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D0UGE4S COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919.
NUMBER 18.
WHY DODGE THE QUESTION?j tax towards building it?
This intimation of (.'apt . Dukes
For some time Oapt. Duke has
been making the assertion in his
paper that ‘‘good roads mean good
homes, god suhools and good ch-
urshes” and 1 asked him to verify
his assertion by pointing out one
single community out side rail road
towns and cities that have built
modern schools and churches on
national highways and he refered
me to some'barns in Tennessee and
Kentucky ns examples. I have
traveled by rail through, what 1
was told to he some of the richest
sections of Kentucky and Tenn
essee, and L saw some fine homes
and fine lands in the blue grass
section along ,the railroad and in
the towns and cities. 1 saw some
fine school houses and churches
in the town* and. "he cities, hut
dont remember seeing many ot
side along the railroad over khich
I traveled. 1 know that the stock
and grain sections of Tennessee
and Kentucky are dotted with fine
barns and have been for more than
a cenury, and it is imperative that
they should he to take care of
the large quantity of grain and
stock raised in these states. These
state are also notde for their fine
whiskeys, whiskey-distilleries and
warehouses hut I hope Oapt. Dake
did not mistake them fo modern
homes these states ought to have
good roads for they have made
sod sold enough whiskey to float
the United States Navy.
The old turnpike roads refered
to by Oapt. Dake as an example of
good roads in the two states in
question date back to the days of
Daniel Boone, James Robertson,
and John Sevier. The turn pike
roads preceeded the rail roads as
a highway of commerce and com
munication and were among the
problems to be solved by the early
settlers of the great states ofTenn
essee and Kentucky. Olimate con
ditions and the character of the
siol rendered impractable qnd
worthless all efforts to huild $nd
maintain dirt roads in these And
they resorted to building stone
and board roads commonly known
as turn pike or toll roads, which
wer e either owned and operated
■by either private individuals or eor the bes^and richest,counties in t|)e
potations and on the same plan as
that of our rail roads are built
.and maintained to-day. These indiv
iduals or corporations charged
•eficiaries. To lev y a general tax
toll for hauling or traveling over
these turnpikes roads just as our
railroads charge freight and pas
senger rates 0 n railroads, thereby
placing the burden of construct
ion and maintainance on the ben
eficiaries. o leveTy a general tax
to construct and maintain national
bifhways for pleasure seekers and
commercial! purposes is nothing
short, of taxing everybody for the
benefit of a few. You can
build and maintain an electric car
line and maintain it from Austell
to Villa Rica with less money then
it will take to build the Bankhead
highway and maintain it. Would
any body think of doing that and
turning it over to the public for
commercial purposes?. Capt Dake
says“ if I will go with 'him to Tenn
e'sshe and Kentucky'he wil show
me Winns that are worth double
what they were before flu* ligh
ways were built.” No one doubts
thath for we all know that Ken
tucky and Tennessee were nothing
but wilderness prior to the advent
-of the white man. and all you had.
to do tho obtain land in the days
of Daniel Boone was to go on, it
and ‘settle and that ga ve you the
titlie. My father spent some time
‘ in Kentucky and Tennessee during
he Civil war and said that;you
could not buy choice houses at any
price in the blue grass district. He
spent about 20 monthss working
as a faym hand near Springfield
Ulinois after the. surrender aj\d 1
have heard him offen say that,
“choice farms in ^J^nt ^petion^ wefe
not for sale” and T can sight, Capt.
Dake to farms in‘this section, that
have advanced from one dollar an
acre to fiftv dollars an acre that
are not on the Bankhead'Highway
and never wil he. .
Now if the Bankhead Highway
is such a land booster and is so
ing boost land up to four or five
hundred dollars per acre whatin
the name of justice do you want
to ask us to help build it for| Do
you feel that it would be right to
txa all the people of Douglas Co.
*to build a road out t my house and
enhance my farm two, hundred dol
!rs per acre and let me sell it and
move away without ever paying
anything but a small advalorum
that land on the Bankhead high
way will double and tri-
pple makes me suspicious of a mot-
on the part of some property
owners t > boost the highway, get
bonds, sel out at ji big profit, move
off, and let the bankhead highway
go to the devil, and leave us poor
farmers to pay off the bonds.
Douglasville and Lithia Springs
have not forgotten how they got.
soaked by the schemers some yenrs
ago.
