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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
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VOLUME XVIII
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922.
NUMBER 36
BOLL WEEVIL WILL
BE
Atlanta Ga.,—The boll weevil which
has done’such heavy damage to cotton
crops in Georgia and other southern
States, is about to be conqured i accord
ing to cotton men here to-day. Nation
al state and county agencies have joined
in’the war upon the weevil and for the
.first time since the menac e of the' wee
vil appeared in the South, it is stated
here theie is real promise that it will
be curbed in its activities,
perhaps the most energetic; campaign
of the several being waged against the
weevil is that of the U. 8. Depart
ment of Agriculture, which according
to announcement at /the stat e capitolj
has turned its experts loose upon the
Southern pest and has enlisted in the
campaign the aid and advice of exten
sion directors, agricultural college presi
dents and deans of various Southern
states.
Among the important questions rec
ommended at a conference recently in
Washington was that of encouraging
the growth of uniform varieties of cot
ton in communities. Uniform time of
planting, is another big factor in boll
weevil -eontrol which h-s been recom
mended. The opinion has been ex
pressed that ifagreement could be reach
ed by the various interests on uniform
varieties and time of planting and the
recommendation followed by the grow
ers,'one-third of the boll weevil prob
lent would be solved.
Cotton, it is pointed out ? is a plant
that readily adapts itself to changes of
soil or climate. One variety f therefore,
may prove valuable through a wide
range. One of the 1% difficuHues in
the long time that would he required
to effect a complete change of variety.
An active and agressive movement
to improve the quality and value of the
North Georgia cotton crop by the „ Ex
clusive use of choice . seed of selected
varieties, and by the growing c\f cotton
on a comminity basis, has been launched
in Arlanta by the cotton contingent of
the Atlanta Commercial Exchange,
resentatives of the Georgia Bankers
Country Bankers associations and offic
ials of the State Deportment of Agri
culture. The plan approved which will
be put into effect is as follows:
1. To recommend that the farmers
plant oidy tested seed of a tested variety
suitable to North Georgia.
2. To aid the planters in obtaining
juch seed by providing warehousing and
shipping facilities and by arranging cred
it by which they can purchase.
3. To put on an extensive education
al campaign to foster the idea of rais
ing better quality cotton and to encour
age the farmers to roise their crops on
a community basis so as to avoid xross
fertilization and other evils that result
in deterioration.
Attention is called to the fact by lead
ing cotton factors that Atlanta probably
has the largest warehousing and ship-
ing facilities of any city in the South.
The Candler warehouses^ now in charge
•f the Cotton Storage Finance Co., are
recognizen as the largest and best con
structed buildings in the South.
The trolley system for handling the
cotton is not only a very interesting
feature but is also a very economical
one cheapening very materially
expense of handling the cotton and taken
together with the low insurance rates
applying to the warehouses, makes
low rate for storage possible.
Atlanta Ga—A new drive lor better
health in Georgia is to he started on
January ist with the creation of several
new sanitary districts by the Stat e Boird
of Health. An appeal lias been issued
for the cooperation of physicians of the
state. The board is especially desirous
of securing young, active physicians as
district and county health commission-
In order to he eligible for the posit
ions available under the Ellis health law
applicants are required to be licensed
physicians and must show that they ■arc
proficient in modern sanitary practice
and in the interpretation and applicat
ion given by the state hoard.
State Board of Health
Wants Capable
Doctors
Arcade Post Office
Doing Big Business
Atlanta Ga.—Uncl e Sam does more
business in the twenty-five foot Peach
tree Arcade postoffice in Atlanta than
in any other postoffice of many times
its size in America, it was learned here
today.
The last annual postoffice report
shows that th c Arcade postoffice - did
ninre business than the combined postal
offices of either Mncon^ Ga., or Chat
tanooga Tenn., and almost as much as
Jacksonville, Fla.
The tremendous business done by
Unde Sam in\ this branch office is ex
plained bv the fact that it is located *n
the city of little shops in the Arcade
building an uptown shopping center,
and
FKV
who
Stewards Meeting
ts proximity
of Atlanta saves thousands of
moments to thc bankers, lawyers
nsurance people within this radius
otherwise would go to the main
postoffice through the traffic congestion
peculiar to Atlanta.
Just now Christmas shoppers find
Uncle Sam's Arcade branch exceed iug
ly ‘ convenient as they are enabled to
secure within a distance of twenty feet
six windows that give /every service
from a stamp to fina] registration.
In order to take care of the overflow
denjhnd which comes now with the ap
proaching holidays, tables have been
placed by the government in the Arcad'
lobbies where weighing, registration
and stamping is done.
