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DPI TOLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
NUMBER 21,
STOP, READ, THINK
AND VOTE RIGHT
A Few Good Reasons Why We
Should Vote For Bonds To
Build Good Roads
FIRST. Everybody agrees that we need and must have good roads.
(SECOND. It takes ready money to build good roads and bonds is
the only wav to get ready money sufficient for that purpose.
THIRD Taxes to pay off bonds will be distributed over a period of
thirty years and will be no burden to the tax payer and thereby makes
those who get the benefits help pay the cost. .
FOURTH. Good roads means that every man who owns a vehicle ot
any kind will save much more in the increased life of his vehicle alone
than he will pay on bonds and every man who grows crops for market
will save several times his bond tax every year.
FIFTH. Corporations will pay a large per centage of the tax.
SIXTH The United States government and the State of Georgia
propose to help build these roads if the counties will help. We must
pay this state and government tax whether we reap any of the benefits
or not. By voting bonds we get our share of the government money
otherwise we ar e paying to build roads for other counties.
SEVTNTTH. Good roads will increase the value of every piece ot
property in the county. Increased values will more than pay the tax
and in reality the roads will cost us absolutely nothing.
EIGHTH. Good roads mean progress in every sense of the word. It
means better homes, better schools, better churches and a better eoun
fl NINTH.. THE MONEY SPENT ON THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
AND ONE OTHER ROAD OCROSS THE COUNTY WILL BE PAID
BACK TO THE COUNTY BY THE STATE.
TENTH. While every class of business well be greatly benefited
we believe it will be worth immensely more to the farmer than any
other class. He is the only class that is compelled to haul his products
to market.
ELEVENTH. The bond money will be equitably distributed
throughout the county* The following statement from the County
Commissioners guaranteed that:
COMMISSIONERS’ STATEMENT
We, the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County,
hereby guarantee that the bond money will be apportioned to the
roads throughout, the county on an estimated cost of grading based
on the contract price of gracing the Bankhead Highway as follows:
Road No. 1. Bankhead <^3PkijfDnjr. $44,000
Road No. 2. Winston to Hannan, Carroll Line 15,000
Road No. 3. Douglasville to Campbellton—11 Miles 16,500
Road No. 4. Douglasville to McWhorter, Capps Ferry—15 Mi.. 22,500
Road No. 5. Lithia Springs to Fay Morris—6 Miles 9,000
Road No. 6. Douglasville to Sweetwater—4 Miles 6,000
Road No. 7. Winston to (Mines—6 Miles 9,000
Road No 8. Douglasville to Punkintown—10 Miles 15,000
Road No. 9. Douglasville to Brownsville—3 Miles 4,500
Road No. 10. R. M. Johnston to Carroll Line—5 Miles 7,500
Road No. 11 Bill Arp to Big A—3 Miles. 4,500
Road No. 12. Fay Morris via Factory Shoals—3 Miles 4,600
This will leave $2,000 to be applied on other roads as most needed
and when Bankhead Highway and one other road is taken over by
State appropriation will have about $65,000 to apply on other roads.
We endorse the suggestion of the Good Roads Association that the
Grand Jury name three men to advise with us’in distributing this fund.
J. S. ABERCROMBIE, Chairman
I: H. WILLOUGHBY
S. L. HEMBREE
* Commissioners...
SENATOR SMITH ON VETERAN OF 74 WILL WALK TO THE OFFICERS AND MEM-
RAILROAD QUESTION 500 MILES TO CONFEDER- | BERS OF DOUGLASVILLE
_ | ATER REUNION LODGE NO. 162 I. O. O. F.
Atlanta, Sept. 3.—Georgia news-j !
