Newspaper Page Text
No. 26
Vol. XIV,
nriT'—
J» W° tan !.
5, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. October 4, 1918.
F
T
Douglasville, Ga.,
Sept. 16 1918.
' provided the necessary inocu'a-
jtiod be supplied. Inoc dating
To the farmers of Douglas Coun- material may be seemed fron
ty:-
Did yon ever look about
the State Department of Ag
ou! riculture, Atlanta, at 25 cents
to see who the successful farmer per acre or .the culture may be
is, and.whv? Some farmers are!secured from the Government at
fcorn,to failure; some hav : fail-j Washington free upon applica-
,ure thrust upou them :others j tion, and the County Agent is
achieve failure, we pity the! willing and anxious to assist any
first, we sympathize the second;
we condemn the third. There
is a reason for the farmer who
achieves failure.
Probably one of the chiefest
of the causes is lack of initiative
on the part of the individual
farmer in securing this culture,
provided he contemplates sowing
any of the above legumes,
Certain groups of legumes re
quire the same inoculating
bacteria, as follows: Group 1
I Vetch, English Peas, Canada
have the same bacteri s. Group 2.
Crimson Clover, Red Clover,
farme . Being afraid to try j Field Peas and Sweet Peas all
new things, they condemn them
selves to travel in the same old
ruts, refusing to look out of the! Alaska Clover ana Little White
ruts to see the opportunities that I Clover all the same bacteria,
offer in new method--, new ideas, !
new crops. Men who are willing j
to utilize opportunities of this
kind are more likely to achieve i
success, not failure.
_____ Group 3.
uur Ciov .r, Alfalfa and Sweet
Clover all have the wine bacteria.
By the same bacteria. I mean
to say, that soil from fields where
One crop farming instead of, any of the legur.es in Group 1
diversified farming is another have succdsfuliy, will inoculate
excellent way to achieve failure. I tor Vetch or any plant in Group 1
The farmer who realize the value S >il from Group 2 will inoculate
of diversification, who plants a l'or ifn.v plant in Group 2,
variety of crops, who prepares! Soil from Group 3 will iuoouis.le
hi - lan 1 well so as to conserve for any plant in Group 3,
moisture and fertility, who cult.-, There- a”e 18 000 uis. of Nitro-
jvates with brains, that man, j gen in the atmosphere above
Other idlings being equal, again., each -acre of soil abeolutoly free
yes success. ! to those who grow the different
let me know at once so that I
may order the Culture whitli
which t<-inoculate, aLo include
vour order for the seed
Wli-.t have you done and what
are yon going todowith reference
to the FOOD situation? Those
farmers who fail this year to
grow their owr wheat, will be
permitted to buy so many pounds
o. flour next year per each mem
ber of his family. The food sit
nation all the year has oein
tense. Our l ovs at the front
tnd our Allies will have to be and
are going to be fed. The U. S.
Food Administration has been
appointed to see to this, there
fore the farmer is the only one
who has this privilage and honor
of producing the food for our
armies. Georgie’s allottmont io
500,000 acres to wheat, there
fore, lets get busy and put in
the largest wheat crop Douglas
Co mty has ever seen. It is the
Agent’s desire not only to orga
nize wheat clubs among the boys
from the ages of ten to eighteen,
hut lets have a large udult. wheat
club. There will be several nice
premiums offered, in act several
pure bred pigs have already
bien secured to he given away
as premiums in said wheal club
a -d in addition there will be
other premiums including one or
two ca.Ti prizes.
Respect fully
J. E. Cheatham,
County Agent.
Douglas County’s
Women’s
Loan
, Balance on hand 3 ; 14 98
1 We recommend that tne Coun
ty Commissioners let the School
! Board of the 22nd School District
u-,e the Court House for School
i purposes only for three monhs,
all the looms that can be spared,
provided sai l School Board will
enter into a written agreement
with said Commissioners to re- p irt in the 4th Liberty
pair ali damages caused by puch drive.
use and furnish all fuel for heat-1 The Fouath Liberty Loan drive
ing same whi'e in use 'or school represents the biggest financial
purposes and any other require-j movement any country has ever
menta said Commissioners may undertaken, and the whole vvotld
think advisable. I is almost on tiptoe to see what
We recommend that the pay of, the people of the United States
jurnra and Court bailiffs per diem are Koing to do about it.
be fixed nt $2 00 per rlnv. j Douglas County is very small
We endorse the employment by Potion of this great Union, but
the Countv Commission ovs of f he wiil come up with her part
couut.y farm demonstrator. ,n fh*s stupenous movement anr.
