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COUNTY
DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922
NUMBER |2|f
For the pasr*44iUfhMSii we have
been accumulating recorns of the
emergence of the boll weevil from
r.rarly all the cotton states and are
fading universally, as we forecasted
PROSPERITY SHOWN IN SOUTH
GEORGIA
Diversification In Fanning Operations
Is Said To Have Put Big Money
In Farmer’s Pockets
some months ago, that the number of
over-wintered weevils i s far greater
than usual; in fact in many districts
where accurate counts have been made
it has been found that we have in
th« fields now as many weevils as are
ordinarily present a month later when
the first summer-bred brood has start
ed to appear. With anything like
normal weather conditions thi s is go
ing to mean a tremendously rapid in
crease in the weevil damage, and
this will have an important bearing
op the program to be followed by
those using calcium arsenate for the
control of the weevil-
In the first place it should be re
membered that we recommend starting
poisoning when from ten to fifteen per
cent of the cotton squares have been
punctured by the weevil. A s a gen
eral rule this condition does not arise
until after the newly bred weevils
have started to emerge from! the
squares. This year, however,
have found many fields where there
are already sufficient weevils present
to destroy practically all squares
fast ns formed- In other words, such
cotton will never start blooming unless
the weevils are controlled, and from
th" very outset fifty per cent or more
of the squares are punctured. Under
such conditions it is undoubtedly goini:
to be necessary to poison earlier than
ever before. Of course, there i a no
advantage in poisoning the cotton
before the squares form, as the wee
vil, are continuing to emerge from
hibernation during this period and
fnthermore they are doing the crop
no harm- However, where such a
heavy infestation occurs it will be
advisable to make the first application
just as soon ns the cotton starts
squaring freely, or about the time the
plants average from 4 to 5 squares
each. The regular poisoning sche
dule should be started at that time and
continued along the lines of the uituel
recommendations for controlling this
early infestation of weevils.
Another very important effect r.‘
this heavy infestation will be felt
later in the season- When the weevils
first emerge from hibernation and
Teach the cotton field they move u-
vound very little as lone a s they can
find an ample supply of unpunctured
squares for their use- but just as soon
as the infestation becomes sufficiently
heavy to puncturel practically all
squares these weevils start to move
in search of fresh pastures.. In an
ordinary season this means that you
usually have only the weevils bred
in your own cotton to contend with
until some time from the latter part
of July to the last of August, depend
ing on the locality. This year, how
ever, this movement of migration of
weevils will probably start several
weeks earlfer than usual- Conse
quently, it will not pnly be necessary
for you to start poisoning earlier to
control your own infestation, but you
should also expect that, before you
have had time to mature the fruit
which your plants have set during this
period of protection, you will begin to
experience an immigration of weevils
from unpoisoned cotton. Of course
this condition would not arise if-every
one in a district was successfully
poiaioning his cotton; but this will
rot ,be the case thi, year, just as
soon as all squares in the unpoisoned
crops are punctured the migration to
the poisoned fields will commence
This means that every day a large
cron of new weevils will move into
these poisoned fields, and it is going
to take continuous, through poisoning
to protect to maturity the crop which
has been allowed to set by the earlier
applications.
These two facts mean just this:
Successful weevil control this year
1s going to require more effort and
more poison per acre than has ever
been the case in the past- On the
other [hand, wherever the land is
sufficiently fertile to justify such an
effort, there is much more assurance
of profit from the operation than is
usually the case. The increase in
thi? cost per acre .brought about by
the Increased number of'-applications
necessary will he fag more than
compensated for by the fact that, the
GAMES WITH BUFORD
Atlanta, Ga—The sunrise of pros
perity is breaking over the entire
section of South Georgia- according
to tho Agricultural Department of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railway, in a statement made public
here today. Diversification is said
to be the cause*
A hijfh water mark for the coopera-
reached at Ashburn when the hogs
five sale of a carload of hogs was
were sold at 10-%c a pound. Several
carloads of chicken 8 were sold on the
same general basics.
At Waycross, Seymour, Phelpscamc
from Michigan about 12 vporg aff0
and borrowed money to buy ei^ht
cows. To-day, without • anv other
source of income except from his
cows, Mr* Phelps owns, free of debt,
75 acre 8 of land well improved, a 50-
cow modern dairy and has loaned a-
hout $5000 to his neighbors.
In the same county W- H. Whit-
beck. a farmer, is making from $10
i) $15 a tree from plums, sntsuma
oranges and other fruit. He iq also
making money on poultrv. The in
come on his land has been so larrre
that he has refused $1,000 an acre for
it* Other land with the same soil may
bo secured for about $25.ft0 an aero
it is stated.
