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SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919
NUMBER 22.
THE PLACE OF LEGUME AND ■ plenty of live stoc to oat tlie feed,
WINTERCOVER CROPS : we might hope to accomplish
IN SOIL BUILDING | something toward this end, but,
! with both the feed and live stock
(By J. E. Cheatham, County Dem-! missing it is not a practical propo-
onstration Agent.)
(Continued from Last Week)
This leads me to believe that
Something more than the suf
ficient amount of nitrogen, potash
and phosphorus must be applied
to the soil in order that it may be
built up and the fertility and pro
ductive power maintained.
'Scientific men and some farm
ers who have actually made tests
tell us that the main thing in the
soil is humus or organic matter.
Now let us see just what plane or
ganic matter occupies in the soil.
1. A sufficient amount of or
ganic matter in a clay soil places
the soil in a better condition phy
sically as the particles of soil are
held apart nnd the land does not
bake, or run together, while on the
other hand, in a porous, sandy soil
the presence of organic matter
tendls to draw the soil particles
closer together ami render the soil
more compact.
2. A soil filled with humus or
organic 'matter holds moisture,
and serves as a resevoir in which
the water that falls today may be
stored up nnd used by the grow
ing plant several weeks hence;
while plants on a soil deficient in
organic mater may suffer for
moisture in less than a week after
a rain. Tile main reason for this
Wttttement we so often hear. “I
used to make good grain on this
land without fertilizer, but now it
wont produc more than half a
crop with a liberal application” i s
because the soil liar, been robbed
of the organic matter, ( or its rese
voir) and there is not a sufficient
amount of water held in the soil
to disolve and carry plant food 1 to
the plants dulling the spring and
Bummer, when the 'pjants must
have nourishment.
3. Due to the decomposition
of organic matter in the toil, cer
tain aeids are formed in the toil
which render the unavailable
plant food in the soil available,
therefore with these acids pres
ent, ground phosphate rock, which
is much cheaper than the acid
treated phosphate, may be used
with good results. In the red
lands of this county, tlieru is u
store of unavailable potnsli that
is made available by these soil
acids, which makes it unnecessary
Do apply potash for plants growing
in this soil.
4. In a productive soil there is
present always a large numbed of
soil bacteria, or micro-organisms,
working to make plant food avail
able for the plants and the pres
ence ‘ of organic matter is neces
sary for he existience of these or
ganisms.
5. In order to get the best re
suits from the application of all
oommeroial fertilizers it is very
essential that the soil be kept full
of decayed organic matter.
The presence of organic matter
gives the soil a dark color and this
rerfults in a wanner soil which
favors plant development.
The Douglas bounty .soil h|as
been leached and robhed of plant
ter until at the present time it is in
food, and robbed of organic mat-
a very serious condition from the
standpoint of fertility and pro
ductiveness, and yet a large ma
jority of the farmers wonder why
they d not make better crops.
But something must be.dope if
Douglas county is to hold her
place along with other counties
agriculturally.
To build the soil, seek first to
get the soil filled full or organic
matter or humus, and then add all
of these other necessary things,
blit' remember-.'that humus occu
pies the first place in soil build
ing.
Now, how shall we add this
necessary organic matter, rebuild
and’ maintain the soil fertility and
at the same time harvest a paying
orpp from.the toil? Can we ae
' complish this work by the use’of
commercial fertilizers alone? We
absolutely cannot, because com
mercial fertilizers do hot coutain
the necessary amount of organic
matter required by the soil, and
' we need no more convincing proof
of this than the condition in which
we find our toil today.
C$n we haild up the soil by the
use. of . barnyard manure? . Yea
.-And h. Yes, if we tatfvfentr of
feed to feed the live *
sitiou to attempt to build all the
soil by the use of barnyard inn-
nure. I would not have you
think that the use of barnyard
manure is not one of the best
known methods of building up and
maintaining the fertility of the
soil. The idea that I wish to con
vey is that there is not enough
barnyard manure saved annually
for use on our soils. 1 advise that
the best cl\re lie taken of barnyard
manure and that pine straw and
other litter he composed with the
stable manure so that as much hu
mus as possible may he added to
the soil, and in this way some
formers may build and maintain
a productive soil.
The best, the most practical and
the cheapest way of building and'
maintaining the fetility of the soil
is by the use of legumes and win
ter cover crops. Let us for a
moment look at some of the things j Fair Play. .. .12!) for,
LANDSLIDE FOR BONDS
Douglas County in Progressive
Column By Big Majority.
