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Douglas county sentinel
Vol. XIII.
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DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA., February I. 19IS.
No. 43
From Bro. Atkinson
[The following letter from
Bro. Atkinson to Miss Ruth Sel-
man i3 self explanatory and will
be read with interest by the
wri er’s many friends in this
section.]
Paris Island, S. C.,
January 16,1917.
Miss Rfith Selman.
Douglasville, Ga
Dear Miss Ruth—The beauti
ful sweater came to me today
and, oh, how much I appreciate
it!
I wish to thank you and thru
you the Red Cross Chapter for
the beautiful and unique gift. It
will keep my fcody warm amid
storm and snow us I go in min
istries to “our boys” who are
sick. As I think of my sweater,
my heart will ever abound in
love and gratitude to every mem
ber of the Red Cross Chapter.
Perhaps it would be interesting
to give a brief sketch of my
work. I am, as you possibly
know, stationed at the Base Hos
pital, which has been in exis
tence for more than sixty years.
When the Marine Training Camp
was established here last April
it became a Base Hospital for
the Marine Training Camp. All
the old buildings are being re
placed with splendid new ones
two stories high with all the con
veniences of a well appointed
city hospital.
I have made more than three
thousand visits to the Bick since
I came here, have walked hun
dreds of miles on errands for
them, but the gladdest time of
all is when they are well and
report back to duty again. That
adds to the country's strength.
In the nearly four months I have
been here we have only had two
deaths.
It is not generally known,
though we all read it in history,
that the French colony which
settled in America more than
four hundred years ago and per
ished by disease, etc., was right
here. The colonists perished,
but like the Indian, not until
they had established the fact
of their coming in the names
they left behind—Port Royal,
Paris Island, Saint Helena, Beau
fort, etc. These names Will
abide forever.
It is not generally known that
the first steam railway in the
United States if not in the world
ran out of Charleston—Charles
ton and Hamburg railroad, But
I must stop or I will become tire
some. I knew all these things
before 1 came, here, but lam
acting as if nobody else knew.
Read ibis letter to the Red
Cross Chapter if you like and tell
them that in fifteen feet of my
tent on a high flag pole waves a
Red Cross flag. I never see it
but I think of them and Doug-
lasville. Now the sweater will
be an additional reminder
Thank you, one and all.
With love and good wishes, I
am Sincerely yours,
J. C. Atkinson,
Y. M. C, A- Hospital Secy,
t Paris Island, S. C.
P. S.— Tell all the folks to
write me. J. C. A.
Mrs. Dozier Dead
Just three weeks after the
death of her husband, Mrs. Nt
B. Dozier, of Franklin, Tenn.,
died suddenly Wednesday morn
ing from a stroke of paralysis
which she received Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Z. T. Dake received a
telegram Tuesday night tnat she
had been stricken and left im
mediately, but her mother was
dead befare she reached there.
The following press dispatch
was published throughout the
South Thursday morning.
Nashville, Tenn. January 30—
Mrs. TennieP. Dozier, president
elect of the Tennessee Daughters
of the American Revolution and
prominent in the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, died
this morning at Franklin, Tenn.
Her husband, N. B. Dozier, one
of the wealthiest men in Wil
liamson county, died three weeks
ago.
Vansant*Franklin
Mr. James Franklin of Willing-
ton, S. C., and Miss Sallie Mae
Vansant were married at eight
o'clock Tuesday evening at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Vansant.
The wedding party included
Miss Sallie Lou Vansant, maid of
honor, Mr. Curtis Woods, best
man, and Master Matt Vansant,
Jr., nephew of the bride, ring
bearer.
Rev. E, F. Wrightof Williams
burg, Ky., performed the im
pressive ceremony. Miss Mable
Mitchel of Grayesville, Tenn.,
played the wedding march. The
bride wore a beautiful dress af
toupe colored crepe meteor with
accessories to match and wore a
corsage h q. ct of brides roses.
The maid of honor was beauti
fully dressed in blue crepe de
chine.
The house was artistically de
corated in ferns and cut flowers.
The ceremony was performed in
the alcove of the parlor, from
which hung a beautiful bell cov
ered with white carnations.
After the ceremony a buffet
luncheon was served by Mes-
dames M. B. Vansant, C. V.