Tr is estimated that 50,000 people pas,,
the Arcade lobbies every day r.nd the
use they ar c making of Uncle Sam's
postoffice in the street presents a unique
sight.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
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flPPLE T GRBWERS
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Atlanta Ga.—Georgia apple grow-
rs are throwing away a lot of money
v<?ry year by failure to utilize left over
and off-grade, apples for by-products,
such as jelly preserves, syrup, vinegar
and dried fruit in the opinion of At
lanta chemists.
Chemists here recently experimented
ith a syrup made from off-grade apples
and th e product was excellent, they de
clared. An analysis of this syrup made
by the State Chemist showed it to be
of exceptional food value.
The Board of Stewards recently elect-
erl to serv e the Methodist church tor
1923 met for organization at the home
ci Mr. J. L. Giles on Thursday even
ing December 7th.
A bountiful and delightful dinner
was served by Mrs. Giles, assisted by
her daughter Nell and niece, Miss
Ozelle Wilson.
Mr. N. B. Duncan was elected chair
man of the Bo a rd, a post which he hid
filled for many years. T. P. Huckaby
was elected Secty. and Treas.
Matter of vit a l interest were dis
cussed and several progressive ideas
incorporated into the plans of the Board
It w a s decided to adopt the weekly en
velope system in raising the local bud
get. A pracitable plan for placing the
Wesleyan advoc a t e in every home is
to be worked out at once.
Thursday evening after each first
Sunday wag a dopted as the regular
meeting times of the Board.
With a vote of thanks to our host
*nd his family^ the meeting adjoined
SR fin e spirit.
It was a great disappointment to »*s
the’t the preacher who wa* to preach for
us this week could not come. We will
have our series of meetings sometime
after the holidays. )
It was a real pleasure to have
visitors at our B.Y.P.U. and evening
worship last Sunday ;he Central B.Y
P.U. They are the oldest Union ii
our Association in point of time since
they/ wer e organized. A fine lot o
young people are they. Come again
We like you. You are our sort.
There will be a B.Y.P.U. rally and
conference of all the unions i
association next Sunday afternoon from
2:od to 4:00 o’clock. We sincerelv
trust every union will be largely rep
resented and that the meeting may bf
mutually helpful. What mor e hopeful
sign of Kingdom growth can any one
ish than to see the young people tak
ing hold of work that trains them for
rvice ?
The T. E. L. Bible Study class met
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Thad
McKov. The weather was • a little
damp and dismal, but there was no
dence that it had anything to do with
the enthusiasm of those ladies. Their
zeal for the Lord’s work and their in
terest in Bible study and in helping
wher e help is needed is a constant in
spiration to a pastor’s heart.
The gracious way they surprised
pastor and wife with a set of silver
ware is just another instance of their
goodness. It is needless to try to ex
press in words the gratitude we feel.
Next Sunday morning we are going
to continue . the exposition of Roma
taking the first eleven verses of Chap
ter five. Sunday evening we will dis
cuss the difficulties in the^Way of
free pardon of sin.
Bazar Great Success
‘The ladies’ who conducted the Bazar
last Friday and Saturday in th e interest
of the Methodist Church building fund,
was very successful and raised a net
amount of $150.00. We congratulate
them.
One of the interesting, as well as
profitable features, was a Beauty Con
test” in which several young ladies
wer e nominated. The amount collected
from the contest was $57.35. The lead
ing four in the contest were: Miss Sara
Selman with 353 votes; Miss Geraldine
Grave s 248 votes; -Miss Nell Giles^ 20:
otes and Miss Mary Vansant 175 votes
Sees Piedmont Region
As Leader of U. S.
'Industry
Water Power of State dtid Section of
l ast Value, Says Pratt.
That the greatest manufacturing and
industrial section of the United States
will eventually be in tli e Piedmont re
gion on thc eastern slop e of the Blue
Ridge mountains partly in Virginia,
North Carolina and Alabama, but most
ly in the state of Georgia itself was
the prediction made Monday by N. P.
Pratt, one of th e souths foremost engin-
ers of America. Mr. Pratt is also
chairman of the cxecutiv c committee of
the hoard of trustees of Georgia School
of Technology, and formerly acting
president of the institution.
“Just as the old south was the great
est agricultural section of America in
its day, so wilp th e new south,” said
Mr. Pratt, “become the country’ fore
most industrial and manufacturing cen
ter. Th e amount of time required for
this gigantic dream to materialize de
pends on the progress of the technical
and engineering education in the south
(o fit men for the task of harnessing the
vast water power of thc Blue Ridge to
the wheels of southern industry.
