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COUNT 1 ;' "jENTINE
VoL XII1,
DOBGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. October 12,1917.
No. 27
Wifli the giealest exhibit list j
ever assembled in v’u i enciosme,
ready for the bigcitrv Jr that.are'
comirg, the Souther, U-ra Fair, j
of Atlanta, will open iis doors j
Saturday, October 13. f° l ‘ an j
eight day session.
Bigge 1- , brighter, bettor de
scribes not only the fair as a
whole, but each individual de
partment in particular. The
greatly increased prizes, sgg>e-
gating $65,000. huv- spurred the
farmers, stock raisers end house
wives of the South-east to enter
all their finest products with the
'result that every booth is run
ning over with the very pick of
all the farm products.
Foremost in i iterest to the
huge crowds that are coming will
be the cattle show, automobile
show, Grand Circuit races and
the long list of free attractions.
The cattle show will reveal the
most magnificent collection of
blooded stock ever, seen in the
South. To the frrmer who is
interested in growin v meat or
producing dairy. p -Is, th
opportunity for 1 hi ig what is
best in catch- ' ' ! 1 he unsur
passed. The king:; and queens
of cattledoin will be there, some
of them direct from.Hip Royal
Cattle Show of Kansas *Gity,
others from the prise farms of
the Middle West, while still
Others will bear the color of sou
them establishments,
Tho automobile show ' U in
clude special do.plays ot fan '
tractors and tnucks, many of
whirl: embody the very latest
ideas in applying the motor to
farm work.
The greatest of the Grand Cir
cuit performers this year will be
seen on Lakewood track.
The women’s exhibit will draw
many thousands of women to the
fair grounds from every walk of
life. Jams and jellies will share
interest with knitting for the
soldiers and educational exhibi
tions.
Children’s Day will be on Tues
day, when all School children
will be admitted for ten cents.
Of especial interest on this day
will be the exhibit oi the Boys’
Corn Clubs and the Girls’ Can
ning Clubs.
The fireworks every night, the
free vaudeville, and the wonder
ful midway attractions will also
keep the eyes and ears of those
who attend busy from the time
they step in the grounds until
they finally are dragged away
late at night to go to bed thor
oughly tired out but wonderfully
happy.
A Suggestion
The time of year is here when
our merchants are having the
heaviest trade of the year. On
Saturdays they are especially
busy when the large number of
country people come to town,
and we suggest that the town
people do their trading as much
as possible during the week so
the merchants and clerks can
give the necessary time to their
customers from the country on
Saturday. ,
If the town people will adopt
this rule, it will lessen the bur
den of clerks on Saturday and
enable the merchonts to wait on
their trade.
Coi Hutcheson Favors
Bonds
Pathfinders Will
Decide October 15.
Young Peoples Mission
ary Society
On the evening of October 8th
the Young Peoples Missionary
Society was delightfully enter
tained at the home of Mrs,
George T. McLartv.
Quite a large number of the
young people attended and were
honored by having their efficient
leader, Mrs. Z. T, Duke, present.
After a most interesting pro
gram of music, reading, elc.,
games were enjoyed by all. At
a late hour refreshments were
served and “great fun’’ for
many was found in the toasting
of marshmallows.
About ten o’clock tne gather
ing dispersed, declaring the oc-
c ision one of the most enjoyable
they had ever attended.
We hope there may be others
at the next meeting who may
share the pleasures of the even
ing, for judging from this it may
be truly called a hap y meeting.
- Supt, Publicity.
Thibet ty Bond Committees
Committees appointed for
Douglas county to boost the Lib
erty Bonds of tho second issues,
and to assist in every way possi
ble to sell as many in Douglas
county as possible, are!
Douglusville—G. T. McLarty,
Th ad McKoy, V. It. Smith, W.
... ' ;nbio, L. C. Upshaw,
j. .,. G.i-a, W. I.Dorris, N. B.
Duncan, Z. T. Dake, P. D. Sel-
nnm, Mi j-.- Goer. Mrs. F. M.
Stewart, Chairman on the part
ladies, and she is requested to
appoint a committeu to act with
her.
The following are appointed
from the county and requested to
appoint a committee to act with
them;
Liihia Springs—P. H. Winn,
W. G. Maxwell; Winston—C. C.
Johnson, T. A. Thompson; Chapel
Hill—Vv. J. Camp, A. R. Botnar;
Bill Arp—S T. Drniell, A. J.
