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Vol, XIV,
UUUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS COUNTY, G A., February 14, 1919.
No 45
FARMERS AN..
HOLD ENTHU;
, VESS MEN The meeting also took under con-
: .C MEETING sideration the suggestion that an ex-
[eeption should ho made in favdr of the
Present Unique Pian to- the Farm- ' falmerp , wh ° d “l not plant over eigln
ers of (he South to S<v matically lf re f of cott ™ to the T last
jit is emestly requested that al!
i counties hi the Cotton Belt adopt this
or some better plan.
A mass meeting* of the .aimers, 1 J. E. Cheatham, Pres.
Reduce Cotton Acreage.
W. J. Camp, Seety.
business men, Uankeis and manufac
turers met at the court house at 10
o’clock a. m. on last Friday. County
Demonstrator J. E. Cm,. pre A TRIBUTE OF LOVE IN
siding. After speeches by L. C. Up- MEMORY OF OUR DEAD
shaw, J. T. Duncan, M. E. Geer, \V.
J. Camp, G. S. King, I. H. V. , , gh- < B ^ CIara Trenton.)
by, and many other farmers, a r,,s;.lu- "'" red J » the soil whereon th «y M1 -
tion was passed that it was the sense sacred are the graves when in
of the meeting that the county shouldL,, * iey s ee £* . , , ...
be organized and worked by commit l'lhe bravery of the.r deeds all! tongues
tees, to hold all cotton now on hand ( s a *
and to reduce the 11)19 cotton crop at Al>d eVery heart “ chenshed meln01 >’
keep.
,Tl.c nation? flags shall proudly wave
above,
he siPrt r* avc of all our noble dead;
The bugv- '.Undo will seem to thrill
with iove,
While hearts are touchedand sadly
droops each head.
0 bugle, Mow thy soul notes sad and
clear,
Shall sound across the vast and
boundless deep;
And fall like benedictions ever near,
Where Heaven hath claimed the sod
wherein they sleep.
For 0, our glorious dead are lying
there.
And from our hearts there goeth forth
a prayer;
least on 2-third.
On motion Mr. J. E. Cheatham,
county agent, was elected Chairman,
W. J. Camy,.'Secretary, and the foi-;, r , r
lowing gent'.intn Vice Chairmen for
their . =• oo'.ve Militia Districts:
Town District—G. S. King; Crom-
bie’s District, R. E. PaiT; Coih.er's
District, R. C. Boatright; Lithia
Springs District, Nesbit Harper, Fair-
play District,. R. M. Smith; Middle
District, E. R. Harper; Chapel Hill
District, W. H. Camp; Chestnut Log
District, J. H. Todd.
It is earnestly requested that all
ginners in Douglas County co-operate
with this ■ commit tee by furnishing
Mr. W. J. Camy Secretary, the names
of all their customer ■; and the num-
, They shed their precious blood on
I foreign land,
I And consecrated cause for which they
fought.
her of acres plant- d to cotton for the
year 1918 1 y each customer.
The meeting was called by County
Dcmom i i-ato’-. J. W. Cheatham, and _ „ .... , . , , ,
... , , Thy fell unflinching neath war s cruel
attended by vpresentative farmers and * j ian( |
business r n from all parts of the! ,
. , . , - And died like hen
county, who entered into a free dis
cussion of the cr
Gadsden Woman
Chosen To Name
“Victory Vessel”
Georgia Baptist Hospital, Mercer Uni
versity, Bessie Tift College, and
Several High Schools to be Helped
brave
deed
today picturing to the world a dif- GEORGIA BAPTISTS MAKING
ferent Russia to what Dr. Talmage BIG DRIVE THIS WEEK
saw A Russia of anarchist, cut
throats, murders, theives and grafter
bent on destroying every vestige of
civiliation, law and order.
I do not think this can all be true.! Atlanta, Ga., Feb7l2, 1919—Special
This deplorable picture comes rfom from Victory Drive Headquarters-
royalty and wealth, and is made as The Georgia Baptist Victory Drive
black as possible for sinister rasons. has opened with fine prospects. Dm-
The kick comes from that wealthy in the week of February 9 to 16 At-
class ,n Russia and all parts of the lanta bapUsts are planning to raise
world who have under the Nicholas $50 , 0 00 for the Georgia Baptist Hos-
that rich country and are now doing pital and the baptists of the ,. est o£
their utmost to keep he poor people the state are to raise $130i000 for
to whom t justly belongs from ever f u_- , „ • ,
getting it back. 5" 1 S ? b ° and coll< * es ’ deluding
- f . . . . ■ MercerUmversity at Macon, Bessie
1 he Soviet government is only try- Tift Coll at Fo th , and h scven
ing to divide among he people of Bapt j st H igh Schools.
