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J H DOUGLAS COUNT? SENTINEL VoL Xill, DOUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. Apr. 20, 1917. No. 2 WHO IS RIGHT? Little Vine Lois mills There wi 1 be an entertain- Pres. M. E. Geer attended a merit at the schoolhouse at this bankers’ meeting in Carrollton 1 place Saturday night, April 21st. last Friday, in company with There has been a considerable Quite an interesting program is Sect. J. T. Duncan. They re muddle ever the fact that the' being prepared, and a cordial in- port a pleasant time. Daughters of the Confederacy [vitation is extended to -the pub-! Supt. J. F. Long, Mrs. Long at Macon have invited Bishop lie to come out and make this a and little niece, Arneita Snther- Keiley of Savannah, a Roman Catholic, to deliver the memorial address in honor of the Confed erate dead. It has long been a custom in many towns to cele brate the occasion by securing some orator of ability to deliver the.r rdiresses and Bish p Keiley is an orator as well as a Confederate veteran and at a glance there could seem to be no obiections to the arrangement. The veterans themselves, or a large number of them, made serious o j ctions and asked the daughters to withdraw their in vitation, which they refused to do. Since which time the vete rans have been severely criti cized bv the daily press and banner night for the school. j land, spent Saturday afterno.on Sunday school was well at-jin Atlanta sh pping. tended at this place Sunday. We The uniforms for the Band invite everybody to come next j have arrived and were worn for Sunday at nine o’clock and help the first time on Friday ' night, make it better. __ Quite a number of young peo ple attended tile singing given by Mr. and Mrs. Dock Ward Sun day afternoon and had some good singing. when the band furnished music for the Board of Trade meeting at the court house Our Sunday school was pretty well attended Sunday, but we ought to have no less than 200 Mr. and Mrs. Wyley Richards every Sunday, and Mrs. W. R. Ward af Hulett, I Dr. J. T. Gibson will preach a motored to the home of Joseph special sermon to Douglasville Wallace Sunday. LidgeNo. 162 Independent Or- Misses Nora and Ruby Henslse 1 der Odd Fellows next Sunday, were the guests of Miss Bernice I the Lodge attending in rega'ia. Stovall of this place, Thursday j The public is cordially invited to night of las'--.,eek. bepresent. This being Dr, Gib- Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boatright 'son’s regular uppoinunent, we claim their objections are based of near Hulett, spent Sunday ! expect a large crowd out to hear solely on the fact that th.- Bishop is a Crtholic and so far as we have seen none of the daily papers have piin'ed a line in defense of the veterans. A copy of the "Pilgrim’s Ban ner.” a religious paper , ublished at Columbus, Go., has fallen into our hands and in it we find an article that every Georgian should read, Mr. R. H. Bar- wick, its editqr, in a letter to the Columbus Ledger, says: Mr. him. If there are any who have any doubt about whether the Odd Fellow principals are based on the Bi ble or not, should hear Dr. Gibson and be otherwise Stovall, Tlmrsd; y convinced, | The writer, in company with with the latter’s parents, Enoch Renolds of Liberty.. Mr. and Mrs. Wyley Richards of Hulett, motored to the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T, night. Program Program of the General meet ing of the Good Samaritan Bap tist Association to be held with Ebenezer Baptist church the 5th Great News for Those Interested in Swim* ming Pool The Civic Club met at the Sunday and Saturday before in h °™ °f Mrs. S. A. Griffith for Anri i. the April business meeting. An unusually large attendance of Columbus, (ju., March R, lfll^f. IKiior Clotr.nbtts Jbevlger. My Dear Sir:—111 Wednesday’s Led ger I notice aineflitori ,1 headed, “Ti e Veterans are Wrong,” in which ynu criticised the Macon veterans for ob jecting to bishop Keiley ns Memorial Day orator in M icon. These veterans have been held up to ridicule by differ ent daily papers and the impression sought to be made that they were ob jecting to him on account of his re ligious belief, and no ono has stood up in their defense to te l the reasi.n why. As the son of a veteran, I ask per mission to speak for them. When the Georgia Legislature, laBt year, passed the ‘ Veasey Bill,” pro viding for the inspection of convenis, etc., Bishop Keilsy rose up in his wrath and in an article in a Savannah paper, and in the Mpruing Star, a weekly Roman Catholic paper of New Orleans, he denounced the legislature, the gov ernor and the Georgia people gener ally, in a very bitter and unchristian way. H>s article in the Star for Sep tember iA* carried in la-ge letters thiB heading: “Right Reverend Benja min J. Keiley Scores Bigotry and Cowardiceof Georgia.” Thenthesub. heading read as follows: “The Valiant and Patriotic B'sTop of f a'annah, True American that He is, Rises tv the Defense of the Constitutional Rights of His People, as the Infamous Convent Inspection Bill, Passed by Georg,a Legislature of Ignorant and Illiterate Backwoodsmen, is Signed by the Poltroon Governor of the State.’ In youi editorial you extol Bishop Keiley os' “a high-toned citizen, an excelent gentleman, a minuter of the gospel,’’etc. Christian gentlemen are admonished in God’s Book to “be sub missive to the powers that be,’’and to “pray forthem that are in-authority.’ How does this compare withhis utter ances in the press? In writing to the Star, he said: “You have already expressed your views and the opinion of all decent and honorable personB on the recent action of the Georgia Legislature in passing the Convent Inspection Bill.” Ac cording to Bishop Keiley, all persons who do not agree with him in this mat ter are not “decent and honorable,” He further says in the article.'“There must be only two classes of people who could possibly support such a meas ure-ignorant persons and bigots, and this state enjc.yes quite a considerable majority of both classes.” After hurling this insult into the faces of the people of Georgia, can you wonder that the Confederate vete- Joseph Wallace visited his W. A. Burns, visit, d the Baptist brothel, Jimmie Wallace, at j Orphans’ Home last Saturday Sind Hill, who is sick, but im- afternoon. We Were shown proving. every courtesy by the general Miss Bernice Stovall visited manager, L, S. Scoggms. He her sister, Mrs. Wyley Richards, carried us through every nook at Hulett Saturday. ,tmd coiner of .lb f grev.t insti- Missosliena jVyers uTid Willie Lotion. The Baptist of Georgia| Mae Watkins of Dog Rivcfjwere /hould feel ;«roud ^thisj branch the guests of Misses Clessie ai d'of her work, which is being Rena Hilton Saturday night. jso ably looked after by Mgr. Misses Pearl and Lena Ayers Scoggins and his good wife who attended poaching at Friend- is chief matron. We visited the ship Sunday. [ infirmary and did not find Don’t forgot the old April SATURDAY FIRST DAY 10 a. m. Devotional—E. C. Dan iel. 11 a. m. Introductory Sermon- Rev- G. W. Jones, Alter nate-Rev. C. L. Mat’hews Recess for Refreshments 1:30 p. m. Song and prayer ser vice and organization. 2 p. m. Discussion —What ar the greatest hinderencesto the :ause of Christ in the bounds of the Association? led by Rev F. C. Connell. SUNDAY MORNING 9 a. m. Devotional—W il I iam Thompson. 10 a. m. Discussion—Gan we, as Baptists, consistantiy and scripturally affiliate with other denominations in union meetieosor in the pulpit? Led by Rev. J. T. Layton. 11 a. m. Preaching—To be sup plied. AFTERNOON SESSION 1 p. m. Discussion on Sunday School work. Led by Rev. G. Vv. Jones. i. Discussion m Mission Work—Rev. D. W. Carter and J. I. Abercrombie. Everybody cordially invited J N Morris J. B. Sewell L. W. Stallings Committee. 2p. interesting members attested both to the popularity of the genial hostess and to greater en thusiasm in t te work of the club. Miss Nannie Love Selman re ported site sele-ted for swim ming pool near Mr. Eskew’s residence, running water to be supplied by spring on O. T. Sel- man’s lot. Mrs. P. D. Selman, chairman pool building com mittee, reported, rough estimate made on pool 30x60 feet, con crete floor and wall tocostaiound $400, pipes for water, fence and dressing rooms extra. The club has sw mining pool fund of $970 and as soon as cite necessary pa pers concerning time of lease for ground and some other mat ters are approved, work will be gin, and before summer an up- to-date swimming pool will be an added attraction to Douglas ville. The park eoinmittee is plan ning to plant fllowers, clean up and in other ways beautify James Park, Lights and water will he put In at once. The mayor and council have instruct ed our dlfieijnt marshall to see that the paviilion, swings, seats, lights and other property in j park is not broken or mutilated in any wav. Neal’s /academy (Last Week’s Letter.) The school closed at this place Lithiu Springs Locals ' (L: st Week’s Letter-) At. Easter egg hunt was en- ioye' 1 ) by the whole school Fri day a i rnoon. G v .Idine Harper entertained Sacred single bed in the whole dwelling last Friday, the 6th Inst., a large number or young menus Harp singing at this place the ! occupied, which shows that the with a mce entertainment in the at fler home Saturday afternoon first Sunday in May. We invite health of die orphan children ig afternoon, consisting of several m calebraUon of her eighth everybody to come and biing as good or better than the aver- j nice speeches, recitations and buthday. Various childrens their books and well fifed bas- age child in the private home. I readings, whieli were enjoyed kets. I do not like to refer to this place by