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DOUGLASVILLE. DOUGLAS COUNTY. G\.. Feb. 16, 1<>17.
No. 45
TO CUT TICK
Box Supper at Winston
On next Thursday night the
Winston school will have a pro
gram appropriate to the occa
sion—Washington’s birthday,
followed by a box supper.
Boxes will be furnished by the
Broad Strip of Territory young ladies and all the gi Is are
to Serve as Object Les- urged to bring boxes.
son in Benefits of Erad
cation.
The proceeds will go toward
painting the school house.
The exercises will begin at 7
o'clock and everybody is urged
Washington, D. C-. Feb. 15. t 0 attend and help in this worthy
The arir-y of cattle ticks iB to be en i erD rise
cut in half this year and a wedge! ——
of tick free territory driven Frank O’Kelley Dead
through the infested area to the
Gulf of Mexico. By the end of
1917 it is expected that the en
tire State of Mississippi will be
released from quarantine and a
broad highroad opened for the
unrestricted shipment of cattle
to outside markets.
The effect of this upon the
whole campaign for the total
elimination of the pest through
out the South is expected to be
great. In order to secure for
the newly-freed counties the full
benefits tf eradication, it l a. al
ways been the policy to plan, as
far as pos.-ible. ihe releases from
quarantine so that cattle 'may be
brought in and out w thout pass
ing through ticfcy country. The
n -w Missi-sippi law, however,
requiring all tick infested coun
ties to begin eradication work,
enabl s this policy to be carried
out on a larger scale than ever
before. Not only- will the tick
cease to exist for the peop'e of
Mississippi but the results that,
invariably follows tis disappear
ance will prove a stimulating ob
ject lesson for neighboring areas
that may still be infested.
These results are too apparent
for even the most prejudiced to
ignore. For one thingthe aver
age value of c tttle increases, at
once and alno.-t automatically,
to an extent which makes the
cost of dipping r.egi'gble. As to
the exact amount of this increase
opinions vary- Recently a large
number of farmers in fretd areas
were, asked to give their opinions
on this point, and the average of-
their replies was $9.25 .a he. d.
This, however, the Federal
authorities believe to foe a little
high for a conservative estimate
for the entire South, and thev
have fixed on $7.50 as a safer
figure for general use. l.he in
crease varies, of course, in dif
ferent 'localities, am in A labama,
for example, it has been placed
at $8.00. On this basis, in the
twenty-eight counties which
have already been freed in that
State the cattle are now worth
$5,600,000 more than in the old
days. Since the cost of eradi
cation is insignifieent in com
parison, it is obvious that dipping
vats are an investment which re
turns liberal dividends.
That these dividends are real,
not theoretical, is indicated by a
corresponding rise in land value ’.
In one Mississippi county the lo
cal authorities were not at first
convinced that the eradication
of the tick actually had put
money into the pockets of the
people. An investigation showed
that the coming of the boll wee
vil and the consequent falling off
in the cotton crop bad greatly
depressed farm values. After
the tick had been eliminated, the
increased profits from live stock
were sufficient to restore the
price of land to ,its former level.
At his residence near Sweet
water, Frank O'Kelley died Sat
urday night after a brief illness
with Pneumonia. He was 45
years old and leaves a wife and
nine children.
His remains were enterred
Monday at Sweet water cemetery:
The Sentinel extends sympa
thy to the bereaved family.
Valentina Party
A delightful occasion of the
week was a Valentine party giv
en-hy the members of the D. D.
Club at the home o£ Miss Mary
Barber Monday night.
Games and contest * were the
feature of the evening, during
which delightful refreshments
ware served.
Some Reminiscences for
My Good Eriend
of Bits A,
Mv good friend of Big A, who
sigup his name L. K. W., took
n last ' eok, through the
columns < t 'he Sentinel to p’eas-
antlv refresh my memory of an
article writt-n about 8 n- 9 years
ago on the ‘ Needs of Southern
Douglas” and the undeveloped
water power of Dog River. My
recollec ion is, that about that
time there was some probahi'itv
of h iving the A. B. & A. R, R.
Music Study Club
built through the southern part , lovers.
The Music Study Club met
with Mrs. G. H. 'Turner on last
Wednesday. Feb, 7th.
Beethoven was studied at this
meeting. The program, consist
ing of interesting and instructive
r adings and instrumental and
vocal selections, was very much
enjoyed.
