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SENTINEL
VoL XIII,
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA-. October 26, 1917.
No. 29
The Slacker and the Soldier
(With Apologies to No One.)
We gave you our service you cut off our beer,
But the Slacker can drink 'till it run3 out hi* ear,
We quit a good job to keep you from harm,
But the Slacker goes by with a giil on his arm,
And laughs at the soldier, poor unlucky cuss,
You go with the Slacker. Why criticise Us ?
The Slacker rides 'round in a Ford of his own,
And charges a quarter to haul us to town,
We’re doing our duty his liver is white,
Yet we leaVe the town ateleien tonight,
While he sticks 'round as long as he cares,
And laughs at the Soldier whenever he dares.
Discipline is a thing we know must be,
But honest to goodness we fail to see,
Where the Soldier drinks nothing butsodaand pop,
Why the drink of the Slacker can’t also be stopped,
If thd“Slackercan dance it seems rather hard.
That at all decent dances the uniform is barred,
We have- strapped our pistols and know our place,
And we’ll go to our death with a smile on our face,
But this is our honest appeal to you -
Until w r e cross over please give us our due.
Sergeant BEN D. HEAD,
Co. 5, 2nd Train. Battalion, 80th Div, National Aim/,
Petersburg, Va.
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I HONOR ROLL!
i Pay Your Subscription and Be |
| Happy on the Way.
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T. E. Morris, of Route 4, han
ded us $1.50 this week to set his
subscription forward a year.
Will Long, one of Douglas
ville’s most prosperous colored
citizens, set h s subscription up a
notch this week.
Prof. B. H. Me arty, ofSopur-
too, writes to have his name re
entered on our subscripti >n list.
Says he can’t do without the
Sentinel.
W. M. Stamps, of Winston,
called Wednesday and had his
subscription set forward for a
yei r. Mr. Stamps broughtjtwo
bales of cotton to town and sold
at 28.70, the highest price he
ever received for cotton.
Week of Prayer
The Missionary Society of the
Douglasville Methodist Church
I'will observe the Week of Prayer
i ] November 1. 2, 3. Every mem-
Pro-
ber is urged to be present,
gram is as follows;
Objective: Medical Work in
Chi ia and Gulf Coast Work.
Goal: $25,000.
First Day, 2:00 p. m.— At the
ho ne of Mrs. F. M. Stewart.
Subject: Unselfish Prayer; De- day 3 °* its ear, y history and for
vitional: Our Master’s Threefold Me eminently efficient and faith-
Annual Meeeting Mill
Director i
On Saturday, October 13, w.as
held the annual meeting' of the
directors of the Lois Cotton Mill.
It was a harmonious gathering,
being attendtd by the local direc
tors and officers, also by Vice-
President John M. Geer, of
Greenville, S. C., and Mr. Sage,
of Atlanta.
The business was found to ( be
in a flourishing condition under
the management of Presi dent M.
E. Geer. All of the present
officers wepe re-elected except
ing J. T. Duncan, who resigned
as secretary. He was succeeded j
by Mi. J. C. Wright, who has
been the efficient book-keeper
for many years.
The board adopted resolutions
on the retirement of John M.
Geer as president. The reso
lutions are as follows:
Believing that gratitude is a
most commendable virtue in any
people, and realizing that words
of commendation long with-held,
are sometimes like belated flow
ers spread upon the mounds of
our departed friends.
Therefore we the stockholders
of the Lois Mill Company, assem
bled in annual meeting, wish to
express our bincere thanks to
Mr. J. M. Geer for the heroic
sacrifices he made to finance our
organization during the panicky
Don’t Forget the Lyceum
Has vour boy gone to the war
to give himself for the preser
vation of liberty and democracy?
And are your hearts bowed with
sorrow on account of his absence ?
Then you will want to participate
in that which will bring cheer to
your life—make you forget for a
time the things that are upon us.
The entertainment which will
be presented by Mrs. William
Calvin Chilton at the School
Auditorium Wednesday evening
November 14, beginning prompt
ly at 8 o’clock, will help you do
that very thing. Mrs. Chilton
is the most popular woman read
er and entertainer that the South
has ever produced, and this sea
son she is giving herself, as
never before, in an effort to
make life brighter and happier
for the thousands before whom
she is appearing. Whether it be
in old time Southern stories, or
her o wn inimitable negro dialect,
or one of her master monologues,
she is alwaye clever and never
fails to brush awav the blues
and make you glad that you are
living.
