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•T H McUrly 24apr2l
SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919
NUMBER 17
ATLANTA NEWS LETTER
(By Stair & Bradley)
GEORGIA BAPTISTS' GETTING
READY FOR THE BIG
CAMPAIGN
Atlanta, fin. August 4. With the
Rapid Work In Organizing State present session of tiie genelal as-
Big Meeting To Be Held At | sembly nearing its close, Geor-
Macon
(By. Louise Newton Director Of
THE HIGH COST OF POOR GOOD CITIZEN DIES SUD- SECTIONALISM 1 ADVANTAGES OF A
HIGHWAYS . DENLY j UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
»_ j . -ti. I “Outlook,” “Collier’s,” “Lit- 1
best ternary Digest,” Saturday Even-, What Will the University Educat
ion Do For A Young Georgian?
No one . doubts that there are One ofLDouglas county
benefits from improved public known aijd highly respected eit- ing Post,,” and that ilk have ail
o , highways, but many citizens do izens, Mr.T. S. Abercrombie, died unconscionable bit to say about
I via ns are not desposed to criticize not. realize how very great are the suddenly last Sunday morning at “Sectionalism.” They deplore eut-
1 it ns severely as they have other effects of good roads in comnnin- bis borne in Douglasville. living ting tile United States into slices
assemblies., for. notwithstanding ity and state life. Improved high- about two hours after an attack about being less interested in the
the fast that much of the 50 days wavs and an increased property of appolejty. postage they pay than that resid-
“ ' of the great west shall not
lisehriminated against
Publicity)
i wasted iu the fight, for remov- valuation are insuperable. When (Mr. Abercrombie was i'll years
The Baptists of Georgia, and ing the eapitol, and the suffrage the cost of hauling produce to of age. and had lived practically
the friends of the denomination amendment, much constructive market is decreased, the value of all bis life in Douglas Comity,
throughout the state will be de-, legislation lias been enacted. This the farmers land is increased. A He was;’a man in whom every-
lighted to know that the organzai is one of the few legislatures smooth, well-graded, highway re- one had confidence, and had lived
tion for the big 75million Gam-; which rail “point with pride” duces the time of travel and per- a life well worthy of emulation,
pajgn is rapidly materializing, ! to achievement. The highway hill '"its movement of a larger load.: He was survived by two sons,
and that by the time this paper is marks a leap forward toward real One farm located four miles dis-jE. L. of; Nichols. Ga. and San
b
THE OLD “FLAT” RATE
CREATED THE WORST
POSSIBLE SECTIONAL
ITS.M
If a counry press, given suppor
by congress,has rejuvenation,
and one dan there will be seen to arise every-
iing of Doug where a vigerous local press. Now
please hear in mind that the inter
ests of the eonimon people of dif
ferent sections require varying
treatment!
The thought reactions that result
in the hands of its subscribers, nermanent roads in Georgia, good font on a good road is often ford ol Donghisvilh
the entire state will have been cov roads in rainy weather as well as economically closer t.o town than ghter Mrs. S. ('. Ha
ered by the district ofganizers in dry weather The state depart Another farm located only two. .lasville.
with the result that there will he ment of banking created as a ’ ’ uwav but situated, on n bad His companion and one datigli
an Assieiational organizer, Ass- part from, tile treasurer depart-T°nd. 1 ter having proceeded him to the
ooiationnl publicity director find ment is another great stride to- 'Most of the opponents of the,; grave several years ago.
an Associational W. M. U. director, ward a business administration good roads movement—if they may, (Mr. Abercrombie had been a
The state lias been divided into of the affairs of the state. One of be called such-base their argil- consistent meber of the Baptist, locally an dfinally between see-
twelve disriets with a well known the reasons of the dispatch with ments n the high cost involved Church for 52 years, and the fun-jtions will go far to give us the
Baptist leader over each district, which measures wpre passed was These citizens want roads, hut era! services were conducted by j highest developement of all “Sec-
Dr. Oree, state director, states that the budget commision had nnt t,u ‘ kind that i" enduring. Rev. Wiley'Guttles, his pastor, tions.” No longer will a press
thkk the next outstanding stage done most of .tile preliminary They hold to t'lie old idea that assisted hv Rev. S. T. Gilland at representing an over-refined, eap-
of the big campaign will'be a meet work of the appropriations coni- building a road is a simple feat the Baptist church, -Monday italistie center do the thinking for
ing at Mercer University in Macon, mittee and that measure was pas- instead of an engineering problem; where a large crowd of frie’ | the nation, supplying it with one
on August the 18-14,’ when the sed in record time. , They ignore plans to reduce grades and' relatives assembled to pay sort of intellectual pabulum when
Association workers will meet; ! and shorten length, and prefer to the last tribute of respect. His variety is as necessary to national
wit hteh state officials and the! Although the date fo rthe filing eeomonwe on initial outlay by fol-j remains were intered in the Doug, vigor ns to that of the human body
district organizers for a two-day of Capital Sloe tax Returns ex- lowing the surface contours. 'Such! lasville c ('met ary.
