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Douglas county sentinel
Pol. XIII,
bOUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA. May 4. 1017
No. 4
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OLD MUD CONVENTION
Given By Circle No. 4 of Baptist Church,
ceeds for Church Improvements
Pro-
CASTE OF CHARACTERS
Jerusha Eliza Hangs—Mrs. Thad McKoy
Rebecca Retrace—Mrs. R. E. Hamilton
Minty Clovertop—Mrs. J. F. Long
Marianna Mellissa Plack—Mrs. Whit Selmen
Desire A. Mann- Mrs. Joe McGuire
Hepsibah Odelia Olds—Mis. Arzo.Eskew
Ann Ellen Patterby—Mrs. John Hudson
May Haverman—Mrs. Jim Abercrombie
Petunia Pickles—Mrs. J. C. Wright
Serena Hasben—Mis. D. Houreworth
Charity Hopegood—Mrs. W. E. Hewett
Rachel Ketchem—Mrs. Sam Harding
Belinda Bliss—Mrs. Paul Selman
Prof. Makerneux— Mr, Frank Winn
Admission 10c and 15c
Thursday, May 10th at 8 o’clock.
Freeman and Kirby go to
Jonesboro
J. J. Freeman and R. N. Kirby
have bought the Jonesboro News
and left Tuesday morning to take
charge of it.
They are both first-class print
ers, having been in the business
fora number of yesrs, and both
are "graduates” from the Senti
nel office, Mr. Freeman having
been foreman here for three
years before assuming the duties
of City Clerk, . nd Mr. fcirby
haiing served in the same ca
pacity for the past two years.
The Sentinel wishes them the
greatest success in their pew
undertaking and look forward
with pleasure to the receipt . f
their paper this week.
Howard a Campaigner
The following story is clipped
from the national Monthly:
Judge Tinsley Rucker of Geor
gia, tells a story of the campaign
methods of his colleague, Repre
sentative William Schley How
ard.
When Howard started out'to
run for Congress eight years ago
Death
of Mrs.
Pace
B. M
The angel of death visited the
home of Mr. B. M.fdce on Fri
day evening, April 20th and took
the spirit of Mrs. Pace home
She leaves a husband and six
shildren, a mother and grand
motner and many relatives and
he was quite a young man a 111 ! j friends to mourn her departure,
had to Contest for the Democratic | She was a great sufferer the
nomination, which is always | a stfew months of her life, which
eq#vulent to an election in Geor- gj le ye^y bravely,
gia, against j,he late Lon ’ Liv- j y e r remains were interred at
ingston, a seasoned campaigner p ra y 8 church on Saturday, ller
who had long been a big figure j f un eral was coftducted by her
in the politics of the state. How- pas ori R e v. McLeod of Villa
aid was well and favorably I
kuown in Atlanta for he had lived
all his life in a suburb of the
city, but country people were not
acquainted with him.
Upon starting out to canvass
among thfi farmers, Howard took
with him a big, black, husky
ne,.rj named It was in
the spring of the year and all the
farmers were busy plowing, so
mucu so as not to want to spare
the urns to talk politics. Ac
cordingly Howard would stop
along side the road and wait un
til Farmer Jones plowed around
. to he corner nearest to him.
Then he would climb over the
fence, approach the agriculturist
anu engage him in conversation
which would begin about as fol
lows:
*’ Howdy, Mr. Jones. I reckon
as how you all must be pretty
bus these day
"flight smart, stranger. Got
to fi nsh plowin’ this lot before
it rains.
Howard would then call to the
net .u, ‘‘Look hah, Jim, you
big lack rascal, catch hold that
plo ■ and go on ’round that field
wh e I talk to My. Jones.”
J in knew what he had been
eht along for and while he
d Howard would talk poli-
♦ ith the farmer who was
villing to prolong the cnn-
vei Htion. He lost no time and
Ho trd always got his vote.
Lihia Springs Locals
Eastern S.ar Meeting
Worthy Grand Pation Daniel,
of Grand Chapter O. E. S. of
Georgia, made the newly orga
nized Chapter of the -Eastern
Star at this place an official vi it
Tuesday night for the purpose
instituting the Chapter. The fol
lowing are the officers:
Mrs. 1), Hooseworth, VV. M.;
Thad McKay, W. P.; Mrs. F. M
Stewart, A. M ; Mrs. Thad Mc-
Koy, Secty.; Dr. F. M. Stewart,
Treas.; Mrs. W. M. Almand, 0-;
Mrs. Astor Merritt, A. C.; Miss
Mary Ilouseworth, Adah; Mrs.
