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I DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL Vol.Xll, DOUGLASVILLE. DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.Mar. 23, 1917. No. 50 Three Notable Addresses An eng the many interesting and informing addresses that will be delivered at the coming joint meeting of the Georgia Educational Association ar.d the County School Superintendents’ convention, three will deserve special comment. Dr. Bruce R. Payne, president of Peabody College for Teachers, will speak on the “Efficient South of Tomorrow ” He is in the very forefront of educational thinkers of our section, and his message ought to interest every thoughtful teacher. “Education as Socialization” will be the theme of an address by D •, VV. H. Kilpatrick, profes sor of education in Columbia Uni versity. Dr. Kilpatrick is a Georgian who has won place and prominence for himself as a member of the faculty of Teach ers’ College of Columbia Univer sity, probably the greatest cen ter of educational progress in America. Teachers and superintendents of rural schools will be glad to know tha- ®r. P. P. Claxton, U- nited States Commissioner of Education, will lecture on “Sug gestions for the improvement of Rural Schools in Georgia,” The association will meet in Macon, May 3rd, 4th, 5th. Bill Arp Farmers are farming some now. Mr. and Mrs S. D. Svvofford and Mr. aijd Mrs. J. M. Ader- hold spent Sunday with Mose Daniell and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Holland spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Long. C. P. Miller spent Sunday with Gordon Rainwater, Mr. and Mrs. D. J- Daniell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Stovall. Mr. and Mrs. John Rice spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs. Henry Brown. Mrs. C. P. Miller spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Burnett Laster. Mr. and Mrs. Mosey Swofford visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Y, Dan iell Sunday. Ralph and Miss Lessie Ader- hold spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baldwin. Mr, and Mrs. Albert Jordan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baldwin. We have a new barber shop in Bill Arp and also a new store, Babtum Jonah. Band Concert The Geer Concert Band will give a concert at the school Au ditorium on Thursday night, March 29th. A small admission fee will be charged and a splen did program has been arranged, Tickets are now on sale at 10 & 15c and the fund is to be used to buy uniforms for the band. We urge every loyal citizen to buy ticbets—attend the concert if possible—but buy titkets any way. Few towns can boast of as good band as ours and the members have proven their loyal ty to the town on several occa sions, now it behooves the town to return the favor. A good band is an important asset and let everybody show their appre ciation by being out to this con cert. A Good Beginning. The outlook for our work in missions for -this year is most encouraging. Every department of our society is advancing nicely. As we look ovsr the first quarter’s work we feel a sense, of gratitude for what we have keen able to do and our hearts are thril.ed with joy at the pros pect for the rest of the vear. With earnest, wide awake offi cers and members, who are full of zeal and enthusiasm for mis sion, who give their time and money because they love the work, we can take no st ps back ward. Our Young People’s Society has re-organized with twenty members enrolled. Under the able leadership of Mrs, Hamil ton tlie> will grow in numbers and accomplish much for the Master. Squadrons Nos, 3 and 4 are doing such efficient work that they make the re ,t of us ashamed that we have achieved so little. They meet two and three times a month and have made and collected $28.40 for missions this year. Our last meeting, Tuesday, March 13, is proot of the renew ed interest in our society. There were eighteen members present. The officers from the different departments were ready with their reports. The meeting was a spiritual uplift to everyone present. Our faith was strength ened and we were inspired to undertake greater things for our Lord. There is real pleasure'in the service of God The Mission Study Class, which meets at the close of the busi ness session, was made especially interesting by the d scussion: “Resolved, That the Railroads have done more toward the in tellectual awakening of Mexico than has the p ess.” The weight of the argument was in favor of the railroads. We conclude our study of Mexico at our next meeting. As the days are growing warmer and longer, we are expecting a larger attendance Tuesday, April 10 th. Mrs. W. H. Butler, Supt. Publicity, W. M. S. Cooper. (Last Week’s Letter) No sickness to report in this vicinity. « Prof Owen is teaching a sing ing school at this place and has quite a large attendance, Miss Vera Jones and Mr. Grady Nestle hut were happily married last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dodgen of Nickajack, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Landers and family. Charley Clark of Atlanta, spent Sunday with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. McDonal. J. W. Hall of Atlanta, spent Sunday with his parents at this place. We are sorry to report the death of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. gam Kimbrel. He was buried at Union Grove last Sat urday. The bereaved have our sympathy. Messrs. Oman, Charlie and Mathew Landers of Atlanta spent Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mann of Atlanta, spent Saturday night and Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Jones. Kik Addison. Lois KUlls President M. E. Geer spent Thursday in Atlanta on business. Mrs. W. L. Stephens continues quite sick. Mrs. Henry Clark and son, Roy, spent Monday in Atlanta. Miss Willie Mae BrannetR of Roanoke, Ala., is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jackson of Tallapoosa, spent the week end with their parents. Messrs. Ward and Kinnett are here from the Southern Spindle & Flyer Co., doing some over hauling in the carding depart ment of the mill. Our Sunday School fell off Sunday about 50 per cent, only 90 being present. We must and will beat this. The Band Concert to be given March 29th, by Geer’s Concert Band, we hope will be the lagest attended affair of anything that has been pulled off at the School Auditorium. The admission will be id reach of every one and we hope to sell 500 tickets. The proceeds will go toward the purchase of uniforms for the band. We hope to have uni forms within the next 30 days. W. Hy. C. From a Fortner Douglas County Boy. Seattle, Washington, Mar. 11, The Sentinel. I was pleased to note -that the people of Douglas are alive to our approaching danger, as tx