The next meeting will be held
Feb. 21.st, the program to be a
continuation of the study of
Beethoven.
The club is doing helpful work
and filling a need among music
f ihe county. I r?member malt
ng the assertion under the p e-
somptiori, tha if the people in
rlie southern pari of the county
could be fortunate enough to
secure the A. 8- & A. R, R. so
as to provide transportation fa
cilities. it would develop the un
lev eloped water power sites
alo.ig Dog river, and instead of
the hooting of owls and thebark-
ing of foxes we wou'd hear the j
hum of machinery |
It is unfortunate that you peo
ple failed to get the A. B. & A,
R. R. built thr uuh your section.
It would have added more to the
wealth and development of the
county than any other project I
know of.
Some 12 or 15 yea s ago the
Birmingham Divu on of the Sea
board Air Line R, R. was aur-
veyt d through our section, l ight
along by Sweetwater church and
within 250 yards of my dwelling
We hope that we may have the
continued support and co opera
tion of all the members.
Child Dies
Bavkhead Highway Wilt
Come Up For Further
Discussion
Don’t fail to attend the B> aid
of Trade meeting Friday night.
There will be something dung;
every moment. F!an a will be
presented for putting the Bank-
head Highway through and for
building a new school building
Ry,o the nine-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. E Hagin,
died Tuesday night of Pneu-
The little fellow was only sick f^^ouglasvile.
a short time tnd his death was
h great shock.
.he body was interred at Coo 1
Springs, Rev. S. T. Gilland con
ducting the service.
The Sentinel joins tlie many
! friends of the bereaved family
in sympathy.
ounlibs in the State are now
free from ticks, and into these a
large number of pure-br d ani
mals for breeding purposes have
been brought. Both the grand
champi in international bull and | house, and of course, the inliabi
the grand champion intei national tants of our little burg imagined
juuior heifer at^ owned in the
State, and one Mississippi herd -
has won more prise money than
any other herd of the same
breed. Not every farmer, of
course, can go in for stock of
this character, toot the improve
ment in the general run of cattle
thev o dd see great things ill-
store fur aweetwater, but to our
astoni hm-pt . the railroad did
not come our way, and wi are
still in the land of the hooting
owl, trying tv console ourselves
by poking irons in the fire to
hoodoo the nocturnal habit of the
is very marked. As long as the I schreech owl's- disturbing ouc
tick remain r'iittle or no progress! peaceful rep.jje, awaiting our
was possible because of the sus- ( turn in the wheel of fortune to
ceptibility of imported breeding'have some capitalist come along
stock to the fever conveyed' by |and develop our mineral resour
If you believe in Douglas
county and w'sji to see it prosper,
come out to this meeting.
Every citizen of the tewn is
urged to be present a d those
living in the country, -ho aie
interested are cordially invited.
The crunty commissioiitrs are
especially urged to lie present.
There are two possib e plans
on foot for secDTing the liigh-
fai m products fr>m taxation. wfty _ Th( , re are . u iUing; to
2 A bill to elect U. 8. senators | advani . e the money to the county
by the people, I at a reasonable lale and the
3 A bill to provide tor the tion () <* is ano th,r.
prompt payment of school teach- u u . been estimated that *15,-
‘ rs - » 000 will build the road through
. 4 A bill to increase the pen- ^ county _ TheU. fc.G mrn-
siors of old Confederate soldiers. j ment wil , refund b .,| lllis ...
5 A bill to put county treas-1 mon) . Bands ct.ul I be issti d to
urers on a salary. i cover this amount and when the
6 A b II to place Solicitor pr, )Ver . ninenb » s sb a re is return; d
Generals on a salary. tha' could be used on the o'.h r
7 A bill pr h biiing tie pai- roa j B b he coun ty. Thi we
alleiing of the W. & A. K. Lv. consider an excellent plan, w'rv'e
8 A bill creating the W. & A.
some prefer the other. We fa-
the tick.
