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DOUGLA
Vol. XII1,
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA.. December 28, 1917.
No. 38
Is There a Santa Claus?
' Hew many times has the ques
tion been asked ? There was
■once a littte girl whose name
was Virginia who sought high
authority for an answer to the
• question. She wrote a letter to
Charles A. Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, saying:
“Some of my friends tell me
there is no Santa Claus. Please
tell me the truth. Is there a
■Santa Claus ?”
The famous editor was pleased
to tell her the truth. This was
.his reply, printed in his paper:
“Virginia, your little friends
are wrong. They have been
affected by the skepticism of a
skeptical age. They do.,not be
lieve except they see. They
think that nothing canibe which
is not comprehensible to their
little minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they be men or chil
dren’s, are little. In this great
uniyerse of ours man is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured
by the intelligence capa' le of
grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there
-is a Santa Claus. He exists as
certainly as love and^genenosity
and devotion exist, and you know
that they abound and give to
your life its highest Jbeauty and
joy. Alas 1 kow dreary would
be the world if there was no
Santa Claus. It would be as
dreary as if there were no Vir
ginias. There would be no child
ish faith then, no poetry, no
romance, to make tolerable this
existence. We should have no
enjeym nt except in sense and
sight. The eternal light with
which childhood lights the world
would be extinguished, Not be
lieve in Santa Claus ? You
might as well not believe in fair
ies ! You might get your papa
to hire men to watch all the
chimneys on Christmas to catch
Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus.,
The most real things in the world
are those that neither men nor
children can see. Did you ever
see fairies dancing on the lawn ?
Of course not; but that’s no
proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine
or imagine all the wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in the
world. You may tear apart the
baby’s rattle and see what makes
the noise inside, but there is a
veilcoveiing the unseen world
which not the strongest man.
nor even the united strength of
all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only
faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro
mance, can push aside that cur
tain and view and picture the
supernal beauty and glory
beyond. Is it all real ? Ah,
Virginia, in all this world there
is nothing else real and abiding
No Santa Claus ? Thank God 1
he lives and lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Vir
ginia, nay, ten times ten thou
sand years from now he will con
tinue to make glad thejlheart of
childhood.”
APPLICAT! NViP* ‘.EAVETO
SELL LAND
iEORGIA, DOUGLAS COUNTY.
W. W. White, administrator of_tht
estate of Mrs. Susanah Mauldin^Tat"
• f Douglas county, deceased having
duly applied by petition for leave to
sell the land** belonging to said estate.
Said application will he heard at the
regular term of the Court ofiOrdinary
for said county to be held on the first
Monday in January, 1918.
This 3rd day of December, 1917.
J. H. McLnrty,
Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, regularly
granted at the December Term, 1917,
of said Court, will be sold at publie
outcry, on the first Tuesday in January
1918, at the Court-house at Douglas*
ville in said County, between the usu
al hours of sale, the following real es
tate situate in said County, to-wit:
Lot of land number seven hundred and
thirty (780) in the eighteenth (ISfch)
district and second (2nd) section of
Douglas County. Georgia, containing
forty (40) acres, more or less. Terms
cash, or half cash, with note for de
ferred payment duo one year from
date of sale with interest on same from
date of salo at the rate of 8 r <- per an
num. Said land to be sold as the
property or Mrs. Eugenia James, de
ceased, for the purpose of y paying
debts and making distribution among
the heirs at law of said deceased.
This 4th day of December, 1917.
J. R. James, Administator de
bonis non of the Estate of Mrs. Eu
genia James.
Childs’ Hotel and Cafe
Cut the High Cost of Living by Getting
‘‘A Man’s Lunch at a Child’s Price” jggyj
No Better Place in Atlanta*to Eat]
Good Rooms at Reasonable Prices
8-10 South Broad St., Atlanta.
SHERIFF’S SAIE
iEORGIA—Douglas County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in said county, on the first Tues
day in January, 1918, within the legal
hours of s.le, to the highest and best
Didder for cash, the following de
scribed property, to-# it: One Twenty
120) H. P. Ajax Stationery Engine
and one second-hand Sawmill. Said
property levied on and to he sold aB
the property of J. T. Freeman under
and by virtue of an execution issued
from theSuperiorCourtof Baid county
against said J. T. Fre man and in
favor of Woodruff Machinery Manu
facturing Company.
Owing to the fact that it would be
difficult and expensive to transport
said property, same will be delivered
to purchaser where it is now located
in said county. Said property to be
seen at the residenceof the said .1. T
Freeman in Chestnut Log Distiictof
said county. This 5th day of Decem
ber, 1917.
A. S. Baggett, Sheriff.
hi
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The Provident Habits
of animals and insects are
tha result of instinct.
Should not the reasoning
faculties of
The Human Mind
leach mortals to profit by the example and putl
aside a part of their earnings to provide for a
4period of idlenesa, caused by sickness, accident or
loss of employments?