papers are highly commending Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 1—Who says Dear Bretheren:-
United States 'Senator Hoke Smith the Confederate Veteran isn’t as lour committee appointed to
in his outspoken opposition to the spry a any youth of twenty? draft suitable resolutions on the
Plumb plan for the operation of Take for instance, Colonel Jack death of Brother J. B. Bullington
the railroads of the country. The Hale, who, at the age of 74, says beg leave to report as follows:
Senator has spoken out plainly to | 1P will walk from his home in Ada, Brother Bullington was horn
the railroad men and has told them Oklahoma, to the Confederate re- and 1 reared in this county. He was
that the Plumb plan is nothing; un ion in Atlanta, a distance of 44 years of age at the time of his
slidrt of socialism and that he is.nearly 500 miles. death, which occured near Chapel
A SENSIBLE VIEW OF THE
ROAD QUESTION
Douglas County Sentinel
Douglasville, Georgia,
'Sira:
There seems to be some confue/
ion in regard to the coining bond
election, some people think that
the entire fumdte will be put on
the Bankhead Highway. The way
T undestood it was that forty four
thousand is to spent on the said
against it with all his soul* The* Colonal Hale is one of the del- Hill August the 7th., 1919. When roand, and the^one hundred and si<
demand made by the railroad cn\- j egates of Joe Shelby camp of Con- 20 years of age he joined the Bap-
ployees, if accepted by the govern- federate Veterans at Chichashnw tist Church and ever lived a eon-
ment. would bankrupt the nation, okla., to the National Runion. sistnnt member. For a number of
besides burdening the people with The Tulsa Daily World says of his years lie was a faithful and devet-
tnxation which would make pap-jproposed performance: ed member of the order of Iude
pers of the citizens of the natioti. “Colonel Hale declares he will pendent Odd Fellows. He was a
The people .wll not object to fair eavee Ada on the vening of August) sufferer from disease for years,
and reasonable wages for all rail- 28, the closing day of the state but through it all to the time of his
road men, lmt they will revolt tit j reunion. Ho plans to go by the death be bore his suffernig patient
any action on the part of the gov-u V ay of Little Rock, Memphis, Chat ly and uncomplainingly. Many
ernment favoring the Plum plan j tniiooga and thence to Atlanta, times he visited his Lodge when he
which would mean the purchas of an( j ,,,, ,. 0 ute will visit several see- was not physically able to do so,
alt railroads by taxing the people| nes wnire battles were fought bet- pillowing his unbounded love and
of the nation, and turning themj wepn the bine and the grey. The devotion to our noble order,
over to the employees of the roads Veteran expects to he on the road, Resolved 1st. That in the death
to operate and devide among them- f our W eeks. of Brother Bullington our Lodge
selves the receipts or income from I “Despite the fact that Colonel has lost a faithful member, who
both freight and passengers. I Hole is 74 years ot' age he i active lived true to the precepts of
— He resides on a farm near Chickasn teachings of our institution; his
MRS. FRANK WILSON DEAD. an( j nikcs an active part in its brother, and 1ns church an upright
I management. “ I am sure I can family has los-t a loving and tender
The dei th of Mrs. F. D. Wilson pie trip without exhausting Christian member, and our County
at her ho ne Sunday morning vVhh^, nyse )p physically,, ‘declared Col. and State one of its most honor-
Hale.’ If invited, I will accept able citizens,
rides from automobiles, but 1 am Resolved 2nd. That a . pagt of
not going to ride one mile on the our records be dedicated to the
railroads’, he added.’ i memory of Brother Bullington,
and these resolutions be published
WINN-GILES | in the county paper and the rela
tives he furnished a copy.
indeed a sad one, being in the pr;
of oung womanhood only 29 veil's
old and leaving a family of seveial
small children besides her hus
band.
Mrs. Wilson had been seriously
ill for six week's and all that liv
ing hands, skiled physicians, a id
trained nurses could do availed
nothing.
As stated she was survived by
her husband, one da lighter,, Fran.
ces Elizabeth aged 9: three Sons Williams.
Richard W. aged 7; Marion ■ J. The groom is a prominent
young citizen and a son of Mr. and
aged 4 and Hugh aged 16 mouths.,
also by her parents, Mr . and Mrs.
1.' L. Walton, two sisters, Mrs.
W. W. Gresham of Helena and
-Mrs. Reuben Barrow of Powder
Springs; Four brothers, James,
Fred 1 , Sid, and Hugh Waltonmoll
Douglas County. V
The funeral services were con
ducted Monday at. the Baptist toll,
tirch, of which she was a member,
by Revs. S. T. Gilland and W. M.
Suttles. The church was filled
to capacity by friends who were
anxious to pay the last tribute of
respect.
Her remains were enterred in
Douglasville Cemetary.
The bereaved family bus the
sympathy of the entire community.
ba ve a ohild 1 in school. I consider
it an insult 'to olirihtelligence to
be asked 1 to vote against any im
provement, where the properity
owners dbes, most the paying and
we get as much out of it as he
does.
So brother rente r and poor man
whenever the rich man wapts'to
build a church, vote to build it
much ours as theirs after 'it
built.
When they want to tax them
selves to build a school house vote
for them to do it, we can send to
RENTER REPLIES TO W. t D,
' l ■
Editor Sentinel-
I noticed' in your last issue that
a very large, land owner is
very much interested in the poor
man and. renter, and is laboring
to get .the renter to vote against
bond's. It seems his whole purpose
is to get the poor man to help him
from paying his part to build up
the county. Is he for the poor man
or is he dodging behind him to
shiteld 1 himself? Why' should the
renter vote against bonds? The
poor man should vote every chance' it same as they can. Besides we
for ponds for any purpose. If the generally have more children to
landowner wants to build a schefol I send than they do. -If they want
house Vote for them to build it;fthe to tax themselves to have free
poor children will get the benefit I school books, vote for them to do
ame as thohg who own the landf | it.. We would like to have free
If thp lurid ojwners want to issue' books. If they want to tax them-
bonds to‘,build 9()00 roads help him selves to puild good roads, vote
he will dri the iriost of the paying, [for bra&if.YOitt children wilt have
and will be>s mrifeh our roadji as 1 free roads to gjitp free schools on,
tkeirs. . I i I their if, we coiitu only have free
v Reuters do not be fnghtetied ’ woods to hunt ^obssums on with-
about high rent, if we work on I out beingprosectrted we would be
halves we will get our half even if happy.
the lanj .lord owes for ibe whole - • Renter.
fjrmuJ't am soj^jj |ujy
pfioagh. to believe suefr-stuff as to 1
think we would 1 have to pay more
rent to help pay for the, farm.
