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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919.
NUMBER 6.
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COLORED CAPTAIN GIVES
MEN GOOD ADVICE
Corpora] Thomas Cox. colored,
who was recently discharged from
TRADE AT HOME
Atlanta Ga. May 21—Accodilig to
business men things are. gettin;
ha'eU to normal following the war
the army, after service overseas, is| Merchants have bought big stocks
in receipt of the following letter! and trade is good. This correson-
from his captain, which commends dant is writing a news letter today
the valor of the colored hoys and for weekly newspapers in Georgia
at the same time gives them some
whiesome advice: .
Camp Meade, Md.
Feb. 27th. 1919.
“I do not feel it fitting that the
men of this company should be
mustered out of the service and go
to their many homes without, re-
ceivin a word of thanks for their
loyalty and a word of praise for
their valor as soldiers, in this
world war for democracy, from
their proud and grateful captain.
Across the Atlantic, infested as it
tyas with enemy submarines, you
sailed, stood reody to abandon
ship for hours at a time and wore
your life belts constantly, without
a murmur. You marched, the
dusty roads of France, and then
the muddy roads of France, heavi
ly packed, with a helmet of steel
upon your head, or an 'over seas
cap. and the hot sun beaming upon
your heads, or the rain and hail
beating you in the face; all this
without a murmur. You hit the
trails in flic Vosges, went to vonr
places of duty through the dark
ness and rain when the enemies
artillerv was constantly shelling
the trnils and even cutting the tree
tops over your heads and shaking
the earth beneath your feet,' with
out a murmur. You marched
night after night and rode in
French -freight cars for miles,
packed so tight that yoou could
neither sit nor lie down, without a
murmur. You were billeted under
trees and made your beds of
leaves, and you were billeted in
barns and] shacks and dugouts and
shell holes and muddy trenched,
with no beds, no fire, uo comforts
at all. without a murmur. You
patrolled No Man’s Land, crawled
through the borbwire, crept along
the trails and laid out in the cold
frost chilled to the bone, night
after night, without a murmur.
You went over the top in the Ar-
gonne l faced the Boche machine
guns 'and artillery, saw without a
murmur your comrades blown to
pieces, saw the dead and the dying
lying bleeding, moaning and
groaning. You stood in line for
your meals in the rain and cold,
mess Outfits in your hands, shiver
ing. hungry, wet, and tired, you
took what was given you, sat down
y • the ground or upon a pile of
stone or stood or leaned against a"
fence, wall, tree, or squatted over
a tiny camp fire and ate what was
issued to you, without a murmur.
You have faced every danger, en
during every peril, privation and
hardship incident to the war, with
out a murmur. You deserve every
credit and every praise that the
sages of nations can give you
“You have fought a good fight
and have kept the faith,” you
have helped to make the world
safe for democracy, you are no
longer mere men of ordinary
bravery you are men who have
been baptised with steel and tem
pered by the fire, of a powerful
enemy.
I am proud that, I served with
you and I hope you feel as I feel
in the matter, that is, that you are
instruments of a strong free gov
ernment whose purpose, toward
you and your people are. beneficent
Now that you go to your homes the
civil population will watch your
actions. *(t is threfore my inten
tion in these last farewell remarks
to you and ft) appeal direct, to
your pride in your position as ex
soldiers and representatives of a
race of people who are proud of
our achievements. It is to be
hoped and I believe you will so
conduct yourselves that the civil
population will be benefited by
your return. You are warned
against using the knowledge you
have gained' in the army for any
other purpose than that which is
honorable and righteous. In your
homes I hope you will make as
good citizens as you have soldiers
' and so conduct yourselves as not to
lower the standard you have so
nobly upheld. ,
If a dignified and reserved at
titude is maintained by you at all
times yon will be respected by all
the people and our own race will
profit by your actions.
Remember that O’Grady is on
parade constantly and O’Grady
says * ’ Do right, ’ ’ and if you start
to do wrong O’Grady Bays
and it has oecured to him that it
is not inappropriate to turn a news
letter into an editorial which is cal
culated' to help every town
Inch it is printed, he editor and
his readers doubtless will endorse
every ord that is said on this sub
ject.
Why you should patronize your
home merchant. That is the sub
ject and here are some reasons:
Your prosperity is hound up
with your home town. Your home
towns prosperity is hound up with
that of its business houses, its in
dustries, its banks and its merch
ants.
They in turn depend upon yon
iipon vour cooperation and hack
ing. The circle is complete. You
cannot escape it.