SUMMER SCHOOL ENDS
SUCCESSFUL SESSION
Last Friday brought to a close
the first session of W. C. Duncan’s
The best day’s work perhaps j summer school and camp. Mr.
ever done for Douglas county was | Duncan was assisted hv Edward!
done by the voters Wednesday Behnett, Yale ‘1*8, of Bridgeport,
when tiie $100,000.00 bond issue 'Conn., who gave instruction in
for good roads was voted by such j French. Spanish and Latin. Ten
nu overwhelming majority that it! hoyh were in attendance, repre-
accomplished by turning legumes
and winter ever crops back into
the soil.
1. A winter cover crop of alt-
plowed hack to the soil each year
liruzzi rye properly disced and
for from three to five years will
make up for the deficiency iu or
ganic matter, and place the soil
in an ideal condition from a phy
sical and chemical standpoint.
The decomposition of this organic
matter iu the soil will render it
passible for the use of ground
treated rock, and render the un
available ' potash in clay soils
available to the plants. The
amount saved to the tamer by the
use of ground phosphate rock will
more than pay for the trouble and
expense of growing and turning
this cover crop. Besides this, the
cover crop of rye will prevent
washing of the soil and the leach
ing of plant food from the soil.
Therefre, by supplying the suf
ficient amount of vegetation in
the soil the "resevoir” for hold
ing moisture will he formed in the
soil, and the soil which now al
lows the plants to suffer for the
lack of moisture during drought
will supply this moisture to the
plants and abundant crops may
lie produced.
2. If a legume such as hairy
veacli, crimson.clover or bur clover
he used with the rye a large
amount of nitrogen is taken from
the air and stored up in the legume
plant, so that if the vegetation js
supplied by groowing and turnig
into the soil winter cover and le
guminous crops it would not be
necessary to apply nitrogen in the
form of commercial fertilizers.
8. Summer legumes may be
grown and the vines turned hack
to the soil and in this way both
vegetation nd nitrogen are added
to build and maintain the fertility
nnd productive power of the soil
but we should not get the ide»
that we are going to build up the
soil by growing these legumes and
taking this crop off of the land for
hay. unless it is fed 1 to the live
stock and the manure returned
to soil.
Iu conclusion- let me say that
there is no method yet known
whereby we may build up the soil
quicker and cheaper and maintain
its fertility and productive power
than by the use oft legumes and
'winter cover crops. And if the
farmers of Douglas county will
call a halt, stop, and study the
condition of the soil as it exists
throughout the county and state,
and then make a careful study of
the best method of building the
soil, I am sure that flit conclusion
reached will be that legumes and
winter cover crops occupy the
first and foremost important place
in soil building.
was almost unanimous.
Many, who had conscientiously
opposed the bond issue up to a few
day ogo, changed over and used
their influence for bonds. When
the people (Understood the great
advantages to be derived from it
and were assured by the commis
sioners that the money would be
properly expended, they were
ready to place themselves on re
cord in putting Douglas county in
the progressive column.
The majority was about ten to
one throughout the county. Be
low is the vote by districts:
Town District. .369 Tor, 32 against
Salt Springs.. 122 for, 1 against
9 against
Chestnut Log. .40 for. 5 against
Chapel Hill.. 76 for, 0 against
Cromhies 61 for. 32 against
Middle 39 for. 0 against
Connors 30 for, 9 against
senting seven different schools.
LETTER FROM FLORIDA
Dear Editor:
I have received my paper in
due time and like it fine.
1 was raised in your town and
married a Douglasville girl, but
left there five years ago and came
to Perry, Fla., a progressive city
near the Gulf of Mexico.
Our country is noted for its fine
stock raising, hunting ami fishing.
GRAND JURORS SEPT. TERM;
1919, DOUGLAS SUPERIOR
COURT
The purpose of the school was to And anyone who would like to
afford the hoys an encouraging : steal the pleasures of the life,
opportunity to strengthen their | would be glad to have them visit
preparation for college, nnd to en- U1| K city of Perry. ,,r 1
joy the hospitality of the South
The boys lived in tents and took
their meals from the home of the
director.
Mr. Duncan lias been associated
We have the
best hotel here in Florida, with
nice boats to take you over the
deep blue waters of thegulf and
to enjoy the lovely sights of the
world and tile ‘Lland of flowers”
1. L. Walton, B. S. Daniel, J. W.
Frank, W. W. Selman, J. S. Mc
Guire, C. G. Brown, A. B. Stovall,
W. H. Mitchell, W. A. Turner, E.
C. Lee, J. W. House, W. T. Mc-
Kelvey, J. N. Morris, J. S. Bomar,
A. L. Campbell, W. T. Williams,
Ben Turner, N. B. Duncan, M. T.
