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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XVIII
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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL'FRIDAY, JUNE 2, m*
SEEKS INFORUIATION
NOTE TO EDITOR: A prominent
farmer and banker requested Senator
Harris to find out what crops the
■ Department of Agriculture would
recommend for planting in Jasper
County, Ga-, in view of the neces*
sity for diversification because of the
destruction of cotton by the boll wee
vil. Senator Harris took up the
matter immediately, and A. C. True*
Director of the States Relatioas
Service, has jest replied in behalf of
tile Department. As this informa
tion doubtless applies with equal force
to nearly all parts of Georgia. I am
sending a copy af Mr. True'i letter
for your information-
Cranston Williams,
Secretary to Senatar Harris
—Mr. Treu's Letter
REPORT FROM BIBLE STUDY
CLASS CIRCLE NUMBER
TWO
NUMBER 8
Dear Senator Harri^:
Your letter to the Secretary of
Agriculture, has just been forwarded
to the States Relations Service for
attention and reply in regard to crops
to growtin Jasper County Georgia, to
supplement the. ( cotton crop under
weevil conditions.
There is no erop we can recommend
that satisfactorily takes the place of
cotton for this section. Various truck
crops are grown in the south in a
limited way. but it is easy to bring
about an overproduction in any of
these cops. Last year the Southeast
Georgia watermelon growers received
good returns from a limited crop of
melons. The planting of melons in
1922 has been more than doubled and
there is some danger of over-produc-
Sugar cane for n syrup crop during
the period, /of the war prhved a
profitable crop for the farmers in the
southeast part of the cotton territory-
It has been very difficult, however,
for the farmers to dispose of the syrup
they produced in 1921. and much of it
is still on hand ns they were unable
to find a satisfactory market price
for it.
In looking at the census figures for
Jasper County we note that in 1919
the farmers planted 27,171 acres of
corn which produced a yield of 314,-
088 bushels, making an average of
11-S bushels ner acre. The farmers
of ^Jasper County cannot hope to
make corn, when planted alone, a
money crop at presnet nrices with
this low average yield. By greatly
increasing the nitrogen content of the
soil by growing and turning under
leguminous crops or l,y the judicious
use of commercial fertilizer this yield
of corn may be doubled. If nitrate of
soda or ather forms of nitrate enn he
purchased cheap enough, it is believed
possible to double thi yield of corn
by the application of 200 pounds of
acid phosphate and 150 pounds of
nitrate of soda. If a yield of 25 to
80 bushels of corn per acre can be
secured without too heavy an outlay
for commercial fertilizer, corn
combination with legumes can be
made a profitable crop-
— Cow peas, soya beans- velvet beans
and peanuts have all been used as a
money crop in the territory invaded
by the weevil, but throughout a period
of years none have proved an entirely
satisfactory money crop as a substi
tute for cotton.
There is one safe advice to- give
the cotton farmer of this territory,
and that is to grow ail the grain, hay.
meat- syrup, fruits, and vegetables'
for farm needs and plant a limited
acreage of cotton as a surplus cash
crop.
The cotton planted should be ferti
lized judiciously and a strenuous fight
made’ against the weevil- Live stock
should, in a limited way, furnish a
supplemental cash crop to cotton.
We find from the 1919 census that
Jasper County produced just about
enough' meat for home use, averaging
around four head of hogs per farm.
These farmers could easily increase
this number of hogs to as many as ten
head per farm thus having six surplus
hogs on each farm as a money crop.
The sale ofchickens and eggs in
Jasper County, according to the 1919
The Bible Study Class Circle No. ?.
of the Methodist Missionary Society
met with Mrs. G. S. King on April
25. Eight members were present and
each expressed hemselves as having
received much benifit from our study
thi s year.
On May 30th the Circle met with
Mrs. 7*. A. Jackson.
Eight members present. We are so
glad to have Mrs. Z. T. Dake, a new
member enrolled with us.. Our faith
ful leader was not present on accoun
of sickness in her home.
Mrs. J. W. House invites us to meet
with her next and the meeting will bo
June 27th.
We hope to have every member
present as wi receive so much more
front the study when we a tend regb
lary. We earnestly invite all others
interested to meet with us.
