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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
j 11 tfcUvU MM" 1 '.#.
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY APRIL 25, 1919
NUMBER 3.
*
. TRIBUTE TO F. P. DORRIS
BY A FRIEND AND COMRADE
Chicago. Ill. Mar. 24. 191!).
Dear Friend:
Your letter of March 18th al
hand and am very sorry to say
the letters you speak of have never
reached me. 1 stated in my last
letter I was with your ‘brothel* up
till the time of his death at. Bel-
leau Woods. If you recall about
the fourth of June your brother
and myself came over to the fifth
Regiment to see you. The next
morning, June the fifth, your
Regiment went over the top'and
our Regiment followed in the
afternoon, where we were in its
very heaviest machine gun fire
nnd about two-thirds of our com
pany were either killed or wound
ed. It. was here that your brother
paid the “supreme sacrifice.”
As in past letters I am enclosing
a poem I wrote in memory of your
brother. If at any future time I
have the pleasure of being in your
City, I will surely make it • my
business to find you.
Trusting this finds you aud
your parents in the host of ‘health,
1 am,
Sincerely,
B. STEVE iSCTIENEIIK’E
Main Hospital, Ward 21 North
Great Lakes. 111.
PAL OF MINE
By His Pal, Steve
Dedicated to Frank P. Dorris,
killed June fith, 1918. 83rd Co.,
6th Rgt., U. S. Marines.
I have told them all I know.
Pall of Mine
Of the land where poppies blow
Pal of Mine
I have told the in, of the fights,
Of the dark and lonely nights,
Of the heavens’ starry lights
Pal of Mine
Told them of the wav you died
Pal of Mina
I was lying bv your side
Pal of Mine
And they know I held your hand
When you crossed the golden
strand,
And 1 know they understand
Pal of Mine
I have not forgotten France
Pal of Mine
If I ever gel the chance
Pal of Mine
I shall cross the sens again.
Though I know nol how or when.
Ami I’ll find that sclent glenn
Pal of Mine
To your Southern home I’ll go
Pal of Mine
3ust, to let your mother know
Pal of Mine
That her son a hero died
As lie stemmed the battle’s tide,
And I know you are her pride
Pal of Mine
IMPORTANT NOTICE
As most everyone now knows we
have installed some verr.v expe.n-
civc as well as up to date machin
ery in the Sentinel Office in order
to lie able to get out a better pa
per. You have doUbtles noticed
recent improvements and we want
to make still more.
In the first place we have to pay
for this machinery and need mon
ey. and in the second place we
want to add about 500 subscrib
ers to our list during the month of
May, and in order to do this we
arc going to make an unusual
offer: Beginning the first day of
May we will accept subscriptions
for from one to three years at $1.00
per year. This proposition is to
secure 500 new subscribers but as
we cant afford todeserhninate
against our regular subscribers we
will allow thorn to renew on the
same basis.
No subscriptions will be taken
at this price before May 1st and
none after May 31st.
At present cost, of paper, labor
and material, this will hardly
cover expenses, but we do believe
the Sentinel should be in every
home in Douglas county, and we
make this proposition to all. Tell
your neighbors and friends who
are not getting it.
MISSIONARY INSTITUTE
AT TALLAPOOSA
The ladies of of the missionary
Society ill’ Concord Association
are urged to tatend the Institute
of West Central Division to be
held on the eveniug of the 29th and
30th of April, at Tallapoosa.
■Mrs. W. J. Neel, State PreST
of W. 11. M. U. ‘Mrs. Kate C. Wake
field. Cor. Secy, and Tres. of Ga.
N. ‘M. U. 'Mrs. F. M. Withaft,
Vice Pres, of West Central Div
ision, and Mrs. W. T. Martin, sec.
of Atlanta. District, are some of
the state workers who will talk
All Presidents, Secretaries, and
Treasurers of societies, Personal
Service Chairman, all officers of
Concord Association are earnest
ly requested byMrs. Martin to go
to this meeting as it will be full of
inspiration and informaton and'
wll mean so much to everyone who
goes.
Lunch will be served to all on
April 30th aud homes will be prov
ided for those who go. _
MIDWAY
By Noname
Quarterly meeting at Midway
next 'Saturday.
'Mrs. II. Cr. Cunningham, / of At
lanta. spent Sunday here with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rain
waters.
Miss Dessa Ragsdale, of Powder
Springs, visited her sister, Mrs.
Logan King, Sunday.
