Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-03-17
Hog Calling Contest At
tracts Large Crowd
40 Contestants
GREEN AND COPE SPEAK
c.. T. Owens, Rev. Bruce Nay
and Rev. S. C. Olliff Take
Part in Meeting

Perhaps fifteen hundred people at
tended the hog calling contest on the
courthouse lawn Saturday afternoon,
and enjoyed the unusual entertain
ment, when forty contestants, boys,
girls, men and women, We'd with each
other in their efforts to emulate the
real hog caller which in the days of
the big plantations, was quite an art
and much in demand on the farms.
The judges, Claiming Cope, of At
lanta, and Revs. Nay and Olliff, were
given the difficult task of equitable
distributing the valuable prizes do
mated by the merchants of the city.
;i Speaking in Forenoon
The speaking which was attended
by about three hundred people from
the rural districts, was opened with
prayer by Rev. S. C. Olliff and pre-
, sided over by c. T. Owens, who gave
: brief explanation of the purpose of
the state wide meetings held in the
interest of farm diversification. Prof.
S. E. Lewis, principal of the South
Georgia College at Tifton was intro
duced and gave splendid address on
: the practical side of farming, with il
= lustrations of successful farmers, who
gave particular attention to dairy
herds, hogs and poultry, all of which
: should have prominent place on the
2 program of each farm.
Mr.. Charming Cope, of the Georgia
Utilities Information Bureau of At
lanta, spoke on the interest of the
businessmen and bankers in the "bet-
\ ter farming" program and the neces-
sity of closer cooperation between
the people of the cities and country,
their interests being interdependent,
:, the prosperity of the towns depending
entirely upon the prosperity of the
farmer.
# C. A. Newcomer, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, opened the
~ meeting and presented C. T. Owens,
% as chairman. Secretary J. T. Pitt
h man, of the Chamber of Commerce,
,s also spoke, inviting the farmers to
utilize the services of the Chamber of
q Commerce and making its rooms their
, headquarters while in the city.
p Replies to Questionnaire -
In checking over the missionaries
handed out at the Cow-Hog-Hen
y meeting some 200 of which were re-
turned, indicate that the cotton crop
will be decreased over last year about
25 per cent; the acreage planted to
corn and peanuts will be increased
about Is per cent; the number of
dairy cows will be increased about 5
per cent; the number of brood sows
will be increased about per cent
and the number Of poultry will be in
creased about 80 per cent.
The following were awarded the
prizes by the judges:
Home Fur. Co.-Aluminum roast
: er-Mrs. James Bishop.
/ Anderson Motor Co.-Automobile
tire-Howard Reeves.
: Fitzgerald Hardware Co.-Alumi-
| mum percolater-J. N. Swearingen.
| Chevrolet Motor Co.-Moter me-
ter-F,, H. Glenn.
Planters Warehouse-Sack high
grade fertilizer-Sam Johnson (col-
ored.)
| Ben Hill Warehouse bu Petty's
Toole Wilt Resistant Cotton Seed
j. H. McCooke
: Fitzgerald Waste & Metal Co.
Bushel velvet beans-Bill Odum
Standard Supply Co.-Self feeder
for -Winford Mullinax
Toggery-Dress Shirt. N Mid
dlebrooks.
- Denmark Drug Co.-Gallon creo-
sote dip-W. I. Oakes.
II G.. E. Ricker-50 tickets to picture
show-Tc be used by the, Club boys
and girls at some later date.
Surprise Store-Pair shoes-Al-
bert Dorminy.
johnson Hardware Co-Half doz-
en- fountains for chickens T..
/ Swanson.
Watt-Holmes Hardware Co.-Self
oiler for hogs-Mr. James Bishop.
Abe .Kruger-Two ties-Lester
| Seagroves.
Will Halle Drug Co.-Dresser Toll
ct Set-Mrs. Tom Dill.
Fitzgerald Cigar Co.-Box cigars
Rev. Jackson (colored).
j. P. Patterson-Trio Rhode Is
land Red Chickens-Nell Dorminy
Miller. & Raine Furniture CO.
Box furniture varnish-Russell Hun
ter. m
! Leonard Bros.-Inner tube-A-
I Swanson.
Southern Radio & Electric Co
| Flash light-Louis Seagraves.
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