J. It. Duncan, Ruth; Mrs. W. C.
Aberjrombie, Estha; Miss Gladys
Btewart, Martha; Mrs. W. H.
Bobo, Electa; Mrs. I. R Me Joy,
Organist; W. M. Almand, Sen
tinel; Mrs. E. L. Hopkins, War
dor; -Mrs. ^J. 1^ J^itiheson,
Chaplain-
bre
pic
tic:
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Notice to {Teachers
T e State-wide examination
of l ■ ichers will occur on August
3rd nd 4th. The reading course
boc * are as follows:
P imary and General Elemen
tal —Manual of Methods, Cub
berley’s Rural Life and Educa
tion, Colgrove’s The Teacher and
the School.
G, T, McLarty, C. Supt.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Watson,
Jr., of Atlanta, spent the past
week end with Mr. and Mrs, J.
A. Watson, Sr,
Jim Pharr of Arlanda. Fla., is
the guest of relatives here.
Miss Emma Gardner spent the
past week end in Atlanta, going
over to attend Grand Opera,
Mrs. Kate Kerr of Canton, N.
C., is the guest of Capt. and
Mrs. J. C. Joyner.
Miss Lillian Blair spent the
past ten clays at home, enjoying
her spring vacation from the
Atlanta echo 4s. *
Mrs. E. H. Houseman spent
Monday in Atlanta,
Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit Harper
and children spent the past week
end in Atlanta. Mrs. Harper
going over for Grand Opera-
Mrs. Henry Haney spent
Wednesday and Thursday ifi At
lanta attending the annual dis
trict meeting of the Woman,s
Missionery Society.
Mesdames Henry Richardson,
Lula Wheat and W. W. Ruther
ford spent Thursday in Atlanta,
Mrs. Luke G. Garrett and
young son, Luke, Jr., of Austell
were the guests of Mrs. P. H
Winn Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. Peck visited Mrs.
Green at Villa Rica the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S, Kenedy
of Decatur, spent the past week
end at their summer home here,
Among those going oyer in
cars Sunday afternoon to attend
the flag raising at Marietta were
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Maxwell
and children, Mis. Kate Kerr,
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Winn and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
T'r.e Penalty of Greed
In these trying hours there
mav arise a few who will try to
get rich quick at the expense of
the nation and its people. But
it will rena’ther profitable nor
wise for ‘hem to attempt any-
hing of the kind.
If their business is national in
its scope, the government will
handle them without gloves;
The president has so warned
them.
If their business is local in its
character, we, the people, wili
see that they get their just de
serts.
There must be no price boost
ing, no gouging, no angling for
sudden wealth for the few at
the expense, of misery for the
many,
The man who cannot bs a pa
triot from choice must have it
thrust upon him from necessity,
The people are mighty and
their will must prevail. It must
be a period of loyalty and live
and let live.
Mrs. J. L. Giles Enter
tains Willing Workers
The Willing Workers Squadron
Missionary circle No. 3 of ihe
Douglasville Methodist churh
spent an enjoyable day at the
home of Mrs J. L. Giles on Wed
nesday of last week
The time was spent in Sewing.
About twenty children’s gar
ments were completed.
Those taking part were: Mes
dames J. L. Giles, S, A. Griffith,
Lon Weddington, W. C. Dorris,
E. M. Huffines, G. T. McLarty,
Maggie Skinner, Kate Maxwell,
uauisu^.m. ouu m». „. m. j Ho i lia , Aderhold, J. J. Kirby. foYal ofaTf ia’the
Hays and children and Cecil, jz, M. James, B.F. Burum, J. A. who willfully wa
Hazel and Agr.es Rutherford, j Enterkin.
Will Hunger Come?
We may put it down as a self
evident fact that if the people of
this country 'persist,-'during the
coming year. In living on the
same extravagant scale of former
years, we as a pation will strike
the rocks.
Experts in the agricultural de
partment have estimated that, the
actual waste of food in the
United States is $700,000,000
annually. This is in addition to
the enormous consumption in ex-
ce8ss of what is really needed to
support life comfortably.
The International Institute of
Agriculture sends this solemn
warning from Rome: “The
world’s food crop is deficient and
the situation is becoming alarm
ing.”
Now we are doing much talk
ing as to the duty of raising
bumper crops, of increasing out
production in every way possible,
which is perfectly right. But
mor than this is needed. We
must act as well as talk.