An Towa tenant former. M- TT.
Henderson, went to Wayne county
without money. He leased land for
four years and then bought a farm*
Tin now owns 95 acres, n!^ paid for.
and i« making monov. He has de
voted hi s energies to hog and poultry
raising.
Walt.ro Tvreo. of Mershnn* in Pierce
countv. averaged this year $245 per
j,pv*o from euo*1i«h npqs.
It was stated here today that every
hank in Turner county has combined
in an .agreement to aid farmoi-s who
have feed in evidence to hnv
bred hogs and poultry- Recently a
ear of pure bred Gumsey bulls was
sold "to the farmers of that county
nnd every bank porticipated in help
ing the farmers to pay for them.
This action on the part of banks was
said to have been based unon their
experience since the Ashburn Cream
ery was organized, which has resulted
in the Ashburn farmers paving cash
for their sunplies- It is staled that
nractieally 75 per cent of the farmer,
in that county will be milking cows
in the next year.
Douglnsvillc has been wanting to
meet a good strong team - and she
ri d - The continous record of winning
had become somewhat numvotonoub,
and Thursday and Friday iho mono-
u-ny was smashed-
We understood Thursday morning
that a large delegation ol fans was
going to Buford, but Friday morning
it was hard to find any body who was
willing to confess he was there.
After these games our^sporting edi
tor absolutley refused to write them
up- so its up to the editor, and as
business called him away Friday, he
is finding it hard to get information
as so few were there, but the fucts of
the story can be expressed in the
following; Thursday’s game P to
0 in favor of Buford; Friday, 21 to
2 in favor of Buford. The results
would indicate that Douglasville was
outclassed, but we have faith that ahe
will come again.
Saturday- loooglasville got complete
revenge when they took the game a-
way’from one of the Atlanta teams
by a score of 28 to 0, and again
Wednesday when they crossed bats
with the Fort McPherson Huskies,
resulting in a score of IS to2.
They go to Cartersville to-morrow
for the second game with the team-
they defeated here recently.
Ihis promises to be one of the most
interesting games of the season.
While Douglasville defeated them in
a former game, we lost to Tate in a
hard fought contest and Cartersville
has just takien two out of three
from Tate.
A large crowd of fans will accom
pany the team to Carteraville where
they hope to put over another victory,
Below are a few fan sketches that
would seem to be pertinenent to the
occasion. .
TYPHOID FEVER INCREASING
WEDNESDAY’S GAME
The Typhoid Fever season has’come
and many many people in Georgia urc
still unprotected so far ns being Vac
cinated is concerned. Time and again
tlie State Board of Health nnd the
County Boards of Health have sent
out warnings and ad' ised, even beg
ged, the people to be vaccinated,
last year 798 people wlto turned
a deaf ear to such timely adviced have
already crossed to the unknown.
Any one who wants typhoid vaccine
this year had better order at once. The
Bupply i s by no means unlimited-
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
ORDER YOUR VACCINE FROM
TODAY. HAVE YOUR PHYSICAN
OR HEALTH OFFICER ADMINIS
TER IT AT ONCE.
GA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
POLL WEEVILS WORK IN . WET
WEATHER - SO MUST THE
COTTON PLANTER
The Soldier’s Advise Wasted
McDdonn/ds Effacious Windup
GEORGIA PROBE OF JOBS
WATCHED IN WASHINGTON
Atlanta, On.—Attornev Genera!
Daugherty, it was reportd here tndnv.
is closely watching the results of the
grand jury investigation in Atlnn’n
inio al’eged sale of jobs by the Re-
nubliean organization in Georgia, the
allegation being that certain Republi
can job-holders were virtually require 0
to contribute to an “educational fund’’
of the Republican party when they
were appointed to federal positions
in the state.
J. L. Philips, state chairman of the
Republican committee, has returned
to Washington, today’s dispatches
stated, and repeated his denial made
last week at Bryn Mawr, Pa, that he
had any connection with such trans
actions- He probably will go to Geor
gia next week.
"I have never received nor asked a
single dollar from any federal of
fice-holder in Georgia, and court a full
investigation of the charges,’’ said
Mr. Philips. “They are doubtless
inspired by the same oid disgruntled
faction in the party that tried to
overthrow the organization perfected
at the Atlanta Conference, last year.’’
