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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. THE SENTINEL Published Every Friday OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLARVILLE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY; Bnternd in the Post-office au Douglaa- ville Ga., as second-class moil "mtier. Z. T. DAKE, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year - - - Six Months - - Three Months - - $1.50 - - -.75 - - .40 ADVERTISING RATES One page per issue $10.00 One-half page per issue .....$5.00 Small apace per issue, per inchl2l-2 Vocals per line per issue M OITiee Phone 10s Residence Phone 61 THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE } GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES The Wright Vice bill has pass ed’the house 114to 13. r.'i Every Douglas Dountian should become a member of the Red Cross. It begins to look like there will be a scramble for Hardwicks seat in the senate. The more that enter the better it will suit him and the better his chances for his re-election. Senator Smith says he has sup ported the presidents polices in every case when it came to a vote He evidently relies on the adage, ,“A wise man may change his mind, etc.” On the first dav of September a bond election for a new School Building for Douglasvilie school district will be held. 'Every friend of education should rally to this measure and the election should be unanimous: - r| Food Requirements Of The People of Georgia Andrew M. 8oule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture, In order to properly appreciate the seriousness of the present situation, It is well to consider the annual consumption of foods by the population of Georgia;, numbering 2,700,000 persons.or 540,000 families of five each. The consumption of wheat flour has increased rapidly during the past five years and some allowance must be made in the following figures. For Instance, if the per capita consumption of flour is four barrels, the amount of wheat required will be 9,536,000 bushels, If six barrels (which is nearer the present consumption), the total wheat consumed will be 60 per cent greater. i i Food Consumed Annually By 540,000 Families Requirements Produced in based on ration. 1916. Wheat , y , , . , v .... 9,536,000 bushels 3,808,000 bushels Corn 7,500,000 bushels 64,000,000 bushels Potatoes, Irish . . 9 . r Potatoes, Sweet • , , , , Fruit, all kinds • . , . , Eggs . , ..... Milk, including butter , Meats, all kinds .... Syrup, cane and sorghum 18,750,000 bushels 1,000,000 bushels 18,750,000 bushels 7,800-,000 bushels . 7,500,000 bushels 4,482,000 bushels .135,000,000 dozen 35,000,000 dozen. .393,120,000 gallons 100,000,000 gallons .687,500,000 pounds 310,000,000 pounds . 13,500,000 gallons 10,300,544 gallons The reader must bear in mind that the above figures represent foods required for human consumption only. In addition there must be sufficient groin and forage to suppply the requirements of 4,135,000 head of domestic stock within the state* The com surplus of between fifty and sixty million bushels is not sufflcieint for stock feeding purposes, hence 36,000,000 bushels additional must be grown in Georgia this year to supply the full require- of the state and thus offset the reduction in grain acreage due tc the Ft-bmary fieeze. In all oilier commodities the production is. far beldw the requiements of our population. This shortage must be eliminated through the adoption of intensive methods of farm management and^the utilization of all lands fit for agricultural purposes. Public Abattoirs As An Aid In Marketing Live Stock Many cities, especially in the South, either own or control public abattoirs, thus providing for centralized slaugh tering of live stock under sanitary con ditions and proper inspection. Often there Is operated a cold storage plant in connection with the abattoir where meat may be cured. Farmers in the neighborhood are in this way given excellent facilities for slaughtering and curing at a very nominal charge ($1.25 per head for cattle; $.75 per head for sheep, hogs, etc.), thus enabling them to dispose of their hogs in the forir of cured meat. Naturally the market ing of cured meats is not only a sim pler undertaking, but is more profitable than marketing on the hoof. Seventeen cities in the South own or control mu nicipal abattoirs; there should be suck a plant in every county. Let the busi ness men of the county provide tht market; the farmers wHl produce the live stock. Corn Is King Andrew M. Soule, President Georgia State College of Agriculture For the period of the war, cotton is dethroned and com is crowned— we must have our “pmrk.and hominy” if we’re going to keep up our end of til© load. There is considerable cause for alarm when we realize that the state faces a deficit of 16,000,000 bushels of com—that is, unless the farm ers of the State increase the acreage very materially. Th© responsibility, however, is not altogether on the farmer but on the business man also. There must b© a change in the credit system. The deficit in wheat amounts to 7,000,000 bushels; and in oats, to 5,654,785 bushels. In order to balance the shortage of former years it will be necessary for the farmers of Georgia to grow this year approximately' 100,000,000' bushels of corn. This will neces sitate a considerable increase in the acreage, a considerable expenditure foi fertilizers, the growing of velvet beans in the corn, and the making df torn a major instead of one of the secondary and supplementary crops. H Is quite possible ta Increase the yield of com in Georgia by 36,000,000 bnskels this year if the farmers and business men realize in time the serlwacnees of the situation. Corn and velvet beans can be planted in Georgia until July 1. Let us realize our duty and responsibility in this direction, thus solving one phase of th© food problem which is perhaps the most serious and diffi cult with which we have to contend. With plenty of "pork and hominy” for the boys at the front and sufficient to go around for the folks at home, we’ll win the war. The good rains of the past few weeks has brought a smile to the face of the farmer. Douglas CountyjiWill have an average Cotton crop this year and the big- gist corn and feed crops in its history. Handbills May Sup plement Newspaper Advertising, but They Will Never Take Its Place (§ y§§j 'i,—1? 'IOu-’A'V- - For Infants and Children. -*<&•} Sast :.uli.;-«a.,tti jrttion .Conlato ;cr L Mi.; .L Morphia® nor.j :val. N ot micotic /Lvif^ro:Ji>rhxiuP/ram Your Ad. In This Paper Will Bring Business to You That Now Goes to a Mail Order House JPumpkir. JIxSer.na Jiorfwllt Salts Anise Seed ■QtSSA*.f Seed cluifiedSmr ]\uitcTjTren flavor^ ,Ji53®8»y- and Feverishness and J oss of Sleep resulting Ihercfromjnlafoaty Fac simile Signature. 1 * Ibe Centaur Gobpasy. NEWYQglC ly Years Old Age Is Wont to Rave Thoughtless Youth’s Neglect to Save! Pacify \ our Own Old Age By Starting A. Savings Account With this Bank At Once! Junk! Junk! Junk! I will pay F. 0. B. NICHOL’S SEED HOUSE 20c per lb 15c “ “ 12 l-2c “ “ He “ 25c “ $1.20 per ewi 20c per lb]j 20c “ Horse Hides from $2.00 to $4.00 each ( Scrap Iron, free-from sheet iron, wood and boil-, ers from 50c to 60c per 100lbs. Feed Sacks 6 to 9c each • Heavy Copper Light Copper Heavy Brass Light Brass Aluminum Rags--Sacked Bees Wax Green Hides Z. W. Ayers. Kozytorium Programme Friday, Night 6th Episode Neglected Wife Schemer Skinnie’s Schemes—Comedy. Know America—Scenic Saturday Night The'Outlaw and the Lady-Western Defective Detectives-L~ KO -Comedy. Tuesday Night 7th Episode Double Cross Deep Dyed Villiany-Heiney and Loui;e Comedy. Ford Educational Weekly-How Cut Glass is made. The best and freshest I.rStXr' line of stapfe and fancy ’ groceries and fresh meat in town. \\TU o-n } To=day, to-morrow, VV IlLlir every day in the week every day and every week in the year. "Why? They are a lw a 7 s . fresh and clean and the best of every thing. We deliver promptly. Where? E. C. ROBERTS Country Produce a (Specialty