Bankhead Highway for
Douglasville
Upshaw a Factor
Atlanta, Ga., October24-That
William D. Upshaw, sometimes
called the “Georgia Cyclone,”
sometimes called “The Crusader
on Crutches,” is waking things
up on his northern speaking tour
is proved by the following dis
patch from New York, where
Mr. Upshaw recently addressed
the Southern Commercial Con
gress:
“On the closing day of the
Southern Commercial Congress,
after W. D. Upshaw of Georgia
had electrified the convention
with an address on the slogan of
the Congress, ‘A Greater Nation
Through A Greater South, ’ the
■Georgia orator on crutches was
given an ovation as no other
.•speaker received during the con--
vention. United States Senator
Duncan W. Fletcher, of Florida,
president of the Congress, arose
and said: ‘No list of the hon
ored sons of Georgia would be
complete without the name of
William D. Upshaw. I hope to
stay in the United United States
Senate until I shall be able to
welcome him as an influential
member of that great boey.”
Mr. Upshaw is running for the
Senate to succeed Thomas W.
.Hardwick, and it is freely admit
ted by political observers here
that he must be reckoned with as
a strong factor.
Prayer, Mrs .J. T. McLarty,
[Linn, Mrs. Z. T. Lake; Prajer
for medical work at home and
atiroad; Hymn; Prayer for our
own and other missionaries work-
iugl'nr China’s uplift and for
those engaged in Gulf Coast
wuk; Hymn, “Teach Me, My
Gotland K : - "Why we Should
Give ..iissions in Time of
War,” Mrs. HufiL.e; “What a
Liberty Bond Means, ” Mrs. A.
W. McLarty; “Horrors of Chi
nese Medicine,” Mrs. Ralph
Morris; “Philosoyhy of Medical
Missions,” Mrs. Astor Merritt;
Prayer.
■SecondDay,2:30p. m.—At the
ful services- rendered thi3 com
pany during the ten years of his
administration a:• president.
Therefore be it
Resolved—First, Thai-itis with
£he deepest regret that we ac
cept his resignation offered to
our Boa-.l of Directors on Feb
ruary I, 1917, and trust that the
failing health which made this
action necessary will be speedily
restored and that a kind Provi
dence will yet vouchsafe to him
many years of usefulness and
happiness.
Resolved—Second, That we
recognize in the unselfish service
rendered us by Mr. Geer that
home of Mrs. T. A. Jaclcson. type of Southern manhood big
Subject: The Needs; Devotional:
Tlie Compassionate Christ, Mrs.
W. II. Butler; Hymn, Mrs. Her-
sehelJohnson; Prayer; Leaflet:
Physical Suffering ot Women and
Children in China,” Miss Allle
Mae McElreath; Hymn; Leaflet:
“Social Conditions on the Gulf
Coast,” Mrs. Herschel Johnson;
Prayer.
Third Day, 2:00 p. m-—At the
home of Mrs. J. R. Duncan.
Subject. Our Response; Devo
tional: Greater Works Than
These,” Mrs, E. J. Coghill; Solo,
Miss Dakej' Prayer; Leaflet; The
Encouragement of Medical Work,
Miss Adams; Hymn, "We’ve a
Story to Tell the Nations; Leaf
let; “Light House on the Coast,”
Mrs. D. S. Strickland; Prayer.
Public Speaking
On Saturday, at 1 o’clock,
Hon. Walter P. Andrews, State
Senator from Fulton county, and
Hon. Cam Dorsey, . brother of
Gov. Hugh Dorsey, will speak
at the court house in Douglas
ville on the Liberty Loan and
other timely topics.
Every man in Douglas county
is invited to come out and hear
these distinguished gentlemen.
enough and gracious enough to
launch and engineer to an estab
lished success the greatest busi
ness enterprises, and realize for
himself more pleasure out of a
great service rendered than he
would from any substantial re
ward we might be able to give.
Resolved—Third, That a copy
of these resolutions be spread on
our minutes and filed with the
archives of our company and a
copy be furnished the press for
publication.
President Plowman has called
a meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Bankhead National
Highway Association to meet at
Birmingham, Ala., at Tutwiler
hotel on Novemher 26, at 10
o’clock, for the puipose of re
ceiving the repo: t of the Path
finders and to be given the
authority to officially declare the
Bankhead National Highway
between Atlanta, Birmingham
and Memphis.
