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VOLUME XV
THE CONSENT OF THE
GOVERNED
3 H McUi'ty 24Rpt2l rGLA SVILLE ) DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 1919.
The Philippine Commiskra is
-jutting up a strong case at Wash-
ington, for self government. “It
may he true that we are crude in
unnumbered ways,” they confess
“ but we are advancing in thought
and ideas; We realize the advant
ages and we practice the wavs
of modern republicanism; we be
lieve we have the poise, the intel
ligence, and the aplomb that are
essential i na democracy.” Then in
the arguement that effects the con
sent of the governed to be govern
ed by another, the Filipinoes fur
nish these hard nuts for American
Statesmen to crack: “'Must Amer
ica sympathize only yith the cause
of Ireland Or only with the cause
of Poland,or of the Czechoslovaks
Must, the consent of the governed
be necessary only for the British
dependencies in Massachusetts andj
RESOLUTIONS OF THE DEATH THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
OF DR. J. L. SELMAN j (By BUI Bine)
Whereas, on the 12 day of Aug.! Did you ever awake from your
1919, Dr. J. L. Selman departed peaceful slumbers on a cold moon
this life at liis home in Douglas- light night, slide around the wood
ville, Ga. and whereas, at the time shed and' watch the cats fight,
of his death he was 64 years of howl, and spit at each other untii
age, and in his death Douglas ville your toes were frost bit? If not
loses one of her oldest and most you have missed a.treat, for they
distinguished citizens. Dr. J. L sure can make the wool fly
Selman was born in Cambell Conn But for agenuine mix up of a
ty now Douglas on March. 24,1855 Jamboree just get four or five
he entered in the practice of mede- 1 strange cats, a dog or two, a good
cine in Douglasville and Douglas stout string and tie them all togeth
County.. | er then stand aside and watch, and
Tn March 1879 he married Miss if they don’t scrap for all they are
Nannie Abercrombie, Surviving worth I”11 eat Bill Bryan’s old
him are the following relatives.- socks and lick Mexicon single lvan-
His Wife Mrs. Nannie Selman,4 ded.
sons Paul, Guy, Jammie, and Joe 'Now Pardner just remeber when
Mack, two daughters Nannie Love we join a League of Nations, we
and Ruth. j will all be legaly tied together
He was a member of Douglas- not with a string of course, but
ville Lodge No. 289 F. & A. M. of something a good deal stronger an
Douglasville, Ga. also Douglasville harder to cut or break, and of
Virginia in 1776* and not for an! Chapter No. 14. I course, people are not cats and
American dependancv like the Phil I • In early boyhood, he became a dogs.but, the good book says that
member of the Missionary Bapt- man was made a little(ver,v little)
ist church and has lived a consis- above the beasts of the folds there
tent Christian life, all the way, to fore it don’t take much to start
the time of his departure. He was people to fighting just like cats
one man who did not neek to have and dogs only a litle worse. For
others speek of his virtures, be- here of late the whole world seems
cause such was the rectitude of to love a fight, better than they
his life that his character shone love to live in peace
In the Congressional Record for! through. j They may hand us the League
ippines in the broad daylight of
the twentieth century? How long
will the shot heard around the
world be turned back against the
principle Which propelled it?”
NOT T.TTCF. THE OLDEN DAYS
ATLANTA NEWS LETTER
(By Starr & Bradley)
THE HOARDERS AND MANI.
PULATORS
Atlanta Ga. Aug. 19,1919—There Attorney general Palmer has
will be a revival of County Fairs taken the bull by the horns and
in Georgia this fall according to 1 proposes, if possible to reach the
announcements reaching Atlantal food hoardrs and pric manipul-
Macon and Atlanta will hold the ators through the route of criminal
Georgia state land
Southeastern Fairs, while Rome is
planning a big occasion for North
west Georgia. Other district and
tri-county fairs are being planned.