Russia the wealth of that great and, The minimum , fop thig in .
rich domain rung from them by force, , , .
and oppression. , dlVldual tea *™orker is $100 and the
I will
Record, nw, tne language oi a . . . . , ...
distinguished senator on the Russian „ effort is being made with
question* success and enthusiasm in many sec-
, ‘‘Whatever comes to the American “" d With determined purpose in
|people through the censored channels snrwll Ve ’' 5 ’ T “
'of the press regarding the Soviet * TiTrT P , f" and "“?!"*
government of Russia ought to be “ °T* ’ tks ° bapt ' sts are P™ 1 ”"*
subjcted to pretty careful study and ^ w
deflection before it is laccepted as . “ Pf ° r ,f° od weather - but
stating the whole truth. The great j T , .. . . , ,
organized wealth of all the established T nn . w f ‘fT *° .“? ver the
it * ,, • ,• i io P with a full thousand dollars was
ove nments of the world at this time telam at LaGrange . They did it on
Mrs. Alexander Greet. . h "’f on eart ’ hte first day of th drive—a habit with
Mrs. Alexander Gleet of Gadsden P nn< , lplea attempted to he established , lrives at LaGran ge, and now they are
Ah.., will be eponsorfat the launclilne ** the Soviet government of Russia. ar(el . a .eerd-hreaging report,
of one of tho vesselajof America's nev> bo long as the news channels are cen-1 r P , ^ ,,
merchant marine, fcidsdon was on< sored it is not to he expected that LA f “ uUy and . students
of ten cities In the Sixth Federal Re there shall be permitted lo reach the' , ' lvers,ly set t ' ,eir I' e P s fo1 ’ ? 3 '® 00 '
serve District which won the hone, eal , of the masses of the le of went over the mark with a tide
of selecting the name for a shin b> +1, ',,,,,11 • > • ., ct enthusiasm for the goodly sum of
its large over-subsfcription jlo tlio +,.,^1, „, ;+u \ 11 ^ ^ | $3,500, and members of the faculty
Fourth Liberty Loan'. Mrs. Greet was ’ ” ' - -• -
chosen by the committee in apprecia
lion of her work in Liberty Loan cam time.’
paigns. Slip has' been active in all' Our noble Woodrow has gone to seo
will quote from the Congressional The'™” ° f T’ 000 '
>rd. pa ff e 1162, the language of a Alt T
th with respect to that government n,- , , - ,, , r . , , ,
_ and thirty of the leading students vol-
wnat is taking place in Russia at t . Fr . ,, , .
„ • 1 mteered for srvice in the drive in
„ . . and thought,
facing the cot- b
aJ,,iu An lhe y
army. Gadsden expects to live up tc Washington, the cable lines, George
for all
roll.
O winds shall sing
requiem on the
ton producers of the South. All de
clared themselves in favor of holding;- ., . - „ , ^n.
, . . .... ,, , ,, They paid m full war’s sacrificial toll;
their present crop till it could be sold ^ {_ ,
. % . . 1 , , . , They bravely answred to nation’s call,
for a fair price, and making radical •’ ., . , ,
, - . , . And now their names are on her honor
reduction in the acreage planted to
cotton this year; some of them stating
that the crop should be reduced 50
per cent, but the consensus of opinion .... , . „ , . Un
F , ’ . .. . 00 i „ ,, And whispered prayer shall breathe
seemed to be that 331-3 would, if ^
faithfully carried oi\t, accomplish the
desired result.
L. C. Upshaw, former Representa-! clay to day,
ing the meeting said, that the South Jhe.r voces sound,ng m a umty
tive from Douglas County, in address. ;ll) a call m tnumph from the vales
should not plan to make over eight a [ ar
million bales of cotton this year, that >'«>' the y dl(;d the 5' ^Ped to
eight million bales, at 30 cents, would wm the war,
bring twelve hundred million dollars, j A " d ^ star that chan « cd flom
that twelve million bales at 20 cents I 1 u ^. 0 ,
V. H, nmnun, Shall shine forever with a Heavenly
would bring the very same amount,
and that fifteen million bales at 161 "» h ' . ... .....
cents would bring sventy-five million jT he gramlcu of theft souls will ever
dollars less than eight million at 30
up youth and love and life | its record in the IJi.ctory Loan,
across the sea;
From whence will seem to come from
other parts of th state.
war work and lias four sons in t.he royal Europe. He seized the George •!? ^ t,iS (1mi was opened
- - - ,,, , . . j, . , ^ with a luncheon at which seventy team
Washington, the cable lines, George „ , . m, »,, .
