of whom
will stimulate and aid in the
sale of other lands in his local
ity; while, on the other hand. a
discontinued farmer, or one who
has failed-either thru lack of
adequate support while getting
started or as result of under
taking the cultivation of too
much lands liability both to
his community and to the firm
that placed him on the land, and
his failure would necessarily de-
tract from the sale value of the
farms about him.
To this end Mr.. Crocker's de-
partment maintains a staff of
workmen constantly engaged in
putting Atlanta Trust Company
farms in condition to offer for
sale-making each, as its slogan
says, a "ready-to-go-farm." Re-
pair are made and paint applied
to delapidated houses, barns,
etc, on the farms that were
prosperous, perhaps, in the hay
day of cotton, but that have been
permitted to run down." and
subsequently abandoned, by
their original owners who persist
ed in raising cotton alone so
long as they could under boil
weevil and adverse weather
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

conditions. If the buildings are
too far gone for repairs and re-
luvination, new ones are con-
structed by the company, and
no attempt is made to induce a
prospect to take piece of
land until it is equipped with a
suitable dwelling for a refined
farm family, with necessary
barns and out-buildings and mod
ern farm conveniences, in which
the prospective owner and his
family might enjoy the stimu-
lation of merited pride.
This construction force, div
ided into three crews, is now
engaged in building tobacco
barns-of which the trust com
pany will this summer have a
total of 411-curing houses, etc.
The painters are at work painting
residences, barns, etc. An engi-
neer, d. L. Griggs, Pineview, is
kept constantly engaged in sub
dividing tracts, plotting fields,
and other work of that charac-
ter, entering into the develop
ment of the company's various
projects.
Mr.. Crocker also has on his
working staff a general farm
superintendent, G. A. Skies,
Americas, Ga, who is constant
ly i'll the field, visiting the vari-
Gus projects under his employ
er's Jurisdiction He is an expert
enced graduate agriculturist, and
it is his duty to counsel the in
dhvidual farmers, advise them
as to what crops to plant, meth
DDS of cultivation, their market
ing. etc, and to see that they
are all adequately supplied with
stock, implements, seed, fe1 til
izer, and capital with which to
operate and properly support
their families pending receipt of
returns from their years work.
He is sort of "laison officer"
between the company and the
farm families which Mr.. Croker
has placed on its farms.
J. w. Skies, brother of G. A.,
with headquarters on the Knott
tarm near Ambrose, has imme-
date oversight, as Mr.. Crocker's
representative, over the farm
operations in the Ambrose and
Hazlehurst neighborhoods; and
Mr.. Allison, Americas, is assist
ing in the disposal of farm units.
So often as his time will per-
init, Mr.. Croker personally Wis
its each of the farm units under
his control, and sees to it that
none of the farmers-tenants,
choppers, purchasers or poten-
tial buyers-wants for anything,
in the home or in the field, that
is within reason and conducive
to the comfort and contentment
and success of his own and his
family's success and happiness.
Practice of this principle of
manifesting a personal interest
in those who occupy his land
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

curing settlers for the lands I'M
Ter development or to be devel-
oped.
The Altamaha project, involv-
ing the reclamation of a great
area of tide lands, is not yet
ready for actual settlement: but
OF the total of 43 farms which
the Atlanta Trust Company has
been compelled to take over on
account of their abandonment
by former owners, SO have been
restored to productivity, each
today a going concern" sup
porting one or more families
with prospects bright for a pro-
htable yield of various crops.