We find the f II,,wing pension- star,(1 s'piarlev behind the sold
ers have d : ed sine" 1 last report: iers she has sent to fight for hed
G W. Hembree, M. G. Rutier, I The women of our Connty are
Thomas .T. Portwood. .T. S. Rich- called u P° n to organize help
avdson. Mrs. M. C. Ragan, Mrs. throa S h Mrs. D. W. Peacecounty
E H. Moz'ey, Mrs. ,T. B. Sheffield chairman of womens work, the
Mrs Martha Smith.
REPORT ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS
followsng district chairman and
| committees and all others who
| will help are requested to meet
| W find that the buildings ne«d in Douglasville Saturday the 5th
some small repairs but the Chair- of October at 2 o’ clock to discuss
|man, Mr. Gresham, said they and. perfect plans for a Liberty
were trying to get the repair s Loan drive and a great one < ay
fo ame.
I We recommend that the county
.Patriotic rally in honor of the
men who have gone from our
Still another good way to pro-1 legume crops, and the winter ! timber Term, 1918, of Douglas farm.
Commissioners investigate the country to offer their all upon
tax returns of tile Board of Equal-, the sane of their cuunty’s right,
izers and see that they are re- we will have no County Fair
turned nta fair value, the body, this year so we want one get-to-
I by examination find to their bert gether-day for the whole couuty
| information that some of the with a basket dinner, speeches,
Grand Jury Presentments, Board have n't returned their Brass Band a short parade of
property at a fair value. Fathers, Mothers md near blood
We, tlie Grand .(errors, select- j We recommeud that Mrs. H E. relatives of the boys in the army,
ed, chosen and sworn for the Sep- Lee be admitted to the pauper ! Some of the wounded soldiers
1 from France at Fort McPherson
vent achieving failure in farm legumes like the summer legumes Stpevior Court, beg leave to sub- J We find the stockade and farm i will be with U3 and give informa-
ing is to have something t.o sell h ,ve that peculiar power ofex-jmit the following general pre- ] in excelled condition,
at all seasons of the year and to trading the tiitaogen from thejsentments:
I tion straight from the frontabout
We recommend that these pre- conditions there.
sell with good business mana- j atmosphere and storing it in the | We have examined the books jsentments hi published in the
gement. Such a farmer has soil tor the next crop to follow, j of the various County Officers i Douglas Conntv Sentinel and that
money coming in as well as going therefore, you see by cooperating and find them nicely and neatl the sum of $20. he paid for same.
out the year round; he gradually with Nature a little oy means of kept.
We wish to extend our thanks
builds a bank account; and he growing cover crops, you will in I (;0UNTY commissioners report to Judee A. L. Bartlett for his
knows what his farm 13 doing j short time have your soils impro-
for him as a business.
ved to such an extent that they |p'LdiVpJsurei- 8 ^4431*5 |itor Geueral, J. R. Hutcheson
“ “ —’ Paid same to Treasurer 4«Vg for hfe able asgistauce and uri .
able charire to our body; to Solic-
In visiting over the County.;will produce twice as much as,
and upon close observation and 1 formerly with an application 0 f ; Genetal Coun y un
inquiry, I find that the farms | from 150 to 200 lbs of Acid I’hos-' ( Pald same t0 Treasurer
have been planted to cotton and j phate per acre, th reby elimin
ating the amoniated goods from
your fertilizer.
I want 100 farmers- this fall
17.92
corn continuously for many
years and result is, that the soil
has been robbed of its humus or
or decayed vegetable matter, pu t one acre each 0 f Crimson
aipon which the soil organisms clover as a soil building feature,
live. Both of the above crops and keep this up for four or five
are soil robbers, that is they add years, extending the acreage in
nothing to the fertility of the - clover, and Douglas County will
soil, infact they are dependent j ri0 t only be the banner County
upon what plant food they derive- 0 f jjjjg great State of Georgia
from that which is applied in j socially, & financially, but will
*he form ofeoipmercial fertilizer, thebest Agriculturally,
and what stable manure is used. ^ i8 ; another important
la a productive soil, the limit- reaaon w hy we should start the
iog factors are moisture and hu- growinff of clover8 a8 cowr,cropfl
mus. therefore, to conserve mow-1 wh ; ch is> the war ha8 taken and
tore,there must be humus and to : wi jj continue to take our boys
maintain an abundant supply of I from the farms and the ahortage
humus, there mustbecovercrops, | oflaboriagoinjrtode 80 acute>
viz: cow peas, velvet beans, soy. j. bat we 8ba u n0 ( : be ab ( e t0 cu ]_
beans and peanuts in the sum- ^ivate so many acres as we have
mer, and clovers and vetch in d onet therefore, it is up to us to
the winter, and to improve tbe Ret our farms where one acre
soil, these should be grown as i w jn pro duce as much as three
treasurer’s report
Collected Gen. Funds $3540.87
Pd as per vchrs $1677.25
O’drft last rpt. 1678.18-3355.43
Boil builders and not for hay.