If your money stays in your tow
within the home circle, the town
flourishes, its schools thrive, its
realty values rise, its civic under
takings prosper, its inhahitants-
you included-are well off.
he home tnerchanf is the man
who pays heavy taxes, and thus
help to support the schools, to pave
the streets, to support the town’s
charity and institutions, churches
and other orginizatrions.
The home merchant is the guar
antor of the towns prosperity and
yours. Will you not stand by him
ns loyally ns lie serves you? he fair
to him. Me fair to your town. Be
fair to yourself. What you need
buy now. And buy it in your home
town.
LIVE sxqcx INDUSTRY
Atlanta &h7 May 21— The live
stock industry in Georgia is grow
ing hy leaps and bounds. In this
connection, it might be asked why
the man who has good breeding
stoek for sale docs not advertise
the fact in Ifis home paper, in I he
nespnpers of the state. Surely it
is not necessary to go outside of
the state to buy pure bred stick.
The raising of good breeding stock
is only one part of the work; it is
necessary to advertise it in order
to actually turn the effort into
cash . Stock owners and publishers
who get together on this propo
sition will greatly benefit them
selves and the live stock industry
of their state.
_ Another thing, keep your cattle
off the railroad tracks. Uncle Sam
and the food administratioon urges
it, both for tl(e consevation of food
and leather An enomous number
of animals have beenikilled an
nually by railroad rights of way.
There i no good reaon wiry
animals should thus be nedlessly
sacrificed; no citizen sshould per
mit his stock to roam at will in
such a manner as to be killed.
Many counties have the “no
fence” law, which, according to
cattle dealers, ought to be in force
in every county in Georgia.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heart
felt thank to every one of our
neighbors and friends for their
many acts of kindness, love and
sympathy shown'us at all times,
and especially in our bereavement,
namely; the loss of our aged
mother and grandmother.
Oh. how We will miss her, for
there is a vacant place that can
never be filled, for there is nothing
in this world that can take the
place of mother or a mothers love,
again we thank you: and may Godls
richest blessings be upon every
last one of you si the prayer of
Mrs. LULA TUCKER..
Miss DAI,LIE PENDERGRASS
GRAND CHILDREN AND
GREAT GRAND CHILDREN.
THE MATRONS CLUB
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The Matrons Club met last Sat
urday with Mrs J. D. Abercrombie
and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon
Progressive Rook and an interest
ing contest were the features of
the meeting. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Julian Arnold.
‘HALT.”
V. H. marohbanks
CaptaiK 368th Infantry
Commanding Go.
MAKE ..THRIFT . A
HABIT
HAPPY
The Victory Liberty Loan, the
latest great popular subscription
issue of the government securi
ties, being closed. Secretary Glass
announces that ''defnite plans hr
ebeing worked out for continuing
the sale of War Savings Stamps or
some, other form of small security
for a period of years.
One of the permanent* benefits
America, will receive from the war
is the lesson on thrift and econ
omy. Its value to the economic
life of the nation is too great to b
cast aside now that the war emer
gency has passed. Tt is to be ho
ped that the War Savings Stamps
or some variation of them can be
made a Permanent institution.
The 1919 Thrift idea'does not
contemplate putting into practice
the doctrines of the miser. The
man who hoards his money is nar
rowing liiis life, restricting his
liberty and shutting himself away
from true happiness. The govern
ment’s object is to make thrift a
buys liberally and inteligently.
He mokes surety the shoe he buys
containes good material and work
manship; that the meat lie carries
home at night goes on'the tablhe,
not in the garbage can. lie con
serves his wealth, bis time and his
energies.
Tn this period of flux and
change, of unrest and intrigue an
revolution, America can only per
form her whole dutv to her people
and the people of the world if she
holds steady. And she can only
hold st.eadv through the industry
and foresight of her citizenry.
American thrift will go far to save
the life of the world, to bring liber
ty and make the pursuit of happi-
ness"j>ossiblo to oppressed humani
ty.
The Thrift plan is a progressive
step. It is constructive work and
support of our people in every
walk of life.
RALPH ITEMS
Farming is on a boom—chopping
cotton and plowing corn. Andtho
finest stand of cotton we ever saw
and it looks good. The good rains
of the past week greatly helped
the stuff to come up.
