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Douglas Couiig seitiinel.
T. A. J. MAJORS, Editor and Publisher
Douglas county Sentinel Co. Proyrletoes.
Application made to be entered as sec
ond class" mail matter.
Subscription $1 a Tear
IT’S THE INTEREST OF ALL.
There should be a feeling of
pride in the bosom of every citi
zen of Douglas county and of
Douglasv! 1 *■ to" see the r latter a
prosperous county town. ,
In times of trouble it is .the
A FEW SUFGESTIONS.
; The Sentinel would suggest
to the town authorities.
That the streets be cleaned of
all litter.
That if there is an ordiance
against throwing wast paper on
the streets let it be enforced.
That if there is no ordinance
of that kind that one be
passed at once and save the town
from becoming an eye sore to thp
traveling public. -
Clean streets will have a tend-
ancy to advertise the town.
Let the city fathers act on these
suggestions at once, not tomor
row. ’
, m ■ „ „ 1 , The birds seem! to think
business »f the county town the le of Coifin ^ on
help is asked, and it is a rare 1
occasion that the appeal is made
in vain: Then why. should, not
the people give their county town
the preference When purchasing
the necessaries of life?
The markets of no other town
art better than those here. When
you patronize your county town
your are keeping the money at
home to be returned to you 4gain
when you send or egri-y it
ire
that
are liv
ing to fast and stop time by roost
ing on the hands of the town
clocks. The birds must be in-the
pay of those prominent citizens
who were recently fined for “four
flushing.”
OLD SKINNED CHESNUT.
D. W. Price Tells What He Remem
bers About It.
EARLY HISTORY OF DOUGLASVILLE
The Place Was Originally the Camping
Ground For Emigrants.
it is gone, gone never to
turned. :
By pulling for your county
town you will enable its business
men to invest their money in in
dustries, and they’ bring more
people and the more people the
town has, more it takes to feed
them, and the net result is the
farmers will, at all seasons, fine
a good markef for all surplus pro
ducts at a better price than can
now or hereafter be reaped if we
go on in the same old channel.
We are standing in in our cwq
light.I Waiaive tried- this knif
ing policy long oiyugh. Help or e
another aqd jfldwill feel better
,whnr night combs. --It is Tile
Sentinel’s jnimion "to preach
peace amofig its people and not
to engender strife, and strife we
have had long enough.
The nurse of the baby Czar was
caught trying to put the infant
ruler of all Russia in a boiling
eau dm. No usj for that. \ The
yyay oppressed people, of Russia will
make it hot enough for him
later.
When the'strikers in Chicago
learn to hit the negro strike break
ers on the heel instead of the
head then and not until then,, will
they succeed in bringing the, ne
gro totimm
We welcome to our „’taJd e ' the
Douglas County-Sentinel,pub-
fished l.y Mr. T. A. J. '1|kj'ors, at
Dougi&Sville, Gerngia. , It is an
pighLn^Lf five colun^u^papeiv
and if the succeedingisstfeSmeas-
iufe up to the drstvDduglasyille
inay, wellyfeel proud of the paper.
It starts as the official organ of
the county and a ghod ran of home
adVcrtismorAs. Success ip —you
Jack, — Rockinart Courier
It was in the year 1869 that I
made my first visit to “Skinned
Chestnut.” ' i - • :
After the close of the war the
western fever, spread over the
older southern states, and espec
ially from the middle and south
ern part of South Carolina.
The Cherokee country of Geor
gia and Alabama had come into
prominence hs an inviting farm
ing countryand many of South
Carolina’s inhabitants pulled up
stakes and set their -faces west
ward;
-The absence .....ofrailroads at
that date necessitated the use of
wagons; as thf mode of.travel.
The waybill, ^giving the gener-
eral drieetion^ and the 'points to
be passed on the route was very
important, and would read about,
thus: “Lea e Atlanta; cross the
Chattahbocjtee riv'^r at Turner’s
ferry .and Syeetwater near Judge
Whites,! kelp 'straight road to
cross roads at “Skinned Chest-
rut,’:’ then- take fight' fork to.