As soil builders and winter
! will produce now, thereby cut
ting down the acreage and thus
cover crops. Crimson and Bur meet the labor shortrge .
Clover and Vetch a e the leaders, Crimsonc , over shouId be [sown
Crimson Clover and Vetch make I a firm seed bedi pre ferab!e in
excellent hay yet the entire the cotton midd i es and covered
growth should de plowed do jm wi| h a sprin g t00th cultivator 0 r
in the spring for the benefit of i a litt , e Joe Harrow. Only from
soil
! 1-2 to 1 inch of soil should be
Crimson clover, like bur clover ’ pu t on seeds,
and vetch, is an annual and will if there is any body interested
.succeed wberevei cow peas will, m putting on one acre of clover
Balance on hand $185,47
Received on Road Funds $6444.95
Pd as per vchrs *2430.27
O’draft last rpt 3605.46 6035.58
Balance on hand $409.37
Outstanding Warrants $37,031.74
Set aside as sinking fund 1442.29
ORDlPfAR^’HREPORT
The.'Ordinary's -report shows
that he has neither received nor
paid out any money belonging to
the county since last report.
TAX COLLECTOR’S REPORT
DR
To amt chgd on digest $24,977.65
Amt col. not on digest 237.13
Corporation Taxes 3,734.26
Interest 13.14
Total $28,962.17
CR
Insolvent and errors as
per Commissioners rpt. 972.66
Commissions 688.16
Paid Co Treasurer $27,401.35
Total 28,962.17
SHERIFF’ REPORT
On hand last report 161.45
Collected since last rpt 1,109,17
Total 1,270.62
Paid out 965.64
form conrtesies; to Mr, J. C.
James, our Bailiff, for his faith
ful attendance upon our body,
We wish to thank onr able
foroman for the efficient and im
partial manner in which he has
presided over the deliberations of
our body.
Thomas L. Varner
Charley W. McGouirk
James W, Abercrombie
Richard M. Johnston
Benj. G. Watkins
Arthur Henslee
Edgar C, Roberts
Joel W. Vaughh
Hiram T. Moseley
Geo. W; Turner
J. W. Rice
Jas. E. Foster
Olia L. Hamrick
Win. H. Williamson
Albert S. Hudson
l’hos. S. Boyd
Wm. H. Jones
Wm. L. Morris
Robt. O. Boatwright
Jas. B. Cowan
Wm. Y. Vanpant
Joe B. Morris.
Donglas Superior Court,
September Term, 1918.
Ordered that the foregoing
Geneial Presentments of tne
Grand Jury at Sept. Term 1918
pe spread upon the minutes of
the Court as such and that the
recommendatious therein contain
ed be carried into effect.
Sept 25. 1918.
A. L. Bartlett, Judge S C. T. C. I
J. R. Hutcheson, Sol. Gen’l
So ladies meet us Saturday and
help in perfecting these plans
for this rally, we know there is
not a woman in Douglas County
who will be a slacker in honoring
our boys and helping in any way
she can this 4th Liberty Loan.
District Chairman Womens
work in 4th Liberty Loan Douglas
Coucty.
Town District-Mrs.J. C. Wright
chrm. Committee in next WbhliL
Lithia Springs—Mrs. Nesbit
Harper chrm. Mrs. J. H. Watson
Mrs. Pat Winn, Mrs. R. Patter
son and Mrs. Blair.
Conners—Miss Lillian Sayer
chrm. Miss Bessie Sayer, Mrs:
T. A. Thompson, Mrs. E. Hend
erson, Mrs. W. R, Willoughby
and Mrs, Horace Darnell,
Chapel Hill— Mrs. Jim Botnar
chrm, Mrs. Ed Henly, Mrs. How
ard Winters, Mrs. F. M. Yaneey,
Mrs, W. J. Camp and Mrs- Mag
gie Bomar.
Middle-Mrs. J. K. Daniell
chrm. Mrs. Lenord Couch, Mrs.
H. J. Daniell.
Chestnut Log—Mrs, W. T.
Willigns chrm Mrs.G. W. Aber
crombie, Mrs. W. E. A. James,
Mrs. Howard Gore, Mrs. J. Hi
Todd.
Crombies—Mrs. John Sibley
chrm. Mrs. Allen Brown, Mrs.
Annie Daniell, Mrs, J. E. Estes,
Mrs. Annie Harbin.
Fair Play—Mrs. J. H. Taylor
chrm. Mrs. J. T. Rease, Mrs. T.
F. Hodnett, Mrs. George Philips,
Mrs. J. N. Morris.
KHfc-r —
Service Flags 25 andj50
cts J. L. Selman and
Son. Phone 35.