Death and sickness is in our
land. On last Monday, the 12th,
death claimed one of our very best
citizens and neighbors. Mr. John
W. Rutherford. He was sick just
one week. He has paid the debt
which he came here to do- and
which we all must pay-sooner or
later. He leaves a wife and two
daughters, three grandsons and
one brother to mourn his loss. We
xtend our sympathy to each of
them.
Aunt Ann Pendregrass passed
away early Sunday morning. She
ate her morning meal as usual and
seemed as well as usual. She died
almost instantly. She was 91
years and 6 months old. She leaves
two daughters, Mrs. A. T.. Tucker
and Miss Dolly Pendergrass, one
son, Mr. W. M. Bailey, and several
grandehilden to weep for her.
Her remains were laid to rest in
the eememetery at County Line
Monday.
.ilr. W. T. Williams is, and has
been, on the sick list for some
time.
Mrs. J. C. James hud a partial
stroke of paralysis last Saturday
and is still but little, if any. better.
Rev. Winsay Henson, of South
Alabama, was the guest of his sis
ter. Mrs. A. C. Whitley, Saturday
and Sunday and preached an able
sermon Sunday to a fairly good
crowd at County Line church.
Ralph was well represented
Sunday at the Union Grove all-day
singing.
The editor has autorized us to
take subscriptions to tile Sentinel
at $1.00 a year during May.
J. E. Renfroe and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Van-
sant at Douglasville.
B. L. Renfroe has Set himself up
to a new Chevrolet automobile.
Edna Ruth, the little infant
daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. J. G.
Mozley, we are sorry to say is sick.
We hope for it a permanent re
covery soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Axton, of Conyers,
were among friends here last week.
Hurrah for our 20-page county
paper. So correspondents practice
what you preach annd 1 fill every
page'oof the paper with the coun
ty’s news. If anything happens,
write it up. If nothing happens,
write it up anyhow—we Won’t,
know the difference.
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GEORGIA GOVERNOR ISSUES
SALVATION ARMY PROC
LAMATION
(lovrnor Hugh M. Dorsey, of
Georgia, a firm booster of the Sal
vation Army, has issued a procla
motion calling upon every citizen
of Georgia to subscribe liberally
to the Salvation Army Home Ser
vice Fund, week of May 19-26.
The proclamation in full follows:
WHEREAS, The President of
the 1 nited States of America has
stopped long enough in the per
formance of his official duties at
the Peace Conference to issue a
message to the Amerienn people
commending the Salvation Army
and its work and calling attention
to the wonderful esteem in which
the Salvation Army is held hy the
American soldier and sailor, be
cause of its work during t'l
arid.
WHEREAS, The Salvation
Army is to conduct from May 19th
lo 26th a nation-wide campaign
lor funds for which to carry for
ward its work in America and i
asking the American people to con
tribute at this time thirteen mil
lion dollars ($13,000,000) as a
Home Service Fund, out of which
tlm Ariiv proposes to enlarge its
service jin the United States and
erect much needed buildings for
the proper housing of its various
aetivitids: and.
WHEREAS, The American peo
ple learned long ago to esteem the
Salvation Army and to appreciate
the greatness and beauty' of its
services (o the poor, the unfortu
nate and the forlorn in all the by
ways of ei.vilization, in its fight
in America against poverty, sor
row and vice:
THEREFORE, I, TIUGH M.
DORSEY. Governor of the State of
Georgia,, do cordially commend the
Salvation Army, and call upon all
our people to give heed to this call
for assistance, to make liberal do
nations lo its praise-worthy work,
and to support it in every reason
able manner.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the' seal of the Executive
Department to be. affixed, this the
tenth day of May, nineteen hund
red and nineteen.
Hugh M. Dorsey
Govenor
Atlanta letter
By Gilreath Press Syndicate
Atlanta Ga. '.May 21. Go to tin
post office and get a U. S. Govern
mrnt Thrift C'ard-a pastboard
folder three inches long and two
inches wide. Buy a Thrift Stamp,
which costs a quarter. Keep on
buying and aociimilate War
Savings Stamps. Stick tothc habit
as you stick the stamp on the card
It means more to you than anvbod
else.
The correspondent gets nothing
for telling you that Neither does
Senator Ivan Allan, state directo
get any thing for asking the corre
of the War Savings Orginization.
pondant to say it. *
“The goverment through its
campaign to encourage popular
war; mmngs in thrift and war savings
stamps, has brought the word
“thrift” in a commoner use than
ever. One hears it on every hand.
It is now being taught inthe sch
ools of our state, and will continue
to be taught not only in our state
hut throughout the nation.