Heretofore the U nited States
has always had a safe surplus.of
foodstuffs from one harvest when
the next was garnered. This
very fact, possibly, has had more
to do with fostering our extrava
gance than anything else. We
have felt that our resources were
boundless and that we could
never corn s to want.
Now, however, that surplus
has vanished, and in its place we
have only gold, %he most usehss
commodity in the world unless it
can be exchanged for that which
we need. And at last we must
wake up and face the fact that
we are op against a food short
age, and gold can not buy food
where no food exists.
The solution of the food prob
lem is up to every man, woman
and child in the country. It is
useless to mince words for fear
of hurting some one’s feelings—
EXTRAVAGANCE and WASTE
MUST CEASE, it is useless to
undertake to solace ourselves
with the prospect of a large in
crease in production. That of
itself will not relieve the sicua
tion if extravagance continues.
ALL must exert th mselves to
PRODUCE, and ALL must exert
themselves to SAVE.
You, our farmer friend.^be-
cause you have plenty and are
raising plenty more, have NO
RIGHT to waste that plenty or
to throw it away in needless ex-
travagane. Others will NEED
it and it is their RIGht that they
should be able to get it.
You, Mr. Rich Man, 'just be
cause you have plenty of money
to pay for it. have NO RIGHT to
waste that which OTHERS
NEED, and of which your ex
travagance will deprive them.
Let us not be deceived. It is
up to each one—rich, poor, high
low—to conserve the food
supply. Food waste this year
will be nothing lees than a
CRIME, and should be so recog
nized and treated.
A few months ago, when gold
was flowing into our coffers, in
yellow streams, we strutted and
boasted of our boundless wealth.
We compared ourselves to Mi
das—that everything we touched
turned to gold. And now we
are in grave danger of finding
ourselves in his predicament—
our gold useless because we can
not eat it.
Economy in any line is praise
worthy but economy in food prod
ucts jus.t now is the highest type
of patiiotism, and the most dis-
man or woman
willfully wastes the nation’s
I rood.
HIGHWAY
Birmingham, 1 'Ala., April 30.
.(Special) Tjhe details for of
ficially locat ng the Bankhead
National Highway from Wash
ington to Los Angeles, Cal., in
accordance with a resolution that
was passed at the annual meet
ing of the Association in Birm
ingham on April 19th and 20th,
are being rapidly worked out, so
that a scouting party can start
within the next thirty days to go
over the various portions of the
highway.
Hon. T. S Plowman, Presi
dent if the Bankhead Highway
Association, was in Birmingham
Friday in consultation with Sec
retary J. A. Roundtree, and Di
rector John W. O’Neill, and
others, arranging the rules and
regulations in regard to the-
scouting party ; the plans have
been carefully worked out and
Secretary Rountree has been in
structed to write to the -Presi
dents of the various branches of
the Bankhead Highway Associa
tion urging them to give any in
formation and to put their re-,
speetive routes in good condition
for the scouting party.
President Plowman has re
quested the Federal Public Road
Department at Washington to
furnish two of their best engi
neers to go cvn - the road and
accompany the scouting party.
Senator Barkhead has joined in
this request. There is no doubt
but what Washington Authori
ties will co-operate in this move-
men*-. Presr’dent Plowman is al
so considering the selection of
three citizens who are qualified
to he members of the scouting
party. It is expected that when
the icouting party starts from
Atlanta enroute to Birmingham,
Memphis and Little Rock, that it
will attract the greatest possible
attention and arouse a great deal
of enthusiasm. The work of se
curing'members and organizing
branches oi the Bankhead High
way Association will be actively
pushed until at least one hundred
thousand membeis are secured.
No Highway in the country has
attracted more attention than
this road. The greatest success
possible is expected to be
acnievedby the building of this
road and completing the same
within the next twelve months.
J. A. Rountree, Secty.
State Sunday School Con
vention May 8-9-10
The State Sunday School Con
vention will meet in Savannah
on May 8-9-10.
All Sunday schools of the state
are asked to send three delegates
besides Dastor and superinten
dent. Delegates will be given
free lodging and breakfast and a
most interesting program has
been- arranged and the most
prominent Sunday school work
ers in the United States will be
Prof. E. O Excell will have
oharge of the music. At least
2,000 delegates are expected.
Dreadful Possibility.
Little Margie had heard her Sunday
school teacher speak of backsliding>
and one rainy Sabbath morning her
mother thought it best for her not to
attend Sunday school. “But I’vo just
got to go, mamma,” said Margie.
“Teacher says if we do not come
: every Sunday our backs will slide.”