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DOUGIsAS county sentinel
volume xv
DOUGLASVIUJ!, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919.
..NUMBER 13.
ENORMOUS CROWD
HERE ON FOURTH
There were perhaps, more peo
ple in Douglasville the 4th than
were ever here at one time in be ;
fore. The crowd was variously
estimated at from 7 to 10 thous
and.
The sipging was unusually good
with such singers as Proffessors
Patton. 'M'Moore, Mullins, Beall
and many others whose names we
failed to get, and the court house
was packed from early morninj
till late afternoon.
At 12 o'clock, Hon. Clifford
“Walker was introduced by Col. J
R. Hutcheson. Seldom has Do,ilg
lasville enjoyed such a master
piece of thought and eloquence a
given them by Col. Walker, win
was frequently applauded duriti;
the addresss.
The ladies of the Civic League
served dinner in the park to tin
Confederate veterans nnd-retuvneri
soldiers, and it was thoroughly en
joyed.
The Clifford’s Carolina Shows
and the Kozytorium played t<
capacity audiences all day and at
night.
Some of the young people en
joyed their usual 4th of July damn
at the court house—-and the streets
were thronged 1 , from miming til
night, the drug stors and drinl
stands not being able to wait on
the trade.
•But with all the crowd fron
several counties and three or foui
states, it. was t he most orderly
large crowd we ever saw, and no'
an arrest nr even a drinking mar
in the entire crowd.
It was a great day and one tc
long he remembered.
JUST A FEW REMARKS
(By BUI Blue)
Say hoy: If a man wants to live
in peace and happiness the balance
of his days, he should move to-
Douglasville just as soon as he
can get there.
We are a happy lot and when we
do a thing we sure, spread it on
thick on both sides. For a bang
, up general mixture'of a good time
you -will have to hand it to Doug-
lasville, when we celebrate a thing
we go the whole hog and live st
rictly np to our traditions.
Wns’nt that some fourth? Well
I should say is was, and then some
with one of the best and largest
singings ever, a regular old fash
ioned Hoe me dawn dance, base
ball and' a carnival, a hunch of
pretty girls that almost make a
fellow swallow his Adams Apple
to look at em. Why a person that
could 'nt enjoy himself in sueh a
place ought to be melted down and
born over.
And I think the good times and
good things onght to continue for
a time at least. Say listen, did
you know that Sheriff Baggett
bad brought in about 30 odd gal
lons of the very best known snake
bite tonic, right now he is Hu*
best doctor in town or anywhere
else for that matter. All we kneed
now is some good healthy snakes
and we will make the Willard-Dem
psy bout the 4th. of July or any
thing else look like a last years
bird nest. Cant somebody get
bold of at least one snake before
court sets? and we will celebrate
Xmas. Labor day, 4th of July,
Woodrow’s Visit to tile U. S., and
a few other big events all at one
an^ the same time.
But before we start this melo
dious meeting of, mellowness. T
move that the Editor, W. I. D. and
J. 'H. Keaton, be barred for fear
of injuring the good roads move
ment, for I tell yon now this aint
going to be no Coffee Pot affair,
so get ready* and we will all stand
and sing.
Woodrow formed a little league
His duty did not shirk ;
BUt when he brought the thing
hack home,
He found it would’nt work -
Then we can have a trio by our
■three auto dealers, Messrs Duncan
■Selman, and James.
Mary had a little car
Also lots of fun.
But when slie got away from
home
The darn thing would’nt run.
Bud Almand will pronounce the
Sockdoliger and we will absquan-
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
(By J. E. Jones)
Time To Cut Out The Bob—Stuff
RESPECTS FOR
CONFEDERATES
The southern hoy left his home
tog go to the front in the war of
the tiO’s just as confident of vic
tory as did the American soldier
of the great world war in 1017 and
1918. The women ot' the south
fully expected the Southern soldier
to return to their homes as victors
She had never dreamed of defeat
•for the southern army. Our boys
in grey knew this well. When he
nt 1st realized he was defeated:
that he ha dto return home not as
n victor lmt as the vanquished, the
uppermost thought, in his mind and
heart was “How will the women
of the south receive us?” As ha
marched from the court house at
Washington, 1). July
Now that Germany lias signed
up and the President has broken
away* from Paris, is’n{ it .high
time to cut out a good deal of this
indulgence of fear concern
ing unemployment, the high cost
of living, Bolshevism, I. W. W’s„
and other terrors that try to cam
ouflage their lawlessenss:—and
ke this business of reconstruct
ion hum?