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
George W Light, Pastor
-H-H-H-l-H-M-i-M-
four to six good milk cows are kept
there will be a surplus of cream- This
can either be sold in the form of but
ter produced at home, or if there is
a creamery near the surplus cream can
be sold as sour cream. This will
bring in a small revenue each month
which will help to meet the current
expensed of the farm.
The following cropping system is
one that might be used in your sec
tion
On each 35 acre unit of cultivated
land the following crops are planted-
15 acres of cotton, 5 acres of corn in
Its great to be a Georgian.’ 1 I
saw this statement posted in a street
car in Atlanta the other day and have
been thinking about it ever since.
What are some of the things that
distinguish Georgia?
In that fine address of Supt. Sut
ton last week mention was made of
Georgia sweet potato being the sweet
est and finest flavored in the world
and own heart said a land, Amen-
Not in all my fourteen years away
from Georgia have I found a sweet
potatoe that anything like comes up
with the Georgia sweet potatoe.
Another thing in which Georgia
excells is hen syrup, both sorghum
and ribbon cane. I have not eaten any
syrup out of Georgia that is as good as
that which Georgia produces- The
Georgia peach is another product that
surpasses that of any other state.
Everybody knows that the country
over. And if the Georgia sweet po
tato and the Georgia syrup ’were
advertised as the Georgia peach is.
there would be a mint of money in
growing the sweet potatoe and sorg
hum cane.
Not in all the world is there any
such good water to be found as in
Georgia and especially North Georgia-
I am glad to be back in dear old
Geoirgia find the (food County of
Douglas and the fine town of Douglas-
ville. “It’s great to be a Georgian-”
Program of
Evangelistic
Conference of the Good Sa-
mariton Baptist Association, to be
held at Mortis Hill Chutch, at
•1--M-H Hulett Carroll County, on Friday,
June 9th,
10:00 a. in.—15 minutes devotional
Rev, C. L, Matthews.
15 minutes prayer in evan
gelism, by Rev. H. W. Boat-
right.
—15 minutes personal work in
» revival, Why? How? By
■Rev. T. F. Connell.
—15 minutes preparing the
church for a revival, by Rey.
J. T. Layton.
—30 minutes Evangelism and
enlistment, or what will we do
with our new converts, by
Dr. J. W- O’Hara, of Carters-
ville, one of our field workers
for the state.
11:00 a. m.—Sermon by Rev. W.
W. Roop, of Carrollton.
afternoon SESSION
1:30 a. m.—15 minutes devotoinal
by Rey. J. W. H. Cole.
I hour how I prepare my
church for a revival, short
talks by pastors, preachers,
and representative from each
church, with suggestions of
best methods, led by Rev. G.
W. Jones.
30 minutes Brief conserva
tion message, followed by all
present.
Let every pastor, preacher and
5,000 VETERANS AT
Our revival meeting begins June deacon and their fnimly and every
body who can come out to tins
meeting and let make it a day to
be long remembered, because of
the great good done in his name.
’There will b e dinner on the
ground.
J. N. MORRIS, Clerk
GA.
the 11th. The Pastor is frreatlj
| pleased with' the way the different
five foot rows with a row of peanuts i organizations of the church are be-
in the middle and velvet beans planted | ginning to function. However, this
in the drill with the corn, 5 acres of meeting % will reveal how well the
corn in five foot rows with a row of team will pull. Nothing shows up a
soy beans in the middle, 2 acres of | church tike an evanglistic effort-
rye and 1 acre of wheat, all of the , what will people do in a special ef-
small grams to be flowed by either fort to win sou)s? H()W much 8ac ,. ; .
cow peas or soy beans for either a fice win they make? How earne8tly
grain or hny crop, and 5 acres to h-> ; wd i they pray? How long wilt they
devoted to miscellaneous crops such \sustain t heir enthusiasm? These
as sugar cane for syrup, sweet and (|Uest i 0 ns will all be answered before
Irish potatoes, peanuts, grazing crops j une . ...
