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DOUGLAS GOuTnTY SENTINEL
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~DOUGLASVILLE. DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA., Feb. 23, 1917.
No. 46
Big A
We are still having some very
disagreable weather.
The wheat in this section is
damaged some, but not killed, as ^ ton and carried away the spirit
we thought after the severe | of his devoted companion
weathers of some few weeks
ago,
Obituary
On Saturday morning, Jan. 27,
1917, the death angel called at
the home of Rev. J. A. Arring-
W. B. Hudson moved to his
farm sooth of Big A, last week.
Presto Cooper spent Sunday
with Loubert Steed.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morris of
Fair Play, spent Friday night
with L. S. Lambert and family,
A mad dog was in our burg last
wetk.
I suppose the people of this
section are very well satisfied
with our present representative’s
votes for the last four years.
We watched his vote on the im
portant measures, and usualj
found him on our side. After
years of dealing with public, I
most surely know that we can’t
please everybody. A 1 * we can
do is to give our best service and
let people say what they will.
Now, as to that 3,215 acres of
sraye fl oafien or lost land that is
not an owl’s nest. I suppose it
is worth just about as much as a
last year’s nest as far as locat
ing it. I know where there is a
nest, but I know notning of the
land. We’ve tried the tax equal
Lois Mill
I positively refuse to say any
thing about the weather. So
there!
Pres. M. E. Geer spent Thurs
day in Atlanta on business.
The measles have about run
their course in the village.
We were very glad indeed to
have so many of our up town
people attend our Sunday school
the last few Sundays. We hope
to have still more attend- Our
superintendent, J. F. Long, has
started a movement whereby w*
will have something special to
offer every Sunday in the way
of music or readings.
Geer’s Concert Band attended
the regular meeting of the Board
of Trade Friday night and was
well repaid by the splendid en
thusiasm displayey at this meet
ing. Prof. Butler and those
kids want want aschoo' building
mighty bad. We only hope their
wish will be gratified. And all
of us want the Bankhead High-
friends in several co inties of way. Who knows but what
Georgia, who will greatly mourn some day they will be putting
their loss, for to know her was
to love her. She had been in
feeble health for many years,
but I thought she bore her suf
ferings with the most patience
of any one I ever saw. She
never feared the thought of
Mrs. Arrington was born in
Upson County, Ga. ( march 31st,
1843. She was formerly Miss
Martha Eluda McKinley, and
was marr ed to Mr. J. A. Arring
ton Dec. 7th, 1865.
She was a faithful wife and a
devoted Christian mother, hav
ing .been a member of the Primi
tive Baptist church 41 years.
She was the mother of ten
children, six of whom survive
her. They are: Mrs. R. W.
Akins, Actvorth; Mrs. J. T. Hor
ton, Borden Springs, Ala., J. C.
Arrington, Dougiasville; C. C,
Arrington, Marietta; and Misses
May and Minnie Arrington of
Dougiasville.
Beside a number of grand
children and other relatives,
Mrs. Arrington had a host of
izing law three years and our dying, but always said she was
county lias shrunk. I believe ready to go, A Relative
the purpose oi the 'aw is for til
betterment of all people, Has
the people at h.rge been bene
filed? I fear not. How can a
man or a set of men do anything
with their hand tie 1? I am per
suaded to believe that these men
(the equalize! s) are in no con
In Memory.
On January 25th, when Mrs.
Chssie Baggett closed her eves
in the last-long K’eetst from which
none ever wake to weep, the W.
diticn to help us in finding this M. S- of Dougiasville Baptist
lost land. They are lmndicaped! Church lost one of its most loyal"
by inaduquate laws or the non 1 and devoted members and con-
enforcem- ntof laws. The taxes slant attendants,
are give.i in in such ways as arej Had she lived until next April
very confusing and almost ini- she would have been sixty-three
possible to tell how much land a years of age.
man has if he has land in more In young womanhood sh pub-
than one lot. Now, to show you liely acknowledged her Lord by
what I mean, Jones owns land in baptism into Friendship Baptist
lots No?. 47-48-57-68. He owns ' church at the hands of Rev. W.
400‘acres. It is shown en thelW. Kelley, and for more than
digest that he has land in four, forty years tried to faithfully
io a, and the a nounl is 400 acres, follow in the footsteps of the
but does not show how much of i lowly Nazargne.
each lot he owns. This is the | The life of this dear woman
weak place in the law or a weak | was patterned largely after that
place in our tax officers. If in . of the man of Galilee, and her
the law, then it should be mend-1 friends saw much of the C.irist-
ed, or if in our officers, I am suie
they are equal to the accasion.
