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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA THE SENTINEL Published Every Friday We agree with 1 on. W. I. Encourage Location of Dorris that the 3,215 acres of lost land in Douglas county should be on our tax b oks and official organ of douglasvillb and ] the Tax Reciever and Board of DOUGLAS COUNTY. Industries SUBSCRIPTION RATES Do you want more industries, .more people, 'more wealth in Equalizers • should endeavor to this t()WI]? If 80> here are a few | hud it. There are unquestion 1 • ■ . ' vital points to consider ably. some tax dodgers that| The live town is always on the ?1.B0 should be rounded up. j lookout to add another industry to its list. Three Months - .40 ADVERTISING RATES One page' per issue $10.00 One-hAlf page per issue..... $5.00 Sifiall sp&cc per issue,, per inchl21-2 Uoeals per Hue per issue .05 Office Phone... _ Residence Phone. .102 finte’elin the PostofTice an Douglas- riJIe Gx., as second-c’ass mail matter. Z. T. DAKE, Editor and Publisher. Even Cuba can’t resist the temptation. Hell,s broken loose down there, too. If Villa gets to sloshing around; Industries make work, and too recklessly in Pershing’s old work attracts workers, and > f shoes Uncle Sam mav yet be workers the to vn is built. forced to pull the strings. A manufacturing plant added to your town means a positive additi >n to the earning capacity If we must have war. trot it . along. This uncertainty inter- eve . r i r citizen of the town. S° feres with our Sunday dinners, i ln en C° ur aging new mdus- If we are to have p -epardness in this country, let’s have it hi- universal! Universal service wouldn’t be so bad, after all. Instead of ogling young gi> is on the streets, our nineteen-year-old mashers would be devoting their valuable time to the delightful occupation of digging trenches, pearing spuds, washing dishes, and dril - ing in the boiling tun. Make it fore we are smeared all over the map. Well, anyway, Tom Lawson has beer, swallowed up in a big Laugh? We do! The idea of gersiare. Verily, there is some c.ld Carranza posing t.s a dove of c isolation, even ui peace is too much vinnegar in niisfortundi the sugar bowl. tries you are notonly patriotically aiding your community, but you a.*e directly promoting your own fortunes. We have seen a few so-called business men who were satisfied; with the population of their con - munty—didn’t want any more people, didn’t want any more trade, didn’t want any more money. I Those men were dead and did’t know it—but the communi ty DID know it. Tiie town that makes a deter mined tiToR to at ract men and Trim Your Expenditures! There are but few who could not re- I duce their expenditures materially, without detriment to themselves or others. Trim and Bank ihe Trimmings! Later on, you’ll be surprised and I gratffied at the volume of your ac cumulated savings; But, then, we don’t know what’s happening to the man in the moon. Winter lias made its “drive” and is now in full re (treat. reatest I industries will GET them. Its | facilities may be limited; its ^ er ’ ] |, | . , . , Rii mi we ilth mav not be great; and i s Some sensitive p-'ot)l“ a 1- .! bo. s tjcitmti maj even not bea-Uan- ginninjTto wonder if a man will '■*?*' But a BIVE BUtL:C feel any better in the next world ^ , an appreciation of after being blown up by a mine,! eyey a ' 0< ^ asset—is the feature last, than he would have felt had he ^ . nlost attra ” s the intelligent be ?n sunk by a submarine. like a wet blanket on his biu.i- ness. The town with pep, with gin- Now, did the donation of the site secure that plant? IT DID NOT. That was the smallest business man who is seeking a location. No manufacturer wants to Bunkers don’t like the reWi , — As an effective method of' coina Docauae the-y sav they are| 0aa duc^ ft^busmess in _a dead national prepardness we suggest hard to stack. 3.t we are not running a bank. the prompt planting of spuds— more spuds. Having overrun the skies, the cost of living is now reconnoiter- ing for even higher altitudes. Republi an? D e m o c rja t ? Never! When our country is threatened we are an Ameri can—AN AMERICAN! We are not a bit flippant when wo express the ardent hope that the federal investigation of the high ccot of living doesn’t pave the way for yet another boost. In these strenuous times we forgot to mention in our last that Old St, V dentine made his peri odical visit without ere iting even a ripple on the blody waters. Read the latter of Secy. Roun tree of the Bankhead Highway, to Dr. Whitley. It is important and means we mast act and act quickly or lose the Bankhead Highway. town. It matters not that the town may not use a dollar’s w or h of his goods. The very at mosphere of the dead town is with hustle, injects the .consideration. The SPIRIT thi t same qualities into every busi- j PROMPTED the donation was ness within its environs. Shrewd) the magnet that did the pulling, bU'im ss men know this, and |The managers of the enterprise hunt for just such towns, J wanted to locate in a community If we would grow as a town ; where that spirit ruled. They we must show that we WANT ;could afford to pay fora sit’, but growth. And we must offer j there was no way of determining INDUCEMENTS. jwhethei the community really For instance— | WANTED their enterprise lo cated in its midst. We want to land a manufac- turingplant. Go after it. The managers stipulate for a con venient site donated, We do nate it. We secure the plant. And thus it goes on and on. It is not the bonus, or the even the exemption from taxes that Continued on Last Page. Coughs, colds, etc. Price 25c, 50c, and $1.00 Tomlinson Drug Store Another Feature of my business is Glassware Water Glasses, set 25c Ice Tea Glasses, set 50 Syrup Pitchers 10-25 Glass Pitchers, 25-50 Glass Sugar Bowls 25 A complete line Glassware with Blue bird decoration just received We are looking for you to call. JOE O. McCARLEY OUR SPECIAL OFFER We have jukt finished taking stock and find that we have some odd pieces of furniture left from our Fall stock. These pieces we are going to close out at ex act factory cost, also every piece of Holiday Furni ture left. During this sale you will have an opportunity to buy at cost—Morris Chairs Ladies’ Desks, Dressing Tables, Chiffoniers, Smokirg Stands, Costomers, Medi cine Cabinets, Cellarettes, Washstands and a number of other useful pieces of fur niture. DON’T MISS THIS CHANCE Our Spring line of Rugs have just arrived —and such Rugs. They are sim ply beautiful, colors rich, designs artistic and many of them woven without a seam. We bought these rugs before the last big advance and pass them on to you at a great saving. The lot includes Brussels, Axminsters, Wilton Velvets, and French Wiltons, room size and smaller rugs. Remember, we are out of the high-rent district and can always save you money on Rugs and Furniture. Our location i& central-a halUminute from Whitehall CHAS. S. ROBISON FURNITURE CO. 25-27 E. HUNTER ST. ; ATLANTA Mi