n ® h workers were present. The Athenians
Lreel, Col. House, and hit the water i , . , . ,, . ,, ,
„ , „ ri . , . believed in doing the thing themselves
. lor krance leaving the Whitehouse in , f c
Bor.ds For Heiqbnstruction. the care of Tumultv and holm-* nt f e askin f othcrs t0 do lt • So
Four Liberty Loanj have been float y ii(i j. * ^ they started the ball to rolling with
ed by the Qoveiv.rneht to provide h 1 0 . e ’ , ... * their own ubscriptions totalling more
weapons of destruction. The Victory' ** aotermination is the watch than $1,200.
has been won; the country is turnin D™‘‘ d and we will have to let uncle j Thu Lawrenc eville Association, one
from war to peace. Now the nation k Woodrow have hts way until March 4, l of the sma||er Baptist Aas0 ciations in
min After that time the repubT
cents.
•When asked to apply his figures
to the small farmer, he stated that
ten bales of cotton at 30 cents would
bring fifteen hundred dollars and that
fifteen bales at 20 cents would bring
the same amout as ten bales at 30
cents.
Mr. Upshaw also presented the fol
lowing plan for systematic reduc
tion. which was enthusiastically
adopted as “The Douglas County
Plan,” and immediate steps taken to
put it in operation. All ginners in
the county are requested to furnish
immediately to the County Gin Re
porter a list of all their customers,
together with the number of bales
produced by each for the year 1918,
and the number of acres required to
produce this cotton; the gin reporter
acting in conjunction with the Chair
man of this organized reduction move
ment, is to at once tabulate this data,
and figure eacli farmers allotment of
acreage on a two-thirds basis of his
1918 crop.
Just as quick as this can be done, a
all faripers in the county, and suitable
great mass meeting will be called of
pledge cards drawn in duplicate, show
ing each man’s allottment of acreage,
will be presented to each farmer and
royal style by the little Father of all
be told
In glorious rays that come from
Heaven s height. ,, the Russians, from whence he herald
Relative’s tears fpr each of them IV ^ ._ UJ „
shall flow
For she hath felt of sorrow and of
called upon to subscribe once more;. 1919. mra .nut unis me leiiuiju- r, ■ , . , , , , ,
«> buy Victory Bonds to settle the wa, cans will have more to aay abluli A T'r "A , A A"* ? t
debts and provide the means of carry ' self determination. ' ab °' 1 A 'Tit
ing through the work of recohstmc j j ass the )e ig somewhat re . lat lt ls wlthl " ® aSy , ' e! ; cb ° f the
tion: Peace must he financed as well r , ,, . , . , , three thousand dollar mark.
lievecl since the great protestant has, . r, n.- * i , •
as war. ; , . . * . Atlanta Baptists began heir cam-
:do„e homage to his autocrat.c m- 1 ijrn with a , uncheon f or the Key-
. SOME REMINISCENCES. b V hum.hatmg h.mself lpefore men of theil . more tban forty teams .
the great hypoent who poses as the Great enthusiasm pl . eva)led and was
Some years ago the eminent divine mfalhable vice gerent of Jesus Christ large] generated by the reports that
end nulnit orate,, of Brooklyn N Y„ and door keeper of hell and heaven. th(j Atlantapr6achers had raiaed one
Dr. Talmag, visited Russia. He was j Uncle Woodrow ,s so far the only thousand dol|al . s in their Ministers’
met at the border by pre-arrangG. allied representative at the Peace Conferonce Mondav morning and that
ments, conducted in royal style ! conference to visit th» ..Vatican at the do( , tol . s at th(! Hospital had raised
through the principal cities of Russia (Rome and have a secret undersand- twe ,- e hundl . ed doBars with m0 re to
and into the palace of he Czar where ™g with the pope which the world cQme
he was receivd and entertained in knows nothing about.
grief;
She sorrows that their brave young
heads lie low,
And only tears can bring her heart
relief.
But she is brave and proudly she will
show,
To all the world their glory and her
pride;
And with a hand that hath a study
flow,
She’ll write their names upon thq
Heaven’s wide.
Where blue and white and starry skies
shall be,
An honor roll for all eternity,
Their bodies are buried in France you
know.
But their souls went straight to God,
The fairest of flowers will ever grow,
Where our heroes feet have trod.
For Freedom’s cause you died,
A nation mourns its memories keeps
You dearer than all besides.
Reducing Our Mud Tax.
. The Mud Tax of the automobile in
he will be asked, as a sane business I oul , Btate ; s m0 re than $25,000 per day
and patriotic duty, to sign these cards, a mBB on dollars a year.
file one with the County Organiza
tion, and keep the other.
A competent committee will keep
the interest and enthusiasm “red hot,”
and check up the entire list through
the same agencies at planting time.