for hogs, etc. As far as possible! When I see so many young Amer- j W- Hardwick will deliv^Tb T1 )“ m!u;
cotton should not bo planted after | icans a8 we „ a8 old ^es in and a-j t „ thesemior oL. r
cotton, but should be followed on land , round Douglasville my heart yearns School of Technoloo-u t ° eor,?m
that was planted to a legume crop for about fivo hundr ed of then, to be Lnt exercises whfch w lThTn
the previous year- The above plan j in our gunday School . — T the camnus n tb c
would provide the necessary feed for « If j knew you and you knew me> M * j™ P ° Th m ° rmnK °?
live stock on the farm and a small | „ ow little trou))le there wou!d be , ^ P ™f' am °!
surplus of crops other than cotton We pass each other on the street, L„„ .,.,,'.^1^ “1 JUSt
for sale. | j ust come ou t an( j j e t u .s meet
It should be reuembered that cotton
TECH COMMENCEMENT.
EXERCISES
is, and will continue to be* the South’s
best cash crop. The problem is to
wHTely readjust the system of farming
under the changed conditions brought
about by the weevil-
It
AT CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY.
BIBLE STUDY CLASS MEETS
The Bible Jtudy Class Circle No. 5.
met with 'Mrs- Roy Enterkin Inst
still possible to grow good j Thursday afternoon. Rev- W- H.
crops of cotton under weevil con- Clark was present and led the meet-
ditions, hut a few lessons must bo j P g. After the study of the lesson
learned and learned thoroughly be- j delicious refreshments of sandwiches
fore this can be done. Briefly stated ! an( ] tea were served.
census, averaged for the entire coun-’ handle a new sysem of farming to the
tv about $5 per farm* It would be
easily possible for each farm to pro-
3uce $100 worth of poultry products
which would make a substantial ad-
aition to the farm revenue of the coun
ty.
Every farmer should keep a few
?ood milk cows. 'Where many as
the problem is as follows:
1. Fertilize cotton judiciously with
a fertilizer containing quick actinp
ritrates. Some experiments have
shown that 200 pounds of acid phros-
phates and 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda, applied before planting cotton,
will give an increase of as much as
500 pounds of seed cotton per acre un
der weevil conditions- The nitrates
should be applied either before plant
ing or at the time of the first culti
vation of cotton. The big problem is
to rush the cotton to maturity in 90
to 100 days. In this fight to control
the boll weevil and bring about a
readjusted system of farming cheap
commercial fertilizer will play an
important port*
2T The choosing of a good variety
of early maturing cotton is essential.
3- Push the crop from the first
and not allow it to become stunted by
weeds or grass, or lack of cultivation.
Cultivation should be continued until
the cotton begins to open.
4. Experiments have shown that
calcium arsenate when properly ap
plied is an aid in weevil control.
It is important that business men
and farmers realize at the outset
what constitutes a good plan of farm
ing under weevil conditions* and adopt
some definite system of farming and
stick to it. It takes time to learn to
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. R. A. Rainer.
best advantage* Nothing will be
gained bjr changing the system of
farming each' year. This has been
a great drawback to farmers in some
sections of the weevil territory.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) A- C. True
" R Director.
On May 21st- the gentle spirit of
our friend and Advisor, Prof. M. F.
Ramsey, was taken from our midpt
in this earthly prison into the infinite
freedom of Heaven, a home where
joy and gladness are always present
and no pain or sorrow ever enters.
Prof. Ramsey was for many months
a faithful and efficient Advisor of
the ;Hi-Y Club of the Douglasvi.lle
High School, and we deem it a priv
ilege of high honor to ihave been
associated with him in his loving
efforts for the young men of the
school and community-
Therefore, be it resolved:
First; That while we bow in humble
submission to divine will, we feel that
in the departure of our beloved broth
er our Hi-Y Club has lost a consistent
and useful member.
Second: That we strive to emulate
his virtue 8 and Christian example and
cherish the memory of a zealous and
efficient co-laborer in the Master’s
Kingdom.
Third: That we extend to the be
reaved relatives our heartfelt sympa
thy, and commend them to the tender
care of Him who doeth all things well,
knowing that He is able to wipe all
tears away.
Fourth: That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the min-
ute a of this society and that a copy
be sent to the relatives of Prof. Ram
sey and a copy to the Douglas County
Sentinel.
F. L* Matthews. President.
Edwin Baggett, Secretary.
been made public by Dr. N. P. Pratt,
administrative executive, outlines an
impressive observance of the passing
of the class of 1922, the largest in
the history of ?the school. Nearly
200 students are to be given their
diplomas. Commencement week will
be from June 8 to 12.