A remarkable series of leaflets
on the subject of thrift and saving
have been prepared' by the War
Savings Organization for the assist
slice of War Savings Workers and
like wise for the information and
guidance of the public generally.
“Seven distinct steps lead to sc
ientific saving and independence
flic first leaflet teaches. These
steps are: Know your needs, Count
their cost. Study your Spending.
Prepare a -Plan, Make Practice
Follow Precept. Keep Accounts.
These seven steps if constantly
followed will lead to “A 100 Per
Cent Home.”
LITHIA’S JUNIORS
GET BLUE RIBBON
The,(Junior MissionarySoeiety,
of . Lithia Springs M. E. .church,
sent Ellen Winn as a delegate to
the South Atlanta District Meet
ing at Park Street church, Atlan
ta, and she brought hack theblue
ribbon and a certificate of the Roll
of Honor. And the Juniors are
very much pleased, and are re
solved to do more and better work
every quarter.
The following are the officers:
Jessie Morgan. Pres,.; Eugenia
Patterson, 1st V-Pres.; William
Harper, 2nd V-Pres.; Ellen Winn,
Recording and Corresponding Sec
retary; Eugenia Buss, Treasurer;
Geraldine Harper. Chairman of
Social Service Committee, and Mrs.
Henry Haney, Leader.
LIKES SENTINEL
Editor Sentinel,
Dear Sir:
T write to tell on how much the
Sentinel, especially the last issue,
was appreciated.
Yep. since putting on her “new
rcsx” she has begun to frisk
about and do things. 1 just write
this to congratulate you on open
ing your paper to good roads dis-
ussion. We have with us a man
who has surveyed and built roads
in California, Washington, and.in
fact, he has-circumnavigated! the
globe. He is a past master in
ood roads. If you want some
thing good on roads write tiim to
give your paper some contribu
tions on roads. Address, H. H.
finughan, Whitesburg, Ga
Yours t.ipilv.
J. M. WILSON.
Whitesburg, Ga.
We appreciate your kind, re
marks, Mr. Wilson, and suggest
von have your friend send us a
communication on good roads.—Ed
Spend a little less than you earn
—It’s a sure road to success. Put
,vour savings in War Sayings
Stamps.
THE
PACKERS OR
PEOPLE
THE
Atlanta Ga. May 21—Said Cong
ressman W. D. Upshaw, of the lift
congressional district, prior to his
departure to attend the extra
session of congress.
“It is enough for the govern
ment to have contracts witli auto
mobile and truck’’ builders which
force it to hold! enormous quant
ities of war impliments, or throw
them into the discard, in order to
protect the manufacturer, when
these impliments could he used for
road building projects al over the
country hut for the government,
as has been reported, to hold a
quarter million ponds of meat in
order to protect the packers, when
the whole country is suffering
from skyhigh prices, is simply un
thinkable and the -people are not
going to stand for it.
“Every dollar of abnormal war
profits in the pockets of any and
all men is stained with the blood
of freedom, and I stand squarly
by the masses in demanding that
the government’s first duty is to
the protection of the people and
not the packers, who have already
made fabulous profits out of the
war. It is clearly a ease of the
pakeers or the people, and I am
for the people.”
HONOR ROLL
We are pleased to acknowledge
receipt of subscriptions hy the Col
lowing, this week.
Renewals: Mr. S. A. Griffith,
Douglasville Mr. IT. 1’. Haney,
Lithia Springs- Mr. M. T. Watkins
Kt.2: Mr. A. II. Matthews. Doug
lasville; Mr. (’. N. Eason, Winston;
New: Mrs. J; W. IJollowav, Kt.2;
Mr. J.T.Riee, Kt.2 ; Mr. W.TI.Thom
pson, Kt. 2: Mr. J. T. Reynolds,
Winston; Mr. ,J. I. Strickland,
Lithia Springs; Mr. H. G. James,
Lithia Springs; Mr. II. G. Howell,
Rt. 1; Mr. J. M. Harding, Douglas-
viHe; Mr. J. A. Huey Rt. 7.
SHOWER FOR Mrs. UPSHAW
Mrs .L. G. Upshaw who has for
several years been the president
of file Ladies Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church, was tendred
a shower by the members Wednes
day at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Wright. Mrs Upshaw will leave
soon for Washington, D. C. to
join Mr. Upshaw. Mrs .W. A. Aber
crombie was chosen to succeed
Mrs Upshaw as president of the
Society.
