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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VoL xiv,
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA.. September 6, 1918.
No. 22
"LOOKS
LIKE EVERY
FOR UPSHAW."
Irl Long, Campaign Manager For Will
D. Upshaw. Tells Why Former
Douglas County Man Will
Win For Congress
(From Journal of Labor.)
"It lookB like every county for Up
shaw.” This estimate is based, not
merely on desire, but on facts that
cannot he disputed
COUNTY audience at the Atlanta theater Fri
day night.
William S. Wier, as presiding offi
cer, made a brief patriotic address;
ira Long, campaign manager, spoke
and Upshaw men from several coun
ties made brief remarks before the
candidate’s address began.
Preceding the meeting, Mr, Up
shaw's adherents marched in a body
to the theater, headed by the Wood-
inen’3 Drum and Bugle corps, which,
said Campaign Manager Long, lead
Reports Favorable For
Col. Hutcheson
While Col. J. R. Hutcheson’s
time is nearly all taken ud with
his court duties, reports from all
over the circuit indicate that he
will be an easy winner.
He is doing all he can to see
the voters, and his fritn s
throughout the circuit are very
optimistic over his prospects.
Haralson and Paulding coun
ties, where he was reared and
PUBLIC SPIRITED MAN
In Memorium
x .are going to be safely in the
Hutcheson column, so his tr ends
predict, and Douglas will, of
course, go overwhelmingly for
him.
volunteered its services for the night
"As manager of 'Bill' •Upshaw's because it “had never played lor a , hus many friends and l’elalives.
campaign the public knows that 1 1 man who had lest." Like the music, >
have been conservative—l have nev-1 :he .decorations—flags over every box
pr claimed a landslide for my candt-1 —were Contributed by Upshaw ad-
date, but it looks now like he will get mirers.
the unit vote of every county in the Opening the meeting, Mr. Wier
Fifth C-cngreBSional District." j stirred. the audience to patriotic ter-
Thus spoke*!ra Long, who is raana-; vor and o'Ric'urted with an invitation
ging the campaign of William D. Up- to all veterans present, veterans of
Shaw, in summing up the campaign ; Die blue as well as of the gray, to oc-
j,ews for The Journal of Labor. j copy seals on the platform. Half a
'Hut after all,” said Mr. Long, ‘‘this Uosen or more, one in gray uniform,
coudition is natural. Mr. Upshaw is ; responded.
t,v tin- the best known man in the; Mr Long called for expressions
race. He was first to enter—brought from various counties.
In bv uie patriotic suggestion cf some i r. h. Tribble, of Lithonia. assert-
of the best friends of Labor in the ,.,i rfiat "DeKalb cnuuty is in line to
District. For more than a quarter of do itself proud voting for such a man
a century, since he climbed off of bed as Will D. Upshaw, a man who has ; |
into noble fame as‘the friend of bn- 55
inanity. Will D. Upshaw has been the
chain 'ion of everything good and the
fearless ioe of everything baa- The
fact that he fell in his tracks in an
effort to carry through school with
out salary mere than fifty worthy
gilds shows that he had a heart tact
Labor people can trust. And the
further fact that ho lias made a na
tion al reputation as a debater again.'-:
Labor’s
tura’ly
enemy, the Saloon, nn-
hii
candidate c
these tenet'
10 church people—;ar.d
nuke an url-eataMe
think'yen will agree
(| - wi:h such forces hack of Will D.
Upshaw. I have a sound 1 asis lor
predicting that he will secure the plu
rality vete necessary to carry every
county
Success of Atlanta Rally
The daring of Upshaw is shown In
the fact that he is the pnly one of
the seven candidates for Congress
who has attempted to pull of a single-
man rally in a big down to rn audito
rium. The success of this meeting
was notable in the fact that enthu
siastic delegations cant" from every
county—fanners and merchants lay
ing down their work Jo drive many
mites in bannered automobiles, en'h 'y.
crowd declaring their county would j he
rote for "Upshaw — Everybody’s | Do
friend." |
v/ier Presides — Expressions From
Every County
| Douglasville’s popular mayor,
j V. R. Smith, who ig seeking, in
,, . ,, . . _ I the coming primary, nomination
To the W. M„ and Members of Doug- * . „
tasviiie Lodge No. 289, f. & a. m. as representative from this coun-
iDear Brethren; , ty in the lower house of the Gen-
Your committee appointed to draft eral Assembly‘ is one of Douglas
suitable resolutions on the recent . „e„i in „
death of our beloved Brother, M. G. C ° Unt > B most useful and honored
Butler, beg leave to report as foi- citizens He stands for pregress-
lows iveness in both business and civic
Brother Butler was born May 15th, a ff a j r!j
VS3S, in Newton county, Ga., near ,
Conyers, and has, therefore, just _ Mayor Smith became engaged
passed his eightieth birthday at the in business in Douglasville some
time jof his death. He joined the fifteen years ago’ and, during
“f o“inf7 the period elapsing since thtt time
consistent member of that church has built up. by courteous fair
ever afterward. In fact, he was a treatment of his customers and
leader in his denomination in his com- tly apo | yir)! ,. himself diligently
linmity, doing faithlul work for tlie . .
church he loved, and it is truly said to his work, one ol the most SUC-
thnt his place will he hard to fill in cesst'ul business enterprise in this
th° ll-Lvht Ft nr Methodist Church, s-ction of the state.