conference. I Hired on August the first,, Collector individuals think to overcome gra-
At this conference Dr L R.' of internal revenue, A. 0. Blalock v 'U r by the application of axle
Soharborough, director general announces that, those who neglee- j grease. They forget or do not
for the south, will deliver an ad-1 ted to file returns before that date know that a horse can not pull
dress and will dienss with the ,Ga may do ro now, being assured that w 'tb force and at the same time
workers the big aspect of the cam if they have a good excuse the raise his own weight up a hill,
paign. It is expected that there department at Washington, thr- ) T, ike a chain that is no stronger
will he two hundred and fifty ougli his reeeomendation. will he *b fln the weakest link, a length of
leading men and women at this disposed to he lenient with them. | highway is limited to use by the
Mercer meeting. j Mr. Blalock took occasion to worst, grade on it. For example,
After that meeing the Associa- compliment the corporations of 11 road is level a 1200 pound
toinal workers will go back and Georgia on the promptness with
set up the campaign in each ass- which they filed their returns this
oeiation of the state. This will . venr, stating that no tstate in the
amount in realty to the county Unon could boast of more intell-
units of tile war drives. | igent and intereprising business
By September the 1st, it is the men.
hope of the state officials to have „
Georgia well organized. Then 0 R»morxare persistent that Ex-
Gctobr and November will he de Senator Thpmas W. Hardwick will
j As it was under the old law, local
horse exerting a tractive pull
equal t,o one-tenth his weight can
draw a load of approximately
one ton. But if there is a hill on
this road having a ten per cent
grade, the horse exerting the
•same force against the collar can
draw a load of only 700 pounds.
This condition is even mare em-
voted to training the team work- 8 .”’"" Ptl * Pr ! 10 ] ltlcs . np *t year.I phasized when instead of an earth
frs ib each church and holding in-i Arm, ! lf l foe eapitol it is believed road' we take the ease of a smooth
apirtional meetings where "the *’V niafiy that he will be a enndi-j mnendain highway The load that
IbignesB of’the appeal'may be duly datp . f° r governor, although this can he hauled on a level macadam
stated " | > s discounted 1 generally. t One of road hv an a wage horse is two
It is not extravagant to state *“ Atlanta * mir fiffliaUarffeat As that
Ahat the 325 000 white baptists Newspaper rMWltlyknade tlie pre-; which can lie drawn on a level
in Georgia are stirred as they dietion H' 8 * ke would oppose Sen- dirt road; lnit if a ten per cent
-they have never been stired be- 8b0r ? mith for the senate next grade is encountered, then the
fore, and they are planning to do f ’ n ? e ’ 'f the Senator voted for the horse traveling on the smooth mac
■hig things when victory week ar- npa0P treaty as it came back from adam can haul less than thirty
-jives. i Paris. Friends of Mr. Hardwick p er cent, more than on the dirt
Ihere declare that he is “through 1 r oad.. All of which means that the
HOME COMING AT BAY oolitics” although others are better the road the more necessary
SPRINGS. | equally emphatic in the deelarat- it is to eliminate grades.
For the third and possibly the
| ion that a man identified with pol-
iteal of more than a decade can
As to how much money a com
munity is justified in spending for
road improvement, the answer
must depend on the ammount of
the possible reduction in the total
Mast, time, all those who are inter- nevel- Quit.
