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VOLUME XV
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DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, Jane S, l»lt.
MARVIN WILLIAMS TO BVBAX OVA
THURSDAY EVENING
JUNE 12
WASHINGTON LETTER BEWARE OF HIGHWAY BONDS
High Meat Frioes
Mrs J. J. Kirby was hostess to
A meeting of the Civic Club, Tues- terstate Commerce has its way, it
day afternoon June 3. . proposes to lend a hand in trying
planning to assist in making the! to chop off a few cents per pound
The members of this club are at any rate on high meat prices.
“Fourth of July,” the greatest It plans to insert a clause in the
day in the history of Douglas Railroad disposal bill, to, place
County-Plans are being made under the. Interstate Commerce
discussed and perfected for a Con-'Commision the privately owned
ntry Memorial Hall for the young stock and refrigator „ cal's now
Veterans of the late war, which used by the big meat packers, as
when finished, will be second to it has been claimed that the monop
none to any county of Oeorgia. ! oly of these cars induces the high
Each one of the many members cost of meats. It is admitted that
of this club will be given import-j little has been accomplished by
ant work to do in this great enter-1 leglislatinn to reduce mfeat prices
prise, and are urged to be present during the reeut months, but ev
at a public meeting to be heid | identlv Congress still has the mat-
Thnrsday evening. June the 12th ] ter in mind, and if it cannot heat
at School Auditorium, and hear abut the bush one way, it will get
Mrs. B. M. Boyken on War Group there in time in sevral ways, so as
Work and Memorial Hall’s for to show tli people that there is
our brave heroe’s-Our own peer something in the motto that “Keep
less Marvin Williams will be n'ing everlastingly at it brings sue-
speaker for that occasion, also cess.”
All members are especially replies-j —
ted' not to miss this glorious priv-j At the begining of every session
ilege of having a part in buildiugiof Congress the' cdd“bliie law”
the Memorial Hall.
The Automobile Association, the
Standard Oil Co., and their allied
If the House Committee on In-1 interests are moving heaven and
earth to yet the state ef Georerin to
issue fifty or a hundred million
dollars in State bonds to build a
few national highavs in the State.
Thev are a slick bunch and have
studied their lesson well.
They first annronch the Federal
Government with a prmiosition to
build a system of militarv roads
connecting the princinnl cities of
the government, and from that
thev switched to a proposition to
build nost, rondls and succeeded in
landing an appropriation of two
hundred' and seventy five million
dollars to he apnortioned among
the states for building post roads.
These national nost roads were
manned out and designated as
national highways before the ap-
nronrintion was ever made and on
make one issue of State bonds suf
ficient to build first class roads
all the State and be done with it.
No, gentlemen, they are gulling
you into voting county bonds to
keep up your county roads and
State bonds to keep up and build
national highways. Mr. Voter,
you had better watch the schemers
or yon will have a double set. of
rood bonds hanging over your
head.
Some of the leading schemers In
SHERIFF MAKES RAID
Sheriff Baggett made a success
ful Tuesday in the Southern part,
of the county in which be captured
one still and five men.
DOUGLA8VXLLE
SCHOOLS HAVE A SUCCESS
FUL CLOSE
two negros, viz: J. J. Odom, Bud
Odom Ernest Mapes, Lon Hindman
and Ben Heflin.
There is entirly to much of the
traffic in booze just now and w,-
predict that some of them are goin
Sate politics are going to try and!to get hit pretty hard. They are
take from the counties their share going to be caught and When they
of the railroad and corporation! eome before Judge Irvin tlie.v’e!
tax and also the counties’ share of • find! they are up against a real
automobile tax. They are going' proposition.
to try and shave the counties down The man who has it in his pos-
to where they will have to votejsesjon now is just as much a vio-
bonds or do without roads, and .vet j la tor of the law as the man who
repuive us to donate our automo-intakes and sells it, and all who fool
bile tax to build national high-! with it are headed for the chain
ways for people to ride on. Is it 1 gang.