Much of this company's land
lies in the Southern part of the
State and embraces soil types
demonstrated to be peculiarly
adapted to the growing of to-
bacco; and to stimulate and cx-
/ pand that industry in Georgia
the Atlanta Trust Company. thru
X. .. Crocker, manager of its
Farm Sales department, last fall
and winter induced number of
experienced tobacco farmers of
North Carolina to transfer their
activities to this state. These
men are now inteusively on the
job and enjoying prospects of
returns greater, they say, than
they ever experienced in the sew
eral localities whence they came.
| Conspicuous among these for
mer North Carolinians is Law
son b. Knott, recently from
Wendell, N. c., who is cultivat-
ing field of ITO acres of bright
tobacco adjacent to Ambrose,
Ga For 20 years Mr.. Knott
grew tobacco exclusively in
| Wake county, and before that
| in Greenville county, North Car
Dina. and is reputed to be one
of the most proficient and sue
cessful tobacco growers who
ever operated in the Old North
State. He is also an experienced
warehouse man, and it is said
of him that he knows all about
tobacco and the tobacco indus
try from the seed bed to the
cigarette" In addition to his &C
tivities in South Georgia, he still
owns and directs the operations
IN a large tobacco plantation in
his native State.
Asked few days ago to ex-
press his conclusions as to the
relative tobacco growing advan,
tages between this State and
North Carolina, Mr.. Knott said
From my observations anC
my personal experience thus far
] am convinced that the advan.
tage lies with South Georgia
First of all-and which is a very
important item-our season is
considerably earlier here thar
in North Carolina, Here we
plant from March IS to April
IS; in North Carolina the plant
ing dates run from April rs tc
May Is. Here we begin curing
by abou5 June 10 or June Is and
omplete it by about the middle
of July;in North Carolina we are
curing tobacco often as late as
September IS. | have a field OF
tobacco here that was set out
on April Sd and ready to be-
gin gathering and curing on
| June 9. The advantage of the
early harvest is obvious.
also, we can grow a finer
type and quality of tobacco here
than we can in North Carolina.
1--WE don't have flea-bugs to
contend with here like we do in
North Carolina and thus far !
have had no tobacco plant diseas
es to combat-such as wilt, wild
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19
By r. E. WHITE

Proof of the soundness and
efficiency of the crop diversi-
hcation and lane settlement
plans of the Georgia Associa-
ton is strikingly afforded by
results to date on IS develop
ment protects of the Atlanta
Trust Company, scattered thru
out Stuh Georgia,
The crop diversifcation plan
is Ircdica:ed upon the theory
that = IS obviously unwise and
extremely hazardous for any
farmer to pin his faith and con
centrate his efforts and his re-
sources exclusively upon any
one crop, be it cotton or what
not; and. conversely, that the
only safe and dependable as
Surance against possible disas-
ter lies in the cultivation of a di-
versity of crops, so that il one
or more of them fail the farmer
will still have chance to save
himself with the income from
others. This plan. of course, CON
templates the keeping of a few
dairy cows, flock of hens and
a few hogs. and the production
Of sufficient feed for them, on
very farm. A farm operated in
accordance with this plan pro-
sides revenue-pnoducing employ
ment for every member of the
farm family every day in the
year
As to the land settlement plan,
it is designed to safeguard the
homeseeker as we'll as the land
owner against disastrous con-
sequences that so frequently re-
suit either from a purchaser S
paying more for his land than
it is worth, attempting a system
Of farming to which he or his
land is not adapted. undertaking
a farming project of proportions
too great for his resources, or
.ntering into a contract and in
curing payment obligations on
ly to find to his sorrow later on
that he can not meet them.
To reasonably insure against
the purchasers being disappoint-
ed in a given tract of land, and
against the placing of incompe-
tent or undesirable proprietors
on farms, the plan contemplates
at least a years tenure as les
see or as a share cropper, with
option to purchase. at a price
and on payment terms agreed
upon in advance, in the event
that both parties, at the expira
ton of the lease, are satisfied
II also contemplates that the
landowner shall finance tht
first years operations, 10 be re.
imbursed, of pcourse, out of the
proceeds from the crops, thu:
circumventing failure due to The
possible financial limitations Of
the lessee-purchaser and insur.
ing him against want and prema-
ture disco urs cement while max
ing his initial crops.