WEDNESDAYS GAME
The local team defeated the Worlds
Fair team here Wednesday afternoon
in a hard fought game. There was a
Richmond, Va., May 29.—(Special)—
Richmond is completing preparations
to entertain the 32d annual convention
of the United Confederate Veterans,
on June 19, 20, 21 and 22. Fully 6,000
of the surviving 46,000 Confederates
are expected to be within the city’s
hospitable gates. Most of them will
be accompanied by one or more mem
bers of their families, and, in addition,
there will be present members of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, the Confed
erated Southern Memorial Association,
sponsors and maids and matrons of
honor. ,
Comfortable Quarters.
Because of their age, the veterans
this year will sleep in comfortable
quarters. Thousands of them will
stop at hotels and with relatives and
friends, while others will be accom*
modated at reasonable coat, from $1.26
to $2 per day for lodging and break
fast, In private homes. Applications
for quarters and Inquiries concerning
them should be addressed * to Major
B. B. Morgan, chairman of the Com
mittee on information and Quarters,
Postofflce Box No. 685, Richmond.
Dinner and supper, with the compli
ments of the City of Richmond and
the Commonwealth of Virginia, will
be supplied Confederate veterans who
desire thdm on June 20, 21 and 22.
Reduced Railroad Fares.
The Southern Railway, the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway and, in fact,
practically all the transportation sys
tems in the South have agreed to give
tl>e veterans, accompanying members
6t their families, and members of
auxiliary organizations the benefit of
reduced fares to this city and return.
These rates have beeen fixed as fol
lows:
Veterans and accompanying mem
bers of their families, 1 cent a mile
for each mile traveled.
Members of the Sons of Confed
erate Veterans, Daughters of the Con
federacy, the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association, other auxiliary
organizations, sponsors and maids and
matrons of honor, one-way fare for
the round trip.
Identification Certificates.
Tickets will be placed on Bale
through the South in ample time for
visitors to reach Richmond on or be
fore June 19. Ab customary and In
order to eliminate trouble in procur
ing tickets at the reduced rates of
fare, identification certificates have
been prepared and are*'being distri
buted to all veterans and members of
Confederate and affiliated bodies. In
dividuals who are unable to procure
them through usual channels should
apply at once to Adjutant-ln-Chlef
On Tech Honor Roll
The honor roll of the Georgia
School of Technology is a coveted
position, only ten per cent of each
class being eligible, and a high
standard of scholarship being
maintained, it requires both abili
ty and dilligence to win this honor
We are glad to note in that list
of the Freshman class this year,
J. P. Ward, if Cordele, grandson
of Mrs. M. E. Ward of Douglas-
ville, and his friends here congrat
ulate him.
EVANGELISTIC CONFERENCE
Following the statewide evangelis
tic conference at Macon next Wednes
day and Thursday'there will be held
evangelistic conferences in all Baptist
Associations throughout the state.
The one for the Concord Association
will be held at the First Baptist church
Douglasville next Friday June 9th.
A suggested program was published
in the Christian Index last week. We
hope to have Dr. J. J, Bennett with
us to preach at 11:30- We hope to
have representatives from our state
board and we ought to have represen
tatives from every Church in the
Association Preachers, Deacons,
Sunday School workers, singers and
all who love lost souls can gain great
inspiration by conferring and praying
together. Let us come and plan for
the greatest-summer campaigns of
revivals ever known in the Concord
Association-
Douglasville will serve dinner. All
we ask of the churches is that they
come and confer with us and eat with
AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS
ASSOCIATION
Atlanta, Ga.—W. R- Neel- State
Highway Engineer, has been appoin
ted a member of the board of direc
tors of the American Road Builders
Association, a national organization
of engineers, highway contractors and
machinery men, according to infor
mation which has just been received
here. This is the second similarhonor
which has been given Mr. Nee! recen
tly, and it is considered as national
recognition of the progress in road
construction in Georgia ’which has
been made under his direction. Mr.
Neel was recently seleected to repre-
Carl Hinton, Sons of Confederate Vet I s , an * ; Southeastern States on the
crons, Hotel Richmond, Richmond.
