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VoL Xlll, DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. November 30, 1917. No. 34 Hatchet’s Crossing Hon. Wrr. Schley Howard will spe.ik at the court house in Douglasville next Saturday at 2 o’clock. Congressman Howard has many warm personal friends in Douglas county who will ce glad to see and hear him again and the public at large are invited to attend. His record in congress is one of which his friends are proud and his ability as a speaker should fill the court house to overflow ing. Let everybody come and hear our congressman on the issues of the day. Ladies especially invi ted. Remember the date: Saturday, December 1st, 2 o’clock, at court house. The First Thanksgiving One cold day in December, in 1620, a ship came to America. It was called the Mayflower. There were 102 Pilgrims in it. They came from England. In England their king would not let them worship God like they wan ted to, so they decided to come to America to live. When they got here the ground was covered with ice and snow and the grouud was frozen. They had to build houses and they had nothing to eat much. They built some log houses and bought some corn of the Indians and planted it. They had a hard time that winter, but after they had stayed here a year they had such a good harvest and God had been so good to them that they decided to set apart a day of Thanksgiving to return tharrks to God. They'invited the Indians to have a feast with them on Thursday, this is why we have our Thanksgiving. • Elvin Duncan. $20.00 Tine in Dog Case The most unique trial in the history of Douglasville occurred Tuesday afternoon when -V. M. Davis was lined $20 00 and costs or twenty days for burying a dog in the city cemetery. The incidents leading up to the trial are as follows: A Mrs. Wilson, a daughter of the defen dant, who lives in Atlanta, had a poodle that died at a (dog) sani- sanitariurn last Saturday and she at once had the remains placed in a suitable (?) casket and sent to Douglasville via automobile for interment, her father having the funeral arrangements in charge. Sunday morning Mr. Davis arrived with the remains and the interment occurred in his lot in the city cemetery. Mayor V. R. Smith, however, concluded that the cemetery was not for dogs and enforced a line as stated above with an addi tional provision that the dog be moved before sundown. Union Services Endorsed Dear Brother Dake—I wish to second your suggestion made in the Sentinel some time ago that the two churches alternate mon thly in having monthly union services on one Sunday night. I think each congregation should ask its pastor fiat this be arran ged. It will tendto cement Christ ian unityand brotherly love in our city, and at the same time give the church-going people an op portunity to hear each of our splendid pastors. R. E. Edwards. Linton S. James Gets Lieutenancy Friends here congratulate Linton S. James on his rec 'rd in the Officers’ Traing Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, in securing a first lieutenant’s commission. Mr. James has worked himself up from a private and has made a record of which not only he, but his friends, feel proud. Congratula tio ns Editor Sentinel-Of course all our people are proud of the boys who are in the army from Doug- lassville and Douglas county, but especially do I think that our congratulations rre due Lieut. Linton S. James, who has just received his commission as first lieutenant at Fort Oglethorpe, No one knows bet ter than Linton the strugg'e he has been com pelled to mane and the handicaps he has had to surmount in order to win this honor. All ate hi3 best friends now since h i has won out, but how many gave the young boy a word of oncouragement in the days past when the future was not so, bright for him? All honor to our brave boys, and three cheers for Linton. R. E. Edwards. Don’t forget we still send off laundry on Wednesday morn ing. Call No. 6 and we will r.omeafter it. Boy d Co.. Agts. Keep Counties Tick-Free The people of thess freed counties are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts to rid their territory of this danger ous and expensive cattle tick. They are to be congratulated on having opened up their eounty to the unrestricted cattle markets of the nation. Every citizen owe3 it to him self and his neighbors to keep his county tick-free. Each one should make it his business to see that no ticky cattle, horses or mules are driven into the county or reach it in any man ner. Final cleen-up dipping, where advised next spring, should be carried out as conscieeciously as the orignal dipping. Farmers in other countries who are tired of the old posters and want new ones have only to follow on the advice of the old ones: “Dip That Tick.’’ FOR RENT—Three rooms. Apply to Mrs. Mary K. Maxwell (Last Week’s Letter) I see our Uncle San, is yetting after son.ie of the meanest men that ever stepped in shoe leather Now I don’t mean the Germans. Before they went war crazy there were a lot of good Ger mans. Since they lost their heads in trying to satisfy the Kaiser’s ambition good Germans are about like what the old frontiersman thought about tin I idi; n . No, the meanest man—the right-down meanest—are those fellows that have been trying to take advantage of everybody on this side of the Atlantic. They are chaps that buy the neee3 i- ties of life cheap, an l sell tln-m it a price that is called “The high cost of living.” It puts me in mind of the time that we needed a new school house over in the eastern dis trict. The town had bought a acre of land from Deacon Grimos No. he weren’t the one that they used to sing about being dead. He was very much alive then. But the town' hadn’t any money to build the school house. There were too many children at the school house at Center, and a lot of them were coming from the eastern part of town. They talked it over in a town meeting but didn’t seem to get anywhere. Finally they quit and went home. This made the Widow Green- enough so all-fired mad that she up and took two planks and rarried them to the lot and left them there with the following sign upon them: “This is the beginning. Who will help finish the job?” Some of the old busybodies made a lot of talk about it, but the more they talked the more they set the people to thinking about it, and