When the war between the states a „ „ • • . , v ,
broke out. Brother Butler was one cf As , a Citizen he has done much
the first to enlist, and he served clear for the Upbuilding of his town,
till'd rh that memorable struggle huvmg invested practically all of
brave!" and faithfully, and he was so hj s earnings here. He has been
a member of the town c uncil
9ver since 19< 8 until his election
peculiarly protected hv an All-wise
•Father, that he came out of the war
without a semblance of a wound.
He- was married January 21st, 1.866
to Mrs. Latitia C. Vansant, (nee Max
well) and several children blessed
Brother Butler .joined the Masonic
Order in August, 1S73, and as long as
])is, health peiTnittted he was prompt
in attendance, and was ever faithful
to the principles of our noble insli-
i death occurred
ai d he
just 25 th,
aid
Til
Following is an extract from
the Bremen Gateway of last
w ek that is indicative of there-
suits:
don something for humanity, for thy j ‘'Solicitor General J, R. Hlitch-
I-Ere of God ar.d righteousness.” ' . .. , , .
Lawrence . Camp 'asserted that I esw ending a personal letter
Campbell county will bo found in the ; to almost every voter in the Talla-
; .chaw column. We believe in reo-1poosa circuit advising them that
it will be impossible to see all of
large cone
e which attended hit
:;ted the fact that he win
"c i beloved and had many
Resolved 1st. That, our lv
as mayor of the town - to which
office he has been twice elected
without opposition. His record
as a town official is one of pro
gressiveness and fairness.
Du’ ing the days when Douglas-
vill could well t oast of having the
best commercial club of any town
of her size Vender Smith was
mic always present at the meetings
f a-- of the club and was one of the
hardest working members of the
same. It is to the efforts of the
members of this club that our
town owes much of her pro-
gressiveoess.
He having been successful in
and having been re-
funeral at>
vas a man
friends,
irts are
eption&l ability ami im
gniaji
elfish servic-. ,. , .
<5«id l. c. ppshaw of Dour,las conn- j them owing to the tact that the
The large crowd - that has come | summer session of the superior
tonight from every section of j court are now in full swing, and
Douglas county proves their loyalty | . , , . . ,
to -Bill’ Upshaw." ! asks ;l11 whom he is unable to see
"Uncle Newt” Farmer, gray-haired to make up their minds front Ills
veteran from the border of DeKalb recit'd and policies.
The Atlanta Journal tells the | rr.d Rockdale counties, arose with Solicitor Hutcheson is Utilizing
nrv in nart as follows- ’he declaration that DeKalb and ... .
Flanked bv Confederate veterans Rockdale are all right-going to vote every spare moment lie has from
and banner-bearing supporters from j for Upshaw, a nirn who loves human- his court duties in touring the
circuit, and has met face to face
Canipbe'l DeKalb and Dough* and tty better than dollars.”
Rockdale'counties, William D. Up- i Mr. Long then made a speech in
shaw, candidate for congress from the | which he paid tribute to Mr. Upshaw
Fifth district, spoke to an. enthusiastic as a clean fighter^
After
view of
VOTERS OF DOUGLAS
COUNTY
consideration, and in
act that I am called to
ew York to see my brother, who
ill leave in a few days for Europe;
ad knowing I -will not have another
pportunitv to see him before he saiis,
1 that if I remain in tlio race for
nresentatjve# I would have to fore-
the pleasure of being with him, I
ave decided to withdraw from the
l desire to thank ray 'many friends
their fidelity and assurance of
•'-port, and wish to assure tfce‘citi-
■ h of my town and couitty that I
■ill always he fbund ready to do an 1 -;
i 1 everything I can to promote the
e«t interests and public welfare
>hout compensation.
: have the kindliest feeing to-
,- rd rll the other candidates and
now thM whoever is elected, rhe
ounty will be well represented
V. R. SMITH.
Registrars Selected
hundreds of ‘the bo s ’ and
judging from reports sifting into
The Gateway office he will receive
a larger vote than ever in the past
in the September primary. His
. i i • * xv-h friends are claiming for him
jastrars and chief registrars who , _ ,
■onduct the registration in Doug- Haralson, Douglas and Paulding
las county in the next registration:
Town (730).
r. F. Selman, Chief. Astor Merritt,
W. M. Almand, D. S. Strickland, J. F.
Long, .7. O. Wright.
Chappie Hill (736.)
J. A. McT,arUh Chief. A. R. Bomar,
W. J. Camp.
Chestnut Log (784.)
w. t. Williams, Chief. J. E. Creel,
Jes3,e James.
Connors (1259.)
E; Tfenderpon, Chief. R
right, W. Q. ISnterkin.