‘‘Georgia 1 'Tech and similar institu
tions of le : rning are the greatest hope
of the new industrial south and upon
their expansion depends development
of southern industry to realize the pos
sibilities with which nature has endow
ed this region.”
Reasons for Prediction.
Three reasons were given by Mr.
Pratt for his prediction. First ltd de
clared that the white population of the
south was the purest of Anglo-Saxon
stock and that th e fact made for unity
of effort and purpose. Second he
pointed out that th e south, in the Streams
of its 'Blue Ridge mountains has the
largest undeveloped water power in
America, and that third the Piedmont
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Climate and Deafness.
It Is curious to note how deaf
mutism varies In different countries.
In Switzerland, for Instance, owing to
the prevalence of cretinism. 24o per
100,000 of the Inhabitants suffer from
it, whereus the general average among
European countries Is 70, and in the
United States, 08. per 100,000.
Listen!
Wall paper was very costly when
first introduced. As fate as the end of
the Eighteenth century when an owner
was leaving a house he advertised
among the things which lie desired to
sell or to rent the paper on the walls.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
Pointer for the Baby.
The nurse was In the royn with the
new baby. She heard Bohby softly
enter and saw him stand by the crib
watching with considerable Interest the
new baby using bts lungs. The baby
was a strong little fellow and he cried
louder and loader. “Keep It up,” ad
vised Bobby gleefully, "that’s the way
I get things.”
South Georgia to Grow
Big Melon Crop
Atlanta, Ga.—Tfiat South Georgia
rmers ar e going to grow watermelons
•xt year in large quantities is indicated
by reports which have just been receiv
ed here by the agricultural department
of th e A.B.&A. railway.
During the season of 1921 the farm
s who grew watermelons sold thei
ops at exceedingly remunerative prices.
This leadt to the planting of greatly in
creased acreage in melons during th c
season of 1922. The demand ,for seed
great that in all probability, as
agriculturists point out, much poor seed
was used.
This in connection with the most un
favorable season experienced by Georgia
watermelon growers in a decade brought
about a condition which had three phases
agriculturists say, namely:
ist. Melons produced ia some cases
from poor seed and consequently of poor
quality.
2nd, The general quality of the
melons produced owing to the unfavor
able season was poor and the melons
were small.
3rd, The market trended bearish
from the start as the trade expected
heavy production and was dull and slow
Needless to say growers decla
season of 1922 proved unprofitable to the
growers—unprofitable bee*use the qual
ity of the melons produced was poor
and the melons' were difficult to sel] be
cause of the disturbed conditions of the
|tradc.
‘Past experience has shown that after
very uliprofitahlc season, the next fol
lowing season most always sees a sharp
ris e in the price, as the unprofitable
'season causes numerous growers to aban
don the planting of the crop and also
nduces those staying in thp game to
give it exceptional care, says an ex
pert on watermelons in the A.B.&A
agricultural department.
“For example the peanut market wav
or in 1921 and cam* back in 1922.
‘‘The peach market went bad in 192c
and came back in 1921. ,
“Svrup was almost unsalable in 192*
and has come back in 1922.
“In view of the situation just mention
ed the hand of opportunity points to the
splendid possibility^ that those who stick
by the watermelon gam e through 1923
and produce good melons will profit
from their faith and efforts.'
It is stated that th e territory in South
Georgia particularly well adapted to
growing of watermelons begins with
Taylor Macon and Dooly counties and
south of them.' . > ‘ij
th c very do
of
fields, thus reducing transportation costs
in textile manufacturing.
"In New. England^” declared Mr.
P ratt , “orders in industrial plants have
t> lie posted in seven different langtt-
ageSj and only 21 per cent of th e popu
lation comes from native-born ancestry
on both sides. In the south over 98
pet cent of the white population comes
from native-born ancestry on both sides
and this fact lessens labor difficulties
in the south and makes for a united
industrial life, thus giving us a decided
advantage over our competitors in the
north.
“Furthermore water power in the
Blup Ridge, vast and undeveloped wi!j
lessen our manufacturing costs, Geor
gia has the greatest water power of all
the southern states, and that will giv e
this state the greatest part of the manu
facturing.
Cotton Center,
“Another point in our favor is that
\r e are in the very middle of the cotton
fields^ thus reducing transportation costs
and giving us thc advantage in textile
manufacturing. All grades of cotton
goods can fie~manufactured here under
modern textile methods, and already we
manufacture 62 percent of all the cotton
manufactured in the UfiTted States and
the remaining 38 per cent of the cotton
industry is coming to th e south in geome
tric progression.
