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VOLUME SIXTEEN
\ VIENNA, QA„ THURSDAY. October 19th, 1916.
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IMPORTANT MEETING
NEXT WEDNESDAY
— : r-"
EVERY PERSON IN THE COUNT
SHOULD HEAR THE TALKS AT
THIS MEETING. .
[ DISTRICT LEAGUE TO
HERE IN
, An important meeting incident to
the campaign against the boll weevil,
will be held at Vienna, at 10 o’clock
a. m., Wednesday, October'26th, un
der the auspices of the state board of
entomology, and every farmer and
business man in this city and county
is urged to attend.
There isn’t a man, woman or child
in thecounty but is affected by the de
struction to cotton wrought by this in
sect, and it is important that every
known means of dealingiwith the sit
uation be studied out and applied in
erder that the damage may be^reduc-
' ed to a minimum. '
jji ft Perhaps'the most important ques
tion right now is that of the best va
v rieties of seed to use to meet the boll
weevil conditions. More than 50 per
t of a successful boll weevil fight
lends upon using thd right varie-
of cotton—varieties J that , will
iplctely resist disease and mature
ip early in the season. These va
ries often vary for-different coun-
J or sections. .
The board of entomology ha3 plan
ned a.serie3 of meetings ,each of
c i which'will be attended by experts
nRjtfrom the department, as well.as from
*the Federal States Relations Service'
end the-United Sta'tes Bureau of En
tomology, at which this, particular
e of the. boll weevil problem will
e fully presented. Every.fanner
hould know just what Varieties of
tpon are best suited to his fprm un-
er the new conditions.
Many other important phases of
[the work will be discussed. There is
■uch work to be done both in fall
nd spring. The fall work includes
irning Under the cotton stalk3 as
rly as possible to a depth of four
chc3, so as to destroy immature
eevils. This should bedone right
ow. After the first good frost burn
off and clean up hedge rows, ditch-
banks, around stumps and outhouses,
and burn off swamphtads in the fields.
This kills many of theso-which have
gone into winter quarters.'
Sow a cover crop from which some
grazing may be securod and which can
be turned under in the spring -to en
rich the soil. It is a good plan, too,
t>- i lsr t/r. small grain crop of oats'
anjl Vf cat, or to grow winter and
spring grazing crops for ho :s and cat
tle. ~
Advice is given not to p'ent more
than ten ,acrc3 to tbo plow- for next
seai'i ‘t crop. Cut down th s acreage
and diversify—plant other crops For
cotton the soil should be thoroughly
prepared, early varieties uv.-J, mid
‘ pushed to maturity as rapidly as pos
sible.
Other instructions will be given re-
rding fall and spring work at these
meetings. If the methods' outlined
are carefully fallowed It will mean a
great saving to the farmers and the
community. Success depends upon
our taking advantage of the infor
mation we have and the application
of known methods for cutting down
the acreage. Where this is done a
good cotton crop can bemade.
Large Delegation Expected To Be In
- Attendance.
e Epworth League of the Cordele
listrict will Hold its annual confer
ence in this city November 17-18-19.
The occasion will bring about thirty
or forty delegates here for the three
days and also a large number of vis
itors from the various towns in the
district. An interesting program will
be arranged for the session which will
include several prominent speakers in
the league work. As only a month
remains before the time set for the
meeting, members of the local organ
ization are busy preparing for the
entertainment of the visitors. As the
organization here hasn’t a very large
membership any courtesy shown them
in taking care of the visitors or help
ing to make the meeting a successful
cne will be appreciated.
b. .in" V lAilTW'O
74 AIRMEN OF ALLIES
BROUGHT DOWN IN MONTH
NOVEMBER, M’ROVEMENTS FOR
INESS SECTION
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DIXIE'THEATRE TO HAVE NEW
HOME—DR. WHITEHEAD TO
ERECT NEW GARAGE.