Th esale of government food ec
lipsed 1 only the interest shown in
the announcement that the Quarte
masters warehouse in Atlanta had
prosecutions. While the big fel
lows are controlling vast amounts
of food supplies and using the stor
age of food to create greater val
ues, they are, at the same time,
innumerable numbers of small re
tailers raking airoplane profits for
handling goods. Many of these will
he prosecuted, and as a further
been authorized to dispose 900,000 ] part of the program of holding
blankets at prices ranging from down the hoarders and munipul-
$6.00 for new all wool blankets! ators there lias ben a resurection
to $1.25 for reclaimed cotton ones. ;<y( the fair-price committees in lo-
These are being sold in any quan-] cal communities, and it is to be ex-
t.ity at the warehouse and it is[pected that “published prices” wil
state by purchasers that prices again greet tbe house keeper in
are considcrbly less than half what! the columes of the daily papres.
they would have to pay at the I From comment in Washington
stores. Food sales are general!it is evident that the return.to
through th state. The supply of, “food control” is not looked upon
army is expected to be exhausted] with enthusiasm, but if its pur-
in. a few weeks. pose is simpley to help.,in .the pro
ISensatonal seizures in Georgia I cess of swating the jugglers in
and the Southeast are expected dal food products, the temporary use
ly according to the information
which the news paper men are
receiving at. the offfie of Louis
of the, weapon for corrective pur
poses, may work out results ben
eficial to the public. But the pnb-
Baley. Head of the secret service lie is taking notice of tbe fact that
for this trritory. I prices, profiteering and increased
Congressman W. D. ITpshaw has cost, of living, has had their heydey
NUMBER l9
HONOR ROLL FOR YEAOE8
SCHOOL
Atti-tud : of Atlanta labor.. | the country from Washington ; and
The President is said to have if some Senator will invent, a pol-
given areful consideration to icy that will stimulate and revive
the rej mentations made. I the time honored costom of eom-
l The ixtra session of the Georgia | petition- and lots of it, the people
Legisli tion which now seems inevjwill no doubt be extremely grate-
itable vhether the appriations bill; ful. They might even go so far
August the 11th action was had! Ha was a loyal andl devoted rtf Nations al nicely and systiin- ...
to reimburse contractors of post- member of the Masonic Fraternity ( atirndly tied together with red tape reported to President. Wilson the under the system of “bossing”
office buildings and other Govern-] and kept the principles, and fol-; and uresent. it, on a silver salverbut * “ t "“ ” ‘ J
ment structures throughout the] lowed the teachings of that order T think more likely it, will he given
United States, including the Ian- j in every respect, as a true, up- fork, befor we are through with
coin Memorial for losses sustained r feht and highly esteemed Mason us on the business end of a pitch'
by them for reason of increased! as a worthy citizen of his county, it.
cost of labor and material. Sen-'state and country, none was more No sir pardner bless your nic-
atorFernald stated that eightytwoi noble; As a true friend and a kel plated soul. T am not looking
contractors were caught in the! good neighbor few equaled him;'for old Gabriel to toot his horn is vetted, will not be called untii as to erect a statue for such a
upward curve that wiped out their as a husband, he was kind and true 1 '"d ssv Comp up higher, or for! after the farmers have gathered deliverer, jn.i p'aee it in a nuht
profits and left thorn considerbly as a father, devoted and affection-; St Peter to send me a pair of I their fall crops. If the governor] square in Washington; uotwith-
J, ver (^,0 million dolars in the hole' ate, the soul of happiness to his wings all greased and ready for a vetoed the measure, the session will standing the comment of Lord
Good old Uncle Sam ><’ I family. | flight into unknown regions above]be inhTanuary or possibly Decern-iBryce, that “ there are enough
through; Tn the olden days he] In that noble attainment which as soon as the League of Nations her. If he does not, a session will]of these ‘adornments’ to the land-
miglit have eyed them askance and goes to make a precious husband is tied into a double bow knot and be neqessary in March when theCon seape in the Nation's Capitol,
said “let ein whistle,” But the, firm yet tender father, none in the mighty and. all bigest. gods rtj federate vetrans pensions become
days of clever Yankeeism has wan-! our knowledge surpassed him, He earth, sav well done tliou-good and! duet It. is probable that an effort
e j' - jpossesed that, divine spark of true faithful eomtmon folks we will rule! will be made at that time to re-
On the same day a resolution] charity, which rejoices in doing, over you for many years to come, I model the State’s system of financ . .. non pit
adopted by the legislature of Mon.: good, and which all men are hap-; and hard shall he thy days upon,ing. On next Saturday at 2:30 P
tana asking for appropriations of P.V to see. ' (the arth whitch tbe good League Governor Do,-sey has eliminated court house in Douglasville
$50 000 009 by the government for He died with that undimmed givith thee |th e apparent conflict in the two!"')! 1 be held a nublic meeting to
work on the government irrigation ‘ faith and that living and conqer-i Let ns lust, suppose we join tbe] highway measures and signed them discos Hie nuestion of good roads,
projects throughout the west, was ing Bcjief in the Lord Jesus, as a,League and in a few years hence] The highway money will not be
presente
the
ruined
that the farmers are “allin , . .
