Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-08-14
GEORGIA ASSOCIAT'N
HOLDS BIG MEETING
HERELAST FRIDAY
Farm Credits, Settlement and Dairy
Interests Are Subjects of Speak
ers. Kiwanians Entertain
With Big Barbecue

Nine counties were well represented
at the meeting called by the officers
of the Georgia Association, which met
here last Friday. Mr.. J. E. Turner
director for the Georgia Association
for Ben Hill county called the meet
ing to order and introduced Major
J. H. Mayes, who extended warm
welcome to the visitors in behalf OF
the city. Mr.. w. N Smith, president
of the Kiwanis Club extended greet
ings in the name of his organization
and spoke on the necessity of encour-
aging our farmers and leading them
to success thru Investigation along
the line proposed by the Georgia AS
Sociation.
The meeting was turned over to
Secretary Abbott, of the Georgia AS
ISOLATION, who outlined the purpose OF
the meeting and its interests in assist
ing in organizing Credit associations,
for which purpose he introduced Mr..
Herbert Breedlove, secretary of the
Georgia Agricultural Credit Corpor-
alton of Athens. Mr. Breedlove in de-
tail explained the purpose and the
method of organizing similar institu-
tons, which are intended to assist
farmers in getting the necessary fin
ances to stock their farms with live
stock and purchase seed and fertili-
GERS for current crops.
Cashier Johnson, of the Bank of
Ashburn, the home OF the Cow, Hog
and Hen program, told of his banks
success in financing the farmers of his
own county in the past two years in
carrying out the farm program adop-
ted by his county
Others who spoke were J. E. Turn
.er, Mrs. H. M. Whitchard, E. B.
Bowen, of the Bank of Triton, R.
L. Belts, of Ashburn, E. E. Persons,
farmer-lawyer of Eastman, E. ].
Burch, Jr., of Eastman, C. S. Gibson,
L. L. Whitley, ]. B. Tyre, county
agent of Montgomery county, c. H.
Bishop, manager Of the Ashburn
Creamery, H. Mcdonald manager of
Swift & Co.. at Moultrie, and others.
The meeting was perhaps the best
attended of similar meetings and may
be the forerunner of district-wide
credit association, in which the sever
al counties represented may be joined
form mutual benefit to the farmers in
these counties.
Among those in attendance were:
Montgomery County: J. p Tyre,
County Agent, Mount Vernon; F. M.
McRae, ST.; F. NJ McRae, Jr.
Telfair County: Troy Edwards,
County Agent, McRae.
Pulaski County: o. D. Hall, Coun-
ty Agent, Haw' lsvil1e; F. L. Felm-
ing, E. A So c S Gibson, C c
Davis, H D McLodvey and Thomas
Cook
Co1quitt County: H Mcdowell, man
ager Swift & Co., J. Harold Saxon,
Supt of Schools, L Beatty
Dodge County: E P Drexel, coun-
ty agent, R F Burch, Jr County Com
missioner, Col E E Persons, Col J H
Roberts, Jeter H Harrell
Coffee County: A Bussey, coun-
Tiff County: w C Massey, E B
Bowen, Ed T Smith and R E Hall
Wilcox County: Mr. and Mrs ] S
Whitaker, H ] Chandler, R ] Flee
man
Turner County: c P Kemp, C H
Bishop, manager Ashburn Creamery,
J w Long, W R jenkins, S w Brown
R L Belts, L L Carmichael, E B
Judge, J w Hagan, ] H Johnson,
Irwin County: M. E. Floyd, L. G.
Whitley, R. E. Davis, E. w. Wright.
About one hundred of Ben Hilrs
progressive farmers attended the meet
ing and with the out-of-town visitors
were royalty entertained at a barbe-
cue by the Kiwanis Club of the city.