Meal and Hulls
I have on hand the very best
grade of Cotton Seed Meal and
Hulls and at the very lowest pri
ces. See me before you buy.
J. M. CONNALLY.
The school bonds carried in
Saturday’s election by an over
whelming majority owing, to the
fact that so many registered
voters were away in the army
and elsewhere and an absent
vote counted against the bonds-
The registered vote of the dis
trict was 335, requiring 224 voti s
for bonds to make the necessary
two-thirds. The total vote polled
was 258, and 243 of these were
for bonds and 15 agiinst. If the
entire vo;e of the district 1 ad
been poll >d we doubt if tlv r;
would have been 20 against the
bom's.
This speaks w ell for the p np’e
of the Twenty-second Di trict.
In fact, we hardly think '-here
was any sericus opposition to the
proposition. Most of the few
who were against it took the
stand that they had not been
properly considered in Lie estab
lishment of the district and their
vote was not so much against
bonds as it was a feeling of
resentment, but now that the
people have spoken, we feel sure
that the bond proposition will
have the hearty support of every
body.
This was the biggest day’s
work ever done for Dougiasvillp,
and the excellent work done by
Birmingham Ala., October 22.
— (Special.)—On October 15 and
16 the Pathfinders Committee,
met at Clemson College, S. C., |
and after two day’s deliberation, |
taking into account the costs,. .... ... ,,
directness of route, population | th ® ladl ® 3 "J geU,ng lhe
to be served, and willingness of ™. en w ‘ 0
local authorities to co-operate,
nature of industries along the
route, engineering difficulties
involved, source of material, co-
opeiative relation with the Slate
Highway Commission and U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
These and other matters relative
and material were fully weighed
■utevs
orgot
their business for the time to
look after the town’s interest
deserves the highest commen
dation.
Lithia Springs
Among those attending the
Southeastern Fair from here
by the committee consisting of | were Capt. and Mrs. J. C. Joiner.
Messrs. R’gg's, Camp, Houston I Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Winn and
and Eldridge, and they give as a j daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. T-
result of their study, observa-1 Morgan and children, Misses
tion and deliberation that itis; Olina, Mellie and Nellie Smith,
their best juigment and recom- j Joe James, Mr. and Mrs. Morti-
inendation that the following mer Hays and children, and
sectians of the Bankhead Nation-; Misses Rena and Anne Peck,
al Highway be located and! Mrs. Robert L. Patterson spent
named: I Tuesday in Atlanta.
Atlanta. Mabieton, Austell, Misses umma and Ethe! Gard-
Lithia Springs, Douglasville,
Winston, Villa Rica, Carrollton,
Bowden, Ranburne, Bell Mill,
Heflin, DeArmonville, Oxford,
Munford, Talladega, Stemley,
Basonville, Cropwell, Pell City,
Leeds, Lovick. Pole Cat Gap,
Irondale, Gate City, Birming
ham.
Civic Club Notes
At the monthly meeting Tues
day ufternoon, it was agreed to
ask und urge every member of
the club to help sew in the Red
Cross sewing room Monday,
Wednesday and Friday after
noons of each week.
The members of this progress
ive club, ever ready for any good
work onjvery short notice, gave to
the white selectmen of our coun
ty the only receptiion that has
been given; co-operating with
the W. C. T. U. in making and
giving much needed and highly
appreciated comfort bags for sol
diers and recently, have gener
ously donated canned fruits and
vegetables to be sold and funds
used for Red Cross work. So we
feel assured that each one will
gladly help by giving an hour of
her time once a week or as much
as she can to aid in sewing for
the Red Cross.
ner spent the past week at their
ho ne at Acworth.
Mrs. G. A. Bass has returned
from a visit at Lithonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Howitt Morgan
announce the birth of a daughter
who has been named Frances
Evelyn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Woodruff
announce the birth of a daughter
whom they have named Hazel
Vivian.
Mrs. W. A. McDuffie, of East
Point, is still with her mother,
Mrs. W. J. Turner, who con
tinues quite sick.
The meeting of the missionary
society was held at the home of
Mrs. Nesbit Harper Monday
afternoon.
The Parent-Teachers Associ
ation will hold its regular meet
ing at the school house Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Plans
have been made for improving
the yard and a community-work,
day is soon to be given.
The annual Halloween party is
to be givep at the school house
Wednesday evening, many pleas
ant attractions are being plan
ned for the occasion.