‘ Vossom S i p”or keep straight
STOP IT.
Let’s stop this everlasting talk
about that nothing can succeed
if®
a .will -there isy
a way,” and all there is lacking
The DouglasCounty Sentinel
made its first appearance last
week, and if kept up to a stand-'
and of the first issue,-is bound to
grow and prosper. T. A. J. Ma-
I jors iseditoi and publishes. —-Gar-
, roll Fi'ee Press.
is the will to do and
the “will” the way* can be found | T. A
The first number of the Douglas
when we get I County SENTiNELhas reached us.
Let’s stop talking against our- (
selves. -It has never accomplished I
J. Majors is the editor and
something for our town and
Dr. Whitley is interested in the
new enterprise. It is well gotton-
er will
Let’s stop talking and go
wprk to accomplish something for
om- town and posterity.
Let’s stop talk and roll up our
sleeves and go to work for a geat-
er Douglasville, and for a greater
county. Work will accomplish
it.
When the people cease to talk
nev- tip and newsy* Also well patron-
izeil by advertisers and has been
to j made official county paper---Vil
lie Rica S
The Times is in reciept of the
initial number of the Douglas
Cou TY * ENTIN3L. '.a, new paper
launehed at Douglasvill, by the
Sentinel Company, with T'. A. J
Majors-, as editor. For a youngs
I and go to work something can be ter the paper starts out well, hav-
accomplishcd and let’s, all
work now to accomplish
thing in life. .!
go
some-
Negro strike breakers are hav
ing a tough time of it in Chicago,
Every time one goes, ont with a
team it is a case of fight or run.
t- 0 |tog/ jt)een abopted by the Sheriff
as the official organ of the! county,
j Success to the Sentinel. —Car-
roll County Times.
| Harvey C. Ritch Dead.
Dallas, Ga., May 13. — Harvey
C, Ritch, a promnent: and well to
planter of Paulding | county,
j passed away at his home ' yester
day.. Mr. Ritch had been suffering
I The nurse who attempted
jput-the baby czar in a l>oilin.
gauldrin was only trying to temper frt>m a comlicatipn of disease for
him,. She knew his future fate. : the jjjl D vo years, but about a
Km i. f-LTA LAEL a, - ' . - ‘month ago took his bed, andsince
1 , 1 jj§| 4ee-hghtefc to get, that time has been gradually de-
Eliack to Washington. We opine■ c i;n R . .. .
that he prefers the company
bears than office seekers.
of]
-There seems to be a lull in gub
ernatorial announcements, Is it a
calm just Before a storm of an
nouncements are dtie?
1 The sweet girl graduates will
soon be thrust upon the
men already the possessor of fiat
pocket books.
He" was in his ; sixty-eight year,
I having fought in the I civil war,
‘ He represented Paulding county corner
in the legislature in 1882. He is
survived by one son, Robert Ritch
who resided-with him at the time
of his death.
road to Tallapoosa, hr turn to left
at “Dry^Hind^ for Carrollton.
“ollhr^E 'Chestnut” . was fa
mous as a camping place fortrav-
elers,, .and- 'wWfflown far and
’wide as the cross roads holding
the key of the traveler from north,
south. easLor .-west. - One night
4 body home seekqrc
struck can^ft an Min preparing
..for their nijLfgv^^ay rakeduifg
lot of fra® against a jfarge',
MtaiffKfgiant chestnut tree ahd
started a fire w -Others chopped
up the, limbswiat had fallen on
the wet ground and threw on .the
fire. ‘ But, lo! wa no time there
was nothing kit a black mass
lefff where theffire was want to
be —the fire having kicked itself
out- Another* attempt with
plenty of traslf and dry brush
but with the sape result.