Capt. Dake says,“Just as well
say there is no such thing as small
pox because you never had it as
to say there is no good, from high
ways when you have never seen
Capt. Duke means when he says I
them.” Well 1 don’t know what
have never seen a highway. I have
traveled in the states of Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma., Texas, 'Missouri, Illio-
ois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Flor
ida. And 1 saw what, they told
me were hghways. I know that
I saw people traveling on them in
wagons, buggies, and automobiles.
Some of them looked like very
good roads. They could have been
kind of trails. Now as to the small
pox, l dont want them at all, but
as to the choice as to the road
bonds ami .small pox I had rather
have the small pox, for a man
stands a chance to get well of
small pox, but none of getting rid
of road bonds.
Oapt. Dake challenges m state
ment viz. “My observation does
not hear out the assertion that
National highways means good,
schools good homes and good chur
ches in the country.” T am not
going to refer Capt. Dake to Japan
or China, hut to Georgia, where it
is said that we have some good
highways viz., the Dixie nad the
Ntiona 1 !' and others extending
from Atlanta to Florida, For the
past two years I have spent some
fifteen or twenty days traveling
over middle and Boutli Georgia and
on to Styj'tyark Fla. Covering a
distance of fifteen hundred miles
on the best highways in the state
1 have traveled through some of
staTiiunu attv sorry to say from At
lanta, to St. Mlark Fla. I never saw
but one model school building out
side tlie rail road towns and cities
and tiiat is the Rutland School a.
fety tniles beyond Macon. But
did see mtmeber of delapidateil
along the way, relies of once pros
perous communities. I asked a
number of people where they sent
to school and they said to town.
I asked why have you let your
schools and churches go down, a n d
thy answered** Most nil the land
owners hve moved to town un.l
most of the land is rented out to
negroes and worked by hired labor
is one reason and another is that
the automobiles got so thick on
these highways and there was so
many accidents that we were af
raid to send our children over
them to school.”
I asked why have you let your
churches go down, and they an-
sweret'd** Most people had rather
go automobile riding than go to
church.” I asked one fellow why
there were so many dead dogs,
pigs, and chickens, and cats, along
the highways and he said that the
automobiles killed them and that
yon .could not hav e anything of
the kind unless you kept them in
side your yard or in some inclosed
place. I asked a very conservat
ive young man this question. Do
you thing the National highways
have been a blessing or a curse to
you people who live on them.”
They have helped some people to
Nell out at big prices, but so far
as helping to build up communities
are concerned they have proven a
curse, for they have destroyed the
Wmimupnity interest that once ex.
lRted nd the time that was once
used In building up the community
is now mostly spent in pleasure
riding and a good time.
I notce in the Sentinel that the
commisioners propose to issue one
hundred and sixt thouysund doll
ars worth of co'uiify hon’dS to bfriid
roads. I want to know whether or
not they have figured how much
it will take to pay the interest on
thee bonds and the forty thousand
it is said we are Iready in debt.
$100,000.00 and $40,000.00 makes
$200,000,00 and, $20(4,000.00 @8%
is equal to $16,000.00 interest per
annum, which is more than the
county receives for road purposes
per annum.
What in the Sam Hill are we
going to do when the bond money
gives out ? Road bonds means to
thrihble road tax in this county
or quit working the roads when the
bond mney is spent.
Let me llustrate just what some]
Bankhead inthuiasts are trying to,
get the people into. We will say]
that Douglas County on Jan. 1st i
1920, lias $160,000.00 in bonds and!
owes $40,000.00 a total of $200, |
OOOjOO and the commisioners con
tract to spend this ammout on I
be the codition of the county in!
1921 & 1922? We wil say that the
tlie mapped out roads, what Would]
bond are 20 year bonds to be re
tired) at the rate of $10,000.00 a]
ver and you have practically the]
condition of the county in Jan.1922|
as follows:
Bonds and indehtiness to he - vut,
in 1920 $200,000.00
Interest at 8% for 1920.$18,000.00
Principal on bonds 1920. . 10,000 GO
Expense for 1920 15,000.00
Total $241,OV,00
Less county road
fund for 1920 15,000.00
Leaving a balance
Jan 1st 1921 of $226,000.00
Interest on balance
for 1921 at 8 per cent _.18,080.00
Principal on
bonds for 1921 10.000.00
Expense -for 1921 15,000.00
BIG BARBECUE FOR RE
TURNED SOLDIER BOYS
Mr. John Todd of from near
Furgeson’s Mill and prominent
citizen of that section, made us a
pleasant visit Monday. His two
19on« Arthur and J. IL dr. have
just returned from over seas ser
vice and Mr. Todd informs us that
the good citizens of that common-i
ity are. going to give an odl time!
barbecue at Furgeson’s Mill next
Saturday to which all the returned
soldiers arid their friends are in
vited.
