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1)0UGLASVILLE. DOUGLAS COUNTY. C\.~. “j«'«7726”'l oi7
IS DOUGLAS COUNTY
SHRINKING UP?
Examine the Comptroller Generalal’s Report for the following
Vvears and let ub see:
County, D uug'as Year Acres Improved
Land
128,794
1911
1912
1918
1914
1915
122,496
122,270
122,860
126,679
Value ImproAed
Land
$ 934.629
$ -989,396
61,016,928
- $1,106,-778
$1,134,588
Average Value
Improved Land
$7.64
$8.11
$8.41
$9.07
$9.41
The above ta le must be ap-| It certainly is not fair for the
prbximately correct, at least, it c iunty tcf have to keep up roadp
is the State’s figures and must and bridges on land that is re
be relied upon. The average in
creased value per acre from 1911
to 1915 is $1.87 or about 25%
If you will note the number of
acres returned in 1911 and sub
tract from that number the num'-
berfif acres returned in 1915 you
will find 4 decrease of 3,215 acres
that was either l eturned in ad
joining counties or escaped tax
ation. Notice the sudden drop
in 1915. In 1914 the total num
ber of acres of land returned in
Douglas county was 122,960 pnd
in 1915, 120,579 a difference of
2,381 acres. At this rate in a
few more years Douglas county
will be gone. At the average
tax value per acre of $9 41 the
3,ZlC acres would amount to
$29 453, and at the county rate
of 85c p r $100.00 would net the
county $2 503. This amount
would build and repair several
very neecrnn th-id---
turned for taxation in adjoining
counties.
I introduced a bill at the last
session of the Georgia legislature
amending the code so as to re
quire all real estate returned fo
taxation in the county where it
is located. It was favorably e-
ported i>y the committee and re
turned to the House, but like
hundreds o?others, it “snoozed”
itsself to death in Ihe Rule
Com ittee room.
I still believe that the law
should be passed and put a stop
to the pre-ient method of return
ing property in one couniy one
ear and probably in the other
the next year. A mighty nice
chance to return in neither.
Disappeared lost, strayed or
stolen from Douglas countv 3.215
it.iMa.lyid.it 1 acres’*"land, valued at $29,453.
If this land ^The finder will. p!ea>.« return the
J. E. Lang Tells of Vew
Entry Laws.
Our fel ow townsman, F. IV)
Lang, is in receipt of an inter
esting letter from his brother, J.
E. Lang of New Mexico, who
visited here last summer, r and m
quote below f om his letter:
’’Well, you can tell the folks that
the 640-acre homestead law is in
force arid there sure is a rush at
the land offices. I think 614 is
the largest number that I have
heard o’ to file at one office in
one day. Everybody are re
linquishing their claim U at can
and filing on 640 acres. I fear
that some will fail to prove up.
The lawsays a man must own
and reside on Jus original elain
of 320 acres and file within 20
miles of same. 1 think I wil
take a loan in the Federal Far
Bank and imgrove m., claim.
That looks good to me.”
at the present time. .
has been returned in the adjoin-(same to the Board of Tax Equal
ing counties it is unfair to the|iz-3rs of Douglas county and re
taxpayers of Douglas county. ceive thanks. W. I. Diri-is
t.ross Roads.
J T. Mil'er of near this place,
was an Atlanta visitor Saturday.
J. O. Hightower of near here,
has returned home from Ala-
ban a.
Mr. Stover is suffering with a
cyt foot. We hope he will soon
be able to walk again.
Mrs. Prince hac been very si k,
but we are glad to know she is
improving. .
I. G. Creel made a trip to Dog
River Saturday.
We are sorry fo report one of
Mr. R’afton's children is suffer
ing with measles.
W. J. Hightower spent the
former part of last week with
his daughters, Mesdames Miller.
We learn that W. L. Miller is
going to raising chickens. He
has ordered him an incubator,
J. O. Hightower spent the
week-end with J. J. Hightower,
near Villa Rica.
The Flat Rock Farm people
have built a sanitarium. It will
be a great benefit to Douglas
County. Sixteen.
Baggett-Hoffman.
A wedding of interest to
Douglasville people occurred
Sunday in Charleston, S. C.,
when Mr. Carl Hoffman of
Charleston, and Miss Annie Bag
gett of this place, were married.