It is believed that this plan by vig
orous work can be gotten under way
in a week or ten days.
An average of $100 per year per
car is the estimated cost of bad roads
to the automobile owners. Good roads
mean less gasoline, fewer tires and
longer life for the car, to say nothing
of the added pleasure and saving in
time .and the expediting of business
through good road6.—Georgia Good
Roads Bulletin
I seems that this visit was pr
ranged so hat the Pope might have
a representative at the peace table.
j The Flint River Association, cen
tering around Griffin, celebrated the
.opening of the Victory Drive by corn-
back to this country in his eharacter-
isiic flowry language the greatness of
Russia. He did not.visit the sweat
shops of the Russian labors and ex
amine their dinner pails, their homes,
their wage scales and environment, to can an extra session 01 uwuvurgu. | are , inj for a n(lbie part in
HeHe did not visit the Russian pris- • legislature to pass two constitutional victory Cash Drive.
, . _ .. .1 ...... „ i on the Debt-Paying Campaign and
lanta Consttution that Attorney Gen- ... ,
, 1, , r, blotting out the nineteen thousad-dol-
eral Clifford Walker and Governor „„ ^ LocustGrove l nstit uto
Dorsey had about worked out a P lan |fop wWch th were responsib i e . Now
to call an extra session of the Georgia |
Macon Baptists are hard after their
aim of $30,000 which will make full
$40,000 from Macon on the Debt-Pay-
ons, where men, women and children amendments and create some more
were starved and beaten into confes-. new offices.
sions of crimes they knew nothing .One proposed amendment to the ^ aiuiii
about, rather than suffer such horrors State Constitution is to strike from ' J* ’
at the hands of the authorities. He jthe present consitution of the State | 0 the good '., ew3 grows apace . Re
did not observe the gendarmerie col-'the word “advalorum” so as to cut out ^ are coming in wdtb 6very ma il.
lecting taxes from the poor peasants, any limit as to per centum, which ^ fagt gg ib)e the fj gure s will
and their children who had dug out virtually mans an unrestricted tax be tabulated and Riven out to the press
of snow and ice on the distant moun- Heavy on the property of the State by gtate Gasb Li ber ty Bonds,
tains, little bundles of kindlings to a board of commissioners, whose duty Savin „ s stamps and personal
sell in the cities to buy bread. it will be to levy a tax each year ?uf-' for thirt day3 are the fruit ful
He did not visit vodka curst and ficient to meet all appropriations ^ Georgia Baptists are de .
priest riden Russia and ascertain the made by the lgislatunl The Tax termined tQ i iquidat e every obligation
condition of the more than 140 mil-1 Equaliaaion law was intended to get &nd ^ instiutions free t0 do
lion ignorant subjets of the Czar. He around the 5-mill limit by raising, ^ i arger work 0 f the larger days
did not visit the exiles in cold Sibe-, property values in the State so as to I are ahead
ria who were sent there for petit-meet legislative appropriations, but j
crimes without a cent of money or a jthe plant has failed to give the re-j BLOW YOUR STUMPS,
mouthful o eat, wiht no hope of sur- lief intended. And now, it seems that I B y arrangments of County Agent,
viving he rigors of eternal snow and I the next step is to remove the last j e. Cheatham, the DuPont Powder
ic,e, save the aid of an ever present safeguard the people have from ex
cessive tax levies by removing the
and merciful Providence
The learned Dr. Talmage, was not
permitted to 3ee the chalky founda
tion of the Russian govrnment. The
cables had been seized and the press
muzzled by the royal household and
greatness of Russia while the volcano
of revolution was burning underneath
her alters. The Doctor probably never
royally ii^ined and dined by the royal
household of Russia, he was partaking
of the spoils unjustly rung from the
band of pijverty and ignorance.
The learified Dr. Talmag only saw
royal Russia. The censored press is
5 mill limit from the constitution and
placing the sole right of levying tax
and fixnig rates in the hands of an
arbitrary board of commissioners, to
be appointed at good salaries by the
Governor.
The second proposition is to amend
the constitution of he State so as to
obligate the State to levy tax to
build and maintain public highways.
As this letter is getting long I will
close and probably have more to say
Company, through its special repre
sentative, Mr. W. B. Alford, gave
smoe special demonstrations of stump
blowing this week that every farmer
should investigate.
As an illustration, one stump about
four feet in diameter was blown up
Tuesday that had been cut about 40
years and hjad rendered worthless a
considerable spot of land all this time,
to say nothing of the trouble, etc. It
cost about 30 cents t oblow it up and
the land owner was offered a dollar
for it at once. Farmers will do well
on the highway amendment later on.jto confer with Mr. Cheatham about
W. I. D. geting rid of their stumps.