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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
THE SENTINEL
Published Every Friday
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLAS VILLE AND
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
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ville da., a a setond-clasH mail »*mtter.
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Wonderful Love
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
Orville Wright says ten thous
and fighting airolaines would
win the war for the allies in ten
Weeks.
Stand by the flag. Every
criticism of your government’s
actions is in the interest of Uer
man autocracy.
•Hon. John N. Holder was
elected Speaker of the Georgia
Legislature last week, just as
we predicted.
That the payment of a comm
ission of 10 per cent to attorneys
for enforcing the payment of in-
h°'itance taxes due the state is
nothing more than a buisiness
like arrangment the same as any
private concern would make
with a lawyer to collect money
due and unpaid, seems to be the
prevailing sentiment among mem
bers of the legislature concerning
the arrangment of the attorney
general, Clifford Walker, which
at first aroused some criticism
because it was not elearly under
stood.
The situation is just this, as
members of the legislature see
it: An estate is le£t at the death
of the owner, and on it the state
is due a certain percentage of tax
The tax is not paid, Nobody
takes steps to collect it. The
state is deprived of its rightful
due., One estate after another,
scattered over the state, rocks
along without the payment by
its heirs of the tax they are due
the state. At this point the att
orney general acting under the
authority of the act which makes
it h s duty to enforce the pay
ment of inheritance taxes due
the state, steps in and makes an
arrangment with attorneys
various counties, where a large
amount of deliquent taxes have
piled up, to enforce tho payment
of same on a comission basis.
The state gets its money, the
lawyer gets the usual fee for col
lection, and nobody is hurt,
Some legislators express the
opinion that the commission paid
attorneys should not be as high
as 10 per-cent in very larg^ es
tates, and a graduated scale will
probaly be fixed.
Russia captured 10,000 Ger
man prisoners in her first fight
after re-entering the war. If
she keeps this up there will soon
be no Germans left to fight.
Stray dogs • and cats ace be
coming quite a nuisance in this
town and we believe a few rifle
bullets, even in wartimes, would
be well spent in exterminating
egg-sucking canines and chick
en-eating felines.
We -somehow feel it in our
bones that the war is nearing an
end. WitlTthe U. S. in |he field
and Russia again shattering the
German lines, something is go
ing to happen.
Coal Price Off
The presence in Atlanta of
chairman W. J. Harris of the
Federal Trade Commission, who
has been here several days inves
tigating the high price of coal
with a view of affording relief
to the users of fuel for all purpo
ses, has brought strongly to the
attention of legislators the power
of the federal goverment in times
of stress,'crisis and extoration
to protect the interests of the
people. A few weeks ago the
whole country was in a state of
uncertainty and alarm concerning
the high cost of coal. Not even
public utlities nor city goverment
nor state state institutions could
make satisfactory contracts.
Then the federal goverment,
acting through the Federal Comm
He who opposes our alliance
with England and France in this'ission stepped in and demanded
world war, by his acts, condones
the murder of our women and
children, which Germany com
mitted in sinking our vessels.
Selective Conscription is the
fairest and most economical
method of raising an army. It
calls the mer^ who can best be
spared from the necessary vo
cations and will save millions in
expenses as' well as lessen the
duration of the war.
Wednesday was the one hun
dred and forty-first birthday of
our Nation. A momenteous oc
casion—the birthday of Freedom.
Liberty and Democracy. Our
swords, never drawn except in
the cause of liberty, are again
unsheathed to fight the battle of
humanity.
Thin is a time when every citi
zen worthy the name should and
will stand by the flag. It is not
a lime to listen to disgruntled
and designing politicians who
.would play upon heart strings
and parental love in an effort .to
discredit any party’s adminis
tration.
that coal operators bring down
the price, with the result that
they agreed to ht the Commis
sion fix-prices. Chairman Harris
visit here has demonstrated an
other thing, which is that he is
one of the most popular men
public life in Georgia.
ENGRAVING
Let us show you samples of
engraved cards, invitation, an
nouncements, stationary, etc.
Lowest prices possible on high
grade work.
Wedding Invitations $10 per
hundred and up, incliiding double
Envelopes.
Cards, all kinds *1.50 per hun
dred and up.
Stationery to suit your taste
and price. THE SENTINEL.
And God Said: “Let us make
man in our image after our like
ness”—Gen, 1:26. Our Heaven
ly Father was conversing with
His dear Son—John 1-1-14.
God knew the possibility of
man’s deception and fall, so He
made provision for it through the
Gospel scheme.
Man was created and placed
in the beautiful garden of Eden.