all present. After this part 'as an Orphans’ Home, it is so' of tl ) e Program was rendered, our j much like a great big family, efficient teacher, Mrs. Ethel D. Card of Thanks While sitting on the front veran-1 Pooh had the pupils to form a da watching the children at play, | hne of march, and after going (the atron of the kindergarten j out into the yard, they were all I department returned. She had turned loose to hunt the Easter We wish to thank our neigh- jben away for a day or two on eggs that had been hidden in the bors and many friends for their account of the death of a rela-1forrest nearby. This was real many act3 of kindness tendered tive. Each one of these mother- j fun f° r the ch ' 1Jren . and the less little tots put their arms j older folks too, for they seemed around the neck of this good jto enjoy the hunt a 8 well as the woman and planted a kiss on her j children. After the eggs were cheek. I could not keep the, found good byes were said and tears from rushing to my eyes!went home feeling it was to save my life. I believe the good to be there. We are glad Father above is watching over this institution and will O K the work of these good people, W. Hy. C. us during our bereavement Mrs. Emmitt Peterson. Mrs. M. E. Ward and family. Day orator? Besides this, Governor Harris is r.l • a veteran, as much so as Bishop Keiley. We have nevet seen where Bishop Keiley has apologized for call ing Governor Harris a “Poltroon Gov ernor," and now he would come to his he me city to receive this honor, offered him by a few misguided women. The veterar.sdid not object to him “on account of the fact that he was a Roman Catholic," as stated in your editorial, but on account of his flagrant insult to Georgia’s gavernor, and her people, for which he has never apologized. Respectfully, R. H. Barwick. 2900 Tenth Avenue. We heartily endorse Mr. Bar- wick’s card and in view of the Bishop’s insult to Georgia and her Governor, we think the old vets did right. Most Georgians approve the Veasey Bill, and if Bishop Keiley and his convents are not willing to submit to its provisions, it is the best evidence that they need inspection. Any institution— Catholic or Protestant, that is so managed that it cannot submit .rans if Macon would object toconferr-l to State inspection, should be ing u^onhim the honor of Memorial'abolish ed. O. O. F. Meeting Next Sunday The local lodge of Odd Fellows will observe next Sunday as f8 Anivfersary Day and a special program is being arranged. The meeting will be held at the Lois Mill churcn and the annual sermon will be preached by Dr. J. T, Gibson. Ail members are requested to meet at the hall at 10:45 to march in a body to the church. The Geer Concert Band will furnish music. The public is cordially invited. Subscription Honor Roll, ( The following have paid sj : c options since last issue E. M. Hagin, Ellavil^ T. E. Morris, Doui to say that Mrs. Pool has done some fine work among the child ren during the term lust closed. We are giad to report most of the sick of our community are about well. Several of our people attended the annual singing at Mars Hill Sunday and report a fine time. Mrs. L. F. Bradley and child ren of Fair Play, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Neal, last Friday. Mrs. J. N. Morris and son and daughter, Carl and Ellen, visited relatives at Carrollton Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Ethel D. Pool returned to her home near Happy Valley last Saturday. She was accompanied by Miss Pauline Morris. Malone thday. games were played. The favors were tiny baskets filled with eggs and rabbits. The house was decorated in quantities of spring flowers. The refresh ments consisted of orange ice and cake. A large congregation was pres ent Sunday to hear the presiding- elder, Dr. W. H. LaPrade, de liver a beautiful Easter sermon. Dinner was enjoyed on the ground and the quarterly con ference was held in the after noon. The regular monthly meeting of the, Missionery Society was held at the church Mondi y after noon. All members are urged to be present at the next meet ing, as it promises to be an un usually interesting one. C yde Watson of the Georgia Tech, was at home for the week end. Emory Watson has been home front Mtckland the past week recovering front an attack of meales. Hairy Richardson from Mack- land, spent the past week end with P. H. Winn and family. Mesdatnes Neabit Harper and P. H. Winn spent Tuesday in Atlanta selecting and buying a handsome new carpet for the church. Mrs. G. A. Bass had as her guests the past week Mrs. Mattie Strickland and Mrs, Scott of Austell. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ruther ford and young daughter, are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. VV. VV. Rutherford. Mrs. J. L. Harbin spent sev- ! eral days of the past week with relatives at Douglasville.