emplified by the fact that Win. Floyd Clark was invited to lec ture there the past week. 1 wish I had been theieto bear and cheer and to have placed a dollar in the brave speakers hand, biddmg him to go and un loose the chains which are bind ing posterity and to awake enough patriotism in those who are basking in their present lib rties, to protect those rights and pass them on to those who follow. This state of unrest, the empty pews, the concentration of evan gelical work in foreign lands, a foreign church concentrating its forces here, all have a deeper meantng, and is worthy of the thought of those who wish to be ignorant on such matters and whose pleasure it is to bring in nocent children into this world, who may suffer for the conse quences of their parents, indif ference. I beg your pardon. With best wishes. N. B. Wilson. Superior Court Douglas Superior Court is in sessit n this week. Hi3 Honor, Judge Bartlett is presiding and Solicitor General Hutcheson is looking after the State’s interests. The Grand Juuy organized Monday, electing Judge H. T. Cooper forman, and C. G. Brown, Clerk, with J. C. Mc- Carley, Assistant. Judge, Bartlett’s charge to the Grand Jury was comprehensive and that body at once began its regular grind. Only civil cases will be dis posed o this week and next Mon day the criminal part of the docket will be taken up. New School District The County Board of Educa tion acting on the petition of the Mayor and Council of Douglas- ville, in their special meeting Tuesday acted favorably on the petition and granted the request making an enlarged district as outlined by the committee. This completes the first impor tant step toward a new school building. It now becomes necessary to elect a board of trustees to work under the supervision of the Board of Education: alio to hold .m election for school tax an bonds. Now is the time to pull togeth er to get a school and a building that will meet the requirements of a progressive comunity and a growing town. Let’s all work for a new building and rigger school. Entertainment at Baptist Church Sunday Even ing, M arch 25 th Everybody cordially invited to be present at Baptist Church Sunday evening, March 25th, be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. An ex- celent program will be rendered by Woman': Missionary Society, Young Woman’s Auxiliary, Girl’s Auxiliary and Sunbeams. Come and hear and ses what the women, girls and little folks can do, and are accomplishing through those organizations. Clean-Up Week ‘April 3 12. From April 5th until 12th there will be in every town and throughout Georgia, the greatest organized and co operative move ment ever waged against dirt, dust and disease. At the instance of the Georgia Federation of Woman’s Clubs, Governor Harris has issued the following proclamation: “State of Georgia, Executive Department, Atlanta. -Whereas, the experience o', several wo man's clubs has requested the govern r to assist in a movement prompted by their national orga nization to designate the week of April 5-12, 1917, as municipal Clean-up week; and, Whereas, the experience of several years past has proven the value of this movement in pro moting the public health through municipal and community clean liness, and in calling the atten tion of bur people to the desir ability of improving the appear ance and sanitation of their neighborhoods through concerted action; it is Ordered, That the week of April 5-12, 1917, be, and is here by, designated and profelaimed “Clean-up week” for the state of Georgia, and all our people are requested to join with the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs in carrying out the pur poses above set forth. This 8th day of March, 1117. (Signed) N. E. Harris, Governor.” Our Civic Club, now entering well into its fourth year, rejoices in the fact that the Clean-up campaign—its first work after organizing—is r.ow fully estab lished and our people need only to be reminded of the date, to co-operate in every way, in clean ing and painting up and. in many- other ways making Douglasville a “City Beautiful.” MUSIC CLASS OF D. H. S. TO GIVE ENTERTAIN MEN T Miss Marie Davis, the popular music teacher of Douglasville High School, will present her pupils in a concert at the Kozy- torium Monday night. A splen did program has been arranged and an admission fee of 10 & 20c will be ch irged—the funds being used to purchase a new piano for the school. Not only should all music lov ers attend but every one who feels an interest in the school should help this worthy cause. The concert will begin at 7:30 promptly and two shows will be given to accommodate every body. A rugular 5 reel Para mount picture, featuring Margu- rite Clark in her latest work, “Miss George Washington” will be given in addition to the music program. PROGRAM Pre'ude—Rachmanoff- Louise Duncan. Mammy’s Song—Cook—S arah Peace. Tarpley Msrch—Raid — Nora Thompson. The Good Little Bov—Gilette— Robert Groodzinsky, Ray mond Ledbetter. The Sunshine of Your Smile- Ray—Miss Sarah Meadows. Her Practice Hour—Reading— Nell Ho. so. In The Meadows—Leigh—Opal Baldwin. Merry Farmer Schuman—Caro lyn Up.diaw, Estelle Dodson.. Valse Caprice—Gcodson—Miss Gladys Stewart. The L ing, Long Trail-Clark— Miss Sarah M adows. Miss Marie Davis, Mr. Rob Dun can, Mr. Arthur Enterkin. Good Roads Meeting. The Bankhead Highway Asso ciation will hold a meeting in Birmingham on April 19-20. This meeting will be largely at tended and many towns and sec tions will be there making a bid for it, Cedartown and other comunities are endeavoring to pull it by there and if it is put on a commercial basis they may pull it away from us. But our infor mation is that the Georgia Di rectors, Dr. Whitley and Oscar Mills have the locating of it in Georgia and they have assured the counties along this route that they can get it if they meet the government requirements. Thanks to our progressive com missioners, they have complied and made application for the government fund. Fulton, Cobb and Carroll have already done so and the only broken link in the chain now is Haralson and we are confident that she will come across alright. Haralson had the largest and most enthusiastic delegation at the Douglasville meeting of any of the counties. At this meeting the route will be definately loca'ed and the county Vice President, V. R. Smith, is anxious to have a large delegation from Douglas county attend this meeting. Card of Thanks We extend to our neighbors our heartfelt appreciation of their constant and unselfish sym pathy and valuable assistance in the recent severe illness of our dear son. We thank each one who has so unselfishly helped us through this trying ordeal, and we hope for God’s richest bless- .ings upon you and yours. Mr. and Mrs, Frederick Wilson.