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DOUGLAS OOPWTY SENTINEL, P0CTGLA3VH.LB GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST ill lflja.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS TO
HAVE BIG TIME
Douglasville School Will j
‘Sept 1st j
All pupils are urged to be present on opening
day. This is essential that organization may be
f perfected at once.
An incidental fee of $1.00 will- be charged for
each pupil in the school district—to be paid on
entrance.
Owing to increased expenses, a slightly in- ■
creased fee will be charged those living outside the 5
. district, and "will be as follows: ?
1st to 4th Grade
5 th to 7th “
8th to 11th “
We invite the patronage of outside pupils.
$5.00 per Term ?
7.50 “ “ |
10.00 ‘‘ “ s
The school will be under the supervision of £
Prof. Ed. D. Gunby, who managed the spring term |
so succesffully. An able faculty will assist him. 5
Atlanta Oa. August, the 21—Mr.
Country Merchant cto you want to
have a real good time and get
pointers on how to increase your
business? Then come to Atlanta
next week nn(^ mix and mingle
with your fellow merchants from
other sections of the state, and
from tlie staes of South Carolina
Alabama, .and Florida..Who will
he here to attend a state convent
ion and form a southern associat
ion. It does’nt matter whether you
are a member of the Retail Merch
ants Association of Georgia or not
you are invited just the sa'me. The
date of the convention is the 26th,
27th and 28th. Tuesday Wednes
day and Thursday of next week.
Atlanta Merchants are going to
put the big pot in the little one
for all visiting merchatns in fact
a spread of good things to eat is
going to be put before their eyes
that will make ordinary banquets
look like a poor man’s sandwitch
During the three day session of
the envention, helpful mercantile
tonics of every kind and character
will be diseusesed. It will be a
rare opportunity, say those who
are handling the program, for mer
chants to exchange views and ideas
and learn much to their mutual
advantage.
Public Treasury Will Be Relieved
of Burden of Meeting Deficits
in Earnings.
EDITORS’ POLL IN CONGRESS.
F. M. STEWART, Cha rman
J. T. DUNuAN, Secy.
M. E. GEER
P. D. SELMAN
W. M. MORRIS
Board of Trustees.
Hotel Cecil
J. F. De JARNETTE, Manager
Absolutely Fireproof
Most Modern Hotel in the City
******
150'rooms with either private tub or shower bath
ates $1.50 and up Atlanta, Near Peachtree
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
Here is a list of the important
general bills passed by the Georgia
Legislature which adjourned since
last week.
To reorganize and reconstitute
the State highway comraision.
To levev a tax on motor vpiehles. 1
To codify the school laws of
the state.
To require counties to levey a
tax for school purposes (esnstitu-
tional amendment).
To create the county of Lanier
(Constitutional amendment.)
To require juries to fix maximum
and minium sentences in all ex
cept capital felonies.
To provide for the consolidation
of country schools and for country
high schools.
To create a illitraoy cPmmision.
To establish a state school for G>«
feeble minded.
To revise the state hanking laws
and create a seperarte department
of banking.
To create a state public welfare
commision.
To ereate state and community
public service boards.
To change the state reformatory
to a state training school for way
wardi boys.
To amend the state inheritance
tax law.
General appropriaton bill of ap
proximately $8,500,000.00
ImCong
moot that U
to ho taken
LUCKY
STRIKE
cigarette
It*8 toasted to in
crease the good,
wholesome flavor
of die Kentucky
Burley tobacco.
A regular man's
smoke and deli
cious!
Heavy Vote for Return of Roads
Arouses Interest at the Na
tional Capital.
Washington.—The national poll on
the rallroud question by 0,000 news
paper editors throughout the country
has aroused great luterost at the na
tional capital. With 83 per cent, of
the editors giving It as their impartial
opinion that tho public favors an early
return of the railroads to their own
ers and only 11 per cent, favoring Gov
ernment ownership or operation, the
members of Congress of both polit
ical parties propose to provide speed
ily for the legislation to make it pos
sible to restore the roads to private
management before tho, end of the
year.
there Is a general agre&-
followlng stops will have
ofore the roads are re-
owners :
1. An advance In rates to meet the
greatly increased cost of labor and
materials In order that the Public
Treasury may be relieved of the bur-
dau of meeting monthly deficits and
the roads made self-supporting. Tho
Director General of Railroads states
that the increase in rates thus far is
about 25 per cent, as compared with
an lucreuse in operating costs of from
50 to 00 per cent.
2. Greater nationalization of public
control of transportation—a single
public control iu the Federal Govern
ment In place of 40 masters In the dif
ferent States, with conflicting laws
and regulations.
3. Legalization of consolidation* and
common use of lines and facilities
whenever In the public interest
4. Assurance through an act of Con
gress that In the future the Govern
ment will approve of rutes for freight
and passengers that will not only bo
fair to the public, but fair to the roads,
and that will yield a sufficient Income
on cup.mi to attract the $750,000,000
to $1,000,000,000 of new capital need
ed every year for tho erpauaion of rail
road facilities.
How the States voted In the nation
al poll of editors on the question of
the return of the railroads to private
management Is shown by the following
"That the railroad question la a
nofFfbtrtlBan issue Is plain from a
study of the table:
FAVORING RETURN Of ROADS TO OWNERS
== OPPOSING RSTURN OF R0A0S TO OWNERS
□ DOUBTFUL OR FA ILFS m DMXY
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Groceries
Fresh Meats
Canned Goods
Bottle Drinks
Country Produce
Laundry
Tobacco
Candies
Fruits
Cigars
Let us Serve you.
E. C. ROBERTS
ntirriniisgtti
Phone 52
Produce Wanted
We are buying produce of all
kinds and ask our Douglas County
friends to stop at our Wagon Yard
220 Petess St., Atlanta. We’ll pay
the highest market price.
Give us a trial.
L. A. SOUTER & SON
THE
JOEL HURT
SWEETWATER CREEK FARM
NEAR AUSTELL, GA.
Consisting of 600 Acres
Will Be Sold
IN SMALL TRACTS AT ANY™ two
early date
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Watch For Date
Kimbal House
ATLANTA, GA.
(will put'
rom Oct.
)>ys from:
,ls school
,i by the
,nortun!ty
■a boys and.
ss*e made by
■ oy intereS-
as to do by
r. E. Cheat-
/’betent facility
-..t’ the school
. Phil Oam-
J .State College
In the center of the Wholesale jETLSS
Retail District. '•#£***
400 Rooms Rates R^ssim- at ouce -
LOUIS J.WDINKLER,
Proprietor
C. L. DINf
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