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Vol, XIV.
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iut.no 2LASVILLE DOUGLAS COUNTY. GA.. March 7, 1919.
No 48
VICTORY SINGING FOR
THE FOURTH OF JULY
It has been fully decided by the
choirs of Douglasville to have a Fourth
of July Singing in Douglasville. We
have named a committee on invitation
consisting of Prof. B. B. Beall and
Prof. Vander Leathern, and this com
mittee is empowered to send invita
tions to all the most promient leader
RECITAL
ALFALFA FILLS UNIQUE PLACE. HOW GEORGA ANO THE SOUTH , MISSIONARY SOCIETY NOTES
REGARD A LEAGUE OF NATIONSj — , . I
The Woman's Missionary Societry 1 The music pupils of Mrs. H. V.
If there was ever a shadow of doubt : of the Baptist Church will hold their Johnston will render the following
as to how the thinking people of: annual “Week of Prayer for Home program Friday night, March 7th at
Georgia and neighboring states re- Missions” Sunday evening, March 9, the Methodist church:
gard the proposed League of Nations,, at the Baptist Church, Monday after- p Duet—Sleigh Ride Clarke
it melted in the light of the great noon, March 10, at the Baptist Church j Mrs. Johnston, Opal Baldwin.
Southern congress whi<j\i was held'and Tuesday afternoon at the home of 2 Duet—All For Freedom.... .Stults
" " ’ —-- nt M™ .1. C. Wmirht. . 1 Blanche Feely, Agnes Baldwin.
C. K. McClelland, Agronomist.
Though we have been growing al
falfa for many years at the Georgia
Experiment Station, we have never
placed suficient emphasis on the value
of the crop to the Southern farmer
and the unique place it fills in general
Friday and Saturday in Atlanta. Of | Mrs. J. C. Wright. . .
all the notable conventions which have | Everybody is especially urged to
very inter-
■ ana me unique piuce n. nua m gciicmi an uie nuiuuie wu*ouwuiw n.uvu | - - ■ - 3. Silver Bells WeytS
tions to an me most I farming operations. It is of especial met in this city during the last ten, come Sunday evening as a very niter-, Sarah Lee Gv0 odzinsky.
and composers in the South. It is ex-, b I veins, not one has been more broadly resting program on this subject is be- 4 . Pure asSn0W Lange
pepted that those who attend this .value in supplying pastuie and m , ;. ep . estntative o{ the Sout h’s deerm-ling prepared. Special music, read-] Lois Jackson .
singing wall have the opportunity to| supp i y i n g a good quality of roughage; inin(? thou(;ht and sentiment; not one'ings. etc. . 5, Go i den Fi ower Waltz Behr
see and hear the best, talent the south a t a time hen no other crop can. Being I ^ as attracted larger audiences or en-| On Monday afternoon the ladies of Lillie Mai McLarty
affords. Inasmuch as this will be the f . r(Joted and ready to ata rt off'gendered deeper enhusiasm; not one the town are especially urged to be 6 . x Be g in Waltz Willy
first Fourth of July since the cessa- h lth the first warm j has -issued in a firmer public convic-lwith us, and every member of both, Elizabeth Wilson.
tion of hostilities in France, this will P k . I tion on a more emphatic public will. 1 Missionary Societies. .7. Blue Eyed Violet, Waltz Ford
be known us the “Victory Singing.’ growing days of spring, it pioduces Calcu]atillg observers were aston-| Tuesday afternoon, the officers of G ertrude Roberts.
