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Yol. XIII, DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. August 24, 1917. No. 20 Commissioner of Agri culture is endeavoring to Help Farmers in Marketing Their Crops Atlanta, Ga, Auk 22-Through legislative recognition, in a special act just passed, and ac companied by a maintenance ap propriation, the Georgia State Bureau of Markets is an ac complished fact. What the Department proposes to do now is to make the market bureau the most efficient agency of its kind in the South, in as sisting the Georgia farmer to find always a ready cash market for surplus food crops. To do this we must have organization, system and the hearty and cor dial co-operation of each com munity in the state. For efficient service every county in the state must have its local market depot, where the home farmer can take his sur plus food products, whether a carload or a wagonload or what not, and dispose of them for eash. There these can be com bined into larger lots for ship- Fannly Picnic One of the mo:t enjoyable oc casions of the season wad the family reunion and picnic df the Selman family held Tuesday at the old Selman home, settled in 1836 by Mr. William Selman, the father of Mr. W, W. Selman, the present owner of the place- lie and Mrs. J. J. P. Henry of Ringgold, being the only two surviving children, Dinner and supper were served on the ground and it was a feast fit for kings—words being in adequate to describe the abun dance, variety and quality of the many good things to eat. The relatives present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. J. P. Henry, Ringgold; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Selman, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A, Sel man and children, Francis, Laura, Bii'ie, Jackand Jene; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Selman, Dr. and Mrs. J. 1 . Seim n ar.d daughters. Nannie Love and Ruth; Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Selman and children, Dorris, Mary and Mattie Clyde; Mr. and Mrs. John Hatchett and daughter, Evelyn; Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Selman and children, Sara, Dorothy and Mildred; Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Selman and children, Pauline and Bessie Joe; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Abercrombie, and children, Rose and Henry; Mac, Frances, Stewart Dorothy and W. G. Abercrombie, Jr ; Mr. ment to the most advantageous an( ] Mrs W. A. Abercrombie and market. One of the first works of the state market bureau unded the a;ro , *tP,n of L. o. atekoon, will be the establishment of these local market depots, in which the department urges the full co-operati n and assistance of farmers, local merchants and bankers, They have already been organized in several coun ties; but every county must have its own. 1 hose interested should write the Department at once, for the time is here when prompt action is necessary. The fall is on us and the harvest is ready, There must be no delay in es tabiishing ready markets. “Now that we have the law,” said Commissioner J. J. Brown, “and a moderate appropriation, we propose to give Georgia farm ers the most efficient market service we know how, The ser vices of the bureau are at the disposal of all of tnem, and I urge them to come forward and ask for just what they want.” children, Evelyn, Marion, Ralph, Roy and Walter Joe; Mrs. Jim Abercrombie and children, Ma bel and Maurice: Mr. and Mrs. Santord Abercrombie and child ren. Mildred and Paul; Mr Tom Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harding and children, Tommie and Helen; Mr. W. L. Morris, Mr, and Mrs. Lee Morris and children, James, Edwin and Harold; Mr. and Mrs, T. E. Morris and childrtn Eddie'Mae, Fred and Marjorie; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harding and little daugh ter, Eleanor; Mr. and Mrs. A. S, Baggett and children, Edwin, Julia, Virginia, John and Bilii ; Mrs. D. T. Wood and children, Mildred and G theriue; Mr. and Mrs, Joe Morris and sons, Ches ter, .left’and Joe Neil; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Camp, Mrs. Zue Baggett and Billie Fla. Visitors and invited Tell The People The Facts! “To make the world safe for democracy”—the high-sounding aim of the United States in war laid down by President Wilson— is a true expression of the ideal ism back of our entrance into the great world conflict but it is not a battle cry . It is not a clarion call to harden men’s hearts and steel their arms. The people of this country are commencing to relize that if we •iregoing to win the war we must fight and America is not FIGHTING. A middle western Senator who is not a La Foljette or a Granna or a Stone’ told a friend the other day