J-gij* ^ I "
The invention of the gasoline! ATTENTION AUTOIST
engine (ms brought about the
Commencing last Friday ni$lt
_ and continuing through. MondAjf
There were three white men and j night the Commencement exoer-
_ _ . . - - cises of the puplic school, brottg™
to a close a very successful year*
work in spite of the fact that the
school has been handicapped
lack of room during the year but
the new building is completed and
everything in readiness for next
share. Tn order,tn inlist and force
the State to share in the armronri-
atibn thev added the fiFtv fifty
that has reposed in the archives of! clause, which reeuirps the State
the Capitol for fifty years and to nut nn dollar for dollar to gpt
these designated national high-1 „ rpat demand for good roads. The! The front street has been broad
wavs the Federal fund will have t , ito , ... irs Rnd trnc k 8 are driving ened and much improved it is un
to he snewt jf tbe Btnt.e gets its, the mules and wa gons from the sightly for the automobiles to be
highways and it is these enjines lined up along the curb and at the
of pleasure anil of commerce that same time nrevents the merchant
are benefited tiv good roads, and I from keeping their fronts more
sai.v) put a tax of one dollar peri attractive.
•horsepower on pverv one of them I T every body nark their ears
tax money and |pt it g0 towards keeping up on the opposite side of the street
eminent roads for thm to travel on. from stores and it will help the
AntOTno'me;
GRADY DAVIS GETS LETTER; which, if re-enacted, would make: its si'nrp of
FROM LIEUTENANT Washington city a “goody-goody”: f rom the Federal
J, town on Sundays, is revised andj The next step of the Automobile j ’ 'i” no H C a sometime ago where appearance of the town No ordinan
New York N W proposed for passage This time: Association was to get hnsv in n ' ; somp gnnd roads enthusiast claim- ee’to this effect has been passed
June 1. 101.) Senator -Tones, of Washington i states and can out a svstem nt . tr(wd Ponds m ,, ant a aa v- and will not. *he necessary if all
Dear friend Davis: State fathers the lull. The eitiezns, m-onosed highway's connecting all;. motorists of not less than ear owners will observe the smz-
T received your most welcome' of the capital city would hav no sa | Hie large cities of the State. which : t * ntv . fivp ’ ppnt on cas j ngs gestion. Lets work together for
letter a few days ago, but I haveiin the matter as they have no thev knew would arouse the large, '. ( av nothin ,, 0 f what would the good apperance <jf the town,
not had time to reply until to-day | vote tn any of their local attain, cities to action' and inlist them aavpd on WPar and tear of
I am veryglad to tiear that you but if the hill passes there will be auxiliaries m a campaign for high- ,« d roads w ju savp bach
have at last bpen reunited with no Sunday movin pictures, no wav bonds. T n this they ha ve sue- ”
your people and wife for no oi\e; baseball, no theatres, no stores of Leaded. Rut, they know it would
knows better than I just how anx- any kind open on the Sabbath, and j not do to ston there for too maev
ioua you were to get home. | none will be permitted to work j lived outside t’-e large "item
There are many dissapoint- .with the exeption of nwspaper iptn to make a bond election sure. They
ments in this world for all of us,, and men in the public service,
but I filialf always regret not hav- , charity wrkers of religious sects'
ing been able to say good-hv to-that observ another day as Sun-
you when we became seperated day.
at Camp Mills No one can tell
there may be a hare chance that
I will see you again some day soon.
The Treasury Department has
many knotty problems to solve.
As you know it is more or less my but usually gets away with them
ambition to open upa modern home' sooner or later. Since the war rev
mns t i-'lU-i all the small towns and
get th 'ir '-eln to mi the bonds over,
and to get them interested they
will have to h» offered something
and the slickest wav to brin
Ford car owner one 31Tx3 3 4 casing
a year tie would save money by
HoSoR
ROLL
years work.
Prof. Gunby has been reeleftted
superentendnnt, and we under
stand that few if any changes will
be made in the faculty.
Tlie excercises throughout Wef*
exceptionally good and throughly
enjoyed.
We have heard many comments'
on the Commencement Sermon by
Dr. Jarrell as being the best even*
delivered in Douglasville.
Hon. John N. Holder’s address
Monday morning was throughly■
enjoyed. ~ wp* - —“ "
The recital Fridlay night by Miss
Selman3 Music class wa3 unus
ually good aud she is to he congra
tulated on the successful work ia
her department during the year
Thj final program on Monday
night was varied and exceptional;/
interesting, every feature deserv
ing special mention and an efl-
pioally appropriate feature being
the presentations of diplomas to
the graduates by Dr. A. T. Bran
ham, aformer president of Doug-
lusvilje College.
The graduating class consisted
o 1 five young ladies and. two young
men. viz: Misses NeH Gil land, Net
tie Kirby, Ivor Moore, Detta Mas
on, and Ida McKinley and Messrs.
