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DO! ir.l AS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XV
A REPLY TO RENTER, ALIAS ATTENTION SON CONFEDER ATLANTA WEEKLY
LANDLORD ATE VETERANS LETTER
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919.
NUMBER 23.
I am iu receipt of a circular pub-i Next Monday, Sept. 22, at 12:30
lished and sent out by the road' at the court house, a camp of Sons
bond inthuisHSt nurnorted to ho I of 'Confederate Veterans will be
organized.
Let every son or grandson of a
veteran who possibly can, be pres
ent. The object of the meeting is
to prepetuatpthe memory and
prove our esteem for the heroes
of the Ipsl cause, and to enable
the sens and their families to se
cure reduced rates to the re-union
Atlanta.
Quite a number have signed the
application for a charter, and or
ganization and election of officers
will occur on above date.
Every male deeendant of a vet
eran. 10 years old or over can ap-
bond inthuisast purported to ho j
sent out by a renter, who says
that “A very large land owner is
very much interested in the poor
man and the renter, and is labor
ing to get the renter to vote
against bonds.” Admitting that
Renter states a fact, he should be
thankfciI that one large landowner
in the county is willing to sacri- J
and stabs of some of his fellow
fice bis time and bear the wounds
landlords in warning you of the
approaching abyss of debt into
which they are asking you to
plunge yourself and children for
the next thirty yenrs. The nation
is bonded for more than forty bil
lions of dollars that labor will
have to pay and the State of Geor
gia is to call on the people to vote
for fifty million dollars’ worth of
bonds next year, and the County
of Dougins is to be asked to vote
for one hundred and sixty thous
and dollars’ worth of bonds next
Wednesday, and when will it end?
Almost, every state, town, city and
municipality in the United States
are bonded to the limit nltd it will
take higher tax to pay it and any
man with a thimblefull of brains
Should know that it means higher
rents, from every source to pay it.
House rents are advancing in
every city from five to ten dollars
a month and land rents will have
to advance or the landlord will
have to go out of business. Should
cotton go to 10 cents a pound it
would take three times as much
labor to raise a dollar to pay tax
as it does now and under bonds
you cannot stop tax but under s
direet tax we could hQld up an ex
cessive tax levy and tide over an
emergency and give the poor man
a ohance to live.
Renter says, “ I am sorry anyone
is foolish enough to believe such
stuff as to think we would have to
pay more rent to help pay fqr the
farm.” I am sorry that Renter is I 1
so foolish as to think that he don’t
pay for the farm he rents. I know
personally of numbers of renters
who have paid enough cotton rent .tli
to pay for the land they cultivated -have
many times over and they are do
ing it all over the country today.
Tax is a debt which must be paid
and-the heavier it is the harder it
is to pay. Renter, did you ever
hear of a landlord buying a farm
itobe let out free? The landlord: is
a business man and conducts his
business in a way to make money,
just like the hanker, merchant and
manufacturer, and lie fixes the
rent so as to take care of the ex
penses and make it pay a dividend.
■Renter says, that ‘‘the poor man
has the same chance to send his
children to school as the rich.
He must mean the same right. I
deny that the poor man has the
sajne chance to send his Children
to school as the rich man. I passed
through a number of towns in
Georgia the other day and I saw
the children with their books go
ing to school, but when I got out
in the country T saw hundreds of
children with their cotton baskets
going to the cotton patch. They
must go to the field and work to
pay debts and tax. Renter says,
“Tf we could only have free woods
to hunt Opossums i n we would be
hippy.” Oh, yes. a lot of folks
are happy in the woods hunting
’possums all night and sleeping all
next day while his wife and child
ren are working the crop and bljs
ply for membership, and you must
be a member to secure reduced
railroad fare. Don’t overlook th
date.
children staying' out of school 1 .
Some Smart Johns are very active
in building gallowses to hang
other people on when in the end,
like old Haman, he will be stretchy
ed on it himself.
Renter says that I am trying to
dodge behind him to keep from
paying my part in helping to build
up the county. I don't think that
T would or could' get out any tax
by dodging behind a ’possum hunt
er, for in place of getting out of
paying tax I would Cfand a chance
of getting ’possum bit. If ’possum
hunting makes folks happy I think
it would be a good plan for every
body to quit work, quit building
roads, school houses, churches and'
factories and devote our lives to
'possum hunting.