Ford cars in popcorn packages,
and then all us poor rascals can
own a car and we will sure want
a nice road to ride over. Any
man who is so narrow minded as
not to even express a wish for
these much needed improve
ments is an und 'rsiable citizen
and should be sieedily rushed to
Mexico for Villa to devour.
By the way, what is the mat
ter with Lois Mill having a new
school Building? Huh? Did we
hear some brother say amen?
Piease read this expression
from tile Southern Express Go.
expressed here expressly for this
column.
Oh, Dougiasville, Oh, Dougiasville,
Wake up, you have slept youi- fill.
Wakeup and hustle. Get the dough.
Get in high gear. Don’t be so slow.
Go after industries, large and small.
Talk Bankhead Highway, school
house and all.
When you get these things in sight
Step your khocking and desire to i
fight
There is only one place for theknocker.
And that is the bottomless pit.
Put him there and let him stay.
Foi Dog'lasville, he is not fit.
Get in line with the Board of Trade
And boost with all you might.
And if per chance a knocker you see
Kick him clear out of sight.
—Lois C.
Great Fun at the Court
House Monday Night
The ladies of the Civic Club
will give an old-fashioned' ‘Spell
ing Bee” at the Court House
Monday night.
Mayor Candler of Atlanta has
been • invited to act as school
master and will give out words
from “Baker to incomprehensi
bility” so get out your Blue
Back Speller, and “study the les
son.” You may win a “grand
prize.”
Two prominent citizens will
choose sides. The side standing
up longest gets the prize.
A nother feature of the evening
will be a "Friday afternoon ses
sion of theDe^strictschule” with
D. W. Peace as teacher, who
will show off the talent of some
of his “star” pupuls by having
them say a spee :n. Such boys
as A. W. McLarty, J. E Phillips,
N. B, Duncan, L. C. Upshaw,
Jesse Abercrombie, Lor. Mat
thews, Thompson But er, John
Smith and a host, of others,
names to be given later, compo
sitions and essays by girls, a few
years younger, but just as tal
ented as til1
A small adm
charged at the <
The entertain
of fun and laug
to finish. Everyl
• njoy yourself
ladies.
BOARD OF
irt
out,
Sip the
COMMISSIONERS
FIX ROAD TAX
But without a change our dear
old county will soon dwindle
away and we people who love
her so well will be driven to
parts unknown. L. K. W.
her daily
For God and Home and
Native Land•
The W. C. T. U- held a very
pleasantmeeting at the Dougias
ville Hotel Feb. 15th.
An instructive and interesting j brothers: T. A. Jackson, Doug-
progtam on Medical Temperance | i asV ;i] e; R. Jackson, Com-
lilte exemplified
walk.
During her last illness, which
extended over a period of nearly
fours month, the heroism with
which she endured pain, and the
cheelfulness and calmness witli
which she viewed the approach
ing end of all things earthly,
were both marvelous and inspir
ing.
She leaves one daughter, Mrs.
J. P. Dodson, and two grand
children of Dougiasville, four
The Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues have fixed the
Road Tax for 1917 as follows:
On each person subject to road
tax in Douglas County, the sum
of five dollars, to be paid as fol
lows: Two dollars and fifty
cents b'y April 1st, 1917, and the
other two.d illirs and fifty cents
by Oct. 15th, 1917. or work 10
days on the public roads of said
County. Provided that if paid
by April 1st, 1917, it shall be
four dollars and fifty cents.
Dougiasville Banking Co, and
Fa mers & Merchants Bank are
authorized to receive road tax up
till April 1st.
A. S. Gre ham, Chairman.
Friday Night Meeting a
Most Interesting Ac
casion.
Were you at the Board of Trade
m eting Friday night? If you
were you must have caught
some of the enthusiasm If not.
you should have been.
The value of a meeting of that
kind cannot be estimated in dol-
ars and cents. Aside from the
financial devi lop ents that must
follow,' the community spirit
which is aroused in such meet
ings is a most healthful condition
for aiy town. But when that
spirit p-edominates, things are
going to happen. Asad reefc
result c.f this meeting Dougias
ville will get a new school build
ing and the Bankhead Highway.