Out- dollar proposition for May
pavin" $2.1.00 per annum on his-i expired last Saturday. Below is
ear towards building good roads, a list of those naving subscriptions, Jeo Neal Morris and Floyd Aber-
Let me eall your attention to during the last few days of our cromhie.
some facts before I close and T: offer.
want von to think of them when! Mr. W. G. Maxwell, Lithia
Springs: Mr. G. R. Johnston. Win
yoij. go to the polls to vote for or
1<T against bonds to build roads. ston; Mr. 0. N. McLarty,
aud the Slickest wav to ori-v'l arp mortgnges on your Rica; Mrs. J. R. Smith Atlanta;
them around is to nronose to hniM ||omps vnll and ymlr children Mr. J. W. Swofford; Rt. 2: Mr. T.
a svsteru of higher-,vs conueetncr wj(1 hf)vp t0 |>av together with in- P. Hnckeby.. Douglasville; Mr. J.
all the eoiintv sites. A sl -"k. as f all due as hmg as A. Heaton, Rt. 5: Mrs. C. W. Mo-
• - . . <**">«• knew this plank. arp outstanding. These Gnuirk. Rt. 2: Mr. J. M Hatchett
^n the country and if this should|enue tax lull went into effect ott would arouse all the countv s,tp !h 0 nds are non taxable and are Rt. 1; Mr. -T. W. Baggett, Win-
nxateralize 1 most likely cal! on you May 1st the question has been as j r ; n „ nMitiemns and not them tnj j. houeht up and carried by ston: Mr. W. H. Carver, Lithia
■ - .L \ hi. ./i 1-1A p trrvil is ni'Aru ■ t A Tlrli rtt nunoliTnlno o * * It r» 1 A»ii ull if J 1 —.. — 1, C L J1.... .. L A J. A T rt ILL. I*. , 1 c .
i to'help me with sekne of your pyac-;t.o what constitutes a “union spit
tieal experience in'tlie core of my 1 whether it is a one piece garment |>i,
farm. I will write you a whole or one of two pieces. The decis- ,i;
lot more about this after everyth-j ion has been rendred that it is a
ing is more certain fhan at pres- one piece suit, and when selling for
en t. | more thaoififi.OO a tax must he paid,
•Next time you write please let on it. Many merchants have been
me know just what you are doing
way down there in Georgia. T
want, to know how your health is
what you are doing to keep you
busy, what you have in mind for
the future and in fact everything
that eoneerns your welfare. Dont
think me too inquisitive when you
read this, because I am interested
in your life and happiness. In the
months of service which it was
our good fortune t be together T
always fond vii t be fnithfiil.trust
worthy and willing and therefore
it ia natural that T hope to see you
contented aud successful.
Since being discharged from the
service there has been little or no
chance to do much more than get
acquainted with my family and
friends and to see a few of the
ijTany amusements which we used
to enjoy. After the parade ne
the 7th of last month we moved
to Camp Tipton and all of our boys
wera civilians before noon of the
9th The next day 1 received my
discharge and had the pleasure of
wearing civilian clothes for the
first, tune in more than 2 years.
Did you plant a rifle in your
idea? . .
front yard or did you give up the
Please try to remember me as.
Your friend,
Lieut. Reynold Schopp.
evading; the tax by holding that, a
mihkli suit is two garments—upper
and lower.
work for highWav hoiida, Tc ’•his
have about snec‘*ed“d. Thev
d not ston there. They must in
list all the little Bonn"' newspa
pers on their side, nnd in this thev
have succeeded well Last, hut not
least.-thorp is another eW ent of
voters that must be reached, for
honds must he had and we must
not take any chances. We must
have our eountv organization
work on the rural spetiqns in each
cnnntv nnd bring them around for
bonds. We will get thmn inter
ested hv nronosing to build them
a few roads around over the enun-
tv where we think we can get the
most votes for honds. A good vote
catcher. What next? Tf the State
votes 50 or a hundred million dol
lars in honds for road 1 building in
the State, the next steo will he to
build the highways connecting the
large cities, ns manned out by the
Government, first, and the larger
towns second, the county sites last
and the rural roads not at all.
The Federal fund for Georgia,
funds from state honds and the
niitnmnbile tax fund will all he
ailing fur more
j-ie’h men as an investment while Sr,rings: Mr J. E. James. Rt.l :
you pay interest and tax by the Mr. D. 1’. Wood, Dottgiasvilie
sweat of the brow.
W. I. D. AND GOOD ROADS
Our good friend W. T. D. writes
8t length this wek in opposition: to
the good roads movement. After
reading it we are forced to the
conclusion that he was either
horn in the objective case or is
suffering from some sort of hallu
cination that has caused him to
loose connfidence in his fellow
man. , .