REVIVAL AT 2ND BAPTIST
CHURCH
We began the 28th and closed 30th.
We had a great meeting, 10 for Bap-
tisim and C by letter. The church is
just three years old and has a member
ship of 215, a live B. Y. P- U-, a
Sunday School with 260 on roll last
Sunday we had 225 in Sunday School,
large crowd in attendance despite the We will baptise next Sunday after-
threatening clouds. noon at 3:30. Bro. C- C- Kiser from
The pitching of Peace was the Fort Payree, Ala. did some able preach
directorate of the American Ameri
can Association of Highway Officials,
being one of ten men ou this board..
Mr. Neel is a native Georgian and
a graduate of |Georgia School of
Technology. Like many other Tech
graduates he has made a notable
success in his profession. • Under
his direction a state system of high
ways has been mapped out and is
now being constructed. When com-
I pleted every section of Georgia will
be connected with permanent high
ways, which will equal those of any
state.
main feature of the game. Richards
led the team in hitting, getting 2
hits out of 3 times up.
Score by innings: r h e
Douglasville 100 000 10x..2 4 1
Worlds Fair 000 000 000..0 4 2
Summary:
Two base hits: Richards and Bishop;
Struck out by Peace, 10; by Parker!'.
Batteries: Smith and Peace; Carroll
and Parker.
Douglasville will play Capitol View
Saturday, and Cartersville Wednes
day, June 7th. Lets all go and help
our boy g continue to win. It is ru
mored that Cartersville is casting a
covetous eye on the honor of beating
Douglasville. Lets all turn out and
help the boys show them up.
HOW THEY HIT
mg.
S. T- Gilland, Pastor
A.
B, R. H
E.
Pet
Bishop
12
5
8
0
.667
Rchd's
26
11
12
1
.461
Smith
36
12,
14
2
.392
Keown
35
10
12
5
.348
Cole
34
5
11
2
.319
Irwin
32
9
9
1
.281
Harding 28
3
7
7
.249
Braggs
13
3
3
0
.231
Aper
12
3
2
1
.166
Watson
7
0
1
0
.143
Peace
6
0
0
0
• 000
Brown
2
0
0
0
.000
Birthday Celebration
A delightful event of last Sun
day, May 28, was the gathering
together of the friends and rela
tives of Mr. D. C. Hardage at his
home celebrating bis 69th birth
day.
Tables were set in the grove
back of his home, and each fami
ly present contributed a delight
ful basket lunch and his immediate
family served brunswick stew,
barbecue meat and hot coffee.
The birthday cake held 69 burn
ing candles and was the central
decoration of the table that was
laden with delicious daintes.
SULPHUR 1 DUSTED ON CLOTHING
PREVENTS CHIGGER ATTACKS
Rare days in June—and July and
August—temp nature lovers into
woods and fields and by the sides of
babbling brooks. Frequently they
return to undergo several days of a-
cute torment due to attacks by chig-
gers, the tiny mites whose larvae at
tach themselves to the skin in any
exposed spot.
The Bureau of Entomology of the
United States Department of Agri
culture has made a careful study of
the habits of chiggers and methods of
reducing the discomfort caused by
chiggers.
-The first step is to clothe, the feet
and ankles properly when going into
the woods where chiggers are likely to
occur, by wearing heavy high-topped
boots instead of low shoes, thick stock
ings or e^en spiral puttees- The
second method is to apply repellents
Mr. Hardage is indeed a man of I either directly on the skin or on the
wonderful character and unusual
personality to be able to hold his
friends as he has, this being the
7th celebration of his birthday
tendered him by Bis friends and re
latives.
Despite the bad weather there
were fifty present coming from At
lanta and other places.
Mr, Hardage has a host of friends
that wish for him many more
happy birthdays.
hose and undergarments before start
ing out for a “hike” or a picnic- Flow-
prs of sulphur is ordinarily used for
this purpose. Ahot bath with a thick
lather of soap taken immediately after
returning from an outing often kills
chigger larvae on the body-
Palliatives such as sulphur ointment
alcohol, ammonia, cooking soda, dilute
solution of iodine, or camphor are of
use chiefly because of their acariddo
or mite-killing action, or because of
their antiseptic quality, or for both
reasons.