Consequence they ask that the cnee of of the Holy Spirit while pas Bull would yell for Uncle Sam and
work on the. irrigation projects he sing through the Valley and shad-; h few ot.hdr« o ftV league to
pushed, and they cite among (be ow of death. __ _ jeome over quiekand help him to
GOOD ROADS RALLY
citizen in the county is
The following have made an 4VA
rage of 90 per cent on examinat-
ions for the past month.
(PRIMER .. ......
Clyde Swofford; ,
Bulah Gilland;
Wilbur Yeager;
Janie Mary Sibley
James Rice; ’ j : 1
Hugh Harbin;
Lawrence York; l
Florence Sibley;
Hugh Feely;
FIRST GRADE .. .. . «
Tonvmie Lou Smith;
Ralph Philips;
Hoke 'Smith;
Rufus Lambert;
Lotrell Vansant.
SECOND GRADE
Edna Philips;
Luther Hembree;
Noah Sibley;
Lois Camp;
Luther Brown;
A B. Camp;
Thelma Philips;
Opal Vansant.
Horace Price.
THIRD GRADE
Corene Brown,
Glenn Harbin,
Opal Swofford.
FOURTH GRADE
Ilildy Sibley,
•T. T. Smith.
Hoke Bearden,
Walter Dickenson,
Willie D. Smith,
Clastelle Croker,
Harry Sibley.
FIFTH GRADE
Mattie Lou Vansant,
Yalita Dickenson,
Esina Brown,
Ruby Brown,
Vassie Lee Philips,
Louis Dickenson,
Willie Mae Philips.
Theo Smith,
Florin. Smith,
SIXTH GRADE
Ethel Sibley,
Lueile Baggett,
l eimra Smith,
Harvey Gilland,
noke Feeley,
Presco Croker,
Boh Rice,
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sion bill after he did the motor ’’e here who are thoroughly fam- Thelma Yeager,
veielde bill so as to make the pro- iMiar with the question. Among Christine MeKelvey,
vision of the,former prevail whereMhe speakers will he Hon. J, J. John Charles Sibley,
benefits that it has ben clenr’vl Surtey it may he saitt or. mm;- 'hold his crown. Now don’t,, iti the two were, in contact. . Brown. State Comipisioner of Ag-| Roy Green,
Conm strafe i th». W*»k must. 1 e He so lived that when he name strike you H at a lot of di'Tient! The people of Americus are up in ririilture, the man who has done; .. .EIGHTH GRADE
done for teh purpose of storing to the river that marked the boun- things could happen about, them?] arms a gains tile apparent purpose ] wore for the farmers than any Hill Bearden,
and retaining vast quantities of dries of that country,from whose For instance Uncle Sam might have of the war department to close n
flood waters which flow to waste bourn no traveler ever returns. j a. little revolution of his own about! Soulier Field, as expressed the or
ach year which, “if made avail- He did approach his grave as]the same thhf and could not spare dor which transferred the person-
line who wrapped the drapery of a nv soldiers! fir Englishmen fo! nel of that eamp-121-men to Elling
shoot, at. ton Field Texas. Protests have bee n
And again American and French wired to the Georgia Senators and
vi'diers might he, in sympathy with to Congressman Crisp.
legislation a study for years and
knows more real facts about it
than any other man in Georgia.
Governor Dnrsev has also been
in'-ltod and will prohally be here.
asare necessa^'for'the rapport of ftered into the joys of those who j if Japan Was to send troops to Eng-] ordeed’ from the west will prove ] Lets co e together and study
the nation in time of peace an war’ have, been rdeemed through the land to protect the King the whole the best thing that ever happened- >■ meet ion from everv nn.te. If
Tortis aweM Present^ b’y Sen-! ato^nV'of the '-9a|vioh of the | world would blow up like a pow-j ed to Savannah and Brunswick, bands are a: good to, it woaM
utor Walsh, the Senate is giving World, , I de.r ketr. and hell would he to nlav. against which discrimination in fa] be a calamity to vote them flown
able, would reclaim a vast ,aeer-| 0T1 e
age of the lands of the State and down to pleasant dreams,
tifhle for the raising of such crops; died in peace with all man-
make them more certain and- prof- i kl « d and in the loving protection
itable for tbe raisins of such crons'
of his Lord and'Master, and has r°v<'Hting Fnivlishmen and refuse 1 The lower rates to Georgia ports
ither man who has ever held the Bessie Rice,
position and Hon. Frank T. Reynol)
ds, a man who has made good roads TIettie E. Lee Principle.