Vansant, Ralph Moiris and
Pierucci of Knoxville, Misses Liz
zie Mae Smith, Fannie Lou
Woods.
The out of town guests were:
Mrs, Pierucci of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. Baggett of
Atlanta, Mr. Patton of Atlanta,
Miss Hix of Villa Rica, and Mr.
Franklin of Witlington, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin will be
at home after Feb., 1st, at Will-
ington, S. C.
Advises Friends and Rel
atives to. Help Con
serve Supply By
Not Sending
Boys Fooa
Atlanta, January 25. —A new
angle of the food waste at army
camps and cantonments, of
which there are three in Georgia
—Macon, Augusta and Atlanta—
has been taken up by Dr. An
drew M. Soule, Federal Food
Administrator for Georgia, and
by the National Council of De
fense for the country generally.
Investigations have shown that
a great burden of the wastes
come3 not so mu:h from the
manner of handling food sup
plies in the camps aind canton
ments as from injudicious home
thoughtfulness and would-be
careful attention on the part of
parents, relatives and friends of
the men who are in the camps,
on respect to that practice gen
erally the following statement
has been issued:
“The Council of National De
fense desires to inform the people
If the country that abundant
food is supplied to the soldiers
and sailors in the camps and
cantonments, and that the send
ing of food to these men by their
friends and families is not in any
respect necessary; that the
aggregate quantity of food thus
privately sent is enormous and
that much of it is more or less
spoiled and consequently inju
rious to the health of the men.
Therefore in the interest of con
servation of food, and also’ the
health of the men, the Council of
National Defense requests the
public to discontinue the sending
of food to the camps."
The Election
Saturday’s primary passed off
quietly, there being no contest
■xcept in the race for clerk and
councilmen.
Mayor V. R.v Smith and Mar
shal S. A. McGouirk each re
ceived 241 votes out of a total ol
247.
In the "rad* fer clerk J. E.
Phillips, the present incumbent,
received 156 votes and his oppo
nent. F. M. Winn, Jr., 85.
There were eleven candidates
for council to fill seven places
and several new faces will be
found in the next council.
The vote for councilmen was
as follows:
JoeS. Abercrombie, 192; T. P.
Hnckaby, 169; S. A. Griffith,
168; J. M. Boyd. 166; J. F.
Long, 159; 0, T. Selman, 157;
H. T, Cooper, 16.1; H. M. Up
shaw, 137; J. F, Freeman, 134;
P. H. McGonirk, 121; J. W.
House, 71.
The first seven above are the
successful <-Hi>dids t s.
Ginn'er’sReport
Cotton ginned in Douglas coun
ty prior to January 16,1918, was
6530 bales as compared with
6820 to to the same date in 1917,
•r 291 bales short of last year.
To the Pensioners of
Douglas County
This bank has decided to pay
all the veterans and widows of
veterans of Douglas county on
Friday, February 8. If you will
come to Douglasville and go
before Hon. J. H. McLarty, Or
dinary, on that date or any time
thereafter when most convenient
to you and have your paper ap
proved we will pay your pension
in full without any cost to you.
Douglas county will or may be
in the second payment this year,
and it may be sixty days before
you get your money. We have
decided to help the veterans by
paying them now.
Wishing for each of you a most
happy and pleasant year for
1918, we are
Yours very truly,
Douglasville Banking Co.
It has been shown by investi
gation in this state, and atten
tion is directed to that fact by
the food administration in Geor
gia, that the tender home senti
ment which naturally prompts
the sending of boxes or packages
of food to men in the camps is,
from a food standpoint, not only
superfluous but in non-confor
mity with the very purpose of
conservation which is being car
ried out to materially aid those
men in camp to win the war
The war department looks very
zealouoly after the proper care
of the appetites of the soldiers
and in this country more than in
the world, perhaps, is the matter
of food for soldiers fully pro
vided for. The result is that the
thoughtfulness of homefolks in
this respect deviates from and
disrupts the carefully prepared
schedule of the army, and at the
same time sends to an inevitable
waste much food that should be
used at and conserved by the
home. This, too, when it is an
admitted fact the world over,
that food is as important in fight
ing this war as bullets.
Masonic Notice
Regular communication of
Douglasville Lodge No. 289 F. &
A, M. at 4 o’clock p, m. Satur
day, February 2 and also at 7 p,
m. The Fellowcraft Degree will
be conferred in the afternoon
and Master Mason’s Degree at
night. All brethren are urged
to be present.
