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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL J H Mctitty »4 Nov aj 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. ###### # ft ft ft FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH George IP. Light, Pastor ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft His First ChristmasTree ■ S"Ao6a £/*</**r>**~>nc/ ■Yc''. flPPLE T GRBWERS I 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 00 THE FARMS TA 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.