that if a plebescite was taken in his state on the war the people Would vote lour to one against it. Through out the length and breadth of the country thi3 feeling exists and is foster by the pacifists, the socialists and other deliberate or unwitting agencies of Kaiser- i m. As S. Stanwood Menken, President of the National Secur ity League, said in his opening address at the great patriotic education conference held under the auspecies of the League at Chautauqua, N. Y., early in July, “The people are asleep They do not relize that thtir very lives are threatened!” The meaning of "making the world safe for democracy” pass es over the heads of the average man. He will not FIGHT in re sponse, and FIGHT he must if America is gm.n<* to win.the war! His personal., individual relation the war: ivhut the difference The Highway The pathfinders were here last Thursday and everything points to the fact that we are easy winners in the location of the Bankhead Highway. They turned back here with out inspecting the route between here and Austell which was vir tually an acknowledgement that minds were made up and the Ce- dartown route eliminated. We have semi-official inform ation that Douglasviile has won and that the new road from Winston to Villa Rica will be adopted. The Douglasviile—Tallapoosa route not only has the'advantage of being nearest, hut being on the crest of a ridge all the way will be more easily constrcted and kept up. It also has the ad vantage of the route from Aus tell to Alabama line without a single surface crossing and the river bridge across the Tal apoo sa is already constructed. We c n safely state; DOUGLASVILLE WINS. Sow More Wheat Washington, D. C., Aug. 22— To assist in carrying outlthe pro gram for a billion bushed wheat crop in the United States next season, the United States Depart ment of Agriculture has just is sued the first'of a series of prac tical emergency bulletins em bodying constructive suggestions for wheat growing in the various sections of the country, The bul letins, “W beat- Growing in the Southeastern States,” is devoted , . |to a discussion of wheat pro ot victory or defeat will mean '°-j dcf( . tion m Tennessee, North Car-\M.! HIM, must be explained. He must be told that German aggres sion in middle Europe means Ger man aggression in NORTH olina, Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia, and South Carolina. In the program recently adopt ed by the department it is sug- AMERICA and that the dumb j ted thatthe3e states can easi- subservience of peaceful, home^ i j y j nci , ea 'g' e their wheat acreages loving Germans to the power of j n proportions ranging from 12 arson and rape means HIS dumb i percent. North Carolina, subservience! tin which in 1916 wheat was seed- The National Security League ed QI1 1,053,000 acres, should find I L)ood 0 f 0U r forefathers, and other agencies are engaging j R possib j e without serious modi-1 A s j m ji ar meeting was held in in the task of bnnginga realiza- fication ot - itg farming system to j D oug i asv ille Tuesday, electing the same delegates mentioned Notes of the Mass Meet ing Held at Prays - Church Saturday Af ternoon, Aug. 18th (Communicated.) The mass meeting: was held at Prays church for the purpose of making their grievances known concerning our constitutional rights in regard to the conscript law and the attacks that, are being made on the freedom of the press and our religious liber ty. Mr. J. W. Baggett was nomi nated chairman of the meeting, Paul H. Vansant, Secretary. Addresses by different parties of the meeting were made. Two very interesting talks were made by the registered boys of that community. Uncle Parker Brown and Mr. Collins made two splendid addresses concerning the approaching dangers that are now facing us. At, the close of the meeting, delegates were nominated to go to the state convention at Macon, and to raise their voices in be half of our constitutional rights. The delegates arc as follows: P. N. Brown, W. I. Dorris, J. W. Baggett. In case of vacancies, M. B. Daniel, P. A. Williams, Paul H. Vansant were nominated as substit: tes to fill their places. A most patriotic spirit was shown when they were asked to stand all that were solid for constitutional rights and would shoulder arms when cur country was • subject to invasion. No sooner than this question was asked, the entire audience sprang to their feet and loud cheem. went up. They also pledged themselves that they would never forget every officer at the polls both in the county and in the state who were in favor of depriving the American people heir liberties won by tne tion of these things to the people. , geed during the coming season Power to them! There is plenty j 1 180 000 acres . T i le acreage of patriotism