It was God’s purpose that man
should have dominion over all
that He had created in this beau
tiful garden, but, alas, the day
of trial came to Adam and his
companion, for Satan, who had
fal en from Heaven, transformed
himself into a serpent and de
clared to the happy couple that
they should not surel.\ die by
partaking of the fruit of the for
bidden tree. He soon won them
over, for they yeilded to the
voice af the evil one. The very
moment that sin was committed
by them Jesus, in the presence
of his Father, took their place
in the garden and from that
very instant until He was nailed
to the Cross Jesus lived the life
that Adam and Eve Should have
lived.
Let us turn our thoughts to
the heavenly land for just a
moment. The Father, in due
time, consents with a struggle
in His own heart, to let His own
beloved son leave the portals of
Heaven with all of its beauty
and pomp and come to this dark,
sin-cursed earth to be born in a
manger and to suffer great per
secution and finally to be nailed
to the cruel cross. #
The human heart cannot com
prehend the great love that God
has in His heart for us. We can
only ponder over the great gift
of His dear son to die for our
sins. Jesus had the' same love
for lost Humanity as did His
Father. Jesus traveled 33 years
among sinful men and His life
was one of sacrefice. On one
occasioni our Saviour said these
words to the decipLes: “The
foxes haye holes, the birds of
ths air have nests, but the son
of man hath not wer^e to lay his
head—Matt. 8:20. Dear reader
have you ever experienced such
a trial as this? Jesus has passed
through this portion of the dark
valley of earthly travels. He
made His abode upon the Mount
of Olives.—Luke 21:37. Per
haps those who read this article
have never been so poverty
stricken as this. Most all who
read this I persume will have a
nice bed to retire upon each
night, and may never be called
upon to render such a tremendous
sacrifice as our Master rendered.
But let it be as it may, God calls
upan us now and pleads with us
to accept this great sacrifice
which He has made in our behalf,
Jesus speaks to us in this way:
“Come, let us reason together.”
—Isah 1.18. He invites us be
cause He loves us. We should
love Him because He first loyed
us and paid the great price for
our redemption.
If we truly love Jesus we will
find ourselves at leisure times
studying His word and trying to
bring our lives into harmony
with the Father’s bleesed will
This is what Jesus wants us to
do.
Yours in the Gospel work,
A. J. Sharpe
For the Same Reason
that
The Rolling Stone
Gathers No Moss,
A Restless Dollar
Accumulates No Interest!
The Thing to do /
is to save a few,
Having the Rainy Day In View
;
86 acres, 3 miles Winston, 1-2
mile Cool Springs School house,
45 acres cleared, balance timber.
$900. Terms.
Subject* for Crltlclim.
There are three things no man can
do to the satisfaction of YHher men—
make love, poke the fire, and run a
paper.—United Mine Workers’ Jour
nal.
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Farms For Sale.
40 acres, 3 mile3 of Douglas-
ville. $26 per acre. Half cash,
balance easy terms.-
150 acres 11-2 miles Douglas-
ville-75 acres in cultivation-a
good farm. $85 per acre.
Small house and two acres land,
well located in town of Deuglas-
ville. $850.
50 acres good land in Chappel
Hill district; 3-room house, barn
and other out buildings, 25 acres
cleared. Fine water and timber.
Land lies well and is productive.
$1000.00. Easy terms.
Dake & McLarty,
Artftfl Dodger.
“I bef, sah, dat I’ve unj’inted muh
old cob pipe fou’ liund’ed times since
t done got dat mule!” related Brother
BomberBhay. “Every time he kicks
I jump back so quick I jerks de stem
right out’n de bowl.”—Kansas City
Star.
Why Not Have
Perfect Lenses?
Improvements and better
ments in glasses are just as
frequent as in anything else.
Until a few years ago all
lenses were flat, because no
one had thought of a better
way to make them.
Today nearly 90 per cent of
lenses fitted are Toric lenses,
curved to follow the shape of
the eyeball.
Tories gjive a perfect range of vis
ion from every angie—the edges do
not confuse you when looking from
the corner of the eye.
Let us demonstrate the many ad
vantages of Tories made by us.
Duggan & Bookout, 53 W. Mitchell
St., Atlanta
MOVED
J. O. Connally
iShoe Harness Shop
Kozytorium Theatre
HI* Ambition.
"While I have been cordially da
tested during the most of my life, with
or without ample justification,”
stated J. Fuller Gloom. “I intend to at
least not be a nuisance ofter death.
To that end I have consistently, re
frained from making epigrams, manu
facturing maxims and uttering sono
rous sentences, to be repeated to help
less children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me.”—
Judge. -fc-'taAjfe-V '.'ii
Sequel to
Birth of a Nation
I have moved my shop to larger and
better quarters. You will now find
me next door to the Post Office.
Thursday Nig'ht, July 12th
One Night Only
Fall of a Nation
Open 7 p. m. 15 and 25c