“These figures speak well of the 1
cent progress of the south in text
manufacturing, for in 1880 we only manu
factured about 12 per cent of the cotton
goods made in the United States
Mr. Pratt is an engineer of nation'/i
reputation, a graduate of Washing*m
'ind Lee University and discoverer of
die famous Pratt process in the manu
facture of sulphuric acid. In connect
ion with this process he has design?' 1
and erected about forty of the largest
chemical and mining plants in America,
Some days ago down at the Kirby
House, the Douglasville Commercial
Chib, consisting of bankers manufact
ures lawyers, doctors merchants and
college professors, were royally inter*
tained at a one-dollar and a quarter
a-plate luncheon by one of the towns
most deserving citizens.
So on th e first} Tuesday in November,
(without any previous knowledge of the
fact) a committee from the Commercial
Club and a few farmers asked the Coun
tv Commissioners to allow them a hear
ing on the question of employing a coun
ty demonstrator. The Commissioners
very courteously suspended business and
gave every man a chance to be heard.
After several short talks by the com
mittee the Chairman stated that he had
no objections to the employment of s n
county demonstrator provided, that a
majority of the farmers wanted one.
Some one replied ‘‘That is democratic
but a lot of them don’t know what they
want.” The Chairman stated that there
had been no tax levy mad e for that pur
pose, and that the Commissioners would
take the matter up in executive session.
Thc Commissioners did take the matter
up in executive session and defered it
until the other side could be heard.
The Editor of the Sentinel says: “The
Chairman turned a deaf ear to the com
mittee’s plea.”
The Judge of the Superior Court of
Douglas County, at the September term^
charged the Grand Jury as to the con
stitutional purpose for which county tax
could he levied and thpt it was th e duly
of the commissioners to specify in their
levy th e amount and purpose of tho
levy and that it was the duty of the
Commissioners lo draw their county
arrants on each specific fund, and that
was th e duty of the county Treasurer
keep each specific fund seprate and
to pay county warrants out of the fund
on which tliey / 'ar P drawn. The Grand
Jury carried out the charge of the court
and reeomended that the Commissioners
follow the law.
The Commissioners and the county
Treasurer are now preparing to carry
out the recomendations of the Grand
Jury by keeping each fund seprate. We
have reached the constitutional limit for
levying county taxes, and there is no
constitutional provision for levying taxes
to pay a county demonstrator.
Must the County Commissioners turn
deaf ear to tli e Editor of the Sentinel
to the law?
The Constitution of Georgia provides
that no extra tax can be levied on thf
people until] a majority of them havi
voted for it at the polls.
The Editor says: “The national
Government is willing to hand us $ia •
00.00 and that we ought to meet them
half way.” If the government has
$1200.00 of our tax money let them hand
it over and we will use it to the best
advantage. We don’t want to pay
$1200.00 for $1200.00 and then turn a-
round and put it all into one man’s
pocket. There is a lot more in demon
strating than there is in farming for
a demonstrator.
The fanners need help inor« than they
need advice. They know what to do
if they had the means to do with. There
is not a good farmer in Douglas county
but what would go to work and build
up his farm and make it an ideal farm
if he could pet profit enough out of it
to authorize it. It takes money, judge
ment energy and economy combined
ith a close application to business to
nke a successful farmer.
The poor farmer ha
it at best. Everybody
bnsip-ss for him. He
nd, of the year t<
is told, if v
taters and if
CARD OF THANKS
Circle No. 5, of the Methodist Church
wish to express their appreciation for
the aid rendered them by the people
of the town during their recent Bazaar.
A nice sum of money was realized, all
of which goe s toward the rtpairing of
the Mtthodist Church.
hard time of
nts to run h;s
He is harassed from
:ar to the other. He
in’t grow cotton raise
can’t make it on taters
try chickens, and if the cholera gets them
try something else. What a predici-
“You can and you can’t.
You wiH and vou won’t;
v ou ar, damned if vou do.
And you’re damned if you don’t.”
After all lav vour own plans, plant
vnn think will pav vou the best,
make all you can and sell it to dir ’'"'f
advantage and if vou loos- out, there
is no one to blame but yourself.
W. I. DORRIS.
“Documental Vessel."
This term Is applied to a vessel car
rying official documents to establish
her Identity and her rights In irude. In
the case of a vessel trading with
foreign countries am! engaging in the
whale fisheries, this document is culled
a certificate of registry.
MASONIC ELECTION
On SaSturday night oA this week
Douglasville Lodge F and A M will
tlect officers for tht coming year. All
members are urged to be prtsent.