4*Starl A Savings Account At Once!
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Georgia, Douglas County.
Will be sold at the court house door
in said county on the first Tuesday in
January, 1918. within the legal hours
of sale, to-wit:
All th at tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the Town of Douglasville,
said Stale and county, and known in
the plan of said town as lot No. eight
(8) in block No. forty-two (42), said
lot fronting fifty (50) feet on Forest
Avenue, and running back one hundred
and fifty (160) feet, with all improve
ments thereon. Said land levied on as
the property of Rebecca Shropshire,
to satisfy an execution issued on the
24th day of September, 1917, from the
Superior Court of said County, in
favor of Hugh M. Dorsey, Governor,
and against the said Rebecca Shrop
shire. This December 4th, 1917.
A. S. BAGGETT,
Sheriff.
CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH
MONEY.
DON’T MISS THIS-Cut out this
slip, enclose with 6c to Foley & Co.,
2836 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, III.,
writing your -nameand address plainly-
You will receive in return a trial pack;
age containg Foley’s Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and croup,
Folev Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic
tablets. J. L. Selman & Son.
World's Longest CanaL
Tho groat canal of China la 2,100
Alloa long.
Tobacco audits Effect
Why do so many boys and men
use tobacco ? That is a question
which can hardly be answered.
Smoking was first introduced
into Europe from America b>-
the early explorers ar.d has been
used ever since
There is not two people that
smoke who can tell the exact
reason why they do so. They
say it gives them pleasure. But
does it give anyone pleasure ?
No, but instead it is doing them
great harm; and not only that,
but is forming a powerful habit
which is exceedingly difficult to
break. Now if aou will think of
it, and how much harm it is
doing, I am sure you will not
think it gives them pleasure.
The most true thing that a
smoker can say aboui. hi pe
cigarette or cigar is, that he
can’t get along without it; and
usually he will add that he
wishes he hadn’t begun to use it.
Now that is the thing. If you
will never take the first smoke
you will be glad some day that
you didn’t.
Boys and young men who try
to get positions in banks or any
other public place will usually be
asked if they smoke or use to
bacco in any form. If so tney
are not likely to give them the
position, as they prefer boys who
have clear heads and are healthy,
If you boys and young men will
leave tobacco alone you will be
more likely to have a healthy and
strong body.
Boys, you can get along with
out it better than you can by
using ic. It injures he body and
tobacco is never necessary.
Cigarrettes are more harmful
than any other form in which
tobacco is used. It has bee
proven again and again that very
injurious substances are put in
them. Cigarettes are the worst
things that are sold under the
lisme of tobacco.
So boys leave tobacco alone.
The busy places need men now
more than ever before.
Boys if you will leave tobacco
alone I am sure it will help you
in many ways. You can get
good positions that you will be
proud of, and do not let any one
try to persuade you to smoke.
They may call you a coward, but
they will wish sooner or later
they hadn’t smoked.
Pauline Styles.
NOtice To Registrants
If you Will observe the follow
ing directions it will save you
time in having your question-
aires filled out. -
The following persons have vol
unteered to aid you in filling out
questionaires;
douglasville
J, R. Hutcheson,
D. S. Strickland,
Frank Winn,
W. M, Almand,
C. F. Selman,
G. T. McLarty,
Thad McKoy,
J-J. Kirby.
LITHIA SPRINGS
Pat H. Winn,’
Mr, Dunn.
CHESTNUT LOG
E, Y. Hendricks,
W. T’ Williams.
CHAPEL HILL
A. R. Eomar,
W. J. Camp.
CRUMBIES .1
R. M. Smith,
J. B. Phillips.
BILL ARP
J. K, Daniell,
McWhorter
J.H. Taylor
L. E. Bartlett
WINSTON
C. C. Johnston.
LOIS COTTON MILL
J. F. Long.
If you claim exemption, on ac
count of dependents, take your
wife with you as she has to make
an affidavit. Also if you claim
exemption on account of being r„
farmer, take your landlord and
one other neighbor with you. If
you do not follow the ee directions
you will have to make two or
three trips. Your nearest man I
whose name is given above can
fill out your questionaire and I
swear ali persons to the affidavits!
This !> dr-P.e for your benefit.!
One man cannot do it all. Help|
us to divide the work among all
volunteers. It requires abou7
half an hour to the man henfi J
you can easily see that the worij
will have to be divided amongaf
volunteers. There are abou
700 questionaires to fill out, On
man cannot fill out over twelv
to eighteen a day.
J. R. Hutcheson, Chairma^
Legal Advisory Board,
Douglas County, G|
CONSTANT
EXERCISE
WILL MAKE YOU
STRONG
CONSTANT
DEPOSITS IN
our Bank
WILL MAKE
YOU
RICH
DO YOU
WANT TO
GROW OLD
AND FEEBLE
AND BE WITHOUT
MONEY IN THE
Bank ?•*
Farmers and Merchants Ban!
DEPOSITS INSURED