Tf I thought that bonds would
he a ‘blessing to the people of
■Douglas tfffintjr $gnjM vote for
bonds, but T know that we are not
..ready for bonds and I Know that
£to ^ntraet a great debt at tbie
PERSHING GIVEN SWORD
The presentation of a gold sword
to General Perslpng recalls to old
Washingtonians similar occasions
when heroes have been so honored.
The last time a sword was given to
an officer in the army was in 1854,
to Major-General John E. Weel.
Admiral Dewey received a sword
for bis victory at Manila Day.
General Grant received thanks of
Congress, but was not iveu u
sword, ns three were presented to
him by different organizations.
Grant’s words are now on exhibit
iu the National Museum. Major-
General W. T. Sherman was twice
thanked by Congress during the
Civil War. The thanks of Con
gress,when a recipient is named,
carries with it the right to privi
leges to the floor of both Senate
and House.
NAVY WANTS MEN
What’g the matter with the
Navy ? Why aye men fighting shv
of enlisting in the service, nl-
lough th't^ terms for enlistment
ave been reduced” to two and
Ithrtie years as well as four, and
many other attractive inducements
offered. The Navy Department is
puzzled and is conducting an in
tensive recruiting drive to re
place men liberated from the ser
vice on account of demobolization,
but with little success so far. The
Atlantic Fleet has been stripped of
man-power. Scores of battleships,
cruisers, destroyers and other ves
sels are moored at navy ydrds with
crews so greatly reduced that in
many eases it is difficult, and in
some cases impossible, to keep up
steam. ( Only two. battleships of
the fleet have anywhere near full
crews. (Many men from the At
lantic Fleet were taken off vessels
to fill up the big gaps on ships
sent to the Pacific Coast. Should
a sudden crisis arise in home or
foreign affairs in which the fleet
would be necessary, the Navy De
partment would arrive at the
greatest quandary it has ever ad-
countered.
critical time isnot a good sound
business ptuicy. The interest on
the bonds if applied to the roads
will go a long ways toward im
proving our roads and the present
county road f und, the Federal
fund and the automobile tax fund
ought to give Douglas county a
road fund of some 'thirty five or
forty thousand dollars, and this
looks to me like enough to give us
reasonably good roads in the next
few years.
The unsettled condition of the
world’s finances will* sooner or
la’ter'bring on a panic, which will
probably be one of the worst in
the history of the world. It is
hinted that war ridden and im
poverished Europe is not able to
buy I our cotton without we will
qftll it o them at a sacrifice, and'
that miay be at ten or fifteen cents
a; pound.
i The boll weevils are here and
n)o one can tell what the con
ditions will he in this county next
year and ray advice is to keep out
oif debt until we can see our way
clear before we vote for bonds.
[ I -know not what course others
y take, but as for myself,-1 am
ing tp fake the safe side and
‘e against bonds for the 1 present.
Yours truly,
W. L DORRIS.
NEWS LOOKING FOR YOU AT DOUG
LASVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
(By Starr & Bradley)
The conviction of Fred New on
charge of complicity In the ddar-
ing bank bold-up at Duluth, Ga.,
has furnished one ofthe moat sen
sational developments of the case
which stirred public interest to a
high pitch throughout the state.
The work done by the Atlanta de
tective force in running down the
clues that led to the arrest. of
Fred and Olin New and Fred
Webb, lias received the high com
mendation of the state authorities.
The officers found the Cadillac car
used by the robbers and further
investigation developed the iden
tity of the three alleged highway
men, all of whom live in Gwinnett
and DeKalb counties. New was
tried at Lawrenceville last week
and sentenced to serve from 10 to
14 years on the chaingnng. while
Webb, who has confessed, has not
been sentenced 1 .
Farmers. Business men and
bankers wifi gather in Atlanta
this week to attend tile district
meeting of the American Cotton
Association, which has for its ob
ject the proteeeion of the cotton
■producers’ interest® in the south.
