He is, in addition, well known as a manufacturer of Naval Stores, and
dealer in general merchandise, and is connected with a leading banking
institution of Baconton.
J. R. Miller, of Baconton, Ga.
Mr. Miller is a younger brother of Mr. J. B. Miller and has been
associated with him in the handling of his farm interests and the
development of his pecan nursery and orchard. He is an able business
man, 40 years of age. He has acquired a reputation around this district
as being one of the most practical farmers and pecan horticulturists and
is particularly well versed in field practise and in the supervision of
cultivation.
Assistant to the Miller brothers in the cultivation of these orchards is
Mr. Dukes, who has had many years of experience in the care and
development of pecan orchards and is in addition noted as one of the
best experts in South Georgia, in the mechanical cultivation of the tree
rows.
Our Lee County Organization
[Illustration:
ALEXANDER POPE VASON
]
Alexander Pope Vason
_Alexander Pope Vason_ is one of the foremost business men of Albany,
Georgia, being president of the Fowltown Farms Company, and of the
Albany Warehouse Company; Vice President of the Citizens’ First National
Bank of Albany; Director of the Albany Trust Company, and a member of
the Albany Board of Aldermen, Board of Education, etc. He is above all a
practical horticulturist and farmer, having been the pioneer in the
peach growing industry in South Georgia. While a graduate of the
University of Georgia, it is as a practical man, able to get the best
results from his farm labor, that he is most noted.
[Illustration:
JAMES P. CHAMPION
]
James P. Champion
_James P. Champion_, one of the leading business men of Albany, Georgia.
He has been identified all his life with agricultural development in
this district, having risen to the position of Manager, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Albany Warehouse Company, manufacturers of fertilizer,
and large cotton factors, because of his rare foresight in regard to
farming and horticulture throughout the surrounding district. Was
associated in first successful peach orchard in this district, the Vason
and Champion Peach Orchard; is Secretary and Treasurer of the Fowltown
Farms Company. Has served as Director of the Albany Chamber of Commerce,
Chairman of Liberty Loan Committee of County in 3rd, 4th, and 5th
drives. Director of Exchange Bank of Albany, Georgia.
Our Lee County Organization
[Illustration:
ALVA W. BARRETT
]
Alva W. Barrett
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