We consider him so grossly in
error that we announce now that
next weeks Sentinel wil .contain
an answer to his article this week.
We want some one else to do it,
but if no one does the editor will
undertake the job himself.
Miss Ruth Mrris received the
hghest mark in domestic science
out of a class of 100. Her mark
was 99 for the years work.
Congress is accustomed to rec
eiving- hulky petitions in various
forms and on behalf of many dif
ferent bills and measures that are
before it. but since the opening of
the present session it has fairly
been swamped with pleas and
prayers askinhg that repeal be
made promptly of the tax on ice
cream, soft drinks aud sodas No
petitions like these have ever been
presnted toCongress heforehecause
the majority of signers are childre
They do not understand why their
simple luxuries like ice cream none
■should hear a tax of one eent each.
They tell of their dissapointment
in asking Father or Mother for a
nickel to buy a cone, only to learn
from the ice cream man that he | p yi,nn»ted. and
wants a penny or more for this j !, p f nrp f), P nroieets nlreadv desig
popular and genernllv recognized ( na f ( , d arld included in the Federal
healthy article. And grown-ups 1 a'nnmnriation are comnleted. rtvi
to protest the tax. Tt. is roughly Luting the large cities of the st„t,
Estimated that more tan a milion i ;,,, d t] 1P little eountv sites and the
signatures are on the lengthv Lural sections will have to help
sheets that are wound up into „av off these bonds while the few
rolls manv feet in heightli. some j -the benefit of them,
of them so heavy and bulky that f am n ot onnosed to good reads
it is a task for one man to carry an d don’t, suppose anvhndv else is.
them., I but T am onnosed tn tlie nnder-
And Congress is heeding the cry j m i, n ding. crooked, deceptive, un-
of the children, he ways and the L pnir)11 i onSi unfair, and wholly nn-
means committee of the House will I warranted method 1 employed' hv
bring in a hill within sixty days Ipthnnsiast wiho sit tiround townand
to repeal this tax and several score f rv ^,,1] the people into the ho
of other small taes. Tt is recog-j|; p f t ], at t ], e Federal fund and the
nized that these taxes were laidjnionpv raised by State bonds will
for war imposes at a time when: bp used on all the nuhlie highwavs
Congress had to rpaeh out and cap-i in the state, according to nuhlie
time every penny that could be "*»* ".Rage, when they should
The vocal solos Monday morning
by Misses Nolan and Dnke and the
Music of the evening program by
Vhe Misses Seiman were feature!?
greatly enjoyed.
Wp had honed to give a more
detailed report of the variotis pro
grams hut eel itinual absence of the
editor at the bedside of his siak
wife prevented This.
MR. T. D. PICKELL
overtaken by the tax gatherers.
But experience has proven that
these taxes did not produce enou
gh money to compensate for the
trouble and expence inc ollecting
them, in some instances, and cer
tain not enough to pay for the an
noyance and vexation caused the
people, so hefore long word will
he sent ut that penny taxes are of
the past and that the ever popular
knew it is not true.
We all should know that the
Federal road fund will be snent on
certain designated national high
ways and if the State suppliments
that fundi as it will have to do to
get it. hv issuing bonds, then all
the money derived from State
honds will he used on the projects
mapped, out by the government
and net on all the State highways.
Tf the State is going to issue bonds
to Rimpliment. the Federal fund
nd use it on all the public high
nickel will buy full value in i ee I wavs of the State,, wht’s the use of
cream, pop and'soda. voting for county bonds? Let us
When bonds are voted, issued
and sold you are hound to pay the
debt if every dollar of the fifty
illion should 1 be squandered on
one mile of public highways.
You are bound to pay it if it takes
the last rag of clothes off your
hack and the last mouthfull of
mouths.
But if you raise the road tax by
taxing motor vehicles you place
the tax on the beneficiaries who
will get the good of every dollar
they spend. Another point is this
if you put the tax on motor vehic
les and you own one and adversity
comes your way or should a panic
come and you he forced to sell
your ear and take it a foot, you
would have the consolation of
knowing, he who rides pays the
tax. %
The good road's movement is ran
cid with sectionalism, self interest
political pull, and me-firstism.
The whole scheme is to get the
neopl to vote for State High
bonds grab the motor veichicle
••ix and the States part of the Fed
eral road fund put it in tlie hands
i.f afevv schemers who will build
highways to suit themselves while
■ pay off the bonds.
Leave off road bonds and put
tlie tax on motor veichieles and
and you are safe. When you see
that you are not treated right you
ran sell your old car or run it unde
the shelter and stop the tax, but
under road bonds you will have to
pay whether you get anything or
not.