The faith that moves mountains
is the faith that gets a-steam shovel
instead of an old hoe. Labor sav-
Money saved is what counts. In- ; n g and time saving is whit you
vested in War Savings Stamps its wa nt. It means money saving,'too 1 ,
grows >la.y and night.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
TO BE EDUCATED
“Find the wounded soldier and
tell him of his wonderful oppor
tunity for training at government
expense” is the slogan of the
county agents and home demon
stration agents of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture this
week.
The Federal Vocation hoard,
throongli its Atlanta office at 823
Forsyth Building, has asked the
Extension Agents to help find all
sMo-hest diabilitv incurred in
either foreign or domestic military
service during the World War.
Any man with a disability, how
ever slight, has the right to apply
for re-education at the govern
ment expense. He need not
necessarily have suffered a great
injury as the loss of a liimb or an
eye. Too, there is no reville. drill
and retreat to vocational training
for disadled men.
The government will train men
either in shops or in schools for all
kinds of Decimations. The private
will receive, in ease lie wishes to
enter an educational institution,
Oiis tuition, laboratory fpps, hooks,
etc., and in addition $65 per month
for hoard and lodging. Officers
will receive their base pay for the
last month in the army.
Tf there is a wounded soldier in
your community get him in touch
with the county agent, home deni 1
onstration agent or Red Cross.
J. PTTILL CAMPBELL
Director of Extension,
’.R BURP
W. B. FOSTER
DAY
3RIED FRI-
The funeral of Mr. W. B. Foster,
whose death was reported last
week, occurred at. the Baptist
hunch last Friday afternoon, the
services being apndiicted by Rev,
A. Ernest, with Interment in
Douglasville cemmetery.
The many beautiful floral
tributes as well as the vast eon-
gegration of people was indicative
of the deceased popularity.— ——
The out-of-town friends to at
tend the funeral were : Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. Foster, Miss Sara and
Mr. Harry Foster, Mrs. Lucile and
'Miss Mary Hanna. Mr. nil Mrs. R.
Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. AdamSi
Mr. and Mrs. I,. L. Johnson, Mf.
and Mrs. L. D. Reid, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Reid. 'Mrs. A. L. Jones and
Mr. Grier Skinner, of Heflin, Ala.;
Mrs. G. E. Walker, Venus, Texas;
Mr. J. T. Gibhs.Mrs. J. ,T. Greer,
'Mrs. N. A. Sox. Miss Nellie So*,
Mr. W. A. Brown 1 . Edwardsville,
Ala.; Mr. F. L. McMahan, MifW
Jewel McMahan, Tallapoosa, Ga.;
Mr. Mont Jackson,' Ensley, Ala.;
Air. and Airs. C. C. Nichole. Birm
ingham,, Ala.; Air. R. S. Nichols,
Anniston. Ala. Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Nichols and daughter, Miss Mar
garet, La-Fayotte, Ala, : Mr. F. P.
Nrchols, Roanoke, Ala. ; Mr. W. B.
Nichols, Jr.. West Point, Ga.: Mm.
Roy Franks. Chattanooga. Tend.;
Aliss Natve Reid. Afrs. Steel York,
Atlanta; Air. Will Peace. Mc
Donough. Ga.: Air. Guv ALixwftll,
Lithia Springs, and Mr. Lesley
Griggs,, of AVinston.
F. &. M. BANK ELECTS NEW
CASHIER , <
At the annual stockholders’
meeting of the Farmers & ATerch-
ants Bank, last Friday. Mr. Thad
AIcKov resigned as cashier and
Air. N. R. Henderson, of Villa
Rica, was chosen to succeed him.
Mr. AleKoy has houglij an in
terest in the Abercrombie & Mor
ris Horse and Ahile business and
will enter actively into his netV
work.
Air. Hcndelison has been con
nected with the Bank of Villa Riea
for several years and comes to the
Douglasville institution with much
experience and a splendid reputa
tion.
CARD OP -THANKS
for War Savings Stamps.
We dtesire to express our ap-
pjreejation for the many acts of
kindness, and for the beautiful
floral offerings sent us-'as a mute
token of their sympathy extended
to us in the said hour of bereave
ment, ‘by the death of our hus
band, father, son and brother.
Aire. W. B. Foster and Children
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Foster
Mrs. J. P. Hanna
Mrs. EM.Walker
--. V ” j .Henry Foster
iUBiii i n . j*.;. Sarah, Foster