There remains much for the people feed at a time when other plants ishe(J tQ gee an auditoriuftl that seats the Society will entertain the entire g Duet—Lorely Waltz Alletter
of Douglasville to do beofre the time bayQ no t yc t started up or are just u , nvards 0 f s j x thousand persons Society at a social meeting at the, Mrs. Johnston, Lucile Stringfellow.
arrives. The expenses cf those lead- beginning to take on a good growth.'filled to overflowing at session after home of Mrs. Wright at 2^30 o’clock. 9 Babillage Fontaine
ers who come a long distance must, k nlantcd'session of a congress that had to do Sunday Evening. 1:3» O Clock at 1 Florine Boyd.
be paid, as that is always tiie custom,] Small grains that have been p an tllev cal , ideaUs tic aims. Baptist Church. 10. Starlight Waltz Brainard
and we shall have to have n donation rich soil in very early fall and have ^ mJnd whose reaches and reckon- Music—America. ] Margaret Hopkins.
from the business men and otheis 10 , a( ^ e hea v V pye-winter growth only | j n o S are conce rned with mere “poli- Devotional Mrs. J. C. Wiight. n. (a) Childish Glee... Sister of St.
are interested. Our people must also j approach al f alfa in t he amount of , tics” could not understand why this Whatsoever ye shall ask in my j osep h
prepare refreshments for the noon .jf ee( j it wil produce in late February!multitude of work-a-day folk should!name Mrs. L. G. Upshaw. (a) Morning Prayer Straebog
hour in order that the visitors from a and eftr ]y March and of course they respond so dargerly and so thought-1 Reading—-Mrs. 1'. M. Winn. Mary Morris.
"distance may be taken care of. do no t come up to it in the quality of fuilv to a subject whollK’ devoid of I Song Miss Edith Dake. 12. Duet—College Days March
I also suggest that the Mayor and (he feed The so _ ca n e d winter legumes, what commonly., called) sensational. | Home Mission Catichism and Sym-1 Willie Frank Morris, Agnes Baldwin.
City Council have the proprietors °f too, burr clover, crimson clover, and rph e fact is, however, thatjthese thous- j posium Conducted by Mrs. Geer 13. Wayside Chapel Wilson
nnrl business houses waited on j ia j r y vetch are all far inferior to it av>( j s 0 f poople did respoiid as if heir Aiding Weak Church Mis. I. . Gladiee Banks.
j 14. Duet—Playing Tag Margsteirt
s—Mrs. oJhn Al-. Mrs. Johnston, Sarah Lee Grood-
. I zinsky.
J- F. Phillips. |i5 t Souvenir of'Stephen Foster. .Stut-
Cities—Miss Strickland. \ Wett
Church Building—MrS. D. W. Peace. I Opal Baldwin.
^Nations, it that they ^ D “ ^
v/ete resolutions of real heat and pur- ^ and Canh , Zone _ Mrs . j. p
pose. y r
", all this the citizens, of Georgia, _ Mra . , Iim Abercrombie
and the South, like thoto of every, Ruth Se , man
other region where such congress - Aftfr 2;30
hr.vo been held have pimply shown Bapfist Church,
themselves alert to their deepest in- no „„ Hnn „ u , Mrs . 3. L . Se
crests, and to he deepest inteersts,
adcjpte
i t ore '
the President’s efforts for
v~ . . ever the production of cowpea #upon Southern Snatore to support
may be thought proper by the ^ylfaiy j s light and there promises to be
officials and citizens. a shortage o fhay in the spring, the
Let us begin now to arrange for the a ]f a |f a can fo e denc-nded upon for two
largest crowd and the best time our three good cuttings of hay to fill
town has ever had.
R. E. EDWARDS.
A THOUGHT FOR THE BOYS.
! in the interval until other hay crops
can be grown or until oats, wheat, or
.rye get large enough to cut for such
; purposes.
j For the grazing of hogs, too, it is
more dependable at this period of the
year than is any other crop. Every
one who raises hogs, and who should
be left out of this list, knows that the
)’Clock at
i.oo, of their country and of mankind.
For if a League of Nations be not es-
.hlish. d, with its conserving power
Devotional—Mrs. J. L. Selman.
Hymn—All Ilail the Power of Je
sus Name.
Mrs. Johnston, Florine Boyd.
17. LaGrace Bohni
Willie Frank Morris.
18. Duet—Children’s Polka. ...Franz-
Wolfort
Mrs. Johnston, Margaret Hopkins
10. La Papillona Thome
Nelle Giles.