A New York syndicate of f.
nanciers has undertaken the re-
clamation of the famous ALBANIA
ha delta-a project that is we'll
under way-in accordance with
that general plan, and the same
plan, in all essentials, is being
applied by the Atlanta Trust
Company on various units OF its
land holdings, notably in the
coastal plain section of Georgia,
with the New York development
organization and the Atlanta f.
nancial institution operating in
cooperation with and receiving
the assistance of the Georgia
Association and availing them
selves of its facilities for pro-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

~ fCSo y No. W.. do VIC III
variaEly do in my native state"
Mr.. Knott's conclusions and
opinion were concurred in by
each of his fellow former North
Carolina tobacco farmers now
operating in Georgia.
Associated with Mr.. Knott at
Ambrose are Mr.. Rigsby, for
merly of North Carolina, who.
in edition to being an expert
tobacco grower, is licensed
pharmacist; w. d. Turner and
son. expert harness makers and
electricians; Roy Hicks, Mr..
BeaSley and Mr.. Young, all of
whom are experienced tobacco
farmers.
Everett S. Lilies, formerly of
Wendell, N. c., has 81 acres of
tobacco, one field of 20 acres of
winch is reputed to be the finest
tobacco now growing in Geor-
gia, close to Ambrose. He ex-
poets to sell $4,000 worth of to-
bacco from his 81 acres. His
best held is expected to yield as
high as 1,200 pounds of cured
leaf per acre, and the rest of
IT is not expected to fall far
short OF that per acre produc-
ton.
Near Ambros are the farms of
A. l.. Cash. who has 10 acres of
hne tobacco; w. w. Gretchen
and M. A. Buchanan, 50 acres of
tobacco, each of whom came
from North Carolina tobacco
plantations early last spring.
In the vicinity of Hazelhurst
Ga, Gordon Warren. formerly
OF Durham, N. c., is this wear
growing 4S acres of tobacco ON
an Atlanta Trust Company
farm; and adjoining his farm Is
that OF Joe H. Brown, who was
| brought here by Mr.. Croker
! from Ahaskie, N. c., and is
making 81 acres of tobacco.
In Wilcox county, which is a
member of the Georgia Asso-
cation and is organized for the
promotion of that organization's
Investigation and dairy-farm.
ing program in a systematized
manner, J. F. Lovett and w
b. Statham, on Atlanta Trust
Company land, are making
acres of tobacco, near Rochelle
and r D. Henning, formerly OF
Mt Airy N, c., has a field Of
II acres of the weed near Able.
vile on one of the trust COM
pany's land settlement projects
Jesse Nugent, a Georgian, has
Z acres OF tobacco near Villa
coochee, Ga.
OF these farmers, comprising
the list of tobacco growers on
lands still owned by or acquired
from the Atlanta Trust Com.
pany, not one expresses in any
measure of dissatisfaction with
the outlook for good yields and
tair returns; and it is a signif-
cant fact that neither of them is
dependent wholly upon what he
makes from his tobacco acre
age, for each has other crops as
well to fall back upon in case
something unfavorable happens
to his tobacco.
For example, Mr.. Knott and
his associates, in addition to
their ITO acres OF tobacco. have
10 acres in cucmber-now being
harvested and sold at prices bring
ing encouraging returns - 70
acres in watermelons. 10 acres
of Irish potatoes. and various
other field crops at Ambrose and
65 acres of watermelons near
Hazlehurst. Mr.. Lilies has IS
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-19

acres OF corn AMI 4 OF Irish pota-
toes as money crops in addition
to his tobacco. Mr.. Hemming
has 10 acres of cotton and 20 of
corn; Mr.. Brown, 90 acres of
peanuts, 10 of Irish potatoes.
and a variety of other crops
and anticipates gross returns of
not less than $4,000 from his
1924 field production. Ali of
these farmers have more or less
feed stuffs growing, and each
intends following his tobacco and
other early crops with peas or
'ome Others rapid-growing le-
gume as soil-builder and to
furnish hay for home use and
for sale.