White Held. Ft. Mao He/pless
r
Buford Ran Wild On Bases
GREAT JULY FOURTH CELE
BRATION FOR ATLANTA
If you expect to whip the boll weevil
in a fair fight, you have got to show
as much energy as he does - which
mean s that though the operation may
be both difficult and unpleasant, pois
oning must be done even when the
plants are wet and.the ground muddy-
so say s the United States Department
of Agriculture with regards to poison
ing the .weevil with calcium arsenate
The Department has found that, dur
ing the critical stage, the poisoning-
should be done at intervals of about
lour (lays. Two ar three appli
cations, made in good weather, may
have got the weevils under control.
Then tl^ere comes a rainy spell and
(he farmer lets the time for poison
ing pass while he Wait s for fair wenth
er. But that is exetly the time when
the weevil is busiest. The numbers
are likely to increase so rapidly that
the control already gained is lost-
In that event, the weevil inflicts a-
bout as much damage as if no poison
ing had been done and the farmer
loses, in addition, what he has spent
in poisoning operations- The only
wav to prevent that sort of result is
to let wet weather interfere a a little
as possible with poisoning operations.
Stick to the schedule, the department,
s ays, regardless of weather conditions
The Department realizes, of course,
that poisoning rannot be (Ibtfe m
pouring rain but the farmer, the
specialists urge, should take advan
tage of the earliest opportunity to
get back into the field after therein,
that he should make every effort to
get the cotton again dusted regularly,
even though fair weather doe s not
seem certain. He can afford, they
ft py. to put on poison even in unset
tled weather. It may be washed off
again shortly but, on the other hand,
the weather, even when it looks most
threatening- may stay fair long o-
rough to allow weevil control to ope
rate- Every farmer, it is pointed out,
must expect to lose some poison by
rain but the operation i s sufficently
profitable to justify it-
Lakewood Park To Be Scene Of
Monster Patriotic demonstration
With a program rich in varied at
tractions for their annual Indepen
dence Day Celebration, the officials
of Lakewood Park are anticipating
one of the greatest sporting events
and patriotic demonstrations ever held
in Atanta-
Governor Thos. W. Hardwick and
other prominent figures are on the
list of speakers for the morning pro
gram and the afternoon shall be given
over t o racing nnd ether forms of
amusement.
In addition to an excellent card of
horse racing, for which a large num
ber of fine southern horse B have al
ready been shipped to the Lakewood
plant. Secretary R- M. Striplin, of
the fair association, has practically
completed arrangements for one of the
biggest automobile racel meets ever
held on the famous oval- Practically
all of the better known southern pi
lots will be entered in these events.
A monster fireworks program has
keen arranged for the night of tho
fourth and a crew of special artists
nnd designers will be sent to Atlanta
from Chicago for the staging of this
spectacle.
All the regular midway attractions
ft the pai-k will be running full blast
on the holiday and a number of new
features will be seen this year that
have not been in evidence heretofore.
The greatest crowd! that has ever
attended n patriotic celebration at
Lakewood i 9 expected this year and
reduced rates on all railroads will bf
offered.
REVIVAL SERVICES METHODIST
CHURCH
Beginning next Sunday A. M.
coontinue at the Methodist Church
throughout the 'following week.
There will be preaching each day
at IQ: A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
Rev. J. O- Grogan, of Greenville
Ala.,, will assist the pastor with the
preaching. Mr. Grogan will not ar
rive until Wednesday.
We earnestly desire the co-opera
tion of all the Christian people of
Douglaaville- and are praying for a
revival that shall bring needed bless
ings to each and all of our people.
W. H. Clark. Pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
George W Light, Pastor
A DOUBLE HEADER
COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT
HOLD COURT TUESDAY
Owing to the fact that the 4th- of
July comes on first Tuesday, tho
Coutny Commissioners will not hold
Court that day but will tneet on
Wednesday, the 5th instead.
be far greater than normal, and thu 9
the margin of profit on the operation
ia tremendously increased. In other
words, a heavy weevil infestation such
a s we have this year means a greater
expenditure per acre for poisoning to
successfully control it, but it also
dollars and cents per acre from the
means a greater actual.,net profit in
-weevil damage without prisoning win. poisoning operation.
Douglasville’ will play a double
header July 4th with the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, one of the
strongest teams in this section- with
a percentage of 800, while Douglas
ville has a 720 standing. The games
will be called at 10:00 a. m. and
3:30 P. M- There will be another
Saturday game with Decatur.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation for the
kindnesB, the beautiful floral offer
ings, and the sympathy, expressed to
us dpring our recent bereavement in
tho Iqgi of our little son.
Mr- and Mrs. F. M. WinnJr.
Last Sunday afternoon our people
responded in a most encouraging way
to the every Member Canvass. All
are inspired by the prospect of hav
ing a church, that pays as it goes
every one paying every Sunday as
the Lord ha3 prospered hini.