Misses Mary Lou and Ruth Hen-
I'roe gave a singing Sunday after
noon that \in,s enjoyed by quite a
large crowd.
Mrs. G. S. King 1ms been on the
sick list for several days. We
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Messrs. Albert Howell and Yol-
lie Rainwater made a 1 rip to Mari
etta ‘Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. James, of
Douglasvillc, spent part of last
week here with tin* family of J.
PROGRAM
Atlanta District, West Central
Division Woman’s Missionary
Union of Georgia
April 29-30, 1919
Tallapoosa, Ga.
VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY
The Victory Loan drive is now
on and the iollowing nave been
anointed to help put Dougius coun
ty “Over the Top
^ J. T. Duncan, County Chairman
E. R. Stewart, Mice Chairman; M.
E. Geer, town Chairman; Z. T.
Dake, Publicity Chairman.
Executive Committee: W. M.
Abound, G. T. McLarty, V. K.
Smith, T. H. Selmun, Thad McKoy,
■J. L.. Oiles, 11. M. Upshaw, C. F.
Selman, C. C. Johnston, W. J.
Cunilp, P. II. Winn, J. T. Reese, L.
C. Upshaw, J. R. Hutcheson, W. 1.
Dorns, A. S. Baggett.
The.; Chairman lias chosen the
following as a general working
conimittee throughout the county :
A. K. Bouuir, F. M. Y'uncy, J. R.
Duncan, Rev. A. Ernest, P. D. Sel-
man, P. A. Milam, A. A. Fowler,
T. A. Thompson, K Henderson, W.
Al. JSnJerkin, Dr. W. K. Burnett,
J. K. Dauiell, li. M. Smith, T. F.
Hodnett, Rev. U. P. Braswell, W.
G. Maxwell, J. P. Cannon, II. H.
Richardson, Nesbit Harper, J. S.
Jumesr, Jr., A. L. Campbell and
A. E. Rainwaters.
Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 P. M.
Hymn-—Coronation.
Prayer—Rev. M. P. Jackson.
Greeting—Mrs. M. P. Jackson.
Song srvice—
“Say So”—Half hour—Personal
Consecration.
Solo—
Address—Confronting the Hour
—Mrs. W. J. Neel, 'Pres. W.B.
M. I'.
Prayer—
Address—“Our Young People”—
Mrs. Kate I'. Wakefield, Cor.
See.- Trees., W. B. M. U.
Announcements—
ienediction—•
Wednesday, April 30, 9:30 A. M.
Song—“Higher Ground."
Devotional-
Word of Greeting—.Mrs. M. K'.
Phillips, Haralson Co. Assn.
Message of Secrelary-—Airs. W. T.
Martin.
Presentation of Manual—-Mrs. F.
VJNVU.V NI SNVIQTaa
A hand of 108 daring Belgians
who helped stem the tide of on-
rushing Germans paraded Atlanta
streets Monday in the interest of
the Victory Liberty Loan. With
them were a numbr of dogs draw
ing machine guns which were used
in th| war. The parade was one
of thp most picturesque Atlanta
has ever known.
\
| W. Withoft, V-Pres., West Cen-
Mia; Mae Hill'd.*n gave n dance I U'nl Division,
and supper 1 lint was attended by I Gpen < oiileeenec- • Superint n-
'dcnls.
j Song--
Talk—Mrs. W. J. Ned.
Personal Service—Mrs. McKinney,
uppe
a large crowd of friends.
Miss Blanche Bolin, of Douglas-
ville„_wns a guest of Miss Lizzie
MeGouirk last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan King spent
Sunday near Powder Springs.
STAMPS’MILL
By A. M.
ATTENTOIN METHODISTS
To the members of the Metho
dist Church of Douglasvillc:
We are to have with us Sunday
the Centenary of the North Geor
gia Conference. ThisTcam is com
posed of the formost men of our
church, both preacher and lav-
nien. among them arc Dr. Frank
Fakes. Dr. S. E. Wasson, Dr. Shel
ton, Mr. II. Y. McCord, and Air.
M M. Davis. Not all of these will
be witli us blit sour* of them will
They are' coining among us in
tin* interest of the great forward
‘movement that is now in progfi
throughout all Methodism, known
as the Centenary.
