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VoK XIV,
l)OUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. No member 8 1918.
No. 31
\ ] II McLarly Mapria
WAR
OVER
Germany Surrenders
Armistice signed at 11 o’clock Thursday, ends
most destructive war in history of- the world.
Above press reports sent out Thursday afternoon lacks official
confirmation but is doubtless true.
Below are extracts frotn
eral loiters from a Dougla-. eo
u lty hoy to hi i mother whirl
w.ll | roi e interestinyr;
7 8 1918
Dear Mother:
I have j-.t it arrive 1 su‘'e over
seas,
not no
Eoun Whitley In France fear tne U. S. boys,
; Don’t stint yonrse f with the
. ev- money I left you and above till
i vo things don’t work any mo ethan
you tiave to. Take env and
Douglas County War Crimson Clover
Work Campaign
| Source of Nitrogen
A.? a ' A ver '’ appreciable amount of
nitrogen and organic matter to
the soil. Even vvben it makes
Next week Douglas county I a growth of only a fewinehes.it
, .must iaise at least $2500 for the 1 The presertconditions indicate|prevents, to a large degree* the
don tweayyoursel. ouU.no dm t !W w workcann)aignasannount;td that nitrogenous fertilizers will j washing and leaching of the
worrv about me,
There is an American Canteen
here where they soil cun.lias and
mi O, K. The sea did ‘other things. We get Camel
make very sick, You cigarettes at 8 cts. per package.
last week there’will be three b f' ver y scarce and exceedingly
speakings to-day (Frilav) at Ugh in price next spring, lids
which Dr. Daniells of Atlanta
j will be the priucipal speaker at
Bill Arp 10 a. m. at Douglasville
would nave thought we were on We boys are learning to speak ; 1 p m . andLithiaSpridgg , 3 p>m .
a picnic.coukl you have seen u French rignt along. Everybody is urged to attend
brjs. VV% had u fine trip across, nope I get a ietter from you
just enough excitement In inake ^suon as it seems a long time
it, interesting.
Every thing seems quaint
cral'.ped besides things in the U. 1 Sept, 11th 1918
S. They have line cattle and Received your lett r of Aug.
sheep in England, I have not 1 ?*, So very, very glad to hear
see i a staU of corn since we from you all' Wo came in from
left' the states but the wheat and rifle practice .yesterday. L. lad
other gr ins is fine. Well it does to get back to town,
not so in like we are in a emu- 1 had a pay day and am -e d-
try with War. The people over you a present of 150 Francs
here sure give the U, ri. boys a $27.50, Hope you use it to .visit
welcome. The gfiner..I opinion Aunt Lemmer and have a nice
is the war will be oyer in (censor-J time. We are about 12 miles
ed). Guess I will be home plow- j from the city of Lentous Green
ing a jar head as usual next year, j you can find it on the map as it
812-'.913. jhas a population of five thousand,
1 am O. K. plenty to eat and I There is a great difference in
not much to do, ! things here and in the stales.
We are in a nice little French 'The houses are of stone and ce-
town. We have church services ment and some of them are very
which the boys have to attend old. The doors have two parts
or get extra guard duty, Some like those of our.barns.
makes it unusually important
for farmers to take advantage of
every possible means of adding
to the soils.
One of the best methods of
ding it mg n is by the growth
crimson cl.ver as a winter
is urge
one of these meetings.
, There \f4UU<h; a meeting at.
! S 1 mie I heard from you but ol Douglasville at 7 p. m. at which covor crop and plowing it undet
and course it can’t be help, cl, all the committee are urged to be 88 8 green ma ' wre cr °P tha
A ton of green crimson
are catholics but you have you:
c:.oice which you attend.
The U. 8, boys sure'have some
reputation over here; hope \vi
We can get plenty of light keep it up. The women h-re
wine ih cider, nave a pretty hard time but they
The wine is true French and aie alwayscheerful’and friendlv,
only 3" cts. per qt. I do not care almost almosi ail of tl e n ridt
a great deal adout it. The west- wheels. There are rio wagon.--,
her is fine here, pretty chilly only two wheel carts apq wheel
without a coat in the morning, barrows, It sounds funny to
Think I will get fat by winter hear some one coming along in
the way 1 am going now. their wooden shoes.
Well, the boys have the lluns The main commercial cron hero
on the go. Tuink some of us is hemp. There is clover arid
wili have to go around on other oth-r hays for feed'stuff but the
side to slop them, lam sfr, ill fields look like gardens tome,
won’t get in the fight yet. j Sept. 21st, 1918.
8 191918 1 I have been transferee! again,
I am O. K. and having a good Guess I won’t be transt'ered any
time. We can go over town any
where we like, so tell the boys
not to dread coming over. I
guess there is a good many boys
from Douglas in the service now,
but tey need not worry, as we
have plenty here now to take
care of the Germans,
I don’t know why the people
ever goc it down that the Huns
are such fighters as they suie
more, hope so at least, .loe
Estes and one or two more
Douglas boys are still with me,
I am sending you a handerehief,
Saving De France, hope you get
it in good f^hape.