-As the wheels of progress turn and
prosperity abounds in the land, the
first evidence is shown by a tendency
pi. the part of those who ate enjoying
these better tilings to improve their
surroundings, their homes and places
of business. The Dixie Theatre under
the management Of Mr. E. C. Taylor
«6 enjoyed such a successful career
and is now so liberally patronized that
the building.it occupies can no
longer adequately accomodate- - tire
movie devotees of this.city and com
munity. Mr. Taylor has spared no
energy in making the Dixie as com
fortable as .possible with artificial
heat in winter and cool breezes in
summer and he has succeeded admir
ably in making it a pleasant place to
spend one’s leisure hours. Now he
expects to install bir equipment in the
building occupied by Dr. J. M. White
head & Co., the Ford dealers, just as
soon as.it can be vacated and the own-,
er, Mr. J. P. Heard, can convert the
building ipto a comfortable up-1
Berlin, Oct.—Seventy-four French
and British aeroplanes were destroy
ed or captured by the Germans in
September, according to official fig
ures given out through the Overseas
News Agency. Fifty-three of the ma
chines wero French-and 21 British.
Among the French'aeroplanes were 9
Caldrons, 11 Niepports and 1 Murane. Jnoving picture home. Dr. Whitehead
DOOLY BOOSTERS .
HAVE GOOD TRIP
COMMISSIONER WRITES
ABOUT COTTON CROP
Urges The Farmers To Attend tb4
Various Fairs This Fall. t ;
VISITED SEVERAL TOWNS AND Asserting that His estimate '
SCHOOLS—tivpn ronmai Gcor([i »’ s ' cotton “°P made in Au-
SCHOOLS—GIVEN CORDIAL gust, was not only accurate as it
RECEPTION ON ROUNDS,
■50* no more
EMPIlt no more
1'
\o more
DOOLY COUN;
&,Co., dispensers of Fords in Dooly
have been dealing, them opt in such
ers, 7 Martihsyties, 1 Sopwith .and 2 penerous numbers for some jime'jji
Among, the British machines were 1
Nieiiport, 1 Bristol, 3 Avros, 7 Viqk-
Farmans. Twenty-three of the aero- to warrant the establishment of a per-
This publication illustrates the val
ue of file declaration recently made
by Premier Asquith in the House of
Commons that English aeroplanes
have gained full domination of the air.
The Alliea never give precise, de
tailed reports about the air successes
they claim.^ ,
SOCIAL WORKERS TO
APPOINT COMMITTEE
plaqes were fiurncd and the inmates
were . burned beyond identification.
. next to [the Waters House has been
The agency makes this comment: houghf and it is .understood that|a
Atlanta, Ga., Oct—The forthcom
ing conference of social workers
which meets in Macon on October 26
to 27 will appoint a conmlttee to
take up with the next legislature the
subject of cresting'a state commission
for the promulgation of eystematio
social service work in the |various
communities.
Such a commission will be in pur
suance of a resolution adopted by the
recent Democratic state convention
which met In Macon to nominate Hugh
Dorsey for governor and to declare
the other nominees of the party and
udopt a platform. Also, it will be in
pursuance of a recommendation con
tained in Governor Harris' recent
procllmation appointing delegates
from the state at large to attend the
social workers conference. The need
of a central organization to co-ordi-
rate and systematize social service
work has long been felt. It will not
be proposed, however, that the com
mission requested by the conference
shall entail addftional expense upon
the state. -
Headquarters for the conference
have been established in the Hotel
Lanier in Macon in charge of Miss
Agnes McKinna, until recently the
probation officer of the Juvenile court
of Valdosta. Judge W. E. Thomas of
thst city will probably be elected chair
man of the convention.
* NATIONAL GUARD
Atlanta, Ga., Oct.—Colonels and
aides-de-camp on the personal of the
several governors of the United
States, an not a part of the state
National Guard organisations and an
barred from wearing the uniforms or
- aay pari of the uniforms of the Unit
ed jptatos Army, Navy 'or Marine
Corps, according to dispatches re
ceived in Atlanta from Washington
telling of a recent ruling of the War
Department
In the office of Adjutant General
Van Holt Nash it was stated that the
was in the hands of Governor Harris
and that any information concerning
the ruling would have to come from
the executive offices. Newspaper
men, however, were denied an au
dience by the Governor, who sent
1 word to them through his private sec-
Friday was Fair Booster Day and
according to previous announcement
n number of cars filled with Dooly
boosters lined up -hrthe public square
about 8:30 ready for tho county tour.
The Dooly Band was on hand start
ing off the day with a favorite air,
and doing service with their instru-
.monte at every stop.