After the sjpond attempt ope
one of the cappers commenced
pulling off the bark of the old
tree, and finding the bark loose
they had thes-^^Ti^e barkless
before they broke - camp 1 -they
left it standing out boldly, like a
sentinel, with Jits white body in
contrast withMlts other forest
neighbors. j :
The wheel of : time rolled on.
The storms ca|ie and went; the
lightening plowed great furrows
in the old “slanned.chestnut, ”,
and at last the/winds, came and
laid it low. i. 1 :
Houses were ljeing built along
the trails, and*finally the Geor
gia Western railroad was, built,
and ■ the town j o f Douglasville
laid out - changing all the old
land marks. T
The Campbellton road ran
through Dr. Sijlman’s orchard,
crossing the street near Col. W.
A. James’ residence and running
through his yarct ahd on through
Mr. Upshaw’s gaipen and yard,
through N. B. Duncan’s yard and
through the Baptist church, en
tering the Duncna-block near the
southeast eornoi?"nd coming out
into- the street just west of the
store of N. lA & J. T. Duncan,
and running under the southwest
THE NEW ROAD LAW
^r'saidjhouse.
the A famous
Stevens and Jordan
have tagged out!
young We win gladly publish aiiv meetings
_ e ^ j of.schools, ggggjg eonvcntionH, oliurches
or any other meeting: of importance,
and we will pe glad if those, interested sat'd
would sen (ins a programme, as we (ie-
sire.to ,serve all the people and give ev- bi
erybody the news. ,
seems to
T7I9T7, tne : lamous “skinned
chestnut” which Dr. R. J.
Massey inpuires^-ahout in ypur
first issue .4tood in the V shaped
piece of.:"' woods between the
Campb^ton andTallapoosa roads,-
not faE^fi'om the rear of Duncan’s
storey and nearly on a straight
j line,with the second Entrance of
shore. This is my recollec
tion of the spot which has often
eh shown mfe by. the older set-
rs. D. W. Prige.
Meets With Objection—Pleaued With
The Sentinel
Editor Sentinel: We have
received our new paper, all o. k.
and as you propose to be the peo
ples organ. I will just try you
on a short letter. I see you have
two good letters from the north
side of the county last week so I
will give south side views.
The Sentinel is well received
in our communi y. All want it. All
we ask is, just keep on the same
line and give us the news. Your
suggestion on the fourth of July
rally is on the right line-and I
want us all to meet that day for
a good time. You forgot to put
me on the committed on selecting
speakers, but permit this sugges
tion: I am not much on singing
and baseball, or dancing but I
want to heap the old time Alex
Stephens kind of speaking by
men who stand for the people
and are close them. You needn’t
tell I said so, but Seab Wright or
old Joe Hall is .the kind I want to
hear, and if you get them we are
coming and bring the family.
This new road law I see in the
general presentments I don’t
know so much about. Can’t you
give the law in full in your next
issue? We are depending on you
for the.news. I had this idea: of
course: we want good roads, but
let’s n<ft go in jdebt -for awh^fe.
We caif. do that a little later. Just
get some road commissioners lik£.
our county commissioners. They
'cleaned up the county ancLgother ’
out of debt. . Now Tef these road
commissioners of the county do
their duty and we will have good
roads', without running the county
in debt. Let’s hear, from the
other parts of thp county'on
question. We claim the best farm
ers in the county. It woukYffo
any one good to visit the farm of
our Mr! Frank Cdllina, and.sefilhis
fine Jersey cattle,- his mode of
carrying for them, and his way
of farming. He keeps abreat of
the times. Mr. Mark Scott, of At
lanta, made a flying trip to this
section last week and tore up
Some of the neighbors wash places,
—destroyed the boiler and about
twenty tubs. -The tubs were fill
ed with meal that was being sour
ed for the hogs. Can’t find out
the damage as no one seems to
claims it.
I quit plowing last Thursday at
half past ten. My wife said I
thought The Sentinel would be
there and I couldn’t wait until
the regular time to quit. Success
to The Sentinel.