A Spanish war veteran, Mr. W.
Butler will play the fiddle au.l
“Uncle Buck” James, a confed
erate veteran, will pat and the
hoys will dance.
The hoys are requested to wear
their uniforms.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO HOME BIGGEST CATCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL VISIT- SEASON
TORS AND MEMBERS
Toatal for 1921 $269,080.00
Less road fund for 1921. . 15,000.00
Amount the county
will owe Jan 1st 1922 $254,080.00
I have rated the bondls at par
and ollowed tlire per cent for sell
ing and added that to tlie 5 per
cent interest and counted the in
terest at 8 per cent which will not
cover the expense of desposing of
the bonds. I have not counted in
the contigent fund which will prob
ally amount to 8 or 10 thousand
dollars per annum
Under bonds Dougins county
will have to levy a road tax of
not less than $1.50 on the hundred
to successfully execute the plans
already mapped out, to say noth
ing of the extra machinery, mules
and extra help. I had as a matter
of cliftce rntlietyvote tQ bpuble Wie
present tax than to vote for bonds
for (Kinds means to thrihble them
The people can have good dirt
roads without this proposed bur
den of taxation if the will gel
gethpr and try.
It is cheaper for tlie farmer in
the lonfg run to go and buy mach
inery and work their own roads
rather than to mortgage their conn
ty to some badly else to do it. Tlie
Bankhead highway is at the bot
tom of this rond agitation and
somebody expects to make a lot
of money out of it.
W. T. D.
MEMORIAL
.Elizabeth Churchill on the lo of
May 1919, the death angel gently
bore the spirit of our dear sister
to the Mansion prepared for her.
In her going there has been a
vacancy in her place at home and
our church that can never be filled
Sister Churchill joined' the chur
rh at Salem in Walde ncounty in
1850, and since tilt has lived a con-
sistend member strong in the faith
once delivered to the saints.
Always faithful to attend her
conference untill the end. She
married a deacon of the Baptist
church in 1849, and ten children
came to bless their union 7 of them
preceeded her to the great beyond
those surviving her are Mrs. H.P.
Lowe of Douglas county; A. J. &
John Churchill of Ala. our dear
sister lived a life that gained her
many lasting friends ad a good
name, those that knew her will
always have a warm place in their
‘memory for her.
We, earn truthfully say of our
sister blessed”,ire they tilt die in
the lord for,their works do fillow
them. Our sister was horn June
24, 1829, being nearly 90 years old
and 69 years a baptist, truly our
sister had obeyed the Lord for
the Lord had been very good to
her .
Resolved that these resolutions
b e recorded on the church hook
and the Sentinel he asked to pub
lish same.
Committee:
C. W. Owen,
. Mrs. C. W. Owen,
Mrs. J. M. Gary.
G. J. Gary.
J. A. Grant.
MEMORIES AND A SEQUEL
(By Bill Blue)
Ever sinse 1 crawled out of
swa'dling cloths ami in a parir of
cut, down, made over britehesl have
atteded Sunday school and church
more or less regularly, and I have
.also had many compunctions mis
givings, asperations and ambitio
ns of the various things . many is
the time 1 would have styed at
home and let the little pack wind
its lonely way down the trail (or
up as the case may he) without
.my agelic presence, but for the for
ceful argumtnts my mother some
times used. On such occasions
when i was inclined to wander off
into the devils thistle patch. I
have lin'd my lessons very firmly
impressed on th eseat of those old
cut down breeghes, with a good size
sprout. And those gentle admin
istrations were kept up untill kind
of had a hankering to go to Sun-
da school and Church, every Sun
day .
IBut here is a little verse that
will explain some what why mo
ther bail to put double lines and
curb hit On me in my early days
sing it use the tune of the old
of transgression. If you wish to
oaken bucket.