Leaving Vienna the cars went di
rect to Pleasant Valley where a short
stop was made at the school building,
Teachers and puplls.assembled on the
porth and with the visitors enjoyed
the miislc and talks made during the
short halt there. Frpm thebe the
Boosters proceeded to Lilly visiting
the school and on to ByromvOIe, the
tour included, a stop at the home of
Mr. J. D. Lester, at Dooling, Emerich,
Unadllla and Snow. At Snow the
Cars were drawn up in the shade of
the trees near the spring and a feast
of gocjd things were spread and hear
tily enjoyed by the hungry crowd..
After dinner the journey was re
sumed the stopping points in the af
ternoon being Pinehurst, Sandy -Mt.
School and Tippettville. From the
lalterfptgce the crowd-turned home
ward,; tired, dusty but happy in the
manent Ford home. The vacant lof j consciousness of a day pleasantly and
would' be possible for any one to fur
nish with the available facilities,
and expressing the belief that, if any
thing, his figures were too high, Com
missioner of Agriculture, J. D. Price
has given to the press the following
statement, with reference to Geor
gia’s crop conditions:
“Observj£ion and recent reports
convince me that, if anything, my
estimate of Georgia’s cotton crop,
made in August when I stated it
would be ,5185,000 bales, was too
high, -I have recently been in South
Georgia, where what I saw and heard
convinced me fully that 90 per cent
of the crop In that section lias al
ready been gathered and in some lo
calities even more than that. In many'
places in the middle section 80 to 85
per cent has been taken out of the
fields, while throughout middle and
north Georgia there are many bolls
yet to open which will produce a com-
paritively small amount of lint, caus
ed by being forced open before matur
ity by continued dry weather.
“I am well awaro of tho fact that I
could not make an estimate of the
crop down to a single bale, pad with
the facilities at the disposition of the
iepartment, would not for a moment
think of attempting to, but my esti
mate was made from' reports sent in
modern well equipped garage will
erected there in the immediate fu
ture. Both of these concerns are un
der progressive, enterprising manage
ment and the information that they
are to enlarge and improve 7 their
quarters is of general interest.
Senator Hoke Smith Praised.
Atlanta, Ga,, Oct.—-The work of
United States Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia is given conspjci-us mention
Ytt the new National Democratic Hand
Book which was recently issued, and
the senator’s friends feel very much
ratified over the credit accorded him
or the part he has played in nchiev-
ig the splendid legislation reccrd of
tie l-arty.
' An png other measures mentioned
n the hand bosk arc the Agricultural
folk-pa Extension Act'and the An
providing for the establishment cf n
mark-t division in the dejiartmontof
agriculture, uoth of wnicli were
drawn by Senator Smith. Others are
Ihe act regulating the cotton exchang-
• s, Ibe Federal Rcrorve Act. the Tar
iff Act, the Coed Roa 1» Act, the Ru
ral ■'.'■diti Aet, the Shipping Act and
iho I' .vcramont. Warehouse Act,
profitably spent.
Cordele, Ga., Act.—A large number
of citizens of Cordele and Crisp coun
ty and a number of notabie visitors
attended the unveiling of the boulder
marking the3 ite of old Fort Early,
at noon Friday. The ladies, members
through fanners and who know the of Fort Early Chapter, D. A. R„ had
Coal Tipple A Great Help.
conditions in their respective local
ities. While the recent government
ginners report shows more cotton gin-
-ned to date than in 1916, the fact can president general of the D. A. R., and
Charleston. S. C. Oct.—Construc
tion of the Southern Railway’s mod
ern coal export tipple having made
r 'harleston available as a coal port,
the fifft :ear of its op'ration has
close i with r. record which promises
spvHt ■'» >:i slon and prosperity for
the pi!;'
during ihe year wheu there was
abnormal scarcity, of ships, • 80
steamships have taken coal from the.
Southern’s Charleston pier for move
ment overseas, 7 taking cargo, 14 car
go and bunker, and 77 bunker only.
Of the cargoes, 13 moved to Cuba,
6 to South America, and 1 to Spain.
The export Amounted to 63,123
tons while 40,086 tons were bunker
ed. There was a coastwise move
ment of 42,265 tons, making a total
of 149,464 tons of coal dumped over
the pier. In addition 2,066 tons of
iron ore and 2,114 tons of coke were
exported.
be easily accounted for by excessive
dry weather following rains, the ef
COMING OCTOBER 24th
HOUSTON COUNTY FAIR
IN PROGRESS AT PERRY
Perry, Oct—The Houston County
Falx at Perry opened Tuesday and will
continue for four days. The fair
grounds have been put in order. An
agricultural hall 76 feet by 35 feet
has.recently been erected. AU exhibi
tion apace haa been taken up.
