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■he varieties of vegetables, farm
grass, clover and flower seeds, our
atalogue tells how you can get free
■five splendid varieties of easily grown,
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beautify your home surroundings.
Good seeds of almost every kind
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QttAUTY 2
Rod Cross To Enter
New Field Of Service In
Army Camps Of America
At the suggestion of Secretary of
War Baker, the American Red Cross
is about to enter a new field
of service in the army camps
of the United States, a field in
which they are already working In
France, the Bureau of Communication
between the men in the hospital and
their families at home. This will ne
cessitate building a Red Cross house
in every army camp in the country
and securing for each house a man
who will keep in personal touch with
every man who is admitted to the camp
hospital, as well as a sufficient steno
graphic force to handle the letters dic
tated by these men and to keep their
families constantly informed as to
their condition and progress.
Col. William Dawson Peel, General
manager of the Southern division, has
just received letters from W. R. Cas
tle, Jr., director of the Bureau of Com
munications, and from Harry B. Wal
lace, assistant director-general of mili
tary relief, explaining Secretary Ba
ker’s plan and asking for suggestions
as to men in this division who are
qualified for the positions of respon
sibility at the camps. Colonel Peel
announced Thursday at a meeting of
his bureau directors that the Southern
division would co-operate in every way
with the national organization and
that work would be begun at once to
assist in carrying out Secretary Bak
er's plans.
The directors of the work in the Red
Cross houses will be under the au
thority of the Red Cross Field Direc
tors in the various camps, who in
turn are under the supervision of Z.
Bennett Phelps, director of military
relief for the Southern division.
Secretary Baker says in his letter:
“Since the American Red Cross
has already established in France, in
accordance with an army order, a ser
vice to keep families in America in
oersonal touch with their boys, ill
or wounded in the field, it is suggest
'd that this service be extended to
the camps in the United States. Ameri
can Red Cross representatives at the
camps, hbre, as in France, would have
access to daily lists of admissions and
evacuations from the hospitals, and,
o far as it is in accord with neces
sary medical rules, would be allowed
o talk with sick men. They would
be expected to keep families constant
ly informed as to the condition and
rogress of the men in the hospitals,
'o write letters for men unable to
write themselves, and in general to
bilfill that clause of the Red Cross
< harter which designated the society
is "a medium of communication be
tween troops in the field and their
"amiliA at home.”
Sod Cross Worker Honored
By Nurses Association
’dis* Jane Van De Vrede Nominated
Director For 1919-1920.
Miss Jane Van De Vrede, of Savan
nah, director of the Bureau of Nurs
!ng„ Southern Division, American Bed
Cross, has recently received word
"’rorn Mrs. Charles D. Lockwood, chair
man of the nominating committee of
'he American Nurses Association, of
her nomination as director of the as
;ociation for the term of *919-1920.
This is one of the highest honors
‘hat can be given a member of the
nursing profession and comes as a
••ecognition of Miss Van De Vrede’s
splendid service. The nomination
will ho confirmed at the association
•onvention *,he first week in May.
Appropriations For Relief Work
in France Announced By
Red Cross War Council
The Relief work of the American
lied Cross ill Prance is already well
under way, and appropriations for
this work to the amount of $30,519,-
259.60 have been made by th>e Red
Cross War Council to cover the period
from the time -when the United States
•ntered the war up to April 30, 1918.
Of this amount, $14,019,889.50 is for
military relief, under which head
comes everything pertaining to hos
pitals and hospital supplies, canteen
service, and arrangements for the rec
reation and comfort of the American
soldiers when off duty.
For civilian relief, including aid to
refugees, care and prevention of tu
berculosis, care of children, re-educa
tion of mutilated and blind soldiers
■'id general re’ief work in six districts
■f the devastated area, n total of $9,-
556.482 16 has been appropriated.
The bureau of supplies and other
administrative bureaus will receive
83.859,541.75. Under this head come
all transportation facilities, the de
partment of engineering, the expenses
of 27 warehouses and insurance on
goods stored therein, as well as all
office expenses In Fiance.
Und«r the head of Tn'ccellanoous
activities, for which $3 583 346 20 has
been c’ -irorr'atod oerrie such things
as re’inf of the families of sick end
wounded French soldiers, all emer
gencies, the American ambulance
f und, food for the French people, the
Red Cross health center and other
similar work.
In addition to this amount, an ap
propriation of $7,063,649.12 has bees
mnde for the purchase in the United
states of supplies for shipment to
’•’ranee.
O' this appropriation, only a very
mall opreentage goes for salaries as
••■'o”e tba" 2 4 of the Red Cross work
•rs *n France are volunteers, a great
n-nv of whom even par their own
It ' n" tieen e- timated by
’•*> War Ccurci; ‘Pat for every dollar
*,.■> w-.r jt-rvd. tl 02 Is spent
p <!relief, ibe .02 heVg Interest.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, FEB. 22, 1918
PLANT VELVET BEANS
IN EVERY CORN ROW
One Farmer Thinks Thev Are
Worth’slo an Axrre as
Fertilizer '*• *’
According to the statistics of the
Bureau of Estimates Georgia produc
ed last year four and one-haif million
acres of corn and one and one-quarter
million acres of velvet beans. Prac
tically all of these beans were grown
in corn. There are two special rea
sons for growing the velvet beans.
One is that they help furnish the nec
essary protein feed, the other is that
they leave the ground in much better
condition for succeeding crops.