Mr.: Lovett and Mr.. Statham.
IN Wilcox county, both are sys-
teinatic cow-hog-hen farmers
milking cows and raising a var
iety OF feed and food crops, as
are also the other Atlanta Trust
Company farmers who are not
mong the tobacco producers.
Among these are S. J. Adkins
md w. w, Strom, in Worth.
nd Mr.. Harris, in Tiff county;
:. A. Saxon, near Hawkinsvi1le,
who is growing peanuts. corn
md some cotton; w. E. Regis
ter, Unadilla, who is raising
diversity of crops; ]. L. Burt,
Finleyson,; S. P Adams, Pine
hurst; F. G. Crosby. D. A. Dun
away, ]. P. Johnston and w. D.
Johnston, Finleyson; C. F.
Brown H. A. Howard and J.
K. Roberts, Rochelle; J. C. Ev-
erett, Vienna, and J. H. and
Bruce MacFadgen, father and
son, six miles from Americas.
Messrs. MacFadgen, Cook
county, ILL.,, farmers came, to
their present farm, which they
operate jointly, last April. and
began planting corn, of which
they have a beautiful stand on
o. acres, on April 81. Their
farm embraces total of $50
acres, and is one of the best and
most promising farms in that
Dait of Georgia. They are ex-
per enced farmers, believe in
hard work and intelligent farm
management, and thus far they
have employed only one hand"
negro, who said the education
he is receiving in "this no'thern
way of fahmin' is worth more
to him than his wages. They do
most of their work with machin-
cry, have tractor for their
blowing and heavy field work,
and are not attempting to raise
any cotton. Both expressed the
hrm conviction that opportuni-
ties for successful farming are
vastly greater in Georgia than in
Illinois or any other northern
state, where land prices are tire
BILE or quadruple what they are
in Georgia. !? 7?
In many sections of the south
ern part of Georgia there is no
longer any doubt as to the adap-
liability of the land to tobacco.
The element of conjecture and
of doubt that formerly existed in
tie Gays when Georgia agricul-
ture was term almost synony-
nous with cotton has been en-
tirely elimin, ted by demonstra-
ton and experience in thousands
OF instances since the first to-
bacco VA grow II on a CONNER
eial basis here i'll 1914.
The Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic railroad, thru its pro-
Gressive agricultural develop
nent department, has done more
perhaps, than any other institu-
ton of its kind to encourage to-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-21
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feet eight inches from the floor, and below are
drawers and doors. This looks like piece of fur
niture. The kitchen cupboards above the counter
shelf run to the ceiling and have wood panel doors.
One of the advantages of this house over the
smaller bungalows is the large attic having two
fine rooms and space enough for another. Outside
and inside basement stairs.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-11-21

The body of this house is rough siding over
sheathing The porch gable is finished in shin
gles Cement front steps.
The principle rooms are private, yet accessible.
Built-in fixtures and closets afford plenty of room
to stow away the many things in daily USE Book
cases are large enough for a small library. The
buffet has glass doors above counter shelf two
The Winslow mail., 1924-10-03
N(Fie5E ETRS(NlV. .EIWS
Visitors From Florida

'IE"E~S-E
Visitors From Florida
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Stevens of Mi
ami, Florida, left yesterday, after hav-
ing visited for a week with their
nephew, G. T. Stevens and family in
Winslow.
Mrs. Kleindienst Entertains
Mrs. Joe Kleindienst entertained at
cards Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. E. E.
Matthews was winner of first prize,
Mrs e. H. Black second and Mrs.
Hubert Richardson third.
Mrs. Sparks Home
Mrs. B. H. Sparks returned Sunday
from a months visit with Mrs. j. A.
Gray at Roseville. On her way home,
Mrs Sparks visited short time at
Sacramento and San Francisco.