One day mother’s eat, that was
was always so quiet,
- Burst "onto the parlor—ran un
der tlie chairs.
Then skated the floor and pro
duced such a riot,
Thait mother, got frightened and
fie up the stairs.
Then quickly she seized me, with
hands that were itching,
As odors of turpentine scented
the air.
And warmed up those britches
witli old-fashioned switching,
Till the bottom dropped out and
the owner was bare.
Chorus:
Those big bosom britches, those
back-number britches; those split-
open britches, tht let in the air.
lYou can very well see that I
Ope breeches, that let in the air.
had no wings sprouting out, and
I didnt seem to fit in the sanity few
But T tried to be a Christian In
self defense, and save my briltches
insted of my soul.
But soon found out regardless
of what the preacher said that
Jord'an was a hard road to travel
without getting a puncture now
and then.
O yes, I have had my visions of
heaven as well as the other place.
I have heard he wonders and beau
ties of heaven expounded to me
until I almost wished all the prea
(fliers would go on up there and
give us a rest. Because I did’nt
think anybody else would ever
manage to get there hut a preacher
I knew 1 was’nt good enough or
clean enough to get there. Besides,
flier,, was too much gold and glit
ter for a fellow like* me. I would
have perfered a good place to fish
or play hall. I used to wonder how
1 would look and feel in that big
fine and shining place with my old
cut down breeched on. You see
1 did’nt,much want to go to heaven
and I was afraid to go to Hell for
I have sat oil slab benches, turned
and twisted in a hundred or so
different positions and never find
ing one with ny degree of com
fort in it while the preacher poured
forth the tortures of hell and dam
nation so thick and fast you cou
ld see the rosin blister on the ceil
ing, and could almost smell hair
singing, and feel the devil nib
bling at the stone bruispse on your
heel.
Biit all tilings have a change
and after so loug a time I shed
some of my ignorance just like a
tadpole sheds its tail to become a
J’rog. My knowledge has increased
Visitors:—Please see that each
rd your members receives their
literature. Be interested in your
members and your work, and it
will lie a pleasure to both you and
your members to co-operate to
gether, and when you visit, in their
homes they wil fell an interest in
you. Those who fail to take
this literature will miss a lot of
good reading and helps, and we
hppe.eHch member and visitor will
keep this department of the Sun
day school worked tip. Keep your
list of members names: deliver
hooks and! collect dues 5c so we
can give a report to main Sunday
School.
M'emebers:—-Take your litera
ture and read it. Its a grand book
to study when you cant get to Sun
day School, and I sincerly trust
that each member enrolled on this
Home department will not fail to
take a. quarteiy and continue their
membership, for we all know its
well worth its price of five or ten
cents every qurter(3 months) to
be contributed to your visitor, or
send same to her. If you dont
receive your quarterly plese noti
fy me at once and it wil be sent to
you,lets all pull together and work
in harmony for the up-building of
the Sunday School and lets have
a fine report from our home de
partment.
A few points to he kept in mind
Our name—‘The home Depart
ment of the Sunday School.’ Our
Text. “Search the scriptures.”
Our 'Motto—■“ For Others.” Our
Aim—“Until all are reached.”
every member of every home.”
The home department of the
those who. for any reason, can
not attend Sunday School.
Sunday Sehool exists espically for
God bless your home.
Report Of Home Sunday School
B Classes
Class No. 1—10 Members,
Offering —45c.
Class No. 2—11 Members,
Offering—40c.
Cla.s s No. 9— 9 Members,
Offering— 80c.
Class No. 4 6 Members,
Offering— 20c
Class No. 5—> 10 Members,
Offering—40c.
Total membership— 46 ;
Total Offerings — $1.75.
O.B.
OF THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY.. LAND
SELLS FOR $150.00 AN ACRE
Mr. J. W. Hendrix sold a farm
;his week for $150.00 an acre to Mr,
H. G. McTye of Cobb county.
Mr. Hendrix is one of our best
farmers and has yet 80 acres of
the first and finest land in the
county.
SOME intellectual
MUSTARD PLASTERS
|Tho Capture Tuesday night of
a paekard containing 67 gallous
of corn whiskey was the biggest
cat h so ‘»r reported.
The capture was made in Doug
las county by Villa Rica official*
and the car and “cargo” were
brought to Douglasville nd turned
over to sheriff Bggett.