Write often to your loving son,
Private Evan j. Whitley,
11th Infantry Co. C, U, S. Army
in France.
present to. make plans for the
drive next week. j clever contains more nitrogen
The following- dommittee have 1 *- ban a *- on fresh manure. A
been appointed by State head ,K” od cro » of crimson clover if
qnarters: ' turlled under in the spring should
Douglas Co, Centra! Committee add ^ l ’om luO to 150 lbs. of nitro
Z. T. Dake ehrm; J. R. Duncan, 8'en in a readily available form
wice chrm; L. C, Upshaw eiirm,. for next .vear’acrop of cotton or
speaker; C. F. Selman, chrm. ,00rn -
pnblicity: Thad McKoy, Treasur. 1 Th(i Delaware Experiment
V. Rr Smith, chrm. colored wrok; Station found that sweet potatoes
Miss Mildred Selman, chrm. j after crim-on clover produced as
woman’s work, . j well as an adjoining plat of
Speakers Committee: L. C. \ « ronud which received 160 lbs of
Upshaw, Rev. A. Ernest, J. T. Diitrare of soda.
Duncan, NesbitHarpe, J. L Jiles. Crimson clover should be piant-
Pub icity . Committee- C, F. [ ed in Sept, or October but it may
Selman, W, M, Almand. J. R., be planted as late as the middle
Duncan, Thad McKoy. i of Novembei with success.
Douglasville, Team No, 1-C, F, | In addition to its value as a
Selman, Captian, J. L. Giles. W. green manure crop, crimson
M, Almand, Team No 2—Thad clover is also important as a
YleKov, captian, J. R. Duncan, cover crop, tendii g to prevent
F. M. Stewart, Team No, 3-J. the washing and leaching of
T. Duncan, Captian, G. T, Me Sllda >
Larty, J, F. Long. Team No, I Soils that have never grown
4— AI. E. Geer, Captian, V, R. erimson clover will require ino*c-
Smilh, L. C. Upshaw. Team No. ulation. This may be secured by
5— 1, P, Dodson, Captian, 1’, P. sprinkling a small amount of
Huekaby, F. M. Winn, Jr, sail from a field which is inoc-
Lithia Springs-Pat H. Winn, ulated and harrowing it'inimme-
Captian, W. G. Maxwell, Nesbit diately or by using a pure cul-
jiarper. Crombies—Vivian Col- ll|rG of the crimson clover organ-
lies, Captian, P. A, Milam. C E. ' sm -
Hesterly, Talley Daniell, E. A. Crimson clover should be seed.
MiKeLe,-. Connors—Dr, W. K. ed at the rate of about 15 lbs per
Burnetl, Captian, E. Henderson, here.
C. C. Johnston, W. R. Willough- bur clover As a coveR and
by, A Henslee. Chestnut Log—| green mAnure crop,
W. T. Williams, Captian, Jno.! As Stated in connection with
H. Todd, W. H. Bobo, Chapel c imson clover, with our present
Hill—W. J. Camp, Laotian, F. M. i scarcity of nitro '.enousfertilizers
Yancey, H. A. Winters. Fair]* 1 seems highly important to
Play—J. H. Taylor, Captian, J. . save and utilize euery possible
P. Braswell, Emmett Bartlett, of nitrigen for our next year.s
1 mri during the winter and .vill
improve materially the following
cotton or corn crop. It is un
doubtedly tlie cheapest and most
easily hauled of anv legum ■ that
is generally grown as a combi
nation of cover crop and green
manure crop. There is. perhaps,
no one tiling whic will help more
to increase the yields of cotton
than the systematic growth or
or Bur clover as a cover crop
and green manure crop
It is not too late to seed it our
cotton and corn fields, and wil
not be till the middle of Nov
ember,
It is seeded in the bur, very
little inoculation is necessary,
If clean seed are sown on land
whore alfalfa or swet clover has
grown, it will not need inocula-
'ion It should be seeded at
at the rate of from 12 to 15 lbs
per acre of clean seed, and from
25 to 35 ibs to the acre in the
bur.
Respectfully,
J. E. Cheatham,
Count Agent
R. M. Smith. Wiley Cagle. Mid
dle-Henry Daniell, Captian,
Albert Lee, Jas. Hunter, John
Watkins, Win, Taylor.
crops.
Bur clover makes excellent
w.nter cover crop and when
plowed under in the spring adds
V est-Giles
A wedding that was quite a
surprise to their many friends
occurred Saturday afternoon
when Mr. Byron Giles and Miss
Clara West were united in mar
riage by Rev. S. T. Gilland.
The groom is a popular young
man of the Winston commuity
and the son of Mr. J. T. Giles,
The bride is the accomplished
daughter of Mrs. Ollie West of
Lula, Ga. and a neice of Mrs.
J. L. Giles and Mrs. J. E. Wilscn
of Douglasville and had been
for several months clerking for
Giles Brothers.
The Sentinel extends congrat
ulations to the happy young
couple.
Card of Thanks
On account of ill health, I have
had to discontinue niy business
at Roberts Cafe, and wish to
thank my many friends for their
patronage.
L, E. Roberts