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Douglas county sentinel
To/. XIV, j h MoL»viy ?4opri9 DOVGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA.. October IS, 1918.
No. 28
The end of the fourth'Liberty Lean campaign is close at hand, an
*the South has not fully met its share of this national obligation.
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There have been many subscriptions, and many of them were larg*
There were some which represented merely the surplus money of wealth;
folk; there were many which meant real self-denial by the poor. But on tli
whole, we have not made a sacrifice. We have said to ourselves: “I can
not spare any money just now,” and turned the canvassers away with
.small subscription or with nothing at all.
Now, let us think this thing dver, you and I. This is our war, Ou
hoys are fighting in it, our country is backing 4t. It is just as much ou;
war as though the Germans were*bombarding Charleston or Savannah o
Brunswick or New Orleans and threatening to march inland, burning wu
destroying, and murdering innocent women and children. It isn’t a far-awa\
war in Europe. It is our war.
Let us consider this bond issue as a cold-blooded business proposition
if you like. Suppose we were stockholders in a big business house which hat
been waging a great and expensive fight for success. Suppose our rival,
had fought us hard and had almost won the vfbtory. Suppose that wt
had poured every effort into the business and were gaining the advantage
that we were right on the eve of permanent success—and our money rai
out!
Lot us suppose that the president and directors you had elected to mr.
that business called on us as stockholders for more money to win thi:
fight; that they assured us and proved to us that additional funds would
win, and pay us a handsome return. Would we button up our pocketbook;
and say: ‘‘No, it isn’t our business. We can’t spare the money?” No. W<
would pour in all we hud and mortgage our farms to borrow more, and
we'd pour that in, if we had faith in the business and the men who wer
conducting it for us.
And we must not forget that the United States is our business, and the
greatest business of all. We have entered into a campaign to lick Ger
many and lick her so she can never raise her head again. And that talce.s
money. If we are not willing to pay our share, we prove we have no trust
in our own government.
The Southern farmer was worried a few weeks ago because he be
lR’/ed the government was going to fix a low price on cotton. That
not done, and we have assurances that it will not be done. President Wil
son heard the appeal of the cotton planter and was governed by it. Now
he asks, in the name of tlm government, that the cotton planter and every
other farmer* bear his share of the burden' of the Liberty Loan and lend
the country every dollar he can save. Suppose the cotton planter of the
South shows up in the last reports as having failed to do his fair shar
What position will he find himself in when he goes to Washington again
to usk that he be protected?
This fourth Liberty Loan is a big affair, but it* is not a dollar too bjg
If ev^ry man will take the lesson home to hlmseft and do his full sh.i
without thinking of how big the amount of the national loan is. There
is not a man or woman in the United States who has a farm or a store or
a shop or a job who cannot buy a bond of large size or small. The bank:
have made arrangements for small payments lasting six months. The man
who cannot save and invest $50 in six months is a mighty poor citizen. Ami
the average man who has two legs and two arms can do a great deal bettor
: than that.
And there’s something else—if you want to get back to the straight
business side of this Liberty Loan—a government bond, paying four and one-
fourth per cent interest, better than gold or silver, which earn nothing—
13 a mighty good thing to have stuck away against that time of trouble
wl/ich comes to all of us some day.
Douglasville School i College and University students,
|andtovour town high school
Conservatism is a good thing, [rtudenta. But you deprive your
worthy boys and girls in the
country who are ambitious and
deserve the enconragement of
free tuition. Besides being un
fair and unjubt it is wrong Is
it not so?
Let the county officials make
arrangement with the District
School Board for free tuition for
these worthy lads and lassies,
Give them this deserying en
couragament.
By this means we can have at
leastone more teacher in the
High School department, where
he is sorely needed.
Every high school and college
in the south ought to teach Span
ish. Uncle Sam says so; and
It is the balance wheel that Keeps
us from flying off at a tangent or
exceeding the speed limit of
action or endeavor. 1 But one can
be conservative without being a
sluggard, a “moss-back,” a re
actionary, balky, opposition sort
of fellow. Some people progress
forward, some progress back-
wrrd like the crawfish. Some
will agree, for the moment, to
any and all propositions; and
some seem to have been born in
the objective case—oppose every
thing, both good and bad alike.