Gome of the richest land owners of
our gchool district does not send
a child tb School. ;The • tegiant
pays a very Ismail part* of the fax
and gets nearly aU.thcj benefit.
YWPtffM fWiaany of
trying tp n^ovg jp, or rent, land,
n^ar Douglasville been rise '6f the
aefcoal-built by bontfeahef paid for
jby ther property ’turners,, and the
Mtfd ; -bia ehShfreri !«< school ha. fhe :
& rich. I beard s mart say that
1 the- larger/ tax; Wsradii
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to' express our heartfelt
thanks to our 'many friends for
defxis, pf . aid words of
comfort ezfcpdph ua^during. the
sicknes and death, of our beloved
/Wife and daughter; and mother.
'We' feel deeply’ gratified to each
oie thohgh we may neTep be able
■to-rppay;them in this'lonely world
__ We Pray that our Heavenly Fath-
jieatfman has tH same chance wjRrewafjl you richly in the world
to eqme.
FTaalc D., Wilson and Children. ;
A marrige of interest to Doug- j
lasville people occurred a few days I
ago, when Mr.Geo. F. Giles and
Miss Ruth Winn were quietly mar
ried in Atlanta, by Rev. Marvin
Respectfully submitted,
R E. EDWARDS
T. P. HHOKABY
E. L. HOPKINS
Committee.
Mrs.M. F. Giles, while the bride is
the talented daughter of Mrs. J.
LITHIA SPRINGS NEWS
Miss Mary Ella Haney, of Atlan
ta, is the guest of her grandmoth-
teen thousand are to he put on
the eighty miles of roads that are
mapped out and further under*
Stand that the state will reimburse
the forty four thousand and
then the same will be applied to
our roads, which in tile windup
will be the full amount. Then if
this be true it looks like to me we
ought to vote for Bonds, as we
have no roads that we are proud
of at all. Twenty years ago there
County. To-day there is not a
was not a steel bridge in Douglas
river or hardly a stream that
has’nt a steel bridge over it.
Tell me how many men Mr. Vo
ter, in Douglas County would
have owned homes if they had wai
ted untill they had the money to
pay for their homes? Tell me when
we will have good roads in Douglas
County, Mr. Voter Man, if we wait
till we get the surplus funds to
build' them with?. No never.
VOTE FOR BONDS,
Your Uncle Ned.
The above was written by a>
good citizen of the western part
of the county, and is n sensible
view.— Ed. /
BIG DAY AT DOUGLASVILLK
BAPTIST CHURCH
F. Winn. They are both popular ei .’ Mrs Henry H aney.
with a host of friends, and will
The third Sunday of this month
21st. has been set for the Homs
Coming Day at the Douglasville
Baptist phureh. There will be
Sunday Gchqol at lO o’clock Preach
_ Miss Eleanor Estes, of Gay, I toff at 11 am. Dinner from 2 to3
make their home at present with Wfls reepn f yues t of her aunt, | Memorial services in eMmory of
the groom’s parents on Route 1. j| rs Nekbit Harper. ’'our dead.
The Sentinel extends congratu- j.j r an( j j] ps |.j pj Richardson 1 V'e want all members of the
Intions. . yi sited relatives near Jonesboro ’Church to be present. Let all:
Sunday.
SPEAKING SATURDAY
Rev G. P. Braswell and Hon. Fi
T. Reynolds will speak three
times Saturday in the county as
hollows:
B. S. Daniel and Son store 1 P.M.
Bill Aap 3 P. M.
Winston 7:30P.M.
Hear them discuss the good
road question. Everyhod urged
to be present.
IMiss Annie Peek has r(.-turned
from an extended visit to rela
tives at Rome,
Mrs. Anna Blair, Mrs. R. E. Rich
ardsou and H. C. Blair, of Atlanta
and 7j. T. Mozley, of Birmingham,
were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Pat H. Winn.
Mr. and Mrs. Spence, of Atlanta
were the week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Watson.
bring dinner and spend the day
with us. We want to get bettar_
acquainted with each other so that -
nsteChristian fellowship may per*
niiate throughout the whole town.
Please let each member accept
this invitation’ and begin now to
arrange for the day. Pray 1 for that
unity of purpose that our Master
may be honored and that we may
all be drawn closer to each other
and to Him that loves us.