On Monday afternoon a committee
of young people mot at the Pastors
home and regrouped the Sr. B- Y-
P. U’ into four groups, planned for
the next three months, and decided
to present the play, “Trial of the
Robber,’’ at an early date. The e
Tobber-s. John Rich and Mary Stingy,
should have been tried long ago.
Tuesday afternoon the T. E- L.
Class met for the Bible Study Class
at the home of Mrs. Dorris- This
Cla s has dona much in the past,
toward the upbuilding of our church.
They have not grown weary in well
doing, but are planning for other
and greater things in the future
Frank Matthews led our prayer
service Wednesday evening He
made one of the most helpful talks
on seed-sowing ever heard and en
riched it by some of his own ex
periences and purposes. Our young
people are our joy and crown as
Paul would say.
Next Sunday morning we will ob
serve the Lord's Supper and have
our regular monthly business meeting
There will be no services at our
church during the revival services at
the.-Methodist Church-
I O O F. HOME AT GRIFFIN
NEARING COMPLETION
W C T U NOTES
The Douglasville W. C. T. U. met
Orifln, Ga—The R T Daniel
Memorial Home, which the Odd Fel
lows of Georgia are building here,
will be completed and open for the
admission of widows and orphans in
a few weeks-
They have erected a splendid Ad
ministration Building, well located on
a tract of one hundred acres of land
just outside the city. Cottages are to
be erected as needed. This Institu
tion is designed to rank among the
best ‘ in. the entire country and is a
valuable asset, not only to this great
Order., hut to Griffin and all Georgia.
That it may be dedicated and opened
entirely free from debt, the Grand
Matter of the Order, Hon. James A-
Perry, by direction of the Grand Lodge
has issued a proclamation designating
the 8th day of July a 3 Orphans Home
Day and calling upon every Odd Fel
low in Georgia to observe this dav by
making a contribution to the Home-
T. H. Robertson, Grand Sect.
in regular session last Monday P. M.
at the hospitable home of Mrs. Lewis
The subject for the afternoon wag
Child Welfare, the program being
in charge of Mrs. D. S. Strickland,
Supt.,of that department.
A short business session was con
ducted by the president. Mrs. A. W .
Mi'I.arty,, during whiqh a motion
was made and carried that a com
mittee composed of Mesdames Kirby.
Strickland. Carver, and Enterk/n sea
the council with regard to rulings
on the dogs of the town, since hy-
drbphobia has been prevalent in this
vicinity of late.
The following Very helpful and
highly enjoyable program was rend
ered:
Devotional— “Our children and the
Bible” By Mrs. Light.
The Pre-School Child—Mrs. Ralph
Morris.
Piano Solo— Mrs. Clark Carver,
“Our Children nnd Beautiful Pic
tures.” —Mrs. Louise Longiuo.
“Does your Child love Music?”—•
Mrs. Verna Carver.
“Motherhood the Great Profession’
—Mrs. Kirby.
Every member was beautifully and
impressively given, and. the only re
gret voiced by all present was that
all the mothers of the town could
r.ot enjoy the helpful numbers.
Delightful refreshments consisting
of cream and cake were then served
by the hostess, assisted' by her daugh
ter. Mary.
The W. C. T. U. Continues t-J_
grow in numbers and in interest, and
it is very much desired that all the
mothers of the town come together
in this great; organization, working
together for the saving of our boys
and girls,- and aid in making the
home what it should be in raising
aloft the standards of purity and
right.
Everybody is cordially invited to
join,, and to attend the meetings
whether a member or not.
SUNDAY WEDDINGS
CHIROPRACTOR LOCATES
IN DOUGLASVILLE
Dr. J- W. Derst, who has an office
in Atlanta is locating iir Douglasville
He will make his home here; he has
opened an office in the Hutcheson
Building and will practice in both
Douglasville and Atlanta.
Dr. Derst is one of the leading
Chiropractors in the state and has
an advertisement in this week’s Sen
tinel pho)wing some iwonderful re
sults produced by spinal adjustments-.
Rev. S. T. Gilland could well bfl
designated “The Marrying Parson.”
a, his services are very much in
demand- Last Sunday between two
nnd three o’clock at his home he per
formed three marriage ceremonies.
They were as follows: Miss Pauline
Styles to Mr- W. L. Bobo, both of
Douglasville; Mis s Lula May Norton
to Mr. T. W- Diggs, of Sweetwater
and Miss Inez Couch to Mr. G. C-
Lee, bf Chestnut Log-
These are all popular young people
of their respective communiteg, and"'
the Sentinel extends congradulatiena< 1