The occupants of the car made
a get-a-way, but are known to
the officers and will soon be ap
prehended.
■Sheriff now has four Fords, a
Packerd and enough corn whiskey
to stock a good sized saloon.
If other sections are taking in
as much booze as the officers on
theis side, the lips of the drinkers
must be getting parched.
Hearst’s views are sound-mosit-
ly all sound.
Beware of the chips that pass in
the night.
Aimilaitto and a mule are proof
of adultery.
Gold bricks come in many kinds
of packages.
Some yodle a song and others
gargle it.
Alligators live 500 years and
don.t learn much. •
IThrow that hammer away-you
can’t hide it.
A Frenchmaan is tongue-tied
when handcuffed.
'Mr. Pot is decidedly brunette to
Mr. Kettle.
anineh or so. And the old mys-
teriqus childish Heavens have ab
out passed away, and wc can dim
ly discern the new heaven of
I common sence brotherly love, jus-
| tier and mercy. When Christ
shall establish his kingdom here
oil earth and every man will sit un
der his own vine and fig tree, and
n,) man shall make him afraid,
when all families of the earth shall
b<\ blessed with an increase of
knowledge until the wy is made
so plain that a fool can not err
therein. Then wc will know as we
are known. No more pain, sickness
tears or death, for death, hell and
the grave will he swollowed up in
victory. And ever enemy shall
he destroyd. My childish fears
of fires if hell have burned so low
in myp estimation that you could
not roast a potato under them, for
when every enemy is destroyed
hell wilt have to go too. or the
'biggest enemy would 'be left.
ATLANTA NEWS LETTTR
(By Starr & Bradley)
With just a few more working
days ahead the Georgia Legislat
ure is putting full steam in order
to get through with the import
ant items of constructive legislat
ion before the allotted time (fifty
days) shall have expired Much
valuhle time has undoubtedly been
saved by the precision and prom
ptness which characterized the con
sideration and passage of the gen
eral appropriation hill. The fact
that the house dd not become en-
snarled with the sufferage fight
over the Susan B. Anthony am-
mendment also had much to do
with the present situation which
is most favorable to th e enactment
o fmuch vital] important legisla
tion.
Loci hills are passed daily in
great numbers and general legis
lation is being given the consider
ation it merits. It. is prctically
certain that som e kindof highway
enactments will be passed so that
Georgia can go ahead With a state
system of highways vjith the as
sistance of the Federal Govern
ment.
Many important measuresare
still to h e considered, among them
being the bil creating a seperate
state department of banking, the
proposal to revise the tax system
of-the state. Hve measure providing
that 50 per cent of the state’s
revenue he devoted to common
schools and the constitutional a-
mendment calling foir local taxes
Atlanta intends that the next
and prohally the last reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans
shall b the greatest since the war
between the statis and n stone
will he left unturned to make it
such. The reunion will occur on
October 7-8-9nd 10th and it is ex
pected that not less than 50.000
persons will visit this city. Thu
entertainment program will be as
lavished as money and hearts can
make it. General reducing rates
have been offered on all railroads
Although only two months remain
plans for the big assemblage are
in which to make preporations, the
going forward without a hitch and
the $60,000.00 which is to be sp
ent by Atlanta is now being raised
The state pure food department
has issued a warning to .the people
against tlie purchase of bad eggs
and had salted fish. Within the
past few weeks more tlin 200,000
of deseomposed salt fish have been
destroyed by the pure food ins
pectors. It is a violation of the
state law to sell a single bad egg
and store keepers are being war
ned to thoroughly candle their
eggs before offering them for sale.
Tncidentl it is announced there
is‘ plenty of sugar and that it
should not cost more than 11 cents
a pound under any circumstances.
Crops in Western Georgia are
suffering from the effect of the
recent, heavy rains, according to
the reports reaching the state cap
ital. The ‘ Chattahoochee river
was swelled to flood height and
the other streams not only in the
western section, hut- in the entire
southern portion of the state were
far over their hanks The Boll
weevil has made much progress
due to tlie inability of the farmers
to get into their cotton fields and
in some sections a fifty per cent
crop is predicted.
Political rumors are rifel at the
capitol. he latest is that Senator,
Thomas W. Hardwick will be a
candidate for governor at the next
primary. It is persistently report-
ted from various sources, but pol
itic inn* "re’oath to put mush faith
I in such a rumor.