There is a period m the htc ot a hoy made on pas t U re and that permanent
when, if he makes a mistake, people pastlll . e 0 f Bermuda and Burr clover
or some clases at least, are apt to „j : „iPoH\,
magnify the same, and having .the
tact of being mor% critical than cor
rect, the matter is announced to all
the world, or to that portion in which
the culprit dwells. That most an-' printer grazing but it will ofter happen
Pryaer for the conscious presence of
- . the Holy Spirit for the House—Mrs.
for peace and progress and justice, ^ c Upshaw.
We do not see much written about
poor, wild, reckless boys, who deserve
'the sympathy, tears and prayers of u(J lolk ouk ul MUB
| every Christian man and woman.cheapest pork they can makq, is that.
There is a period in the life of a hoy plade 011 pagture and that permanent] ^ wjn thj
pasture of Bermuda and Burr clover
and semi-permofletit pasture of alfalfa ‘ our , ives for ^ savage
will contribute greatly to economical. t . irrible future We ttre ctt Hed upon
pork production. 1 to choose between a world made safe
Not only will the alfalfa be the, ocracy by a righteous League — pe Rfford , Tohn 5i 39, Mrs
j most dependable pasture crop for late iong an( , a world unfit to live tht Dl me Kef0rd ’- - ■
„uc v/inter grazing but it will ofter happen .
gelic Christian grace, charity, fails to that (he alfalfa will fill in at other ln ' (Vorudans and true Ameri
come, to the trembling balance and times of the year when other crops; ' ' V . ' ti ‘ r ,| and mora
weigh the burden noon the side of a ,. e not vet ready for crazing; for in-!' ns ’ lnu 1 . ‘ “ .. , ., jaizu, lvii'B. w. n. nutimmi..., larly granted at ine iviarcn .«•■•>
mercy, and so the hoy is hooted nnd , aftor the matur ihg of the' wo ca " but cboose ‘ ho ,, ,tter !Fellowship of Suffering, Phillippinns 1919i of said Court, will lie sold at
reviled as he goes “slipping down the ‘ . t , mea sma n grains, there i 112 ’' 1 . and exer ‘ ou ]' |> tn ] lost ' nflu ™ to j^:I0, Mrs. C. F. Selman. In His God- public outc ry on the first Tuesday in
ladder rung by rung,” till he is event- W „ K llp gome ' litt le time before cow- , for ,ts triumph.-Atlanta Journal
peas and other grazing crops are
'20. (a) Lily of Valley, Maz....Bohm
(b) I,’Argentine Ketterer
Blanche Feely.
, , . , 21. (a) Valse Caprice Newland
nd progress and justice,.^ c Upshaw. j (b) Alice, Trans Ascher
s war have .been fought] Repeating of Years Watchword—, Presentation of Certificates.
we may as well beginj May Know Him." j Duet—Poet and Peasant Suppe
a1,< Bible Reading—How I know Him,' Mrs. Johnston, Nell Giles.
Mrs. Dodson. In the forgiveness of !
in, Mark 2:3, Mrs. Jeff Ilardding. In :
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
ually lost to love and trust. There is j ppaa anu u
not a god Christian woman on earth, ava i] ab ] p f or use alld the alfalfa
who cannot do good if she will only ■
dve |Linton James. In Redemption, Peter GEORGIA—Douglas County:
. 1:18-19, Mrs. J. M. McGuire. By the p iy v j r t U re of an order of the Court
rue Amen- Declaration of His Own Word, John of ordinary of Douglas County, regu-
and moral 4;2 g > jp VBi \y. A. Abercrombie. In the lar ] y g ran t e d at the March term,
the better QurPovln-r Pbillinniiins ,„;il l,» enlH nt.
ppeak kindly and encouragingly to
those wild boys and try to draw them
into something that is good and noble.
Make them realize that they have one
true and sympathetic friend at least;
one that will assist and defend in their
darkest hours. Select some wild boy.
give him good advice, lend him good
books, aruse the spirit of true man
hood and try to impress upon his mind
that
“It is not all of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.”
