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GETTING MEN
BELIEVED THAT FIVE THOUS
AND NEEDED AT BRUNSWICK
WILL BE SECURED IN 10 DAYS.
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Atlanta, Go., Aug.—That Governor
Dorsey and Federal State Director of
Employment H. M. Stanley are do
ing everything in their power to se
cure the labor to keep essential war
industries in Georgia going, is shown
by the fact that following the Gov
ernor’s proclamation of the twentieth
calling upon ail county and municipal
authorities and the County Councils
of Defense to aid to the utmost the
Employment Service to furnish with
in a week, as demanded by the War
Department, five thousand laborers
and mechanics for the completion of
, the Government picric acid plant at
Brunswick, the Governor on Satur
day sent a telegram to the sheriff and
chairman of the Council of Defense
of every county in Georgia and ithe
mayor of seventy-six cities and towns
urging them and every loyal citizen
to do everything in their power |o
aid in sending to Brunswick quickly
the men needed to enable the war de
partment to complete the plant, on
which may depend not only the suc
cess of our armies by the very lives
of our soldiers. Further evidence of
how seriously the situation Is consid
ered by the Governor and Director
Stanley is given by the action of the
Governor in issuing on Saturday
proclamation making the "work or
Fight” Act effective on September
first, and of Director Stanley in rush
ing the printing of instructions for
the enforcement of the act, from
which so much is rightly expected in
securing labor for making munitions,
harvesting crops, and pther essen
tial industries. t y
The statement of War Department
that the mammoth plant, on which
probably (1,000,000 has already been
spent, would have to be abandoned at
Brunswick and erected in some other
state unless the needed five thousand
additional men are provided by Geor
gia within a week, nnd the splendid
efforts of the Governor and Director
Stanley and his employes throughout
the state, haver esulled in the send
ing of nearly one thousand men to
Brunswick during the past week, and,
as the urgency of the need and their
patriotic duty is realized by the peo
ple of Georgia, they will respond so
unanimously that the five thousand
additional men will be at work at
Brunswick within another week or
ten days, thus saving for Georgia a
great industry that, after the war,
will be operated permanently as a
fertilizer materials and dyestuffs fac
tory giving employment to thousands,
and at the same time, performing a
patriotic servico to our country and
our soldiers of value byyond estima
tion.
The wage scale at the picric acid
plant has been raised until, with the
free lodging and abundant food at
cost furnished by the plant, the work
ers make more money than is possi
ble for any other industry. New
quarters havo bcon erected and fur
nished for six thousand men. The
restaurant Is pronounced superior to
most of the better hotpls. nnd restau
rants in the cities. For twenty-five
and thirty-five cents a meal can be
purchased that is better than can be
obtained for double the money in
most hotels or restaurants. Many of
the office workers who live in Bruns-
wlck eat in the plant restaurant In
preference!to eating at home, and
this is true of all from manager to
clerks. The water supply is entire
ly from artesian wells, absolutely
pure and germless and unlimited in
quantity, and is piped to every point
for thee onvenience of the workmen.
Every dormitory has shower-baths
for the men, and all living and eating
quarters are screened from flies and
mosquitoes. It is true also, that there
are remarkably few mosquitoes at the
site, which has little fresh water near
by and faces on the salt-water har
bor. The location is high and dry and
the sanitary and health conditions are
as nearly ideal as nature and a far-
seeing government can make them.
Since the urgency of tlje need and
the vital nature of thep lent, which
manufactures non-explosive ingredi
ents for explosives, the final ingredi
ents making it explosive being added
in France, were presented to the au
thorities and citizens of Georgia by
Governor Dorsey and Director Stan
ley, the disposition to obstruct recruit
ing of labor has practically ceased,
without necessity of calling attention
to the fact that those who obstruct re
cruiting for the Government may be
liable under therecent Federal Sedi
tion Act. The people of Georgia have
always been as patriotic as those of
any state in the Union, and now that
they know how imperative is the need
of their aid and cooperation, they
will again prove that they are equal
to the emergency.
COTTON WEEVIL
BLOCKED CLAIM
GEORGIA FARMERS HAVE PER.
FECTED SPRAY WHICH ELIMI
NATES BOLL WEEVIL.
SUGAR ANSWERS
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In exchanging wheat for flour at
the mill, how much flour will I be al
lowed to take at one time? You are
allowed enough to last until Oct. 1st,
based upon an allowance of 12 pounds
per person per ihonth for each mem
ber in your household, if you are a
producer of wheat, otherwise you
may get only 6 pounds per person per
month.
Does the Food Administration per
mit the use of rye for hog feeding?
We have just secured authority from
Washington to permit farmers who
have rye on hand to grind it for hog
feeding only up to September 1st and
then only upon the official permission
of the State Food Administrator.
The State Bureau of Mar
kets, State Capitol, Atlanta,
is maintained by the State
and asks that you fist any
Georgia farm products that
E on have for sale or wish to
uy. A market bulletin ia
issued weekly and your
name will be put on mailing
list if requested. This ser
Vice is entirely free.
Albany Ga., Aug.—While Govern
ment agents are experimenting with a
powder for poisoning boil weevils, two
citizens of Decatur County claim to
havep erefeted a spray which mini
mizes thed amage from this pest and
enables the making of a full cotton
crop under boll weevil conditions,
and in substantiation of their claims
they havo growing on their respective
farms cotton which is fruited from the
first limb to the very bud with grown
fruit and that is still putting in new
bolls and blooms, none of which are
suffering from boll weevil attacks such
as menace cotton in nearby fields.