Tile Centenary is the eelebrat-
■ ion of the 100t.li anniversary of
Methodist Missions. This is llu*
greatest job that tin* Methodist
Church has ever undertaken to
put through, yea. il is more than
that- It is the most stupendous
task that any denomatioti lias
ever imposed upon itsself. To
carry it. to a successful eonsiima-
tioii. every church throughput the
conhectioon must carry its part of
the load,
The purpose of these men ill our
midst Sunday mentioned above,
is to give us information concern
ing tlic Centenary, and to show us
bow we may and can do our dtjty
toward it.
As your pastor T take this
means of appealing to each mem
ber o' ! our ehurehto make a spe
cial effort to lie present at all of
the services Sunday, or at least
one, for we are to have three, one
at eleven, one. at three and one at
eight oolock in the evening. No
collection is to be taken. So come
and let us have a great season
from the presence of the Lord.
Your Pastor,
Augustus Ernest.
Powder Springs.
Special Music—
Obedience in Giving, Tithing, Etc.
—‘Miss Essie Ware, Austell.
Mission Study—• “Romance in
Nigeria”—-Mrs. 'George West
moreland.
Announcements—
Lunch,—1 to 2 o’clock
Afternoon Session
Song—
Devotional—Bible Study—Airs. Al.
K. Phillips.
The Catharine Bryan Kindergar-
den—Airs. H. II. Hale
Round Table Discussion—
Reports, use of Charts, Graded
Unions, Price of Leadership—
Led by Mrs. K. C. Wakefield.
Prayer—
Re-consecration Service—
Benedict ion—
Haven’t seen any news from lliis
place, thought I would write a few
dots.
It sure is fine farming weather
'but there Imsent been very much
planting done in this section yet.
Every body seems to lie doing
fine now except Airs. Alice Green
who is still in the back ground not
doing any good.
The egg hunt at Airs. Eula
Banks Saturday afternoon was
quite a success and was enjoyed by
a large crowd.
Several Easter Suppers around
guess tbev luid plenty of eggs and
cake.
After spending three weeks
with her Grand Sun. J. W. Kenn
edy. Mrs. Sally kennnly retur
lo Atlanta Saturday.
Afiv Alton 1 tanks and Sister
were the guests of their Aunt Mrs.
Ilarve Couch Saturday night.
Mr. I. Bearden, is s
smile time wit li liis soil in
nail.
There will lie preaching at Alvin
Greens Hr- first Sunday afternoon
at three oeloek. by it. F. Duck
worth, every body invited.
As this is the first from this
place will not make it Ion let all
the correspondents write and
lioiuii vour countv paper.
A. M.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
OPEN TO PUBLIC
1 The new School Building will
'be thrown open to the public 1* i*i-
j day afternoon April, 2-», from 4.30
I to 7. The teachers and pupils are
anxious for .everyone to come Another new professor lias been
Donations will be excepted fori added to the faculty of Emory T T ni
furnishing the building. versify, Charles W. Edwards, of
! This is Donglasvilles greatest Trinity Cod go. who will head
enterprise. Attend this opening! the Physics l./epm iuieiit when the
and 'show your appreciation of! new Physics building opens next
wlrnt lifts been done and let the | fall. The new Physics building
teachers knOtv you are with them, i will be grouped with the (Tiemis-
and that you are jiuton-sled in try and Bioligv buildings and will
vour childrens welf\re. j he modern in ever particular
LETER OF INQUIRY
I j Mr. Editor
Will you lie so kind as to do me
a little favor? If you can, please
Hell me if there is any of Uncle
| Jo'hit Benson's family in that coun-
ii 1 itie*'I tv. |f su | would thank you for
Han-' rlieir address as I desire to reach
i some of them by letter. If you
cunt find them will you please
give me twoo or more addresses
of parties out in Dark Corner
near the old Polk Farm. Answer
Yours truly,
J. R. Fallin,
Bloutsvillo. Ala., Rt. 2.
\Ye sent Mr. Fallin the address
of Mr. J. R. Benson. If others of
his friends wish to eommuuicale
with him we are giving his add
ress above.
NEW EMORY PROFESOR
TANKS COMING
TO DOUGLASVILLE
Just as we go to press wc learn
Unit I hern will lie a meeting of the
Victory Loan Committee in Doug-
lasville on Friday, A!ay 2nd.
Tli. will he one or more of the
Bril ■ Tanks here. This will lie
the lit a and perhaps'the last op
portunity for Douglas county peo
ple to see none of these war mini
sters in operation. Come and see
it.