If you have never taken any
interest in- the general welfare
of your town, come out to the
it meeting and see how much
ter you feel when you have
helped do something. If you
are interested —well, you’ll be
there without an invitation.
As to financing the Bankhead
Highway, we are reliably in
formed th. re are citizens ready
and willing to advance the
money, making the proposition
easy for the county. This propo
sition will result in better roads
for the entire county. When the
Highway 13 completed it will not
require so much time arfd ex
penditure for upkeep, and more
of both can he given to other
roads.
Let us all pi^U together for
Dougiasville and Douglas County
and make 1917 thy best year in
our history.
Aged
Litizsn Dies Sud-
' denly.
1
SSi^sSsIlDvoti
was given by Mrs.L. C. Upshaw,
State Superentendent of that
department.
The following financial report
for 1916 was read by Mrs. L R.
Whitley, Treasurer:
Amount balance 1916 $122.66
Paid out for State Pledge,
Bulletens, Frances Willard
Memorial and others $100.82
Balance on hand $21.85
The next meeting will be held
•at the regular time-Tuesday
after the first Sunday in March,
with Mrs. J. S, Abercrombie.
Optrmlstlc Thought.
Thousands are hated, but
ed, without a real cause.
raanche, Texas: D. A. Jackson.
Fort Worth, Texas; and W. J,
Jackson, S'ttriette, Ala., and a
host of other relatives a d
friends to mourn her loss, her
husband having preceded her
some nine years.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of Dougiasville Baptist
Church extend sympathy to the
bereaved, and join them in the
hope and belief that when the
dead in Christ shall rise we shall
again see her and know her in
our Father’s home.
Mrs, J. C. Wright
Mrs. H. C. Dorris
Committee from W. M S.
Rural Carrier Examina
tion.
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announced
an examination for the County
of Douglas, Georgia, to be held
at Dougiasville on March 24,
1917. to fill the posi ion of rural
carrier at Dougiasville, and va
cancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other post of
fices in the above mentioned
county. The examination will
be open only to male citizens
who are actually domiciled in the
territory of a post office in the
county and who meet the other
requirements set forth in Form
No.. 1977. This fform and appli
cation blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above
or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washing
ton D. C.. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission
at Washington at the earliest
practicable date.
Card of Thanks
We desire to thank our friends
and neighbors for the kindness
shown us durmg the sickness
and death of our dear father,
Mr. Frank O’Kelley.
May God’s richest blessings
rest upon them all.
Mrs. F. K. O’Kelley.
Mrs. J. C. O’Kelley.
Making a Place In the World.
The world is no longer clay, but
rather Iron in the hands of Its work
ers, and men have got to hammer out
a place for themselves by steady and
; rugged blows.—Emerson.
Mr. J. M. Baggett died at bis
home in Dougiasville Sunday.
He was .taken suddenly ill Satur
day night and was dead before
many of his friends knew he
was sick.
Mr. Baggett was 67 years old
and had been a citizen of Doug
iasville for many years, He
was a good ci izen and will be
missed.
The funeral occurred Monday
at 'the Methodist church, of
which he was a consistent mem
ber, and the services were con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. J. C.
Atkinson.
His remains were enterred in
Dougiasville Cemetery, and
though it rained incessantly, a
large crowd gathered to pay the
last tribute of respect to the de
ceased.
Mr. Baggett leaves a widow
and five children to mourn his
death. The children are Mrs.
N. C. McPherson of Atlanta;
Mrs. Roy Boatright of Dougias
ville; Mrs. Carl Hoffman bf
Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. Clay,
and Hoke Baggett of Cedartown,
all of whom wgre at the funeral
except Hoke.
The bereaved family has the
sympathy of the enti-’e com
munity.
PERTINENT TO
THE FARMERS.
Every hour seems-to draw this
country nearer to war. No man
can assure us that we will escape,
for no man knows.
The year 1917 may see us shut
off from all source of supplies
from t .e outer world, and de
pend nt entirely upon local pro
duction.
Facing such a possibility, it is
incumbent upon every farmer to
cultivate to the limit of his acre
age and ability, and the town
person who has a vacant lot
should do the same.
The time to begin is NOW. If ! Avoiding Danger at Sea.
we place armies in the field those j Electrical apparatus has boen In-
• , , J. J vented In England to notify a Bhipa
armies must b . fed and the , offlcer w h en a steersman Is permitting
products come from the farms, ia vessel to deviate from a flat course.