There is no minimizing the worth
of the achievements i nour national
affairs, and those of the world;
hut the human mind cannot tor
i’ dwell upon the tragedies that j Appomatox on that fateful day in
cost ten million lives in battle, thirl April 1865, and as he marched all
ty million injured, and thousands tile way from Virginia hack to the
made blind*or insane—and others | red hills of Georgia, he asked this
nade poor, and some made rich, j question over and over again, as
How about tomorrow as well as | lie slept in the hay stacks and be-
yesterday. Industrial facts 1ms- j hind the logs in the woods at night
iness failures•occuring* in the count ,,,, his return to his home this que-
rythe bank clearings are running . stion haunted bis every dream,
out seventen per cent over last j But the women of the south knew
years highest totals. Even if pri-1 the soldier in grey better than they
high.the cost of labor and thought she did. She bad kept her
the prices of foodstuffs furnished eyes on him all tin* long five .years
a firm foundation for the condt- of fighting and she knew that th-
iou. Cotton iA no longer in tile ough defeated he was .yet the bra-
dumps and it like wool, is in the vest of the brave, and the truest
Hctive class. Steel slumped and i of tin* tine. And when he at last
suffered a real bump after the war found his old southern home with
■ut the human members of that in-! the fences all torn down and the
lustry, including the "men on tile; fields grown up in weeds, except
job” ought to he able to make pro- a few patches the women had cul-
traeted vacations for a time as I tivated, lie found the woman of the
the result of their era of prosper-1 south with outstreshed arms to
ity. The railroads are lagging in j welcome the greatest fighter that
making the purchases of steel, and ever went to war. And from that
RADCLIFFE ...CHAUTAUQUA with their distinctive entertain- day. That she will be listened to
PROGRAM, 1919. ments. A varied repertory of read with absorbing interest by both
ings, impersonations, charaetoriza men and women is the assurance
Final preprations are beingmade tions, and comedy bits will be of- given because of the scientific im-
for the openingof our Chautauqua fered by this group both for tliel portance and the practical nature
The dates for Douglasville’s three amusement and values and for the j of her talk and her demonstration,
day inspirational community meet educational benefits. These tal-| Miss Frances Breckenridge
are July, 22-23-24th. Tuesday Wed ented players are artists in ex- Maltby, a graduate nurse, espically
nesday and Thursday. pression and their acted episodes, I assigned to this educational work
'Cooperating with the Radeliffe solos, and recitals are expected to I'by the American Red Crosg*will
Chautauqua system, the local or- he of high culture value. lecture on the afternoon of the
ganizers of this annual gettogath- The six lectures are not less'third day on “THE RED CROSS
er are arranging for h rousing entertaining, wittl snappy, and ra-|A RECORD AND A PROPHECY”
time with twelve gripping events id'iant, one is assured, but they, and will hold an instruction con-
on tile program. Entertainment have „ very serious purpose. The ference on “HOME CARE OF
numbers ^if the first quality are big throbbing question of the hour I THE SICK.” The American Red
to e combined with features illus- j s Education. The Chautauqua Cross holds unique place i„ the
trative of the great central theme orators and demonstrators will I affections of-the people of all the
of this years program—Education make this subject ring. | world, and the message of its rep-
for every American child. COL. G. A. GEARHART, broad, resentative, earned! to us under
The quickened spirit of demo- eloquent, keen, analytical, const- Radeliffe auspices, will be eagerly
eracy preparing for the dawn of motive, the master of 5,000 audien sought.