100 WORKERS 100,000 SOULS
“<b;o Hundred workers and one
hi inured thousand souls” is the
slogan of the Baptist Home .Miss-
inn Board for evangelistic work
dring the coming year to bo made
possisalble by the sucess of the $1
000,000 campaign which closes Ap
ril 30.
During the year‘special evang
elistic campaigns wil lie iuaug-
eratod in more than a dozen cities
in the south. Dr. .W II. Hamilton
is in charge of llu* evangelistic
corps which carries singers and
workers. Out of the $1000,000
the evangelism will gel $75,000.
STATE HIGHWAY BILL
BY SENATOR ANDREWS
A state highway system that
reaches every bounty seat town in
the state, and giving each county
its just share andi proportion of
highways, is provided in the An
drews bill, which will be intro
duced at the next session of the
legislation. Judge T. E. Patter
son, chairman of the Highway De
partment, has analyzed the meas
ure and gives it Iris unqualified
endorsement. The author of the
bill is Colonel Walter P. Andrews,
of Atlanta, former state senator,
who has devoted many years
to the subject of good roads and
is recognized as an authority on
the subject.
The bill provides for a bond
issue of thirty million dollars, to
be known as Georgia Road Bonds.
They are to hear interest not ex
ceeding 5 per cent annually, and
shall he free from any tax or other
charges leviable in Georgia or any
other state, and are to be retired
in twenty years.
The 'highway Commission will
be representative of the whole
state, there being a member from
eadli congressional district. The
chairman of tile commission will
be a competent engineer, who will
supervise the work of construction
and maintainance. His salary is
fixed at $0,000 a year, with t ravel
ing expenses. The salary of the
commissioners will he $10 a day
and traveling expenses while in
the discharge of their duties.
Under the hill special taxes un
to lie levied by the general assem
bly upon motor vehicles of not less
than 00 cents per horse power for
passenger vehicles: $4.00 each for
motorcycles, and $25 per ton ca
pacity for trucks and tractors
using pneumatic tires, and double
this amount upon trucks and
tractors when solid tires are used,
annually. The special taxes will
he first applied to the payment of
interest on the road bonds and the
principal as it may fall due.
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOYS
TO BE HONORED
Air. Editor: Please allow m»
space in your valuable paper to
make a request.
Governor Dorsey has requested,’
me to furnish him with a list of
of names of the hoys from Doug
las county who made the supreme
sacrifice in the late world war.
The names of these hoys,.in com
mon with others, are to be pre
served in bronze on the walls of
the State Caiptol, and none ofthe
boys’ names should be omitted. I
suggest that the parents and
friends of any hoy who was killed
at the front or who (died after en
listing in the service, mail their
names to me at once, giving the
the full name just as-they would
like for il to appear on the bronze
tablet at the Capitol, so that I may
send these in, as thoose in charge
want this information at the very
earliest possible date.
Any assistance given me will be
greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
J. T. DUNCAN.
OPERA PAYS WAR TAX
MARKET BUREAU AIDS THE
FARMERS
The State Bureau of Alarkets
has located in St. Louis a large
shrller of peanuts who is in the
market for fifty carloads .of white
Spanish Peanuts, and is offering
fi cents a pound for them in bulk,
or li 1-4 cents sacked f. o. li. ears
at Georgia shipping points.
This price, which amounts to
$129 and $125 per tou. respective
ly, is considered good, in view of
the recent market in Georgia, and
is about in line with what the bu
reau slated they should bring
when il advised the growers Iasi
fall, not to let they go at the low
prices then prevailing.
When in St. Louis a few days
ago on business for the market
bureau. Director L. B. Jackson
called on this firm of peanut shell-
ers and secured the foregoing of
fee. The company desires a strict
ly high grade While Spanish Pea
nut. as they are to lie used as food.
The market bureau will be glad to
'ml in direct otin-li with the St.
Louis firm anyone who has pea
nuts of this character for sale.
Tf there are Georgia growers of
hogs, or a number of growers in
I any community who linve, at any
time, a carload shipment of bogs
for market, and will notify the
State Bureau of Alarkets. the bu
reau will be glad to bring them in
to communication with the. mar
kets paying the highest prices.
! Investigations have been made
[by the bureau in this direction
i 1 lint will bo of material advantage
I to them when they have carload
lots of hogs to offer.