The middle-of-the-road man is
the good citizen, He examines
a proposition; and, if he finds it'
worthy, he accepts it readily.
Now, then, I am a stranger. Uncle Sam is usually right,
practically, in your midst; but 11 And Uncle Sam wants us in
am going to propose something I! America to employ educated, dis-
think good for Douglasville and^bled French soldiers as teachers
Douglas county. Consider it care- in our high schools and colleges,
fully; and if you think it worthy! Wish we had one to teach French
act upon your best jndgement. j and Spanish in'our Douglasville
Others have adopted it with sue- \ school. And we can get him -if
cess; notably Bibb county. I we try.
I am talking now especially: The county authorities ought
about making the Town, or Dis- 1 to buy a plot of land for agri-
trict High School a County High 1 cultural demonstrations—n ear
School also, when all pupils of ( the school house. And Douglas-
high school grade in the county . ville ought to build a combination
may attend with tuitidn free. j Teacherage and Dormitory for
You give free tuition to your j the teachers and out-of-lown
Grammar grade t a >ils, to your' students. E. L. F.
1ACK OF
PATRIOTISM
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U. S. District Attorney
Says Man Who Can
And Does Not Buy
Bonds Needs Watching
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W. C. Wsrdlaw, Esq., Chair
man Liberiy Loan Committee,
6'h Regional Reserve District,
Atlanta Ga.
Dear Mr. Wardlaw:
Referring to several cases
which have been brought to mj
attention by you and others, in
which persons who are aniplj
able to subscribe to bands, refuse
to do so, you are advised that the
mere tailure to take bonds, how
ever unpatriotic it may be and
however unpatriotic may be the
conduct of the slackers who so re-
f ise, is not in itself and when
disconnected with other matters,
an indictable offense.
A' the some time experience
has shown that peop'e of this
character whose narrowness of
soul and want of patriotism move
them to tie tip their money in
order to exact larger returns
thereon, or on acetount of mere
stinginess can very frequently
be indicted for other offenses.
The man who has not sufficient
patriotism to aid his country in
this manner, will generally be
found to have made expressions
which tend to favor rhe cause of
a Government with tfhich we are
at war, or indicate opposition to
the cause of our Government
therein.
Matters of this sort are indict
able, and the penalty may he ex
tended to imprisonment for 30
years and a fine of many thous
andsof dollars. I suggest, there
fore, that you cause the Dast.
record and conduct and utter
ances of beople of this class to be
carefully investigated and re
viewed in the communities where
they respectively ' live, with a
view of ascertaining whether
they are not indictable under the
Espionage or Sedition Acts. In
all such cases, the names and
facts should be reported to the
United States Attorney in the
District where such objectionable
peonle iive. Juries are not only
willing but anxious to convict in
all such cases.
Yours vhrv trulv,
HOOPER ALEXANDER,
U. S. Attorney
My Red Cross Shirt
I’ve made you a Red Cross Shirt to-day,
Some Mother’s boy “OverTnere”
I know not whose nor care,
If only it niay help you some
In the race for life that is nearly run;
That you may live to know, to enjoy,
Th freedom your fight ha§ saved
My boy
I’ve lived with you through the fight today,
H ard the hideous hell,
Saw your tired shoulders raise
In pride before you fell;
Heard the low-urawn moan you gave
When warm blood flowed in a crimson wave
(God and the Red Cross left to save)
And my heart is full of aches to-day
That 1 can onlv sew —and pray
* While you are giving your life away.
There.sa tear for every stitch, my bay,
And in every seam—a prayer,
God giant, they mav be answered
While you are suffering there.
They’ll change each ragged wound to health
Bring you home ih all your wealth.
A nation’s honored son.
I’m sending part of my heart away
In the Red Cross Shirt T made to-day.
— HELLEN WILLIAM SCANDRETT.
Adel, Ga.