Brown; McWhorter—J. H, Tay
lor, J. T. Reece; Hannah—J. W,
Frank.
Georgia Products Day
Georgia Products Day was in
augurated four years ago to
stimulate the production of food
products in the state.
Douglas county observed it the
first year and it was a most
enjoyable occasion.
November 15 is the day desig
nated this year and every county
in Georgia is urged to observe it.
Never was the time more urgent
for the increase of food crops,
and Douglas county should
observe the day this year and
give the question of food conser
vation all the encouragement
possible.
What do you say to having
another Georgia Products dinner
in DouglasviUe?
Tax Notice
Commutator! Tax for Fall Term
is now due. You can pay at
either bank or to Road Commis
sioners.
A. S. GRESHAM,
Chair. County Commissioners,
DouglasviUe, Ga.,
October 10, 1017.
Mr- Editor—Regarding to the
approaching election for bonds
to build a school building for
the DouglasviUe School District
I desire to submit an idea or so
that I have had on my mind for
some time.
The need of a building is ad
mitted by all. Oi:r building is
open, cold,, and out of date long
ago. There is not a town or city
in Geo-gia tho size of Douglas-
ville but that lias a splendid
brick school building. Dallas,
Temple, Waco, Tallapoosa, Bre
men, B.ichman, Rockmart,
Lithia Springs, and most any
town yon might mention has a
nice sanitary warm brick school
building. DouglasviUe is the
most up-to-date and proressive
town or city in North Georgia in
everything except this one thing
—a school building. We have
been in need of this school build
ing for years.
It is generally known that last
winter the children of this dis
trict suffered a great deal from
colds contracted in this school
house. It cannot be heated for
the reason that it is so open that
no heat can be retained in the
rooms. To replace the heating
system we now have with stoves
would be too dangerous. The
building would likely catch fire
from so many stoves placed in
the rooms. The insurance rate
is so high that it is alftost pro
hibitive. If the building were
to burn down it would be a com
plete property loss to thy dis
trict and would probably cause
the death of a number of chil
dren before they could get out of
the house. I do not believe any
us have realized the full danger
to the lives of our children in this
school house.
There is another feature- of
this issue that we have not per
haps thought of. It is this: The
cotton mill, the hosiery mill, the
two banks and the Southern
Railway Company will pay over
one-half the cost of a new up to-
date brick building. The balance
of the cost divided into thirty
payments will hardly be felt by
our taxpayers. This will be a
small item to the other tax
payers after these corporations
have paid their taxes,
I hope the people who are in
favor of this bond issue will bear
in mind that to remain away
from the polls is a vote against
the school building. In order to
carty this bond issue there must
be a two-thirds in number of the
registered voters in this school
district go out and cast their
votes FOR BONDS or else the
bonds are loM. The voter who
opposes this bond issue will have
nothing to do except to stay away
from the polls. The man who
remains away from the polls and
does not vote is one vote against
the bond issue.
||Bv voting bonds we will get a
school building at once, have and
enjoy it for years to come. It
will be paid for by those coming
along with and after . It is
the only way we will ever be
able to build a school building.
There is no other method provi-
| ded by law to build a school buil
ding except by a bond issue. If
• we fail to carry bonds now it
Birmingham, Ala., October 8.
(Special.)—The official Path
finding Commi-lee, of which Mr.
W. M, Riggs, of Clemson Col
lege, is chairman, makes the
official announcement that the
Pathfinders will meet at Clemson
College on October 15 to make
their decision in regard to the
proposed route of the Atlanta,
Birmingham, Memphis Division
of the Bankhead Highway which
was inspected on August 14 to
23. Chairman Riggs announces
that the reason why the decision
has not been made sooner is from
the fact that a number of ques-
ti' rs i.i regard to the fuuds that
are to be provided by the coun
ties to build a portion of the
Bankhead Highwav and also
also maintainance funds have not
been answered sooner. Just as
soon as the Pathfinding Com
mittee make their decision their
report will be transmitted to ex-
Congressman T. S, Plowman,
President of the Bankhead
Highway Association, who will
give it to the press and call a
meeting of the executive com
mittee of the association for the
purposr of endorsing or rejecting
said report. Just as scon as this
report is officially adopted the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Mem
phis division will be mapped and
and steps taken to post the route
Wheat planting tirm is near afc
hand, and all farmers who have
not already done so should pre
pare their ground for sowing at
once, says the State Department
of Agriculture.