Waldrop, J. T. Miles, W. E. A.
James, J. F. Williams, J. K. Ruth-,
erford, B. A. Bomar, W. E. Huey,
C. W. McLarty, H. J. Daniel, H.
(j. Nichols. J. A. ‘McLarty. G. N.
McLarty, J. N. Griffith, J. T. Lee,
J. F. Long-, T. E. Morris.
Traverse Jurors, First Week.
W. O. Jones, W. P. Webb, S. A,
Boyd. J. L. Ward, Janies Brown,
H. A. Wilson, J. 0. Sayer, L. 0.
‘.Meadows, II. M. Upshaw, P. J,
with the Irving School in New —which is Florida. We also have
York fortlie past five years. This a new railroad from Perry to the
famous private school has been gulf, which will carry you there
preparing hoys for Harvard and I every thirty minutes, of which, I j Mitchell R S Rutherford' T L.
Yale since 1338. Next summer j feel proud to say 1 am vice presi ' ’
Mr. Duncan will open a new school dent.
for hoys in New York near Cen-i Now. 1 would be glad for my
trill Park, the location being ideal friends in Douglasville to spend
both for work and recreation. j their time in our city this winter
Those who spent the summer in and next summer, and T will say
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CHAPEL HILL
Everybody is busy pulling fod
der and we are thankful for the
pretty weather we are having.
Cotton will soon be a thing of
the past, as it is all trying to open
at onec. and everybody will soon
be out fro early until late gather
ing the fleecy staple
Preaching in the forenoon and
singing iththe afgternoon was well
attended. We had some visitors
with us. They were welcome.
Hope they will come again.
We are preparing to put the
finishing touch to Chapel Hill
dhurch, a we have ordered 200
opera chairs and arc going to or
der eiioug to fill the entire seat
ing space. We are expecting to
have these ehhirs by the first Sun
day in October, as the Concord
Douglasville were:
Russell Stringer, Chicago, Ill;
Leonard. Matthews. Sayre. Peun:
Bernard! Shomher, Newark, N. J.;
Genaro Cidad, Santandar, Spain:
'Raymond Van Buskirk, New York;
I Morgan Gogorza, New York;
Grantley Freeman, New York:
Tilbury Freeman, New York
Joseph Duncan, Birmingham, Ala.; burg
returned from Cullman, Ala.,
where they have been visiting re-
Baptist Association meets here ',fnfives and friends.
then. When we get our chairs in
stalled we will have the nicest
country church in the county.
Miss Mozell Yancey is visiting
in Atlanta.
IMrs. Frank Jeffers visited Mrs.
Odessa Harbin Sunday night.
Mrs. O. D. Olds and daughter,
of College Park, are vsiting Mrs,
A. R Boma.
iMr. and Nouh Vantjant
visited Mr. and Mrs. John Wat
kins ‘Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Camp took
dinner with M. and Mrs. A. R.
Bomar Sunday.
Misses Claire and Marjorie
Olds visited ‘Mrs. Tom Winters
one day last Week.
Mrs. W. C. Dickerson visited
Mrs. D. T. Vansant Sunday.
Mrs. Mell Mozley, of Litliia
Springs, is visiting Mrs. W. P.
Webb.
MIDWAY
they will go back and say they
have enjoyed their stay in Perry.
Yours truly,
W. S. FORRESTER.
BALL ROCK
Piegink cotton and pulling fod
der is the order of the day in our
Thomas Tolbert, Villa Rica. Ga.
BILL ARP
(Several cases of flu in our com
munity.
Several from around here at
tended meeting at Chapel Hill Suu-
Healtli in this community is very
good at this writing.
Farmers are busy pulling fodder
and picking peas.
Messrs. Willie Daniell and Buna
Bice attended the singing at Col
lins Springs Sunday.
Mr. E. Woods and wife spent
the week-end in Atlanta, attend
ing Camp Meeting.
Miss Irene Daniell entertained
a number of her friends with n, Sunday at Jeff Harden’s,
singing Saturday night. Leonard Hallman called on
Mr. and 1 Mrs. Buna Bovd have 'Varner Townsend Sunday morn
ing.
day.