The question has been asked a num
ber of farmers as to the value of
velvet beans as a fertilizer. A farmer
east of Macon thought they were
worth SIO.OO per acre as a fertilizer
on the following cotton crop. Other
farmers in the southern part of the
state have estimated that they were
equal to anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000
pounds of commercial fertilizer. Some
farmers who have grown velvet beans
!he first year very often abandon them
the second year. This is because of
the difficulty in harvesting the corn
crop, but when the results on the suc
ceeding yt-ars are seen, the velvet
beans are planted the third year.
While it is hardly practical at this
time to grow velvet beans in every
acre of corn in the state, each acre of
corn grown in Middle and South Geor
gia should have velvet beans in them
and as much of the corn in North
Georgia as conditions would seem to
make practical.
The Medium Early or Alabama va
riety seems to be the best variety that
can be recommended at the present.
Methods of planting vary consider
ably, and there seems to be no actual
data available as yet to indicate that
one method is superior to the other.
Advocates of planting in the row and
between the rows are about equally
divided.
The northern part of the state will
have to use the Early, or Georgia
bean. This bean will mature in 125
to 135 days. While the yield is not
so large, its early maturity will make
it very advisable for the northern
part of the state. Although the Me
dium Early can unquestionably be
grown in some localities, in North
Georgia, it requires from 160 to 175
days for this variety to mature. Those
interested in the production of vel
vet beans and a study of the variety
should secure a copy of circular 48 of
the State College of Agriculture or
write Prof. John R. Fain, Athens, Ga.
TESTS SEED CORN ON
SOUTH SIDE OF BARN
Discard Ear That Doesn’t Show
90 Per Cent Germination
In the effort to meet the present
situation and produce all of the food
stuffs possible, every precaution that
will add to the production should be
taken. Testing the seed corn before
planting is one of the precautions
that can be taken to avoid loss and to
help increase yields. A perfect stand
is necessary to secure the maximum
yield under any given condition. No
one is able to tell whether the corn
will germinate well or not by looking
at the ear.
The test is easy to make and does
not take very much time, and the re
turns are large for the lime consumed
in this work.
There are many ways of making
the test. Mr. Thomas Little of Spar
ta, Ga., told the writer a few years
ago that he made the test in a sand
bed on the south side of his barn. The
sand bed is unquestionably the best
way of making the gerniination test
s it gives an opportunity to examine
root development.
Some ears of corn will only germin
ate 60 to 80 per cent of the grains.
If an average ear contains 800 grains,
his would mean that there would be
a less from IGO to 400 hills from an
tar of this kind. This is a consider
able loss in the production of corn.
An ear that does not germinate 90
per cent should not be used.
It is also necessary that the corn
sh, uld develop a good strong root sys
tem. If the root development, when
the young plant is pulled up, seems
to be weak and does not show the
strong and vigorous growth of a
large number of roots, the ear should
be discarded. Increase the corn
yield for 191 S by getting as near a
perfect stand as possible through the
testing of seed corn. Georgia pro
duced an increase of about ten mil
lion bushels of corn in 1917 over 1916.
Can it not be increased another ten
million bushels for 1918? Prof. John
R. Fain, State College of Agriculture.
HUNDRED HEN FARM
One hundred hens on every farm
and one hundred eggs from every hen
is the motto of the State College of
Agriculture in its campaign to make
Georgia independent of other sections
for its supply of eggs. During winter
months about 90 per cent of the eggs
used in Georgia are imported.
Georgia ranks third in the number
of poultry keepers, twentieth in the
number of chickens kept and twenty
ihird in the number of eggs produced.
Better housing and feeding will do
maob toward correcting the situation.
Write to Prof. J. K. Green, extension
'oultryman for the College, about
■ • nr problems in housing.
DOUGLAS ICE COMPANY
Our Motto:
IS SERVICE AND COURTESY ALWAYS
0
DON’T ask the driver to credit you ice. Buy
a coupon boook or have the change, as the
driver can’t keep books and he can’t remem
ber from day to day that there is a dozen or
two that owes him for 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 cents
worth of ice. So get a book, and let the driver
handle the tickets and not the money, as cre
dit sounds foolish, and we can’t put a book
keeper on all wagons for labor is too scarce.
We have books from SI.OO tosl9.ooand why
not get the coupon book? When you book is
very near gone tell the driver to bring you
another or phone 150, and tell the bookkeep
er to issue another book and the kind.
DOUGLAS ICE CO.
J. A. DORMINY, Mgr.
DOUGLAS, GA.
Week Commencing
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
THAT CLASSICAL ATTRACTION !
Melville Comedians
THE LEADERS IN TENT THEATRICALS
The Show
That's
* Better
Than The
Rest
A Adults 30c, Children 15c, Re
iwmission. served seats 15c extra. We pay
the war tax. Box seats on sale at Union Pharmacy.
Special: One lady admitted free with
each 3OC ticket Holiday night
On Peterson Avenue Show Lot
Band concert on street Monday Noon and in
front of tent at 7:15.
Orchestra Concert 8 o’clock. Curtain 8:15 sharp
MOMDAY NIGHT
“Til? Country Bey"
A Four Act Rural Comedy
high Class Vaudeville Be
tween Acts
Featuring the De Armond Sis
ters, Champion Lady Buck
and Wing Dancers
Band
And
Orchestra
Royalty
Plays