Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-06-18
Agricultural Industry
Will Be Advertised
Georgia Association to Expand and
Foster Nation Wide Cam
paign of Publicity.

expand from single state unit to an
organization embracing a TINT in eve
ry county in the state, TO tell the
world about Georgia, was announced
Friday by F. H. Abbott, secretary of
The Georgia, Association, following a
conference in the Chamber of Com
merce headquarters of the association
with John r. Slater, Mayor OF. Doug
las and president of the association,
and ]. E. Turner, of Fitzgerald, vice
president
1t was revealed just after the meet
ing that Greater Georgia, Incorpor-
ated which was organized by the
Georgia State Bankers Association,
will finance an elaborate program of
advertising agricultural and industrial
assets of this state throughout the
United States and in foreign countries
! through the Georgia Association.
At the Georgia Associations annu-
al meeting last week in Macon the
committee of 80 comprising prominent
members of Greater Georgia Incorpor
ated from every section of the state,
notified the association that the Great
er Georgia organization will hereaft-
er work through the Georgia Associ-
alton, financing all advertising pro-
grams through it in order to have
centralized unit for activity in the
program of Selling Georgia." mem
bers of the conference said.
Plans Made.
Mayor Slater, who is vice president
of the Union Banking Company of
Douglas, declared that definite plans
have already been made for co-ordi-
mating every civic organization in
this state for the states exploitation.
eve have been told in every sec
ton of this county that we now have
the most adaptable program for adj
vertising state known in America,
and we already have resulted to our
credit" Mayor Slater said. "The sue
cess of the South Georgia tobacco,
dairy and poultry projects was due
to our organization and we are bring
ing new and permanent settlers to
Georgia farms at the rate of 500
year now, with prospect for larger
annual number AT the Macon meet
ing. the Mayors of Atlanta, Savan-
nah, Macon and other Georgia cities
pledged their support to centralizing
the entire program of advertising
Georgia in the association"
Mr.. Turner, who is vice president
of the Exchange National Bank Of
Fitzgerald, and who is IN charge of
the financial department oft he Geor
gia Association, told of the great re-
suits now seen from organization of
branch Of the association in each
county of the state.
"When the county plan is complete,
there will not be single thing any
county can do for advertising its
products that will not benefit every
other county because of the co-ordi-
nation obtained in accurate organiza-
ton" said Mr.. Turner "For instance,
/
or any other product the particular
county wants the world to know it
excels in producing, the advertising is
; to be SO done as to react favorably
advancing in these things. What the
J County Association is doing will tie
ADVERTISED through the state head
quarters, which will be in touch with
all of the best avenues OF exploitation
Each County Association will push
it's county while the State Associa-
ton will push each in such a manner
as to benefit all Cooperation after
al, is the only way to get results for
big diversified state like Georgia.
We we have so much to tell about that
we must act SO as not to neglect any
one thing"
On the committee of thirty, which
was created by the bankers in organic
ing Greater Georgia, Incorporated, is
a representative from every section of
| Georgia, Secretary declared in speak
| ing vi the new plan " HIN OdHhCAS'
| industrial men and farmers in one big
movement. He said the Macon meet
| ing last week was the most largely at
tended and in every way the most sue
cessful the association had ever known.
4 President Slater and Vice President
] Turner are Oil this committee. 1t has
already raised a large fund for the
work
"a budget of 100000 was voted at
the Macon meeting and $4,000 OF
this sum was raised on the spot"
said President Slater. ut will all be
raised if we can get the right co-ope-
ration which we believe will not fail TO
be given. Proof that the state is back
OF us is shown by the fact that every
single interest in the state was repre-
sented at the meeting"
Secretary Abbott declared that the
greatest aid the association had ever
| received was from The Atlanta Geor-
gian and Sunday American.
| "We do not believe we could have
! made the strides we have in bringing
new farmers to Georgia soil, if it had
not been for the wonderful aid of these
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