“There is no more important
thing any Georgia farmer can do
right now than to get ready to
plant all the wheat he cun take
care of,’’ states Commissioner
J. J. Frown. “Georgi i needs
wheat as never before, and at
the price set by the President
there is a good profit in it to
every farmer who will give it
the attention it needs. Good
soil preparation is necessary to
the making of a crop, and this
should not be delajed another
dry.”
The Department uip:^' that
bankers and merchants in : very
community see to it that - cry
farmer geis seed win
plants it. The State Bar tu of
Markets inyites inquir ■ -ov
seed wheat as they are in touch
with considerable quantiF of
home grown seed. T : .st
planting time is imm *f it -7
after the first killing fro 1 '-:-• 1 >
gets rid of the Hessian jl:. the
,“boll Weevil” rf wheat, rul'--
and steps taxen to poBt xne rouw Uc8relai . ve ^ wheUl t ,
W*th permanent markers fiom , cultivation will be stum’.
Atlanta to Memphis
Vote for Bonds
and cultivation will be supg'.i- d
by Ihe Deparment on request.
Ic has been brought to the
attention of the G . ■ u
Bureau of Markets that some
mills in Alabama hare so. • in:
the country and made c-.- L . Ns
for future supplies of velvet
beans at prices entirely too
A week from next Saturday
will be the election to vote on
the issuance of bonds for a new
school house. Our present build
ing is little better than a barn considering the food vnl
and a new and better building is velvet bean meal. In ord
absolutely necessary if we would!arrive at tome idea of a
give our children the advantages! valuation of this product
;hey deserve.
the
Bureau has made careful inv.-sti-
iey uesei \ c. | r ,
Not only is the building an gation and finds that tho actual
absolute necessity from an edu- j food value of pure voLot uean
cational standpoint, but it is meal is greater than that ot cot-
necessary to preserve their!ton seed meal, This has no rei-
health while in school. * erence to i s value as a fertilizer.
Remember we are building for I This test as to food value shows
future generations, and by issu- that in calculating the protein,
ing bonds the burden is distribu- carbohydrate and fat contents
ted over a long period of time the velvet bean yields 150.250
. , • Hint it is calories to "the 100 pounds uheie-
and the cost s so small that, it is ^ ? ^ ceMt eocUm seecl oil oniy
not perceptible. yields 140.600 caloiics to the 100
Douglas county today has a p 0UIU j Si it is fuither shown
magnificent court house that ve l V et bean meai made from
would cost now to build at least
$75,000 and the last bond will be
paid in January. There has been
no heavy burden from this and
neither will there be any for the
school building.
Anyone who values manhood
and womanhood above a few
paltry dollars will vote for bonds
on Saturday, October 20, and
the bean anu the pud mixed
yields 139.912 colorics to the 190
pounds. Tins is practically the
same as 7 per cent seed meal
which is selling right around
$44.00 per ton. It must also he
borne in.mind that the manufac
turing expense of the velvet
bean is no where near as much
as that of cotton seed oil.
The farmers of the State
means a vote against the school
house
on Saturday, October 21), ana should figure over this carefully
remember if you stay away it be f ore ente ring into future con
tracts for supplying velvet beans*
The State Market Bureau has--
just succeeded in securing From
the State Railroad Commission-a
readjustment of the freight on
sweet potatoes, which means in
many ways a materia! reduc-
means we will have to do with
this old barn for years to come.
We have too much at stake to
take any chance on this ques
tion. We cannot afford to let
this building slip away from us
now. It is the only enterprise
that DouglasviUe needs to have
our little city where it belongs—
at the front in progress and pub
lic enterprises.
J. R. HUTCHESON,
tion. Formerly the rate on sweet
potatoes shipped in boxes and
crates has been just double what
it was in barrels and bags, and
there was no good reason for it.
The commission has ordered that,
effective October 1, sweet pota
toes in boxes and crates shall
take the same rate as those in
boxes and barrels. Thus, how
ever packed, all sweet potatoes
shipped iii Georgia this fall will
be handled at the lower rate.