These men, H. J. Bruton, a mer
chant and fanner of Bainbridge, and
Nelson Cox, a farmer of the Kendirck
district, having been experimenting
with this spray which is a liquid, for
the past three years, and last year
succeeded in making a top crop, de
spite the fact that the boll weevil en
tered Decatur County before any oth
er Georgia county, and has perhaps
donemore devastation there than else
where in the State.
This year Mr. Bruton has on his
place north of Bainbridge and Mr.
Cox, on his farm west of that city
several tracts of cotton which bear.all
appearances of having entirely re
sisted the boll weevil, and they claim
this is due entirely to the spray with
which they have treated it. These
places, which have been thrown open
to the public and skeptics in particu
lar are now veritable show places for
agricultural agents and representa
tives of fertilizer concerns and imple-
ment houses, nil of whom declare that
the treatment has beeif successful.
The owners of the formula have
not announced what they propose to
do with it, but they state it is cheap
enough to be used profitably on 10-
cent cotton. Some have suggested
that they arrange to dispose of it -to
the United States Department of Ag
riculture, in order that fnrmers may
have the formula, which is said to be
simple, without cost.
FOR SALE—Some good seed
wheat nice and dry, without smut or
rust. Apply to J. G. Gilbert, Vienna,
Ga., Route 5. 8-29-8t
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THIS YEAR'S COUNTY FAIR
In the interest of economy and ef
ficiency as well as of giving everybody
a good time the Children’s Bureau of
the U. S. Department of Labor is
urging that the local child welfare
committees secure the eoopyration of
thee ounty fain, state fairs, and
grange meetings in staging the Patri
otic Play celebrations with the Recre
ation drive to conclude.
At the county fair the audience is
already gathered, and it will be an
audience greatly interested in attrac
tions such as Play Day could offer.
For yean county fain have been in
the habit of having some soft of child
welfare exhibit. Earlier there were
baby contests with prizes for the win
ning mothers and children. It is ex
pected that Play Day will bring an
even larger audience to the fair if the
plans are carried out so as to have an
exhibit which is indicative of all that
is being done in the neighborhood to
make children well and happy, and
keep them out of mischief. War food
conservation and canning,'garden pro
duce raised by the School Garden
Army, Red Cross articles—all can be
displayed. Children are being urged
by mothers who are interested in the
progress of the Children’s Year to
plan exhibits illustrating interesting
historical facts about places in the
neighborhood, and to collect speci
mens of trees, shrubs, and plants that
grow near their homes. Such collec
tions can be displayed and judged in
connection with the fair as part of
thee hildren’s exhibit.
Many places are making prepara
tions to give tho Patriotic Pageant
which was especially written to give
every one in the community who has.
taken any part in making the summer
vacation happier and more wholesome
for the boys and girls in it a chance
to show what he has done; and for
the boys and girls themselves to give
a living demonstration of their abil
ity to work together in the interest of
patriotism.
Studebaker Wagons
Summers Barnesville Buggy
Frazier Road Carls. Harness!
If you are going to need anything in the
above lines, you had better buy them now, for
they are hard to get. I can save you money,
having bought my supply last fall.
TOM SWAIN
PINEHURST, GA.
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Your Uncle Sam wants you to econ
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you buy your auto tires then do a pa
triotic duty and go to Snell & Spears
and buy the National Tira and thus
save your money. ..We guarantee
these tires for 3,500 miles and save
you at least 25 par cant on regular
standard prices.
We also handle the Republic and
United States Tires. We will ex
change ne wtires for your old ones
and allow you a good price for them.
We have our running in machine
now and are ready to overhaul that
old worn out Ford and make it as
good as new. Remember that all our
work is guaranteed. ..Always go to
SNELL & SPEARS
The Busy Garage
You can have electricity right in your home. This plant brings
you the many labor saving devices the city dweller enjoys. It
gives you light—ready for use every hour of the day and pight.
The snap of a switch floods the house and barn with as much light
as you could wish for. Snap another switch and the motor turns
thfi washer and wringer. It’s easier to snap a switch than it is to
fill and clean oil lamps. It’s tafer and heller light, and it saves a
vast amount of work when electricity does the washing and the
other distasteful tasks. Install
Western Electric
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POWER AND LIGHT
I CHT— Begin right now and enjoy
this boon of electricity.
Western Electric Power and
Light can be installed on.
your place with little trouble
and small expense. You-owc
it to yourself to know just
what electricity will do tp
help make the day’s work
lighter and the evenings
brighter.
Gruif.Hall
Schools, etc
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Washing Machlno
Dishwasher
Sawing Machine
Fan
Electric Iron
Running Water
Churn
Fanning Mill
Crlndatone
feed Cutter, Ace.
SEE WHAT IT WILL DO FOR YOU
H. D. Sturdivant, Sales Agent,
VIENNA, GEORGIA.
lWEVE got those'
to MATERIALS
YOU WANT FOR
YOU WILL JUST LOVE TO HEAR THE HUM
mine of the sewing machine a-working the new fall and winter
complex
will be no discord in your clothes’ color scheme.
Dressing well is an art.
WE keep the BEST, but sell it for LESS.
The Allies and our own men are dependingon the courage and loyalty of the Americans at home.
J. J. COOPER’S
Telephone Number 121
VIENNA, GEORGIA
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