Home From Ell Centre
E. D. Modem returned Tuesday from
FL Centro where he and Mrs. Modem
had gone to visit the formers mother,
Mrs. L. Modem The younger Mrs.
Modem will make an indefinite visit in
Ell Centro.
Born
Last Friday evening the stork stop
ped at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch
Sellberg, leaving an eight and a half
pound girl. She will stay with the
Sellbergs and they call her Mary Vir-
ginia.
To Visit Canyon
Mrs C. ]. Brooks and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Brooks, latter of Parsons, Kansas,
will leave Saturday evening for Grand
Canyon From there the party will
go to Los Angeles and San Diego, and
return to Winslow in about two weeks.
Mrs. Cummings Home
Mrs. A. M. Cummings returned to
her home in WinslOw Monday, after
having paid an extended visit with re-
latives in Louisiana, Tennessee and
Mississippi. She was accompanied to
the east by her neice, Miss Ada Smith.
Close Services
Rev. Mary e. Bartlett and Mrs c..
L. Beardsley, who have been holding
evangelistic services at the Baptist
church for the past two weeks, closed
their services last evening. The meet
ings have been we'll attended
Friday to Jerome
E. E. Friday, formerly assistant
cashier at the Bank of Winslow, has
gone to Jerome where he has accept
ed an advanced position with the
Jerome branch of the Bank of Ari-
ZOna.
First Deer
]. w. Shoulders and E. E. Com
stock brought to town the first deer
reported to The Mail office 1t was
a six-point buck and weighed about
200 pounds. 1t was brought in about
one O'Clock yesterday.
Campbells Are Going
A. B. Campbell and family left Tues
day morning for Snowflake, where
Mrs. Campbell and children will visit
relatives and friends while Arch goes
on to the mountains to enjoy few
days hunting
Honor Guest Today
Mrs. w. B. Darling will entertain
number of Winslow ladies this after
noon at her home, corner of Warren
avenue and Cherry street, in honor
of her house guest, Mrs. w. l.. Sea-
bridge, of Williams
The Winslow mail., 1924-10-03
Rev. Enreart to Donelas


Rev. 0, L. Enyeart, pastor of the
Methodist church here has been trans
ferred by the general conference to
! take the pastorate at Douglas, this
state. Rev. F. L. Speck will take
charge of the local church. Rev.
Enyeart returned to Winslow yester-
day after attending the conference.
Halloween Decorations
Halloween party time is coming
soon. The Winslow Mail has on hand
this year numerous clever printing
plates of Halloween subjects, black
cats, witches, pumpkins and all the
mystic festival subjects. Special pro-
grams, score cards, invitations or any
social stationery can be appropriately
illuminated.
Sunday School Rally Day
Next Sunday is Rally Day in the
Christian church Bible school at
which time it is hoped to have $50
present. Sunday is "Tag Day" when
the pupils will tag all whom they can
get to promise to attend Bible school
on Sunday. Evangelist Stout will
speak 10 the SUNDAY ScnOOl audience
and he is especially interesting to the
children and young people.
VIII Net $1,000 Year
City Clerk Charlie Murphy and City
Marshal Charles Harry have been US
ing lots of lead pencils and waste pap
er lately figuring out how much the
city is going to get out of the new
| license tax, which went into effect
Wednesday, The latest estimate of
the dopsters is that about. or a little
over $1,100 will be collected each
| quarter, or in the neighborhood of
$4,000 to $4,000 per year.
On 1000 Mile Trip
Charley Erickson, one of the most
| popular Santa Fe employees on this
division, left last evening on an ex-
tended vacation and business trip
through the east. He will first visit
Denver, then go to Minneapolis, to
visit with his grandfather, then to
Chicago to see the worlds series ball
games, then to Buffalo, Boston, New
York, Washington, and several south
ern cities, returning here in about a
month.