and plenty of fight- j figures for 19l6 production and ing blood in this country. for the proposed p oduction in Bluett of Davtona il W,U only be brouB ' h 1 t °“ t b / th ® 1917 for tins other five States art Baggett ot Daytona, | r ,' ACTS! Te |i t he people the facts! as fo]lows: Then they’ll , Make them MAD! guests, HG ht, who enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. J. E. Is Constitutional The Supreme Court of the United States, in the Tarb'.e case (13 Wallace 297), in speaking of the war power of Congress, said: “The execution of these pow ers falls within the line of . its duties; and controll oyer I the subject is plenary and exclusive. It can determine without ques- the occasion were: Phillips, Mr, and Mrs. A. I’, Botnar, Mrs. Amanda Muse of College Park; Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple, A. A. West of South Carolina, Mrs. J. C. Reed and jin James Reed of Marietta; Mrs. wh W. A. James, J, P' Cannon, L. | School Election Satuaday, September 1st, is the day set for the school election in this district to determine ouds will be issued to school house. G. Camion, S. W. Herring, Miss 1 , India McTeer of Chattanooga; ever j Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Dake and I mai l daughters, Edith and Lillian; jg r( . Mr a new - is a vital question man who believes that uod and womanhood is the i asset to our civilization same above and something over $20.00 was raised by snbscrlption to pay the way of the delegates to Macon. tion from any State authority; Brown, Torn' Brown, Lawrcn how the armies shall be raised;! House, Mattie Bell Edwards. whether by voluntary enlistment or forced draft; the ag o at which the soldier shall be taken; the compensation he shall be allowed and the service to which lie shall be assigned.” Dreadful Possibility. Little Margie had heard her Sunday Bchool teacher -speak of backsliding, and one rainy Sabbath morning her mother thought -it best for her not to attend 1 Sunday school. “But I’ve just got to go, mamp\a,” said Margie. "Teaclier says’ if we do not come every Sunday our backs will slide.” Notie Durham Mrs. • Betfie! Mv.a’.d ally to the support of The present school building is Acrerge Proposed seeded acreage in 1916 for 1917 South Coro! in a 238,009 325,000 Georgia 393,000 786,000 Tennessee 900,000 1,080,000 Alnbama 133,000 200,000 Mississippi 18,000 100,000 The bulletin treats the cost of production and yield per acre, soils, fertilizers, rotations, pre- parati n of the- seed bed, sowing the seed, varieties, protection from diseases and insect pesls, It was a day full of enjoyment'; B-.^Mquate and does not meet for all; friendship and good will j the needs of our children. Let abounded and the older ones j U9 build now for the future and were happily rerninscent. ^make it possible for our children ■a .1 our children’s children to enjoy better advantages. “Doing” the Art rjuscum. A drawing in Life rsaresent.cd two Nature's tqvc.M: at,ioo.. A peculiarity of d-cv cats is that they seem to have a very great sense of feeling in their, feet pads. It is almost an impossibility for a heavy ■ j - , ~ . animal to approach a float’ cat from 1 women In an art Museum stand- behind Without giving It warning, and .9*8 hcforo_ tho Laocoon group Yfluto this may bo attributed to tile extreme ' ona reufarisa: “I; can see that t sensitiveness of the cat's feet record- . are firemen, all rlfeht but I don t see ing the slightest tremor of the ; .jr^y sot so tangled up in the around. hosb. ’ Birthday Dinner On August 15th Mr. Y. D. Butler, of near Bill Arp, was treated to a birthday dinger by his chi dren on his 75th birth day. Five of his children, 35 grandchildren and a number o.t friends and neighbors, making a total of something line 100 enjoying the occasion. MtC Butler is teroakably strong- and active for his age and his many friends hope to meet with and the management, and liar-j’ nlmon niaby birthdays yt vesting of .the crops. Specialists who prepared the bulletin be lieved that if more attention, is given by southern farmers to the production of wheat, the wheat crop may become as valuable in certain sections of the South as in any part of the country. come. Subscription The following S'.'ri) ion since our 1 have pa oil. sub- t issue F. Iv. Dune,in, Potyder Spri C. II. Watkins, Rt. 2 . . .Y, D. Butler, Winston A large edition of the bulletins | Sclhian, Doiiivlnsvrllo has been printed (or distribution j NEW' SUBSCRIBE 1 S among the farmers of the States J. L. Cooper. Douglasviile. concerned. Copies will be sent J. L, James. BesMiter, ,AM. free on application to the Depirt-! W. L.Goodwin Douglasvi ie ' |W. J. Daniel Rt. 4 R, G. Duke Douglasviile H. R. MoLarty tiadison. ment of .Agriculture, ,Washing-: toq, D C.