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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA THE SENTINEL Published Every Friday OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLAS VILLE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY. Entered in the Pogtoffice at I)ougl3B- ville da., a a setond-clasH mail »*mtter. Z. T. DAKE, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year - - $1.50 Six Months .75 Three Months - - -40 ADVERTISING RATES One page per issue $10.00 One-half page per issue. ..$5.00 Small space per issue, per inchl21-2 Loculs per line per issue M Office Phone. 103 Residence Phone - -“—67 THIS FAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE ft Inherontance Tax Fees a Business Proposition 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. mmm 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