- The ladfes’ department of needle-
ctaft and art display is being exhibit
ed in the qity'auditorium on the fair
grounds. .The- UVe”stock and poltry
exhibits are unusually fine.
communication from ' Washington 'An athletic contest for pnpils of
Houston County Schools will take
plact on Friday, Educational Day, on
whicli day all the schools in the coun
ty wi|l br> represented by large at
tendances from each school There
will be automobile parades, bicycle
races, trotting races, high dives and
\fctary, F. R. Jones/that he would no > a carnival show .company on the
^longer receive representatives ol the | grounds. /
press in their official capacity. The j . 1
cctsion Mr. Jones said, was general, j. ‘‘Dorian’s Divorce’’ Is the' Metro
[picture for next Wednesday at the
Dixie.
[ ‘‘Battle Cry of Peace” Thursday.
MR. CREGORY BUYS TWO
CARLOADS OF FINE JERSIES
Mr. T. H. Gregory who wap among
the first in Dooly to get the Duroc
fever and who has the distinction cf
being one of the largest distributors
of these animals in the county Is now
interesting himself in bringing a lot
of Jersey cattle to the county. He
has been in Greensboro, Ga., this
week buying Jersies and haa succeed
ed in obtaining two car loads of su
perior quality which can be bought
at the right price.
Dr. J. R. Hughes and Kennon Mott
The Noted Atlanta Ego and Chron
ic Disease Specialists Who WUI
Give Consultation FREE For This
Day Only.
-These successful specialists are
coming again as above and the sick
and blind should cell on them. They
are making marvelous cures of the
eyes and the body and fitting glasses
that relieve headaches and give good
sight They are restoring health, ab
sorbing Adenoids, Tonsils, Cataracts
snd removing growths from the Eyes,
straightening Cross Eyes, and all dis
eases of the eyes and body, all with
out knife or pain soma eyes can be
cured so that glasses do not have to
be worn. Women and children given
special attention. (To matter how bad
your case consult these specialists
free. They represent their oyn of
fice, have no agents and dosnot ped
dle. They cen only be seen at the
Virginia Hotel Tuesday, October 24,
from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. Don’t forget
the data and hour and call early.
Charlie Chaplin, Saturday, Oct. -28.
GRIST MILL-.FEED MILL
Our mill is here,' everything hot
the engine, it’s on the way. '
We want all Dooly county formers
to see oar new Meadows Com Hill.
See the rocks that make the meaL
See the machine that . cleans the
weevil ont of the com. New feed
grinders that grlnda shell com for
feed, com on the cob and in the
schuclc, velvet bean*—a grand eow
feed.
Our mill will be for your use, to
help down Mr. Bolt Weevil.
FREE GRINDING
We want every farmer in Dooly
county to bring ns two bags velvet
beans and two bags of com in,tho
shuck any time between now and the
Dooly County Fair and wo will grind
them free of charge daring the two
days of tho Fair to try out our ma
chinery and demonstrate what
will do.
Come see and inspect ourfinachine
on display now.
VIENNA GROCERY CO.,
Dooly County Milling Co., Owners.
Vienna, Georgia.
"Battle Cry of Peace” Thurtday.
assured c'lado a*»#T
their PROD-riatr any
. trial!
Oil Co., has receive,
that the necessary
be made by another;.
the company will be fci .
tho entire surplus at 'uws-nooiy pea
nut crop. It I* not known yrt wheth
er the local mill will actually convert
the peanuts into oiL If the crop is
sufficiently large to warrant the in
currence of such expense at will be
necessary to do this it is possible that
it will be done. This, however, is
of no especial import since it will not .
affect the price of the product which
means that Dooly farmers next year
can bring their peanuts to this city
and receive the highest cash market
price for them.
D. A. R. MARKS THE SITE
OF OLD FORT EARLY
arranged all details and a program of
inspiring interest was carried out.
^Mrs. S. W. Epster, of Atlanta, vice
Dr. A. J. Moncrief, of Barnesville,
wore chiaf speakers. Both praised
; ' ° — vvwsw vssswa oiiLUAwa. UVUI pi illSCU
feet of which was to cause many the D. A. R. for their work In mark-
bolls to open prematurely. ing historic spots and instilling pa
triotism. Both paid eloquent tribute
to the part Georgia played In the mak
ing of the natioif.