Mr. G. H. Couch and Mr. Hen
son and family visited 1 relatives
near Dallas Sunday
Mr. Turner and wife spent Sun
day with Mr. L. Campbell and
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. FrunkCoueh spent
Sunday at C. C. Harper’s.
•Mr. M. G. Gil la ml and wife and
son. Wiley and his family spent
Mr. Curtis and Miss Fannie T-iou
Woods returned from Atlanta
Wednesday, where they hnve been
attending Camp Meeting.
IMrs. 'P'hilUips and daughter,
Ruth, spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. Lizzie and Lois Boyd.
Several from this place attended
the baptizing at Ephesus Sunday
afternon.
The singing given'by Miss Vas-
sie Taylor Sunday afternoon was
enjoyed' by a large crowd.
Everybody is invited to Prays
to prayer meeting every Sunday
night. ' HAPPY BILL
WHISKEY FLOWS IN STREET
DOUGLAS SUPERIOR COURT
WILL CONVENE MONDAY
Judge Irwin will convene the
September term of Douglas Su
perior court Monday.
. The first week will as usual be
devoted to the civil docket a cal
endar of which is published in the
Sentinel this week.
A list of the Grand and Traverse
Jurors is also being published,
nal docket will be taken up. Next
On Monday, Se*>t. 22, the crinu-
Mr. C. T. Hallman is getting in
to the s.vnip making business this
week.
iMr. Tom Fridell, of McWhorter,
was a visitor of Miss Dura Gilley
Saturday night, i
Miss Lillie Gilland, of Villa Rica,
visited the faihily of Mr. Jeff Har-
dne last week.
Misses Blanche and Nolie James
have returned home after spend
ing several weeks in McDonough
and Atlanta.
The singing choir met at Mid
way Sunday afternoon and was
well attended and enjoyed. It will
meet next at Midway on the 2nd
Sunday afternoon in October
Mr. R. L. Gilley lost his horse
great loss to him, being th only
one he had
Cotton is opening very fast in
parts of this coTmunity.
Willie Hallman attended the
si Aging at Connor’s School House
Sunday
Mrs. Maggie Leatherwood, of
Atlanta; spent part of last week
witih her son, Sam McGarity.
Miss Blanche Bobo, of Douglas-
yille, visited the family of Hood
Wednesday afternoon, tile gen
tle breezes became laden with an
aroma of bvsrone days. The ol
factories of those whose memories
still survive, heenme again cogni
zant of foernov imnressions. nnd
mnnv 1we’ll mention on names)
with hW( , hnund neenrnev. di
rected their Rtens toward the eoun-
tv jail where it was found that
Sheriff Bniraett had lost emptied
into the street somethine over a
hundred call on s of—-sugar rum.
corn whitlkev or white lieliten
ng. or whatever you please to call
it-. This was the aeeumulntion of
recent raids by the Sheriff. when
several automobiles, from Fords
to Oadilaes. were eanglit enroute
from the moonshine discrict-s of
Western Georgia and Alabama to
the consuming center. Atlanta.
der of tola.
week’s ppiper will i cou**in i a ealetf- Robd Saturday- night-md Sunday.
' ; '• NONAMK.
Edgar Renfroe spent Saturday
night with Jesse Renfroe,
' Mesrfa dies Dollie Couch and
Idelln McWhorter, of Raymond,
spent Saturday evening with "Mrs.
Lilia Harper.
Miss Nettie Pope, of Hapeville,
spent the latter part of the week
with her brother, Buck Pope.
Grover Blair and family spent
Sunday ut G. H. Couch’s.
Misses May and Myrtle Harden
and Ruth Renfroe spent Saturday
evening with Miss Lizzie Mc-
Gouirk.
Mr. Rube McCord and wife
spent Saturday night with G. H.
Coucli and family.
Mr. Alf Towler, of Villa Rica,
took dinner with C. C. Harper Sun.
day.
Billie Daniel gave Jeff Harden
an early call Sunday morning.
Eddie Mozley and Bud James
passed through our burg Sunday,
morning.
The singing at Misses Blanche
and Mollie James’ Sunday night
was enjoyed by a large crowd,
and had some good singing.
G. H. Coucli made a business
trip to Atlanta Monday.
Mrs. Lilian Townsend spent
Wednesday with her mother,
Mrs. Hallman.
POLLIE ANNER
Luther, D. T. Wood, J. M. Ader-
hold, Robt. M. Smith, J. S. Giles,
Jr., O. TT. Gable, S. T. Nalley, J.