The groom is a prominent mu-
sition and the bride is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bag
gett and has a host of frieuds
here who join with the Sentinel
in extending’Congratulatians.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman
make their home in , Charleston
The Comercial Club.
At the regular meeting Friday
night, a Constitution and By
laws were adopted and the name
changed to The Douglasville
Board of Trade.
—- I n addition to President and
“ Secretary prevously elected, J.
S Abarcrom ie was elected Vice
President and J. F. Long, Treas
urer.
The following were elected as
an executiAe board: L. C. Up
shaw, J. S. Abercrombie. J. F.
Long, Z. T, Dake, M. E. Geer,
J. T. Duncan, W. C. Abercrom
bie, J, E. Phillies, V. R. Smith,
T.Whitley, C. F. Selman.
Thexfollowing committee was
appointed to get data for a folder
to carry to the Land Show in
Atlanta: Z. T. Dake, C W. Mc-
Larty, W. K. Durham, R. H.
McKinney, L. C. Upshaw.
Rev. ,J. C. Atkinson and W. K.
Durham were appointed to rep
resent the Board at the Land
Show Feb. 1st to 15th.
By motion the Board endorsed
an extra session of the Legisla-
tare to make Georgia “Bone
Dry.”
The following new names were
added to the membership: J. F.
Long, W, C. Abercrombie, W.
It. Durham. J. J. Kirby, R. M.
McEaehern, .1. W. James.
A smoker will will be a feature
at this week’s meeting.
Disbursements of County
Commissioners'.
The following accounts on the
general County fund were ap-
p oied ami ordered paid at the
January meeting of the Board of
Coun y Commissioners, held
January 2nd, 1917:
J. H McLarty $12.00
N. B. & J. T, Duncan 6 40
F. M. Winn, Jr. 6.00
Banks Bros 17 13
R. B. Taylor 4.00
Almand & McCoy 3.37
A. S. Baggett 96.55
F. M. Wion, Jf, 300 00
W. Q. Emerkwt 5 25
Foote & Davies Co. 22.06
J. M. Boyd 7.00
Z. T. Dake 6.50
F. M. Giles 10.00
Total General $496.76
No. 42
PIANO AND VOICE
BY MISS
.y .,- -.-ft flit.-. . * -Loiii o-i.
The Public is Vord'ally invitfed to attend the recital given in
Piano 9nl V' ice by Miss Marie Davis at the.Douglas,villa High
School Monday night, Jan, 29th, at 7:30 oclock
PROGRAM.
1 Raphsody
2 Mien Rub is-HIrv
I. Preludes, Nos,.10-7-18
( Mighty Lak a Rose
4 < Laddie ■ >-v ..
( Lilt e Gray JE^fve
5 Sonata . . ■■
( From the Land of the Sky Blue Water
5 } I Hear a Thrush at Eve
( Moonlight °ong
Neal’s Academy.
Brahms.
Gralen Hoffman,
Chopin.
N-. vin.
Thayer.
Saar.
Beethoven,
I
f Cac’min.
As we haven,t seen any thing
from this section in quite a whild
I wil’ give a few lines.
This place is known by some
1 os. Corner but we are glad
to say that it has been found.
Some 18 or 20 year ago this was
a very live place, with a fine
terarv school and one of tilt
best Sunday schools in <1ie coun
ty, blit a dark v til came over us
tthen the river farms near here,
were all aim >st entirely popu
lated lv negroes, so both our
literarv school a d Sunday school
went dead. We a e glad to sta'e
Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 20,
Special.
A meeting of good road advo
cates and members of the Bank-
head Highway Association in
Fulton, Cobb, Carrol 1 , Haralson
and Duuelas counties ot Georgia
will be held In Atlanta on Fri
day afternoon, Feb. 9th, T>,j s
meeting is called by Mr. .Fred
Houser, Vice-President of the
Bankhead Highway Association
it is quite diifarent now. The I 01 Georgia. It is
called for the purpose of 1
The fo lowing accounts on Hi
road fund were approved and
ordered naitil
N. B. & J. 'll Duncan $ 0.95
W. Q. Enterkjn 4.101 savv and hammer is heard in th
L. O. Meadows and Crew 201.95 1 n< *-
river farms are occupied by
white families; so we now have
a flourishing school, taught by
IvLa. EH, -I D. Pool. The people
of the community nreton the first
Sunay in December and orga
niz'd a Sunday school. So every
thing is beginning to look better,
for w ich we are very thankful.