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of Douglas County, regu
larly granted at the March term,
1919, of said Court, will be sold at
public outcry on the first Tuesday i
April, 1919,at thhe Court House in
rtio. w. ■ . [JUIHIC uutc.iv U11 J
[Given Power and Authority, Matthew April, 1919, at the Court House in
„ .o,,,,,,," 128:18-20, Mrs. Jim Abercrombie. As said County at Douglasville in said
3,El HOI)IS I j a Friend, John 15:14, Mrs. Lige Rob- Countyi between theusual hours of
IO bhl hAUAltr KAisi,j erts As He Comes in dory, Matthew ^ to the highestbidder for cash,
25:31, Mrs. A. P. Rudd. tbe following real estate, to-wit:
Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Priv- The South ha \f 0 f lot of land num-
ilege of Helping Make Christ Known, ber one pjundred and six (106) and
to all the Word—Mrs. G. M. Edwards. ] that pal . ts of i ots 0 f land numbers
How She Proved Herself Worthy of 1 seventy-nine and eighty-three (79 &
a Precious Heritage—Mrs. W. M. Al-^g 2 j described as follows: All of said
mond. | lots numbers 79 and 83 except that
The Imperative Appeal of Home ’ port j ons thereof owned and possessed
Missions—Mrs. H. C. Dorris. by John g. Bobo and W. D. Preseley,
Song—Rescue the Perishing. | and more particularly known as the
Reading: Acts 9:36-41—Mrs. P. D. ar g ar et, Caldwell farm, on which
Selman.
Prayer.
Reading: Matthew 25:31-46—Mrs
S. C. Harding.
In the Mountains With Jesus
usually he depended upon to fill in
the interval, though during dry sum-j ,^ ashville> T en n ., Marcl) 6—Many
mers it is less dependable. j Methodist ministers in every Southern
The supplying of feed and pasture ^ Western gtftte who have been try .
during the late winter period is the . ^ ^ infinestesima i incomes
unique part it fills, this justifying tbe during the past years will have their
carrying of from one to five acres ; rajsed within the next few
of the crop upon every farm in the | months
South. | This vrey practical and definite step
| is to hi taken by the Methodist Epis-
BETTER LIVE STOC Jcopal Church, South, following the
INCREASES PR0FITS financial drive of that denomination
. I in April. The drive, which has $35,-
Atlanta, Ga., March 5—There is a (|00 000 as its goal, has been under-
steadily growing sentiment in Geor ‘ i , aken a view to putting the work
gia for beter live stock, according to ^ tbp cburcb 0 n a business basis, the
live stock ment here, who are discuss- . .. ga ] ar i es G f their under-
14-18—Mrs. W. B. Foster. : g a ; d i and s to be sola as me piupei-
The Mount of Teaching: Matthew j esse Abercrombie, late of said
5:1-2—Mrs. Jesse Abercrombie- County, deceased, for the purpose of
The Mount of Authority: Matthew aking distribution among the heirs
28:16-20—Mrs. D. Houseworth. | at )aw 0 f sa i d deceased This 4th
ing the forces at work along this line. pasto rs being considered one of
For seevral months the Council of Uc - j tbe first matters of importance,
fence has taken part in the campaign. Tber ' e are g g 0 sa i ar ies now $400 or
and the progressive papers of tbe less w hich will be raised to $600; - 485
state seem to be keenly alive to the j salaries now $400 and $500 which will
, situation. . 1^ raised to $600; 588 salaries now
said dCounty, at Douglasville, in said Tbe interes t in good stock is grow-1 which wU] be ra i s e d to
County, between the usual hours of ?ng> the value of fenced in, weU-cared a year; 637 salar i ea from $700 “m bless the work'|« M ° arcb ‘'JgiT
for stock having been stressed „„„ tQ bp raised to |i, 000 , and iSO | fVirtoo nAcrrn evamrelists con-I ^ moa X? A 6
sale, to the highest bidder for cash
the following real estate, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land sit
uated, lying and being in the town
of Douglasville, in Doifelas County
Georgia, to-wit: Town lots numbers.
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 17 and 20 in
Block number 19 of the Town of
Douglasville) fronting on Bowdon
Street, on the West side of said
Street according to records thereof.