J. R. Duncan, W. M.
C. W. McLarty, Ses.
No Hoarding of Food
stuff
Hon. J. T. Duncan has been
appointed Food Administrator
of Douglas county and acting
under instructions of State Ajl-
mini3tiator Dr. A. M. Soule,
gives the following advice to
citizens of the county.
No real shortage is anticipated
if everybody will observe the
regulations.
Merchants and consumers are
alike prohibited from buying or
selling mure than a 30 days sup
ply of flour, a half barrel being
the limit in country districts and
a quarter barrel in town.
No merchant is allowed to sell
in larger quantities, and any
consumer who would Becure a
larger amount by going to differ
ent merchants lays himself liable
to prosecution and severe punish
ment.
The ruling that every buyer of
flour must buy an equal amount
of corn meal or some other cereal
does not apply in its entirety to
the man who already has his
supplies at home, but everyone
is urged to increase the con
sumption of foodstuff other than
flour.
In regard to sugar, it is urged
that not over 60c worth be sold
at one time, and as a patriotic
move meatless Tuesdays and
wheatless Fridays each week
be observed. Hotels and cafes,
as well as citizens generally,
should observe these days.
Fish, oysters and poultry are
not classed as meat and mav be
used on meatless days, the idea
being to save beef and pork.
Odd Ftliows Column.
douglasville no. 162.
J. M. Thomldn, l4. G.
J. C. McCttrley, Secretary
Meets every Monday night.
WINSTON NO. 387.
G. W. Smith, N. G.
W. M. Itichapisop, Secretary,
Meets Friday bights before firet ami
third Sundays and Saturday nights
before second and fourth Sundays.
FLINT HILL NO. 474,
W. W. Cagle, N. G.
L. E. Bartlett, Secretary.
Meets every Tuesday night.
W. N. Standridge
Just before going to press we
learn of the death of Mr. W. N.
Standridge, a good citizen living
four miles east of town. We
have no details of the funeral
except that the interment will
occur today (Friday) at Union
Grove.
The Sentinel extends sympathy
to the bereaved family.
Boarders Wanted
Have moved into the Bartlett
Building and can take a few
boarders at reasonable rates.
(Mrs.) Annie Hitchcock.
We aieall glad to see Bro. E.
L. Hopkins out again after a
brief illness.
Are you enjoying the benefits
of Odd Fellowship alone? Put
the other fellow onto it.
Are you one of those Odd Fel
lows that joined the order only
for the financial benefits?
An improvement is noted in
the condition of the wife of Bro
R p agan, who has been critically
ill.
Division Deputy E. L. Hopkins
is preparing to resucitate several
defunct lodges in his jurisdic
tion.
After a brief rest, owing to
bad weather, our goat is in fine
condition and bleating for vic
tims.
Say, Bro. Hornbuckle! That
Winston letter has never arrived.
We are expecting a fulfillment
of your promise.
The continued bad weather
is bad on lodges. Members can’t
get out and consequently lodge
work is on a standstill,
Thomasville is said to be mak-
g extensive preparations for
the entertainment of the next
session of the grand lodge.
Bro. McCarley was too busy to
do his bit this week and if you
have anv Kick coming on this
column register it with Bro.
Pollard,
Whv don’t Winston and Flint
Hill send in some good letters for
this column? Let’s make it in
teresting to every lodge in the
county.
If the weather permits Doug
lasville lodge will confer the in
itiatory and first degress Mon-,
day night. Some new ajfpliea-v
tions will also be acted upon..
We all sympathize with Bro
Z. T. Dako on the death of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. N. B. Do
zier, who suffered a paralytic
stroke at her home in Franklin,
Tenn., Wednesday morning..
At a recent meeting of Shaw
nee Lodge No. 1, Bro. H. C.
Stevens offered two prizes of a
leather official receipt holder to
the brothers of his lodge who
would learn and deliver with the
best rendition the two* scene
supporters’ charges, thesameto
be at a meetihg the latter part
of January. Bro. Steves has
always contended that there was
more dramatic interpretation re
quired in these two short char
ges than any other charges in
the ritual, and he wanted to see
what the brethren can get out of
them.—Western Odd Fellow,