Douglasville “Over The Red Cross Surgical Dress-
Top” In One Day j ings
Drive j
' I want to take this occasion to
Douglasville reached the goal t^ank all the 'ndies who have so
Monday in a one day drive and : splendidly helped in the making
went over her allotment of $40,- of the Split Irrigation pads. So
000 by several thousand, but the many have responded and the
country districts so far have
failed to reach their goal, which
is doubtless due to lack of orga
nized effort
work lias been pleasant and in-
t westing. Our allotment of 128
pads is nearly finished, but we
will be pleased to see others who
We are slow to believe (here is; have not been to the work room,
less patriotism among the farm-; come ' n -
ers than among the business men. j llie Chairman of the days are
The allotment to the various dis-j as follows:
tricts was made according to tax j Monday Mrs. N. D. Burton
Districts. S. Convention
Bright Star Next Sunday
Division President, J. B. Cow
an, has called a division meeting
to be held next Sunday and a
good program has been arranged
as follows:
10 a. m. Sunday School
11 a. m. Preaching
DINNER ON GROUND
1:30 Reports of District Supts
Comments by Z. T. Dake
Aspirations of JuniorS. S. Pu.
pils—Melton Daniel! ’
Recitations from S. S. in Dist.
and from representative primary
class.
Training Young People for Ser
vice-Rev. A. Ernest
Needs of the Rural S. S.—Rev.
, P. Braswell
Address by a representative of
the Ga. S. S. Association.
values and then Douglasville as
sumed slightly more than her
proportion--in fact, considerably
more than half the county’s
quota has heen subscribed by the
town, while our tax values are
much less than that proportion.
Friends, you are doing your
selves and your country an in
justice when you fail to buy
bonds liberaDly. Money is need
ed now as never before to bring
the war to a speedy and success
ful end. The government can
and will get the money. We can
be taxed and forced to pay, but
we are given a chacen to loan in
stead of being made to give.
II One colored farmer in Douglas
county—Tobe McLarty, of Wins
ton—subscribed $600.00 Mon
day. How many white men have
done as well?
Large amounts are not neces
sary if each man will do accord
ing to his ability.
Friends, it’s our DUTY.
Owing to the fact that the
Town District has gone over the
top the allotment of the country
districts has been materially re
duced. Only two more days are
left and these districts are urged
to raise the following amounts:
Chapel Hill, $4700; Chestnut Log
$3300; Connors. $8500; Fair Play,
$5700; Middle, $2900; Crombies,
$4900; Lithia Springs, $7900,
Partial reports show already
subscribed Chapel Hill. $2000:
Chestnut Log, $1200; Connors,
$1500; Fair Play, $1100; Middle,
$1900 with no report from Crom
bies and Lithia Spiings. ~
Every district can raise this
Tuesday —Mrs. P. D. Selman
Wednesday Misses Edith Dake
and Gladys Stewart
Thursday—Mrs, J, C. Wright
Friday—Mrs, D. Houseworth
Mrs. L. C. Upshaw.
Supervisor.
easily. Lets do it NOW.
Respected Citizen Called
Early Sunday morning the
death angel visited the home of
one of our most highly esteemed
families and carried to his rsward
Mr. Jessee Abercrombie who had
been severely sick only a few
days.
“Uncle Jess” as he was famil
iarly called, was one of the coun
ty’s oldest and most upright cit-
zens—a man who was well fixed
in this world’s goods and a good
man in every respect.
He was 67 years old, a mem*
ber of the baptist church and a
mason.
He leaves a wife, three sons
and one daughter, as well as a
large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn his going.
His sons are: Dr. T. F: Aber- '
crombie, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, Messrs. Will
and Josiah Abercrombia of this
county and his daughter, Mrs*
Sanford Abercrombie.
Two brothers, Messrs. T. S.
Abercrombie of Douglasville and
J. M. Abercrombie of Tucker,
survive him.
The funeral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at the
home by Rev. S. T. Gilland assist
ed i.y Rev. Mr. McMahon.
The remains were interred in
Douglasville cemetery by his ma
sonic brethren.
The Sentinel extends sympathy
to the bereaved family.