a new era embraces Education t es, will give the opening afternoon The whole inspiring, educative
as the only road to future prog- lecture on “THE LAMP OF AL- program is something worth while
ress. Embarking on a crusade ADDIN.” This lecture will he re-ifor everv one, and node need go
for real education and staking its metrtbered long after the khaki fifty miles from home to get liv-
suceess on the finer and more joy- tent has departed. There will he ely entertainment and fresh oul-
ous things of life, The Radeliffe stimulated brains and aroused em- tural impulses, when these are br-
'Chautauqua and its local eo-op- O tion before he has finished with ought in such rich measure right
erators invite the whole commun- bis graphic picture of the achieve- to Hie community. The sticeess
ity to make the town the dynam- ments of the trained minds of the of our Chautauqua can be read in
ic center of the United State* for world. His evening subject,”THE the striking features outlined and
three days. • GREATEST THING THAT MEN in the sincerity of the commun-
The local Chautauqua promoters MAY KNOW.” will promote ity’s purpose in arranging for it.
arc luiiHi'*" fn* 1o f ideals of true education, not of the
ed standard of living for every;-. hands alone hut of the head and THE COAL SAFETY LINE
body. And they are building wiui the heart. ! -
ideas. The program, is loaded The marshal of this educational The National Coal Association
with material. crusade will be the Chautauqua Hi-, is conducting an advertising cam-
der until the sheriff makes another
-raid.
Padget’s Indian Et’b Juice 90c.
Whitley’s Pharmacy.
THE FIGHTING 5 ANKS, a rPC tor. Dr. T. Boyd Gay, who on paign to induce consumers to“buy
group of military boys in the uni- *j le . n jght of the second day, will your coal now” and i nsupport
forms they wore in France, will carry the central theme to a prae-lof their advise they volunteer 57
make the Oliutauqua atmosphere tical level under the topic “THE reasons—more or less—why there
vibrate with the speed of their PROBLEM OF THE UNPRE- is lia ble bo he a great shortage, and
ralpidfire entertainment on the PARED.” The Director will in-' ., , f . / '
afternoon and night of the first j eet f resh elements into social life ' , f e0 ‘' 1 ' next wlnter
day. This organization of inst- an d, ; n snappy, live-wire phrases, , The Association says that you must
rumentalists, vocalist, aaxl dra- aW aken us to'the backward con-1 buy now, since “no other action
mafic entertainers will give th« ditions of American life. His tli-1 can avert the impending shortage”
opening p.rograM is humorous and ir( j night topic will V“ PUSHING I gtillp * , , t ,
its rolicking touch, with their color BA ok THE HORIZON-Individ- , lt “ t0
ful “trenehrepertory.” Hal. Home, Community.” A fertile I coaI ,nPn ’ ' v, "' n R0 many fnithfnl
THE AGNES MATHIS CO.,rol- suh j eet tht invites eloquence ftIu i; nuomobile are wbinneying for
licking youthful spirits, all of them imagery "but that affords also a more gas and oil
but artists of the highest order, jmluble basis for objective in
will offer t.Wf) concerts on the sec- struetion in ideals,
onidday. These are skilled instru- j of particular significance will
mentalists as well as highly trained i, e t)lp lecture on “HOME-MAR-
vocalist, and their esthetic musical inG” and the conference on
numbers are offered in combinat-. “pH,E HOUSE AROUND THE
io n with colorful costume effects.! CORNER ’ ’ by the Radeliffe wo-
THE LAWSON CONCERT CO. I man specialist in Home Engineer-
the Director General is following
the footpaths of his predecessor in
haying arranged for twothirds of
a billion dbllars from Uncle Sam
to take up the deficit, or slack of
a year's operations, and to provide
for essentials in betterments and
replacements of the properties.
But some day this inuddlesOme
muddle oucasioned by, Government
operation will end; and it will be
a gala day for the nation when
private owners of raildoads re
sume control and restore decrep
it roadbeds and rooiltfg slock.'
and get the great steel highways-
baek to normal condition. But
while the railroads are down in
low speed), the automobile busi
ness is on high, arid the ,*jbeel men
are finding a pretty good outnut
for their goods in that direction.