A. Jacobs, B. H. Bomar. J. L. Per
kins. P. A. Milam, S. W. McLarty,
B. D. Byce, Joe Hallman. J. C.
Stovall, L. W. Mason, H. S. Hud
son. J. E. Estes. E. N. Landrum,
R. B. Johnson, R. O. Boatright, T.
P. Huckaby, J. H. Daniel, W. W.
Johnston. T. N. Gresham. J. E.
Du re n. II. A. Winters, D. M. Tru
itt. J. It. Land.
Traverse Jurors, Second Week
O. H. Hallman, W. Marion Mor
ris. J. C. Arrington, W. M. Enter-
kin. J. W. Hunter. J. W. Janies,
E. H. Butler, W. W. Furr, R. M.
McEaehern. M. Chastain, W. M.
Hembree, W. L. Turner, W. T.
Smallwood. A. M. Howell, H. L.
Watkins. E. P. Strickland, J. C.
Mozley. C. W. Owens. B. F. Ha
gan. R, P. Hollis. J. M. Morris, J.
II Duncan. H. T. Mozley, N. L.
Baldwin. J. 'M. Smith. J. t. Strick
land. A. J. Fincher. J. R. Chapman,
A. I. Yancey, J. J. Boyd, D. R.
Plunkett, J. A. Brown, G. W.
Prickett. T. L. Ergle, R. L. Taylor,
J. M. Boyd. J. A. Blair. W. L.
Dalrvmple, R. L. Chnpmnn, C. H.
Watkins. W. E. Hudson, Jr., T.
F. Hodnett,. W. Q. Enterkin, J.
R. Duron, W. K‘. Burnett. J. 0.
Connolly, F. M. Collins, W- W.
Strickland. E. C. Daniel, J. C.
Morris, J. R. Adamson, J. W.
Shaddix.
WHITL AW-PHILLIP*
Tlie following announcement
will he of considerahle interest to
the people of Donglaavrlle:
Dr. and Mrs. William Whitlaw
announce the marriage of their
daughter. Willie Mae. to
Thomas Henry Phillips, on Friday,
August t)he fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and nineteen, Memphis,
Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips a'rived
here Thursday night for a, short
visit with Ids parente.Mr. and Mrs;
J, B. Phillips.
INVEST IN SAVINGS STAMP*
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of thank
ing our friends and neighbors for
the kind assistance in the sickness
and death of ore companion and
mother. We cannot speak with
words, our appreciation of the
many kind words that were spok
en to comfort us. May God’s
richest blessings he theirs all the
days of their life. .
R. M...EIDSON
MARVIN EIDSON
BRUICE EIDSON
FRED EIDSON
•E. THOMPSON
MRS. JULIE THOMPSO
Mrs. JULIE THOMPSON
“Tlie one million persons and
corporations in the Sixth Federal
Reserve District who bought Third
Liberty Loan Bonds will have M
opportunity of turning interest in
to interest on September 15th,
J. L. Dorris, postmaster at Doug
lasville, said today.
"On that date the Government
will make a semi-annual payment
on the Third Liberty loan Bonds,
a uouut.pg to the sum of $88,750,-
981.81. The Treasnry Department
is urging that bond holders rein
vest their interest in Thrift and
keep their dollars working.
" Staking a wealth heap has two
processes—addition and multipli
cation. ~
"■Saving is addition—a dollar
and a dollar and a dollar. It
comes easier as one goes along but
the increase is no faster next
year than this.
“When you set the dollar to
work—that Ss multiplication.
Your pile grows slowtv this year,
a little faster, still a little faster,
then faster and faster, till interest
outruns saving.
War Savings Stamps do more
than add dollar to dollar. They
begin to multiply. No better in
vestment could be found for your
interest- coupons. Remember tbi#
on Sept. 15th.”
SACRED HARP SINGING
The annual all-day Sacred Harp
Hinging will occur at poplar
Spring church on the fourth Sun
day in August. Everybody has a
tfordtai invitation. ‘
• W. H. ROB*RTS.
GOOD WORK WITH
BOYS
CLUB
Mr. J. G. Oliver, Assistant .Stati*
Farm Agent, and Mr. J. K. Giles,
assistant State Director, ipent,
Monday, here with ounty Agent J.
E. Cheatham, visiting club hotya
and getting pictures of their crops,
eet.
They estimated some of the
club acres as high as 125 bushels
per acre.
This is good work - and Mr.
Cheatham has done well in gettitjg
the boys interested. Watri
of thane elnb boy&itfe'
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