Annie Sewell Assistant.
earnest ^attetion, and* it ”is C quite, j. 'Therefore he iY resol ved: byjj™ t ffliink of England France orjvor of the Eastern ports has been! on Hm other hand if they are a
nnrviioiiin fTinf fo/ioral rolipf will his lod-ge No 289 V. & A. M. of an v other sister seftrliner troops <*ha
probable that federal relief will «« >«>dge No 289 F. & A. M of any other, sister sending troops] charged from time immemorial. I badLeTs
Douglasville, Georgia that this here to quell a revolution. T know under the new schedule, it is ex-ja calamity to ^nte roi tnem. nets
Lodge has lost, one of the bright-(the thing is not, probable but it! is] pected that these Georgia cities inform ourselves and then wn will
est shining lights, and one who possible, revolutions are getting to! wil take a place in the front ranks he in a position to vote mtelligen
be furnished Montana and other
suffering states. And this, too,
i quite different from the attitude
assumed by Washington in the old: was true and devoted to the prin- b' e rattier stylish’ just' now. And! of American Seaboard cities,
days when North Dakota had sue- ci 'P les and one who lived up to America is trying to keep up with] tt to THtt^nTTOP
eessive crop failures, and forelos-] 'bles of the Masonic Order as are European styles, and it takse some] TELL IT TO THE EDIT.OK
nres of mortgages by’the wholesale set fort b in the teaching of Mas- husteling to do it. Uncle Sam.had]
or the more recent days whenj onr y> and his going away causes. better let the League alone and get, 1 Day before wyesterday a periec-,
South Dolrata and Nebraska were nfi a loss which can not be re-'the fried eggs combed out of old tly nice lady with tears in her voi^e
burned- drv with drouths, resulting P la ued. ] Caranza’s whiskers, and hang some ?alld up, and reproved us for not
in great privations to the settelers! j \ Resolved: That, ’the heneaved] weights on the high cost, of living; mentioning the fact that she had |
- 1 , n i • ifoiviilir -lioo loof o lrin/1 orn. otTonf. : 1 1 t. .13 • j. J x _ n rriontl VOiriTlfF llPP US WPPm. WP mi ‘
ly Don’t forget the time. Saturda
afternoon at 2:30.
RACE SUICIDE
Champ Clarke is drifting with
«. into the. stone wh
IN MEMORY
Aliss Nannie Baggett was born
September the 22nd, 1.847. depar
ted this life June, 2nd 1919.
For .several weeks she sufferd Utt
told agony, hut in all her afflict
ion she showed the same Christian
courage that she had marked hef
life with for many years.
Tn young womanhood she was
converted and joined, the Baptist
hnrch, she had reached the age
of 71 years.
She was a faithful member of the
church and wil he missed by the
members of the church and com
munity. She loved the work of
the Lord and was deeply concer
ned in its prowess S>'e leaves &
1 Uncle ^/m^o^onger tolls his pamiiy has lost a kind and-affect- tt^'help holdR-towTio^tro^de! a friend vsiting her las weeki^ We- 1 !™ moralizine and his.philosoph- heritage of f altli! iuiSI Sevotion
nephew tn“ go D whistbp ” *But his iahate father; a devoted and living might^tart up ev^ before we get] told her *e had not let ns know,-
concern for his people has resulted husband; that this loss, will be
in a lot of yearnings for relief feIt ^ of his relatives. That
from the responsibilities they ac
quired at birth, which some people
are obtainable through the pen-
aceas dubbed paternalism, socalism
and nationalism, as one studies
these groups there is a reminder of
McCauley’s description of “ye
diners-ont from whom we guard
our spoons.” Patient old Uncle
Sam when he comes t-cCthese hu
man species, might he .excused if
he resumed his whittling, and let
‘em whistle. ,
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. Dake:
Will you please give ns space
in the Sentinel to thank our many
friends for their sympathy and
kindness shown us during the af
fliction and death of our brother
Ben Bnllington?
fWe ask God’s richest blessings
for them all.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B.: Bullington.
might start up even before we get
the league in working order.
the town of Douglasville liis coun
ty, state and country has lost one
its most liberal most cherished and
beloved qitizens. '
3 Resolved 1 , that we tnede! to the
wife, family, and relatives and as
many friends of the deceased our
sincere condolence, and the heart
felt sympathy of this Lodge of
Masons;-in this said hour J of their
herieavement, sue his ouro love ‘
wards him for the devotion and
loyalty he had to hjs Lodge.