Having a dwelling thereon now occu
pied by Z. T. Dake.
Said lands to be sold as the proper
ty of N. B. Dozier, late of William
son County, Tennesse, for the pur
pose of making distribution among
the heirs at law of said deceasedd.
This 4th day of March, 1919.
Z.. T. DAKE,
Administrator of the Estate of N. B.
Dozier.
she died. All the above described
lands being in the first (1st) district
and fifth (5th) section of Douglas
County, Georgia, containing 300
acres, more or less. The parts of lots
In tne Mountains wim acres, more or less, me puito ^
The Mount of Inspiration: Matthew 1 num bers 79 and 83 containing about
17:1-8—Mrs. J. M. Boyd. | 20 g acres and the South half of lot
The Mount of Mercy: Matthew 17: , num ber 106 containing 100 acres.
Said lands to be sold as the proper-
for stock having been stressed ^ tQ fee raised to $1,000,
through various agencies during the | rie3 r . in(?inK fr om $800 to $900
past several months. The bankers ^ ^ fee aised to $1 , 000 . The
of the state have long been intar ^ ted I, leme nting of these salaries will
in the movement, and many- of them 32i g B0j000 during the forth-
are lending substantial aid to tsoc i five years and the success of
owners who are trying to improve ^ Centenary drive will make their
their stock. ] increase immediately possible.
The railroads, especially the larger | practjca , ly every c it y and town
ones, are engaged in work along the
of the three negro evangelists con
nected with the Home Mission Board—
Mrs. John Almond.
Personal Testimony—(Let all take
part.) , , _ .
My Reasons for Prayer and Praise
and Thanksgiving—
Hym—“Stand up for.Jesus.”
- ~~ , Lw throughout the length and breadth of
same lines, and they are s P e " dlng i Southern Methodism will be affected
thousands of dollars each month declared at the headquarters of
increase the profits of agriculture and denomin ation in Nashville, and
stock raising. At every meeting ot : ^ Methodist man and woman who
stock owners, the sentiment is strong-, ^ pn the Cente nary drive will he
MRS. E. A. ABERCROMBIE
Administratrix of the Estate of Jesse
Abercrombie.
CALOIDS BETTER THAN CALO
MEL
In Caloids, the new calomel prepa
ration, is found the combination of
calomel andother properties for which
there has been a constantly increas-
CITATION—YEAR’S SUPPORT.
GEORGIA—Douglas County:
The return of the Appraisers set-, tnele .. -----
ting apart 12 months support to Mrs. jng dem and for years. Caloids act
stock raising. At every meeting 02 I " y " Methodist man and woman who M A B ] a i ri the widow of, and five d i rec tl y upon the liver hut cannot
stock owners, the sentiment is strong-j ^ ^ ^ the Gen tenary drive will he m j nor children of J. A. Blair, deceas-j p , ossibly cause griping or nausea,
ly expressed that the day of such stock be j p j ng t o make possible better and, ed baving been filed in my office, all This is because thecalomel is com-
3 ck owners, toe sentiment, „ to Qn the Gen tenary drive will ne minor (.bildren of J. A. Blair, ueceas-; r ,. oss } b l y cause griping or nausea,
ly expressed that the day of such stock in ^ to makp possi bi e better and, ed ha ving been filed in my office, all This is because thecalomel is com-
is past in Georgia, and that those who I con ditions for the un-| rsons concerned are cited to show bined with other drugs that do not in
wish to make money through thls ] d id paators ; n their midst. I cause b y the 7th day of April, 1919, terfel . e with the proper action of the
means must fence in their pasturages] — said application for t welve calome l, but which prevents it from
and not allow their stock to run at j „ 0| , KA LE—One Buick 4. Cutimonths’ support should not be mak ; ng you sick.
large to he killed by automobiles or cheaD For nrice apply at'granted. This March 3rd., 1919. j Caloids may be obtaned at your
on the railroad tracks. & C ^ r ^ J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary. ' Eealed pack age of twenty-five.