SOUTH LEADS IN SAVINGS
Figures given out in connection'
I with the side of War Savings
j Stamps have brought siuiie inter-
sting slalemenls showing that the
I South, which from time inimem-
j in-in 1 lias been rebuked pud .dei;-.
ided because of its wasteful ness
and improvident habits, lias in
creased its per eapta savings much
more than have the northern and
western slates during tlu- last
four years.
This per eapta increase was
along other lines than in the in-
vestements made in AVar Savings
esling Stamps, liilisll to the regret
of the War Savings Organization
of Georgia, which was compelled
to note that as far asthe per eapta
sales of ar Savings Stamps is con
cerned, Georgia and other southern
states have fallen far short their
per eapta quota.
However, even along this line
marked improvement is ted
owing to tilii* new plan which re
cently went into effect. State Di
rector Ivan E. Allen and Vice Di
rector Walter G. Cooper, toga-
gather with a very large and rep-
! resents! ive committee of educa
tors from various parts of the
State, early in the year drafted
a program of study for all the
schools and colleges in the state
whereby systematc instruction is
given iii the principles of thrift
I mid the value of economy ns a per-
j sonnl, state anil national asset, not
! In mention the fact that the prin
cipals of thrift, at present is one
: ot' the means of redeeming Geor
gia's war pledges for the sale of
Wiir Saving Stamps.
Grand Opera in Atlanta hid*
fair to prove more succesful than
ever before this year. The series
of eight Aletropolitan operas open
ed Monday night with Verdi’s
“La Forza bel Destiuo”, with
Caruso and the gifted new sopra
no. Rosa Ponselle, xingingthe prin
eipal roles. The big auditorium
was taxed to capacity.
The Caruso operas are, as usual
the bigest drawing cards. There
is practically a sell out. for Thurs
day afternoon and also for Satur
day nglit. The attendance prom
ises to be larger than ever before.
All hotels are packed to overflow
ing and many of the visitors are
staying in private homes.
Uncle Sam will profit to the
extent of several thousand dolars
as the result of the operas, [f the
seat sale totals $100,90 ), whie'h is
not unlikely, the government’s
portion from war tax will amount
In $10,000.
THE MATRONS' Ct'UB w ~
The Mat runs' Cliih met at the
Inline of Airs. W. A. Alicrii'oinbie
April 17th. anil were delightfully
entcrl'nincil. lud after the arrival
of tin* gue-ls. they enjoy"d a. very
original contest, then rook was
played during the al'leruoon. At
a late hour a delicious salid course
was served. The chili adjourned
In meet with Mrs. Jim Abercrom
bie Alav 1st.
PRIZES FOR AIRMEN
The Atlanta Journal lias stim
ulated airmen by offering' $1,750
in cash prises for the airman who
in tlie month of May. will first
deliver coppies of the Jnournal in
Atlantic City the day of the pa
pers publication. It is about 800
miles between th two points and
airmen could make the flight, it
is estimated at the rate of 100
miles an hour.
THE FIRST R. R WRECK
During the operation of the
first railroad in South Carolina.
| the negro fireman, being imbued
with the spirit of conservation,
decided that altogather too much
; fuel was being consumed in pro-
; diming steam that escaped into
1 lie air. To avoid this lie tied a
! weight to the safety valve and.
i this instituted the first, railroad
[ wreck.
Don’t forget the date—Tuesday,
: April 29th. Our expert optome
trist is to be here again.
_ J. L. SELMAN_& SON.
ARE YOU DISCOURAGED?
[ Remember this:
When Abraham Lincoln was a
‘ young' mail lie ran for the Legis
lature in Illinois, .and was badly
' swamped.
lie next entered business, failed,
and spent seventen. years of his
life paying the debts of a wortl
; le.ss_partner.
He was in love with a beautiful
• young woman to whom lie become
! engaged—1 lien she died.
Later he married a wooman wl:
wax a constant burden to him.
Entering polities again, lie rm
! for congress and was badly heati u
j lie then tried lo get an appoird-
I incut to the United Slates Land
Office but failed.
He became a candidate For the
Uniteb States Senate, and was bail
ly beaten again.
In tMob lie became a candid,
i for the Y: I’residencY and W;is
again defeated.
In ISAS be was defeated by T>m- ■-
j glas. _
One failure after anothei—U,, ;
i failures eat setbacks. In the
face of all this he eventually be
came one of the country* greatest
j men. if nut the greatest.
When you think of a series (if
j setbacks like this, doosent it make
j you feel kind of small lo become
[discouraged just because von think -
i vou are having a hard time iu life ,