Mrs. E. M. Epsy, regent of Fort
Early chapter, welcomed tho guests 1
of the occasion. Representative W.
H. porris, of Crisp,county, delivered
tho dedicatory address for the spring *
now encased In marble, and a fitting
memorial to the armies of General
Jgfkson and General Blackshear, who
camped here. This spring was dedi
cated to the soldiers who were killed
here In their fights with the Indians.
Mrs. D. A. R. Crum unveiled the
spring by removing n large American
flag. Mrs. Max E. Land delivered the
dedicatory address for the large boul
der marking the site of the old fort,
which was maintained at this site
from 1812 to 1818. The fort was
named for Peter Early, who was gov
ernor of Georgia at tho timo. This
was the base for supplies of General
David/Blackshear in their operations
against the Indians far down the
Florida peninsula.
The boulder wai-unveiledby Mrs.
S. W. Foster, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Charles C. Holt, of Macon. An appro-
elation on behalf of Crisp ciunty was
expressed In appropriate language by
Judge W. P. Fleming, ordinary of
Crisp county.
“The" Red Old Hjlls of Georgia"
was beautifdlly rendered by a male
quartette. The benediction was pro
nounced by Rev. J, M. Walker, rector
of the Episcopal church.
Luncheon was served by . the local
D. A. R. following the unveiling, Mrs.
S. W. Foster being honor guest of the
cecasion.
A toast was given to Mrs. Foster
and the guests drank water from the
historic spring as it was poured from
a crystal pitcher that came over on
the Mayflower, a relic of the family
of Mrs. E. M. Sspy for many genera
tions.
NOTICE TO FAIR c6mMITTEE5 ’
The chalrmeh of the various com
mittees appointed to aWft with the
work in connection with the County
“This department must, of course,
e'epend upon the farmors themselves
for its information regarding’ crop
nditions. It has no paid" sendee
nor is there any provision for creat
ing one. 1 am glad to say that as a
rule the estimates, whichit Jtss made
in the past based upon these formers 1
reports have been fairly well proven
out by the actual results. It T^a mat
ter of peculiar pride to know that the
price of cotton has rapidly advanced,
as heretofore predicted by this De
partment, a fact which will prove
blessing to the farmers of this stato,
rath a short cro]>.
Reports from othor states show
similar conditions, adn my own pre
diction is that the South will not
have a cotton crop In excess of 11,
000,000 bales. Should this prove cor
rent, unquestionably the price will
range still higher. ,
“Notwithstanding the good price
cotton is bringing, I feel I must warn
the fanners, especially in those sec
tions not yet infested by the boll
t^eovil, that they should begin now
to prepare for the coming of that
pest another season. The boll weevil
has invaded many new counties this
year and even where it did compari-
tlvely little damage, It will be more
numerous and more destructive an
other season, i It has been reported at
this office, that the boll weevil has
readied Newton and Jasper couqtiei
in the middle and eastern sections of
the state, which means that it will
have spread all over Georgia, or the
larger portion of it by the next year.
"Let me urge you again to give
more attention to the raising of live
stock and feed and grain crops. This
iz your best opportunity to beat the
weevil I sincerely hope that every
farmer in Georgia who could do eo
haa taken advantage of the opportu
nity to visit the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta and wiU attend the State
Fair in Macon, a whleh there will be
some of the most remarkable displays
of live stock of different breed* ever
shown in the Sooth, and it will afford
splendid opportunity for you to form
an idea ns to the kind of stock you
want and as to the best suited to
poor location, and circnmstances.
“This department Is still furnishing
nitrogen setting bacteria 'for all
kinds of leguminous crops at a cost
cf 26 -cents per acre.
“No special service which this de
partment has rendered in recent
yean has been of more importance
end value to the farmen of Georgia
than the opportunity given them to
secure at this price the important
product for which private concerns
are charging snywher* from 11.60 to
$2.00. .
"In conclusion, I want to call at-
Fair are requested to get their com
mittees In line and be reedy for the
discharge of the duties assigned them.
J. B. WALTON, Pres.
Just received one car of the famous
Quitman Cypress Syrup Barrels.
D. B. THOMPSON.
tontlon of farmen of Georgia to tpe
net that they have the right under the
law to have all their fertilizen for
gnins or any other crops analysed
by this department All,they have to
do is to writs the Department or call
cn the nearest inspector, who will
gladly take samples and tend some to
the State Chemist for analysis.”