pretty soon there was quite a pile of lumber on that ground. Finally Bije Hemmingway, the village carpenter, said he would give his time to building the school house if the other men handy with tools would help. So they got up quite a reSpec- tabie looking ischool building. But it was the widder’s begin ning that put the school house in the eastern district. The widder’s daughter, Sally, married a man from the city, what thought he vas so all-fired smart that he could fool the far mers. There had been a poor apple crop the year before and the price had been high. Of course we farmers ean-’t get anything, for the price the merchaats give, but the price was high all the same. So Sally’s husband came’round and bought up all the apples the next year before they had even got to be green ones. There’s the trouble with us farmers. We are too blamed afraid that some other will get a better price for his stuff than we get. We are afraid to trust each other. Of course they have got ever that fear in some parts of the west, but when the farm ers get over it in all parts of the country, it will be better for everybody. As the widder wrote “There’s been a beginning.” ’Tother day somebody asked jine the question about when Jthe Lois Mills Our old friend, Mr. Owens, who has been a familiar figure around the mill, ; s very low at this writing. Friends have lost all hope hr hie noveiy Dr. Housewort.h is attending him, Mr. .1. F. and T. P. Long made a trip to South Carolina last veek to visit their fither, who is very Bick. We are sorry that Mr. W. B Williamson and fantily are leav ing us this week for Covington Mr. Williamson has made us a good citizen in more ways than one and we wish him well wher ever lie may go. Some of our boys hayn joined hands with Uncle Sam and are going to take a crack at the Kaiser, We wish them the best of lock in their undertaking. By the time this comes out our Thanksgiving turkey, cranbe ry sauce and all the other good things that it takes to enable the American people to give thanks, will be a thing of the past and some people will be truly thankful that they can eat enough for a good-size family without making themselves sick, and then promptly forget all about giving thanks until our regular appointed Thanksgiving Day comes around agoin. We are an awful thunkful people in some ways. bill blue. KJimniiimi Biiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiim uuiiminiGn I HONOR ROLLl Coire and hear Congressman Howard speak Saturday. The Mail Order Menace Atlanta, Ga., November 29.— The menace of the mail order house is not confined to small town merchants who feel its effects in the volume of trade their customers send away from home. It is just as real and just as hurtful to the merchant of At lanta as it is to the merchant of the .'ountry town, and Atlanta merchants are preaching the doctrine of “Trade At Home” with equally as fervent emphasis as their brothers in the rural districts. The local merchant is the man who gives you credit when you are financially embarrassed and carries your account when you cannot pay. He is the man w’ o gives you back your money or makes ex changes when you are not satis fied with your purchases. He is the man whr meets you at the door with a handshake and bids you adieu with a rea come again and a good word for the kiddies. He is the man who pays his taxes to support the public schools and fire department and police force and other public institutions. The same thing applies to the merchants of this city as well as it applies to the merchant of any Georgia town. = Pay Your Subscription and Be | Happy on the Way. | is iiiiniiminiiiiiiiiiiiicmiiiiiiiiiiriimiimRir^l Mr H. F. Winn, of Villa Rica, nlled Wednesday end handed us i year’s subscription to the Sen tinel. Mr. E. Woods, of Wir.slon. made us a pleasant visit 5«*f week and moved Ins subscription ip a notch. Mr. F. W. Giles, of Rt 1, han ded us a year’s subscription this week. Mr. W. B. Williamson, of Lois Mill, who leaves this wetk with his family for Covington, drop ped ill Saturday and had his sub scription marked up. Mr. H. C. Brooks, of Rt 1, called this week and had his Sentinel marked up to 1918. Mr. R. A. Land, of Rt 4, called this week and had his subset ip- tion set forward a year. Mr. P. A. Milam, of Rt 2, was i plea fun t caller this week and set his subscription up a notch. Mr. J. K. Danish, of Winston, approached the editor Tuesday with the proper sign, passwoid and grip to secure the Sentinel i for another year. Mr. .1. M. Stitcher, of McWhor, called Monday and had his sub scription moved up three not ches. Our friend and Confederate veteran, Mr. W. C. Burnett, or Winston, called Wednesday and renewed his subscription for another year. war would be over, and I told them about a hundred years. So let’s do everything we can to get this war business finished up as quick as we can do it right. Then we can at least feel that we have done our duty, not only by our country but to humanity as well. To do this you will find one of them price boosters at work. Horse Fly Litliia Springs Locals The Parent-Teacher Associa tion held its regular meeting at the school house Friday after noon. An interesting program was rendered and much business attended to. A stove was bought toward fitting up a kitchen in the building, with the view of put ting domestic science in the school after Christmas. Plans were made for an oyster supper and bazaar to be given on the evening of December 8th. De-^ cember i2th was set as the' ‘com munity work day,” when every body is invited to come and help work on the yard's, then enjoy a good hot dinner in the building and afterwards listen to a speech by the presideni of the Georgia branch of the National Congr<ss of Parent-Teacher Associations, Mrs. J. W. Rowlett, of Atlanta, Miss Lilly Reynolds of Atlanta-, spent several days of the past week with Mrs. J. A. Watson. Miss Francis Maxwell has re turned from an extended visit to Charlott, N. C. Among those spending the Thankskiving holidays away are- Misses Fmma Gardner at Macon v Ethel Gardner at Adaivsvifie:, and Mary Noble at Atlanta. Mrs. George Patterson has re turned from South Carolina, Mrs, Jas. A Watson enter tained a number of her friends at her home Thursday afternoon. After a time of pi jasant chatting and doing Red Cross work, de licious refreshments were served!.