Improvement in the quality of
the herd is also opening up new
sources of revenue. In Missis-
Sp aking of the undeveloped
water power of Dog river, brings
to my mind a sentence in a little
R. R. Commission and the re-1 K00fi roads for the e ntiie
lessmg ol the W. & A. R. R. 'county and-any possible pl arl
9 A bill taxingmotor vehicles I[ thBt will give tht u to us.
and distributing the money to Geei . >s Concert Band will
the counties according to thek, rn i s h music for the occasion,
public road milage. L lld i„ t - s hive the Court House
10 A bill apportioning the state I ^
Don’t stay away and then
sippi, for example,-fifteen cream- pamplet gotten out by the Board
eriesarenow in operation, and i 0 f Trade of Douglasville, which
through these the sale of moreipeadsthus: 4 ‘Dog River, Sweet-
than 1,500,000 pounds of but er
have brought .the dairymen over
$500,000. Baby beef clubs, too,
have been organized in many of
the tick-free counties. These
are paving a unarked influence
upon the beef industry. One boy
said that befone ha joined the
baby beef club be did .not know
what a fat calf was, for his
father never had any such stock.
More profit from better live
stock is a prospect that is especi
ally welcome at a time when the
boll weevil has demonstrated its
ability teinterfereseriously with
an agriculture based entirely on
the production of cotton. Under
any circumstances a single-crop
system is dangerous, but with
the boll weevil it is imperative
that there should be more than
one source of income. By de
creasing the acreage but net
necessarily the production of
cotton, it is possible to overcome,
through extra care and labor,
the damage done by the weevil,
and in addition more laid is
available for the production of
of food for the family and feed
for live stock. To make the lat
ter profitable, the tick must be
eliminated. Since the boll wee-
The farmers of Mississippi | ' j na ists on coming in, the
have not been slow to realize the i f ar tper in sel "-protection, is ih-
r.ew opportunity. Fifty-one ! sisting on the tick going out.
water and Anawaka creeks af
lord Bufficieut undeveloped water
power to propell the machinery
of the entire state.”
Of course, this sentence don’t
say whether iit means political
machinery or manufacturing ma-
chin ry- If it means politic >1
machinery, lam sure Dog river
can pull at least one third of it,
and that Douglasville and the
Board of Trade can pull the bal
ance. If it means manufactur
ing maheinery. I a sure Dog
river could make some of it hum
to a queen,s taste, but I have my
doubts about the three streams
mentioned being able to propell
all the manufacturing machinery
of the entire state. I don’t
how old Ananias was on rating
horse power, but I am sure he
would not have put it any higher.
I hope the day wi 1 soon come
when all the water power cites
in our county will be developed
and utilized for manuf, ctunng
purposes.
I want to call my good friend,s
attention to some things that
have happened since I have been
in the legislature and while the
owls have been hooting and the
foxes barking around Big A.
con ictsto the counties accord
ing to the nub ic road milage in
stead of according to population.
11 A bill giving Georgia ss
cheap school books as any other
state, and authorizing the county
criticise others for what thev
do. If you have anv plans lt^
there and suggest them v
boards of education to provide office four years, but I don’t ap-
poor children with school books.! preii ite so much the hooting of
12 A better prohibition law. | the owls and the harking of the
13 A compulsory educational j foxes on account of their noc-
j aWi jturnal habits, though I would
14 A so ailed tax equaliza-1 like very much for the bard of
tion law, which I have always tax equalizers to give us some
opposed, and ain yet to be con- clue as to that missing land,
vinced that it was not aimed to! If you will just siop and think
increase tax on farm lands. . for a moment, 8.216 acres of
The above are some of the laws' land is not an owls nest and
that have been enacted since I ought to be found without wait-
have been a member of the leg- a h00t - 3 215 acres of
islature, and I feel that most, *a» d is fiv e. and a fraction square
of them are good laws. My j miles, or about one-thirtynintb
friend knows something about '■ °l th® county. Now, it could be
publ’c life, and he knows how j possible that through some vol-
hard it is to please everybody. I can ' c eruption this land coulo.
did the best T could for the peo
ple of my county while a mem
ber of the legislature. That’s
all I promised. I have nothing
to regret,
have dropped out of sight andi
left a big hole somewhere in the
county that would be visablo to>
the naked eye.
If anyone should find the hole
My good friend of Big A closes j through which the above men-
his article with the following | tioned land disapeared, please
words, in his good humored way: rapoit the same to the board of
•‘He got our votes teen in office tax equalizers of Douglas county
four years and the owls hoot and an( ^ receive congratulations,
the foxes bark yet, and he is 1 Hoping that my good friend of
now hunting for three thousand Big A, will soon get the owls and
acres of stolen, strayed or lost, toxes quited down, I remain,
land.” I appreciate the votes,!
1 A bill to exempt certain I appreciate the honor of holding;
Yours truly,
W. I. D„
