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DO. CL OUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. Bettet* Farming in the South FOOD AS WELL AS COTTON THE NATION ASKS OF DIXIE 6outh May Be Face to/Face With Disaster Tf Food As Well As Cotton ts Not Grown by Farmers—Home Guards of Defense In Great Army, I Is Position of the Farmer. From the Farm Service Bureau. In time of war the interests of the army come first Regular commerce must give way to troop trains, ammu nitions and army freight in general. At such times the wants of people can not be readily supplied. Porethinking people will, therefore, prepare against it The Southern farmer is facing this Situation. What ought he to do? Railroads have been hauling mil lions of dollars’ worth of food prod ucts to the South each year. Recently there have been occasional "famines' in some of these articles because of the inability of the railroads to haul all they were offered. In fact, serious situations have been narrowly averted, What then might be the result of a car shortage more acute than has ever been experienced? How would Southern cities be fed? Where would the Southern farmer who raises only cotton, get food? Grave possibilities are, therefore, confronted They are probabilities if immediate steps are not taken. How can such a disaster be fore stalled? Only by the Southern farm er growing foodstuffs as well as cot ton. He can do it. It is his duty to do it. .It is his patriotic service. In doing this piece of work he will be one of the most useful units in the army of defense. At this time it is as important for the Southern farmer to enlist to pro duce food crops as it is for the young men of the South to enlist as soldiers. It will be easy to get men for the army. It should be easy to get men to raise farm crops. Let Southern farmors rally to the call. Let them become Home Guards by producing this sum mer such crops as corn, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, beans, sorghum, pea nuts, soy beans, velvet beans and such garden crops as tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes — by raising hogs, poultry — by producing eggs, milk, butter — by preserving berries, fruits, vegetables — and do all this not only for themselves, but •produce enough tp have some to sell. Efficiency f*nd maximum crops-tfre .what the national leaders are calling for. This means making every lick count to the utmost. It means good preparation, liberal fertilization, thor ough cultivation, and crop conserva tion. Emergency Crops As a guide in meeting the crisis, which is now confronting the South, the Farm Service Bureau suggests the following, which of course, must be modified to suit local conditions: Those crops which can be used for food for man or beast, and which can be planted at once should be given im mediate attention. The acreage of cotton per plow may be*maintained, and all possible efforts should be put forth to increase the yield. Lint will bring a,good price, and seed will prove valuable because of their oil. On a 15-acre tract, in ten or eleven acres if cotton may be given each plow, and ft is recommended that seven or eight ceres be given to corn in which should be planted peas, soy beans or velvet beans. The corn can be har vested, and the beans or peas given over to pasture or gathered for feed. At least two acres should bo given to soy beans or cowpeas and sorghum for hay. One acre for grazing; one acre for sorghum syrup; one acre for sweet potatoes, and one for different kinds of vegetables. This wUl give a total of 25 acres, and represents only 'the crops for summer planting. Winter grains may be see'ded immediately af ter some of these are harvested. I Everything bearing upon large fields should be given emphasis. The Ijtnd should be thoroughly prepared ; | trie best known varieties used; the rght kind and liberal amounts of fer- 1 tilizer applied, and thorough cultiva tion given. | his is of special importance over i'ch of the South where the soils are king in soluble plant foods. Not than 400 to 600 pounds of fertil- should be used per acre on the <ps suggested. n account of the car shortage and th^ farmers’ inability to secure ample ilizer to put under their crops at theltimc the land was being prepared, it is recommendd that a liberal side afiifycatkjn of Jei'tiliTC^ be used on all already planted. Increase of crop s will come with increase in quan tity of fertilizer used. Card of Ti:anks We wish to express mir thanks ind heartfelt gratitude to all of our friends and neighbors foi their kindness, help and sympa thy during ,the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father, J. M Whitley. We are lonely, oh so lonesome, even in a crowd, because the vacant place can never be filled. We know that our loss is His eternal gain but the parting is hard, oh soiJhard, and we can only look farward to a time and place where partings come no more, and we pray God for strength to say. "Thy will be done,” and to help us to live in a way that we can meet bim byt and bye. He was in deed and in truth a good husband and father. Mrs. A. C. Whitley. Mrs. L. C. Lacey. Mrs. B. V. Tucker. - Mrs. A. C. Roberts. J. B. Whitley. E. J. Whitlev. R. H. Whitley, Birdie Whitley. STOCK FEED OF ALL KINDS We handle sweet feed, hay, Red Gravy, Velvet Bean meal, bran, shorts, oats, beet pulp, cotton seed meal and flaked hulls. We buy in car load lots and can save you money. We sell for’eash oniy. W. C. ABERCROMBIE Livelier Talker Than Stepper. "Step lively," yelled a conductor to two old women who were trying to board a cross-town car at Broadway and Thirty-fourth street the other day. "Step lively there, will you?" he called again. "Stop lively, you idiot,” an swered one of the old women, trying t,o pull herself up to the step of the car. "We look as if wo could step lively now, don’t wo? Wait till you are as old as we are and see how live ly you yrill step; but you will never live to be so old. The fool killer will get you long before then.”—New York Times. Eat With Us No better medium priced cafe in the city. Stop and try a meal and you’ll come again. We serve only the best of everything. Albion Cafe 65W ' A “ lst ' No Service Too Exacting to demand our closest attention. Your wants are studied, your needs considered and the resulting glasses are the best, most com fortably servicable possible. Price- Our low rent enables us to of fer you a material saving. SiSvius Optical Co. 19 So. Broad St. Near- Alabama. Walk a block and save a dollar. Atlanta. yieU $635_Now $665. May 1st —because of the increased cost of the high-grade materials used in the manu facture of Maxwell Motor Cars —and because the policy of the Maxwell Company will not permit of cheapening its product •—therefore the price of the Maxwell will be slightly increased as follows: Touring Car, from $635 to $665 Roadster - from $620 to $650 All prices f. o. b. Detroit Buy YOUR Maxwell before MAY FIRST £ind save the increase WILEY STYLES Sate of New Spring wear Which Brings a Saving to You of 1-3 to 1-2 Two Groups of Fashionable NEW SPRING SUITS $12.45 and $14.95 Smart looking Suits—just arrived from the New York fashion centers. Serges, gab ardines and mannish materials—smart buttons and heavy machine stitching add 'the clever finishing toucr.es; silk collars, pleated or plain tailored. Exceedingly Clever Styles in Silk Dresses $5.75 $7.95' $9.95 Beautiful dresses of silk poplin, crepe de chine and taffeta-copen, navy, gold, mustard, grey and black. Many smart coat effects are shown. TRIMMED HATS $1.95 $2.95 $3.95 A wonderful collection of medium, small and large effects showing the very newest ideas the New .York shops have brought out. There are all of the new colors and black to select from. ; Girls’ Spring Hats $1.45 $1.95 The shapes and colors are exceedingly pretty and all the new colors are included. Motor Cars ■me SPRING SHOES Women’s White Boots The newest high lace boots for spring worth 1-3 more $5.50 1-3 LESS Girls’ white Boots White celluloid and rubber soles. One style showing kid tip and trimmings $2 00 and $2.50 Smith & Higgins