We are glad to sav that this
corner is on a regular boom
Mr. E. Reynolds is running a
saw mill on Clyde Morris’ place,
and the ring of the carpenter’s
Subscription Honor Roll.
Those paying subscriptions
since last issue are: W. H.
McCain, Birmingham; H. O. Wil
liamson, Yanco Porto Rico R.
H. Banks, Carrollton; J. ’ T
Meadows, Rt5; J. A. Souter, Rt
Banks Bros
E C. Roberts
W, A. Neal & Son
Tolbert & Cn ves
J. Q. Enterkin & Son
P. ri. ftlcGouirk
L. H. Baldwin
G, W. Griffith
A. H. Moody
Upshaw Bros
W. JH. Cansler
Total, RoaA
Total, Gentlul
Total, RoaA..
Total !
.50
5.55
.60
84.85
3 75
1.25
2.35
.86
4.70
4.80
10.00
$441.95
$496.56
$441.95
$938.71
C.
T. porker Burieu
Here,| Tuesday.
C. T. Pariiejr, an old resident
of Douglasv 1 lie, died at his home
in .Atlanta Monday at the age of
83. His rei njiins were brought
here Tuesdayj for interment.
He lived iti Douglasville for
several yeaiL and reared his
family here, f
Many friends throughout the
county are drived to lea n ol
his death a jfd exteijd sympathy
to the berea ved family.
Lip hf Notice.
After midnll/it next Tuesday
there will b,= rrVijghts during the
morning, on amount of having
ooiler inspected. Please take
will 1; Mrs. J. J. Kirby, Douglas- notice “d'fisly,
ton.! ville; A, J. Gilland, Rt 1. I W ' L- Hewitt, Supt.
There has been considerable
improvements made on the Mc
Lendon farm this winter in the
wav of building new residences
and imporving some of the old
ones.
Clyde Morris has just com
pleted a nice residence and pood
barn on his place - The same
beligcc upied by E. Reynolds.
THe wri.er expects to build a
new tenant house just as early
as we can get the lumber laid
down,
Mrs J. T. Neal and daughter.
Miss Fannie, gave a real nice
birthday dinner in honor of the
93rd birthday of Grandma Neal,
the widow of the late Major S.
H. Neal, on ths 15th, Inst. Ye
writer and family had the pleas
ure of being present at this fine
dinner, We hope Grandma may
live to see many more birthday
dinner? and that we may have
the honor and pleasure of being
present
Dr. Tanner of Ro.»coe, was in
our midst Sunday evening.
A Subscriber:
Mrs. Bajgett Dead.
Just as we go to press we learn
of the death last night of Mrs.
Cassie Baggett at the home of
her son-in-iaw, Mr. J. P. Dod
son,
She had been sick quite awhile.
Not learning of the funeral
I arrangements, we will give a
j fuller report next week.
plans and- adopting methods of
arousing enthusi .sm and <1 g i-
nizing the various counties
through which the Bank'uad
Highway is proposed lotrave se.
On Fe . 10th a conference
composed of delegates from the
above named counties, and also
representatives from counties
between Atlanta and the South
Carolina line, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Virgin’s will
be held for the purpose of de
vising ways and means to extend
the Bankh-atl Highway from At
lanta to Washington.
Col T. S Plowman of Talfa--
dega, President; and J A Roun
tree of Birmingham, Secretary
B mkhead Highway A sS ciation,
have been invite., to atlend both
of ihese meetings and to de;iver
addresses on the work and ihe
future of this great highway.
United States Senator John H.-
Bankhead, for whom this high
way was named, has be m invitedC
to be present ard address the -1
citizens on Feb. 10th.
The Convention Bureau f At
lanta and o*her civic bodies are
arranging the details for this
meeting. There is a great deal
of enthusiasm in South and
North Carolina and Virginia in
regard to extending this high
way to Washington. It is be
lieved that there will be quite a
number f representatives pres
ent at this conference.
Bankhead Highway
Accocibtion.
J. A. Roun ree, Secy.
Two-thirds Crop for
Douglas County
The Gioners report for Jan,
15th, 1917 shows that Douglas
county bad ginned from the 1916
crop 6,820 bales as compared
with 9,923 for the same date la t
year.
With the increased price this
will put.the county as a whole in
some bettershape than last year.
While South Georgia is Vin clo-
v r”, with a larger crop tbgji
last year.