Fairplay (1260.)
Jn-hn .H. Taylor, Chief. R
L. E. Bartlett.
Middle (1271.)
John, K. Dantell, Chief
Swjoffffcrd, J. IT. Hansard.
Grom hies (1272.)
J. B. Phillips, Chief,
lell, C. E. Hest.erly.
Salt Springs
Pat H. Winn, Chief. J. L. Dunn
7. -P. Cannon.
Beat
A..T. Dai
counti;s, ;tnd he will receive a
very large vote in Polk county.”
School Postponed
On account of the new build
ing not being reaev the opening
of the fall term has been post
poned until Monday Sent. 30th. j
Miss Nannie Love Selman will i , ....
. . . ., • j , j store, a ladies long military coat
begin at once the music depart-
, , , , „ , Finder p ease leave at Senttrel
ment at her home. ... , , . ,.
oftice and get pay for trouble.
LOST—On road between Win-
stod and B. S. Daniel & Son’s
M, E. Geer, Char.
J. T. Duncan, Sect.
'20 3
E. J. Reynolds,
Red Cross Sergical Dress
ings
.The , Supervisor of Surgical
Dtvssirgs has re ieved notice
that the Sept, allotment may he
expected ar any time, an,, urges
the ladies and girls to hold them
selves in readiness to respond .to
the call promptly.
The long, daily casulty list
alon . is sufficient to srouse the
intense desire to help those
wounded boys, and the Douglas-
vide Chapter CAN and WILL
stand at the top in the record of
good work done.
It is necessary to have the long
sleeved aporn (or a perfectly
fresh wash suit) and a head
covering.
All ladies with a record of 200
hours work will reeieve a bar.
Mrs. L. C. Upshaw
Supervisor of Surgical Dressings
saddened hi- [he taking away of this
e-ood man and brother, and our kind
est sympathies are extended to his
wife, children and other relatives.
Resolved 2nd. That a page of our business
an7that h a ’ ** ded for h ' S WOrk and efforts -
he furnished the family nml printed by tile accumullltipn of a neat
in the “Douglas County Sentinel.”
Respectfully submitted,
THAD McKOY.
F. M. RTF WART.
R. E. EDWARDS.
Committee
income has not—as a great many
j men in like circumstance” have
! done—become selfish and miserly
j with his money. He contributes
| liberally to every worthy enter
prise. He has also proved, i.i
TO THE VOTER91 of the TALLA-| t j lis trying time, his patriotism
POosA^cmcutT. j by h , B ucts> having contributed |
My attention has lieen called to a ' liberally to the Y. M. C.'A. and
letter written to the prison commis-1 j^ e( j Cross funds and having
^T.rt,rtt n S; P .he bought more Liberty Bonds and
sentence of T^eo Frank to be commutr War Saving Stamps than any
ed to life imprisonment. j other man ill the County
[ wrote the letter. The Judge need A „ who know hjm recognize
not have had tt certified by the gov-!, . , .... .. . .
ernor's secretary. 1 won’t deny, what i yu P e i*b qualifications for this
important office to which he as
pires.- -realizing that he is fully
able to take csre of their every
wfTose evidence the State relied main-! interest ill a manner fully to
ly tor conviction. Tin? judge who tried ; their satisfaction-and his friends
two jus-1 are confident that he easily win
[ do. I signed it because , of the rea^
.sons stated in the letter and the un
certainty and unreliability of the evi
dence of the negro witness upon
fhe case \y£*T,not satisfied;
tices of the 'Supreme court . . , , ,,
satisfied; thousands of other good, honor which he would wear
Georgia citizens from all classes were j SO worthily,
not satisfied. 7 am informed by sev- j
eral reliable citizens of Paulding
! :nd some from Douglass county, that.
Judge Bartlett held the same views of
the evidence that 1 did and expressed
them in very much stronger terms
Douglas County Boy
Wounded In France
did.
honest in
■d different
and thought
my convic
Many of yo-
ews of the
honest
had
Mrs. Mollie Palmer of this
ns I town has just received a message
v '|’ j stating that her %m, Leonard,
be j has been mortally wounded in
0i '. ln - j battle.
to them.
a- honest in mine and i believe | Mrs. Palmer has three sons
cry fair minded man will accord it ;
me. Now, why was this
ce brought into this race. 7t is set-1 This is Douglas county's second
d and dead and should be buried. \
there any reason save the hope j
he mi-’bt excite prejudices of a try.
iv of you and get your votes. It was j
already in service,
.son to tall fighting for his coun-
Other
i and he knows |
that to he its only purpose: Ward J
polirics in a judge’s race. I was not!
satisfied I'nun the evidence that ho |
should he hung and asked the author!-;
ties to commute his sentence. Judge
Bartlett was not satisfied
man
Farm For Rent
A good two horse farm tor
rent. Two gcod houses, barn
guilty but folded bis hands | and pasture on it. For further
i information appy to J. R. Me-
to see him hung.' Take ;
Respectfully,
choice.
Koy, Douglasville.