Even house building is on the gain
and unemployment is not half as
serious as some agencies would
'have one believe. Our conditions
contrasted with those that exist
abroad are idle in consequence
while the discontent that rages
is causing further industrial stag
nation becaus workmen are de
manding new systems in industry
that will furnish thgm a little taste
of the democracy that they have
been dying for.
Ye Gods, we are a lucky race,
and our debts and debtors can eu
sily he forgiven, for the United
States is richer than it was before
the war; its manhood and woman
hood have been rejuvenated thr
ough the short season of struggles
that they have endured. There
are no. longer British syndicates
owning our flour mills or German
syndicates owning our breweries,
or British and German syndicates
financing our railroads as in the
olden days. Upele Sam is now the
chief banker of the world; and all
civilized nations take off their hats
to us.
It is time to feel a little cocky
over our position in the affaire of
the world. Incidently every com
munity that whoops it up in giving
their returned soldiers a big wel
come. and then goes on the way,
battling for the peaceful conques
ts of the future and forgetting
the sob-rftuff, will make progress
towards realization of a world free
for Democracy’s sake
hour to this good day, southern
women have continued to shower
their love on the soldier in grey.
And those who witnessed the en
tertainment prepared for the he
roes of the 60’s at Donglasville on
th e 4th of July, 1919, by our good
women, fully realize that time and
tide draw's the old confederate
soldier and the women of Hie south
closer togather. At least this is
the way the soldier boys of the 60 ’8
feel about it.
A Confederate .Soldier.
J ' v '' v . -
MIDWAY
Mr. Robert JMoxley is spending
this week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. S. King.
'Misses Mamie and Edna Rain
waters, of Atlanta, are visiting
Mlatives here this week.
'Mrs. D. Morris and little daugh
ter are visiting her parents, Mf.
and Mrs. Jo e Rainwaters.
Midway’s Sunday Sshool is
bAgthtenfng up very much. It
makes the old 1 members fell good
to see those new faces come and
he with us, but he best of it is
some of them say they tlujy havs
come to stay. \
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rainwaters
h'ad ax their guests Sunday, Mr,
and Mrs. Ike Strickland. Mr.
and 'Airs. Floy.d Ellis, of Atlanta,
and Mrs. and Mrs. J. W. Jameli
and family, of Donglasville.
'Miss Dura Gilley w*as the guest
of Miss Nell King Saturday night.
Miss Frances Miller visited Miss
Edna Rainwater Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hallman
spent Sunday near New Georgia.
NONAME.
WHOSE OX IS GORED?
CARD OF THANKS
will give character to the last day |ing, on the afternoon of the second 1. • • • • • • •
/\,A A
T desire to thank my mapy fri
ends for their generous contribu
tions on account of my recent
loss by fire
J. K. Rutherford...
CATCHING UP WITH ITSELF
Congress has been passing ap
propriation and other hills that
failed in the filibuster in March,
and some of these were signed by
the President on the high seas.
But even though the session is sev-
eal weeks old there are some mat
ters of legislation of first impor
tance that were all ready to “close
up” when the filibuster was star
ted that have not emerged from
the legislative filibuster thus far.
No wonder Noah Webster put“ fil
ibuster” inthe free booter class.
A string of newspapers zigzag-
ing the country raked in' about
four million pennies day up to
less than a year ago. Pennies may
not amount to much, but all tliesa
newspapers dtoubled their sale
prices, wyith the result that in
stead of four million there are no-w
eigh million pennies a day collect
ed into the treasury. And these
are the principle papers of the
country that are ranting about
“high prices,” and the charge
•made for servive by the railroads,
strrt- ear lines lighting and power
systems. One of these papers, prin
ted i Washington, says that after
•bile things wil be cheaper, and
“then the street car companies
will not need to increase fares in
order to keep out of bankruptcy.”
The same newspaper lias carried
the stories of neeessaryprices of
commodities, labor,etc., amouting
to from 50 to 100 per cent in most
instances.
However, piililieati.ons of this
kind saved their own oxen from
being gored—and they wax fat
on creatinf class hatred by attack-*
ing defenceless industrial interest*