estedi in the “Home Coming Day”i Regardless of his defeat before
at Bay Springs four miles south t], P temperance committee of th . ,
of Villa Rica, are cordially invited Senate, Senator Kea has announced 8 "" U8, A hanh "f c, . lar ^ es . of + thpdla
to come August 15th. (that he wil file a minority report authority estimates that
Some good speakers are prog-„ n ids hill to prohibit the sale of , t,lp tatal post of hauling the cotton
ramed to he with „s, also sacred soft drinks, containing caffeine, m . Ina ™ cent .^ ar ™ a,n e ^ e8s
Harp, and n ew work song service.! and fight it ut to a vote on the of tk.rtv-fivc million dollars Con-
All singers are invited. | floor of the senate Efforts o eon- i ™in'nOy, an eight per cent re-
It is of special impotance that ne et the sale f the Coca-Cola Com-! ,n of h . aulm *
any and all those who have lived q nnv w jtli the legislation aimedi would ll8ve effectpd a sav,n « of , , „ . , ,
at Bav Springe at anv time in <■ o l e -i l 'nrc- • i f „ 1 . about $.800,000.00 This means that: iness: a corps of expert organiz- was hardly noticed by the press,
s srrjn-TO&’fc!* t'^TrT’^
as some of the older hoys are ex-!contemplate the passage of a mea-l tlu> cotton statpa shonld hnvp ohl H lor an extensive publicity cam- vide relief lor destitute . ud abau
ected to he programed for the'*™* WdSug ifo-l * 8 f pd to pay a two. paign has been made. It is pro- doned babies t she had let the
day. Everv body invited come ,i„c t 1ms been pronounced harm-' "'illmn-dollar annual interest and! pose to complete the membership money to care tor kittens she
with well filled baskets. |less hv the government eliemisesj ’’"nance^charge and profited] campaign within two months, or wmj d have obtained tron page must he held out
,, c , hv tlie investment. Certain local -1 be hire Oct. 1st. when it is an-. position. I Ins, nowe\ei, meaiiy w j 10 teaches. Tin
Truly f good man has gone to developement was smothered and
his rewand. ‘ i rendered inert.
The S.‘ntinel joins a host, of (While agriculture, admittedly
friends i(i sympathy for the he- is a basic occupation, there is no
leaved family. | =nch thing as national farm paper.
!- j Varying conditions of climate, soil
THE ( COST OF LIVING j labor rrahspaort ond. market, make
j —— |eeded the. widest kind of diver-
Politicians assert that the next mmee in treatment. Considering
campaign must have an issue, a f,lis phase alone, it is to the nations
clash 'between the parties, which | advantage to encourage develope-
will cause the voters to lean to "lent of iournals which reflect
one side or the other. ! local conditions and stimulate com
Tf an issue is wanted it is easily, munity progress, and what is true
found. The Amereian people are of agriculture, is true of all edu-
almosl without exception, pinched cation in a broad wav. Each sec-
to make both ends meet. Regard! tion has an inherent right to de-
leas of sjalary prices continue to velopeself expression, and the local
-roost h'gh, and deficits in the paper in the medium through
family poeketbook show up month which thought becomes an en-
nfter i4,onth. Thousands of riehin ^sset.
witves have gone to work, thous-|- The'country cannot longer per-
anfls of "hildren are working in m 't’ these heavily sulisidetl nat-
efforts to aid father pay the hills 1 iona! magazines to offer to their.
The bar/V necesities of life are readers conclusions based on falce
too highl'hi tlie op]iiniot. of com
mon pople: tiiey must come down
The political party that, wants
an issue can make one. Attack
the high, cost of living and go
through it like the dough boys
went through St. Mi hi el.
standards and narrow views.
When you come to think of it
is it not absurd that a farm jour
nal published at Waco, Texas,
or a small paper in Kansas, should
hav e to help.pay the postage ofa
bigger paper or Magazine pub-
It will do for him what it will
ilii for thousands of other Geor
gians during the century and more
of the Universities existence. Sen
ator A. O. Bacon, of tlie class of
1851). said:
“From Any- early manhood to
the present time there has ever
been with me a most gratifying
.land sustaining eoneiousness of in
creased strength and advantage
in the face that T am a graduate
of the University of Georgia.
.. It will increase his chances for
success. Dr. Harris Shows from a
record nf 7.852 notable amerieans
in “Who’s Who,” “that, a college
education increass the chances of
a high school hoy nine times, giv
ing him 21!) times the chance of
the common school boy and 900
times the chance of the untrained.
4.810 of the 7,852 mentioned were
full graduates.”
.. It will enable him to form endur
ing friendships.There are no
friends so natural, so genuine so
warm, so true, so satisfying as
those formed at college. In lifes
failures college friends are the
ones who still love ns. Tn lifes
triumph, their congratulations
give the most contentment.