’ South Side.
Editorial Row About Kissing.
The greatest suprise to a gril
who gets kissed the first time is
that there is no tast to it. Warter-
loo [Ill.] Times.
No tast to it? Well, by the hen
feathers on Cupid’s dart, but the
Times man must be color blind in
his palate./ They tell us, those
who have tried it, that, it tastes
like the double-distilled essence
of honey spread thick on apeice
of pumpkin pie. Away back in,
the dim and joyful years long ago*
before we lost all our teeth and
our chinch on the beauty prise the
prettiest girl in all the world told
us with her own eyes that it felt
like a covey ofjquail flying out. of
your ears, and ended up with a
sensation like a flock of 'angels
pouring molasses down ones back.
No fast to the first kiss? Great
Scott! It would make a wooden
Indian’s hair dance and his toe
nails quiver with ecstacy. The
Times man must be an ice houee.
—Peshtigo [Wis.j Times
ENTERS A PROTEST.
A Kick Against Some of the Grand
Jury’s Recommendations.
Editor of The Sentinel: I
noticed with pleasure the state
ment in your columns of a recent
date under the head, “Day Has
Dawned: For the Tax Payers of
Douglas County.” Then follows
a statement of the county ’s finan
cial condition, which should make
every citizen in the county feel
proud. We do hope that every
rounty officer will do his duty to
keep the good work going on.
, It does look like that the last
grand jury failed to consider
economy in some of their recom
mendations; especially those on
roads and bridges. They recom
mend that the road commission
ers in three districts show cause
at the next term of court why
the roads in thqse districts are
not put in first-class condition.
I don’t want it understood that E
am accusing anyjone of that body
failing to do their duty, but by at
few moments thought any of the
members could: have understood
why the roads were not put irr
first-class order. They know"
that there is not enough hands to
work them. Take Abercrombie’s
district, The overseers on the
different roads,, have an average
of four hands, and an average of
three miles to work,' and 1 three-,
fourths of a mile that that cannot
be plowed on account of rock in
fhe—road bed and that makes it
necessary to use pick and shovel
to get dirt from outside of the
road bed. I saw: the overseer on /
what is known as" the Five Notch
road trying to work three miles
of road with three hands. That is
one of the oldest roads in the
county, and yeai-s ago those who
surveyed it only considered direc
tions. It is up-hill and dowm-hilto’
and in these ups and doiVns there;
are. plenty of...places that are
solid srock. To think that three
miles of such roads can be put in
first-class condition is preposter
ous. It is a piece of presumption
to think it can be done.
They recommend the Campbell
custom . of working the roads.
How will they work the narrows
and the roads running either way
from Abercrombie's mill with
the road machine? - , .to...
We have too many public roads
unless there were more hands to
work them, and the people ke$
wanting more roads. |
Will not some of the readers of
The Skntinkl count and tell us
hoy- many public roads in the
county that could be retired as
public soads and inconvenience
but a very few of our people?
My motto is, “the greatest
good to the greatest, number. ’’
If gentlemen want roads and
bridges for their convenience let
them keep -them up and not tax
the county.
Abercrombie’s District;'
Chattahoochee,
We had a fine shower Monday
morning. - -
The formers are busy plowing':
and hoeing cotton. I don’t think
I ever saw crops look more prom
ising in May * than the present
crop. There is very little corn
on the river bottoms.
:mers are waiting until af-
18th. to .avoid the cut
Don’t go away to do your trading.
Douglasville’s merchants offer you. as
good- inducements as you can get else
where, and a saving of money.
planted
The far
ter; the
worms.
Wheat
fine.
Grass
scarce. 1
and oats are looking
is plentiful and hands
It is almost impossible
to get day laborers
There was preaching yester
day at Pray’s church.
_ Miss . Avery Gason visited her
sister, Mrs. E. R. Gary a few
days last week.
The fishing season is in bloom.*