4!' Resblved further, that the for
going Preamble and resolutions he
spread upon the minutes of this
Lodge, and a copy of same he
delivered io’fhe' family "of the de
ceased by the secretary of this
Lodge.
To the Worshipflul Master and
members o-f Lodge No. 289 F. & A.
M. of Douglasville Ga.
We your committee Appointed
on Resolutions on the death of
Dr. J! L. Selman, bg leave to make
JAMES REUNION
The .Tames Reunion will he held
this vear at Blairs Bridge instead
of Lithia Springs,-on labor day
September the 1st. There will he
a basket, dinner and barbecue.
she ha da visitor. Then she said: ] wisilom, Handle who sung it. and! live though she sleeps wjth th8
“ Well, vou should have known, i Phidias who carved it. The vet- j dead. .
I thought you were running a news Prm ex-sneaker of the Hrase of Her presence will not only b«
paper ” I Representatives, says that in.forty] missed by her brothers and sister#
Would’nt that rattle your slats? three years the population df Ffanlhut by a concourse of oL’friends
Some people ttink that an editor! rei ine-’i'ased by,a seant mill'on and he.re,.a.t.Winston ehureh, whercBhJ
ought to he a cross between Argus l^at in .the .same period Germany
and Anna Eva Fay. They seem ] 111 reas °d twonty-rix millions Jp
to think that our five sense are ' ' vn ee tlp’r,' -tal (C of + n-- Ameri-
ninn ttie oeath ratofjalffljil
"0 • ■ , h"ratg.’ s.ixs -Mr.
Everybody invited with a special; augmented by a sixth I'edtthls the i'-'ritgf
invitation to thp returned soldier! ^now every long that happens, | anas 1 1 T.i g. $ rv
h'ovs and the editor even we see > heai '' taste ^a .-flOhcJude#. So . it
oovs ann r.ne can,or. seems that whenever ; jflltfcffeonV
ditions of living grow
difficult, a goqd npinv peteplS un
dertake to remedy the .'.ertndition
by race suicide.'” F ,v
the following report :-
1 We have prenared wh'at we
consider % suitable premahle and
resolutions on the death of Dr. J.
L. Selman, and reocomend that the
same be read and adopted by this
Lodge, a!hd that t,h<VDouglas Coun
ty Sentinel he requested to pub
lish said Preamble and Resolutions
in the next issue as an Obituary
on tbe death of Dr. J. L. Selman.
deceased.
This August tbe 15th, 1919.
. 3Y S. James, Chairman.
r] J. M. Harding,-
v. Aktor Meritt.
are snieh it not
Dear lady, editors are oily hu
man, are at least almost hfimftn.
If you have; a friend visiting you
, or if you are going away; or cav
ing returned'from an out of town
visit, if JohnV falls and“ breaks
his arm, f your husband chops
his toe instead of a stick of wood,,
if anything hapens to make you
glad or sad, happy’or'mad, call
11s up! Tell us about it.' That ’s
the way 10^*'# in-the papef—
Walton Tribune: ; ;J ;., ;,. v-.,
Mr. Clark.-is.not.as ^ariSdy.with
“a remedy” as is Lawsoh of Bos
ton, in liis affairs-and maybe that
is onJ"reason why be is more de
pendable then tlnf'freiuaed.f&atl-
eeer. Bub be turns to a source of
relief. And in making America
.better, and in reducing the percent
;age of rape suicide, -he would ap
ply education iw a cure ; trusting
fo it to work out results,.befpr the
Knniane race becomes 'CxtinCt.
liked so much to go, and waited
anxiously for each time to go.
She whs laid to rest in the fam
ily burying ground by the side of
her loved ones gone before,
The funeral was reached- by belt
pastor Rev. L. J. Hensley.
Resolved: A page iii our chureK
book'for record, and a copy be sent
to the Sentinel for publication,
and a copy furnished the relative#,
bits Hattie Vansant;
Miss Francis Gore;
Miss Battle lion Vansant 1
k: Committee.
Henry Ford Was awarded 60.
damages in his suit against tKS
Chicago Tribune for calling hint
an -anarchist. Ford’ was vindicated
by the jury regardless of the am-
otintof damage assesed, and the
paper was found guilty of libeli,