It will give him a clearer vision
and wider horizon. He wants to
put himself into relationship with
other men, with history, with the,
’developement of his state and conn
try, with the world. He wants the
perspective that the college gives
evidence, to discover truth, to
solve hard problems.
It will fit him for companion-
shipwith the wisest and best. He
may join the democracy of learn
ing that, knows neither state lines
nor ocean boundries. but every
where seeks the good of man and
t)he glories of God. The college
mail is the mail of the centurv
All paths open to him and all
look to him for leadership and
guidance.
The college war matter mepara*
him for service to the people. It
will open his eyes to opportunities
for-service. It not only gives him
richer manhood, if creates in him
a finer citizenship.
Georgia needs the best service
the young man can give. Her
lished at a distant point so as to m '" es arp +0 he developed, her
THE AMERICAN COTTON enable it to invade its ownterri-i ' vatPP ^7™ tabe improved her
ASSOTIATION I tory and choke it into inactivity? hp ,r r arms flpe " e ... j
AS8QTIATI0N j jf 7 , g ^ ^ displayed ^ schools are to he aught her laws
Atlanta July 30(Special)— 1 The rather let it he toward tlle ”^ st ' , h ( r f iVd"in national affairs,
yss*—■" •*.
by a body of prominent farmers let us impress upon our Congress-, youn Q eng i an w ;]l 2 q to
and business men representing all, man four-fifths ot whom are e r lp ‘' T ; t , ivPVS ; tv , n „ ot what he can
cotton states, will "Ren an active ^ h ^ the of its scholarship, its eolture '
wir.ii rue oe- .. training, its friendships to use lu
loVino- service, he cannot make a
membership campaign .
gining ofAugust, From Atlanta as 1 ountry 1 ress.
Jottornffit”’ f ° C0V8r the 1,000,000.00 FOR POOR CHILD- bette^uae of three or fouryetfS
The campaign committee has, _ .
been named anil is ready for biis-! Last June a lady died, her death
of his life, nor a better invastmeflt
of a few hundred dollars.
THE SALARY OF TRACKERS
L. S. Lambert.
If the schools of the country
fficient greater rewards
to the stholar
Tlie large Univer-
i*St t RnPr T'r k' 1 ” 11 r ?P or t fl 1 a f the establishment ticipated the vast majority of cot-'proves that it is not an uneomou ,-,f the land are awakening
CONSTITUTIONAL REVESION .udVitinn Ltinnil ‘ .IdL iflof better roads has reduced the ton producers, merchants, hankers thing for well-to-do Americans tn th( , „eed
j j r \ ' ’ i tonnapre costs for hauling from i and t>rof fusion a 1 men throughout; to le.ave generous fortunes tor
Atlanta. Ga.July, 5. Prohally nev. 1*1.40 to twelve cents. It is easy , the south, wil have enrolled. charitable, and useful, purposes,
er n the history of the state have ’Governor DorsevN vneesneo to a to realize what a fraction of such For tile first time in history it The example ot the lady can be
so many constitutional ammend-’ GWago panel- tells them that Ga.; saving-' would mean to the nation looks as if farmers and cotton pro- commended by all good citizens
inputs hen inti'" lin'd in tli GeorgiaU'os no place foe Chicago negroes if they became general throughout dimers of the south are going 1o and should lie copied by all rich
•ivn from their homes through flic country.— The Saturday Even haw an organization whose net- ones. I low much better tor a rich
ar of another race riot such has ing Post, July 5, 1919 * iviti<*s will he enaheled to price man to leave his money to a per-
the confederate veterans in their own products, instead of per- pelnal cause than to bequeath it
"limd in th Georgia!
Legislature, which is now about
ready to quit for the session.
Many nf them, of course are freaks
hut so many, of them are real ef-
} *rts at eonsffiietive legislation Georgia wn
that it has led the few really able
men in the house and senate to
seriously inmiire if it .woiddmft
he ,i good tiling to revise the old ..wandered int
constitution arid “he* cfotie with
it.” ' ?
As it is. the next official ballot
in Georgia will he about a yard
long with constitutional amniend-
ments and dozens are upon the
hern going on there for more'than
week . First and formost. if what, promises to he their last an- milling that tn lie done by Liver-
king more npgrnes
than already live here. Chicago
would not he the plan where Com-
"'honor Stnnle would go for them.