All this talk of building a few
miles of government road from
Winston to Douglasville is a sjHie
me to keep up interest and get
votes for bonds. I have been un
der the impression that the Bank
head Highway was one of the most
extensive highways in the United
States if not in the world and that
it would cost a billion dollars or
moreto complete it; But 1 reckon
the law of contraction and expan
sion applies as much to lie Bank-
head highway as it does to any
thing e.lse effected' by heat and
cold and now it sems that the
Bankhead highway is t begin at
Winston and terminate at Douglas
ville and not to cost over $30,000.
When it is completed it will be
a great monument to senator Bank
head. W. I. D.
LITHIA SPRINGS
Miss Anna Winn has returned
home from Wesleyan College, at
Maeon.
Mr. J. S. Kennedy and family of
Decatnr, are at their attractive
home here for the sinjunerr
Mrs. .T. A. Wat.sort i.s visiting
relatives in Atlanta this week
Miss Franeis 'Maxwell was the
week end guest of Miss Louise
Westmoreland, at Austell.
Mr. aud Mrs. Gerald Haney, of
Atlanta, are spending some time
with their parents Mr. and Mrs.
H. P. Haney.
The Commencement exercises
of the Lithia Springs High School
were largly attended, and proved
a great success. Both teachers and
Miss 'Mary Noble of Atlanta aud
Miss Jennie Tidwell of Douglas
ville were reelected.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rutherford
were guests of Mr. Charlie Ruth
erfords family at Austell, Sunday.
Master Robert. Pharr of Eastman
is here to spend the slimmer with
his trrnndnarents, Mr. and Mrs.
1. P Pharr.
Mrs. T. L. Harbin was called to
Atlanta recently to see her brother
Mr. Chester Lane, who is seriously
ill there.
Mr. Robert, H. Patterson is away
on an extended business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit Harper
went into Atlanta last week.
The following special from thft
Newton N9 C. to the Charlotte
Observer will he of interest to the
many friends of Mr. Pickell hefS.
Newton. June 3.—T. D. Pickell,
who was formally with the Fideli
ty Hosiery mills of this'eity, arrive
in the city yesterday from Cleve-
ttmd-Ienn., where he has been with
ODD
FELLOWS
OFFICERS
ELECT
The regular semi-annual election
of officers oeeured Monday night
The following were elected:
J. W. HonW Noble Grand; G. T
McLarty, Vice Grand; T. P
Huckahy, Recording Secretary; E
L. Hopkins, Finance Secretary.
his mothePmnce his return to the
States from overseas. Mr. Pickell
wears six had sears made- by the
Huns. His escape from death is
nothing short of a ndracle. He was
wounded on the night of the 16
of October, he being in the Argo-
nne forest on that night. Sear-
gent Pickell had a detail of 16
men. two were killed and seven
badly wounded hy the same shell
that wounded Mr. Pickell. Two
pieces of shrapnel passed through
his body. One piece weighs over
an ounce, this piece was tied
around his neck hy the surgeo-n
operating on him and this is how
he came in possesion of it. Ho
was in base hospital no. 38 in
France for 10;! days and speaks in
hisil! praise of the treatment he
received there by the surgeons and
Red Cross nurses. At the time he
was wounded lie had a batch of
letters on his person that night and
these letters were saturated with
blood. Seargent Pickell’s name
appeared on the casuality lists 4
different times in the Tennessee
newspapers. His many friends in
Newton are congratulating him
upuon his mariculous escape.
GRESHAM RESIGNS AS
ROAD COMMISSIONER
BURTON-BARBER
Friends here are in receipt of
the fllowing invitation:
Mrs. Mary Burton requests the
presence of your company at the
marriage of her daughter, Lura
Alline, to "Mr. William Arthur
Barber, on the evening of Friday.
June the thirteenth, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, at
eight thirty o’clock; Methodist
church, Douglasville, Georgia.
Mr. A. S.. Gresham, who has
been chairman of the County Com
missioners for several years,
tendered his resignation last Tues
day. H,i has been- a faithful of
ficial hut felt that the duties could
he more actively performed by a
younger man and recommended
that Mr. J. S. Abercrombie bft
eliosen in his stead.
Mr. Abercrombie is one of ths
most progressive citizens of ths
county and wi feel sure the coi’t
ty’s business will be in good hao or
during his administration.
We are requested to annoili e
that Rev. A. J. Hargrove, of M.;
slialville, will preach at the Baptist
church next Sunday, morning at
eleven oclock, ,