■Ul'vnod Georgia n'egros who have
hnstle territory in
The Assoc-
I'lrllt
1 reunion on October the 7. pool and New Vnrl
The President’s dee'/jon rests lar- iatinns purpose is to give the pro- pic si"- 11
g"lv on the outcome of the treaty; dueer an agency through which thanks t
fight in the.United States Senate. ] 1( i may he fairly reuinernted for
T-f it 'is passed there before the tlie production service he rendrs
._ fall, there is a strong likrlyhooYl fo s'oeiety.
North are urged though to flint Mr. AVilson will come. He has IMmhership dues will he on the
return home and live iq peace and neverj'isited Georgia since ho he- ]>a S s of 25-eents per hale of cotton
prosperity like their brothers, who came president except in connect- p vri( ]ucpd for the "rower, and 25c
Stayed are doing. : ion with his bereavement. It js pp) . n( capital invest for
of greater eompen-
ation; otherwise the proffesors
re going to seek otlier fields of
ndeavor. Two large universities
tavt* s**f out to raise $10,000,000
acli as an endowinet with which
o raise the salaries of their tea-
tiing force.
Looking at, the question of teach-
iildv rakes who spend it l’as- ;ls ., life work, what re-
lian he ever made it. Hie peo , v . ln ] s ( .:m a young man see?
should not forget^ to give Ye<, rs 0 f hard work, ceaseless toil
doners ot. magiiifi- oinlin^r with poverty for his fam-
i!U: may past examples j| v „„,] idmself, i flie efer has the
ge Juture exhibitions ot nprve to get married, is about all
lv »lg< TJie aged pfoffesor has bout as
iniieh chance of making a living
salary as a “busted” preacher,
without the privilige of retiring
and being helped along. The
young ladies who begin to teach
enerons
BIBLE STUDY CLASS PRO
GRAM
The Bible Study Class will he
in charge of the Missionary Meet
at the Methodst Church on now wi
ion with his bereavement. Tt js
. known that he wants to go to Roipe
The ( aniHer family retains forty v> -], 01 - e j,j s fj,. s y w jf e burieil. It! merchants, hankers and others
t „... e;nt - o* tlie sfo'ek of the ('oea, ehnsidered certain that Seoije-! while a large number of life* mem-1 Tuesday August the 12th. -'icy to make them independent,
< >],'! > o.. it has developed s 'i lce ; tray of the Navy Daniels and Sear; ershipe will he sold at $100.00. 1 The program will b& rendered Their salaries are barely, and some-
I ,ie Now York Company| gp]lt York the greatest hero of the Ttlo A««neintion i f s self will he !>y- memhers of the Bible Study times,'not quite enough to live on.
ever get, enough luon-
their authors believe that they knt will nut on a Campaign to, extended them
ve suffieent strength to obtain
ush the beverage throughout tile.'
table awaiting to he railed u on th
1 ' ' 1,1 ■-''*■ • i u< » wi n •. \ /v-ni r ii n mmetoct iiovn nr t-no *iii
TIip Association its solr will lie
j chartered: and. following- the w *
rserved. can recruit its self , from strong
..... .. xl .. jlierghip campaign, it. is proposed to Every member is urged to be young people of good minds the
fco-tliirds maioritv for them. ’ )egl ” nl1 ?? aft ^ r .\ e flPS J! FOR SALE—179 acres half mile, orcranize another and allied cor- present. ! smash. Steps should be taken
Sronsttutionaf convention is (^ates'Ttt'theVast, beliemng 4aU fc ° m ci ^ limi . ts; 40 aeres : poration . with a large ennital j UROGRAM: ' ‘ ; in every -state to provide better
tavp. houses, plenty of timber, a(id stofk for the purpose of taking i? )ng Kingdom 1$; Commmg■ pay for public school teachers, as
running water. Rolling hut will 1 rare of “distress” cotton, in order! Uw T ee SUnt “?^ ° f - st ^ w » rk ,;? ttd ad *
“ , • ° ii . Bible Reading—Mrs MolJie Lee! equate pesions offer, long service
make an ideal stock farm. } to prevent any over-supply m the j The task before us in Japan and' Until then our children.'are cer-
$4,000.00 I market with its consequent drop. Korea Mrs. Nichols.- tain ; t.o w:i.ik much of their way
Dake & McLarty i in price. • I Song— Miss Duke. , iq the dark.
.seriously agitated around.it will attain the sSme pcVularity
Bital juSt now. ' I there ak it has in the south,
course, it, like most of the (Atlanta' people firmly believe
fendinents, may never am-|That President Wilson will visit
to much. ‘ ' I Georgia this fall at the meeting.
V.