Governor Harding, of the federal
reaerve board, will speak to the
convention, suggesting methods of
financing cotton so that it can be
kept off the market at times when
“ distress cotton' ’ usually sends the
price d'own. The operation of gov.
eminent bonded warehouses i.<
planned to protect the cotton farm
era and the association expects to
extend its organization to include
cotton producers slid allied inter
ests t hroughout the southern
states. The meeting wilt open on
Wednesday and will conclude on
Thursday afternoon. . ,
A second' ronnd of investigation
covering the high" cost of living
will he inaugurated by the dpart
ment of justice, according to state
ments made by h. J. Bailey, head
of the department in the south
eastern territory. The profile made
during tlie past, two bctlpoe weeks -
is to lie followed up vigorously-
with a view to furnishing evidence
for criminal prosecution of all
hoarders and profiteers.
Reports covering the first phase
of the investigation have been
filed witli the authorities at Wash
ington, D. C., and with the United
StnfeR district attorneys, so that
wit'll these reports as a basis, it
will he passible for tlie federal
agents to proceed much more rap
idly and effectively than before.
Tlie price of all coinmodies, par
ticularly of food products and
wearing apparel, will be investi
gated thoroughly to determine
whether there is collusion in main
taining high figures in the face of
the government’s campaign (to re
duce the cost of living.
The annual observance of No
vember 11 as Thanksgiving day
instead! of of leaving the designa
tion of Thanksgiving to the presi
dent, has been suggested by J. H.
Dozier, of Athens, Ga., and is re
ceiving approval from organiza
tions with a national scope. The
War Camp Community Service is
now asking the governors of tlie
various states to signify their ap
proval of tile plan and thus start
public sentiment in this direction.
Mr. Dozier in a letter to Governor
Dorsey six days after the armis
tice was signed on November 11,
1918, suggested the annual cele
bration of the end of the world
war on 1 hat date and the combina
tion of Thanksgiving with the No
vember 11 observance. That the
movement is gaining strength is
indicated by the growing interest
manifested in the suggestion by
prominent individuals and organi
zations throughout the Country.
A delegation of Spanish and
Cuban business men have been vis
iting Atlanta for the past few dayB
investigating facilities for trade
between the United States and
Latin-American countries. The
delegation includes some of the
most progressive business of the
island republic and although they
speak no English, their mission has
resulted in the accumulation of
valuable information/through in
terpreters who hare been furnish
ed: 'The'building up of trade re
lations between the southern
states and the Latin-American
DOUGLAS COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
All members of the Douglasville
Baptist church are earnestly re
quested to lie present next Sun
day, Sept. 21st. Sunday School at
10 A. M. Preaching at 11 A. M.
Dinner 12 to 1 P. M. Song ser
vices 1 to 2 P. M. Memorial ser
vices from 1 2 to 3 P. M.
(kune bring your basket, invite
your friends ami let us spend the
day together, get better acquainted
with each other, loving our friends
and knowing our pastor better.
So let all come ami make it a day
liouoring and glorifying our Lord.
AH singers are urged to be with
us.
Will Be Hald at the Methodist
Church at Lithia Springs.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR, DOUG-
LAS SUPERIOR COURT, SEP
TEMBER TERM, 1919
Monday, September the 22nd, 1919
D. Darden—Drunk on Street.
0. W. Newman—Selling Liquor.
O. W. Newman—Selling Liquor.
O. W. Newman—Selling Liquor.
0. W. Newman, Olin Enterkin and
Hugh Whitfield—Gambling.
O. W. Newman—Drunk on High
way.
Albert Cole—(Malicious Mischief.
Uulie Camp—Life In®. Business
without License.
Phillip Shed—Possessing Liquor.
Gus Williams—'Making Liquor.
Anse Williams—Making Liquor,
Grady Cochran—Pistol.
Sam Mathews, and Andrew De-
Foore—Making Liquor.
W. B. Edge—False Swearing.
Buddie Pope—Adandoning Child.
John Crook—Making Liquor.
Tom Blair—Aslt. to Murder.
Tuesday, September the 23rd, 1919
L. O. Smith—Forgery.
JJ. M. Eidson, 'Misdemeanor.
Tilmau Gray and R. 'M. Eidson-
IM isd'emeanor.
W. A- James—Pistol.
A. p. Giles—Misdemeanor.
R. M. Eidson—Violating Tick Law
H. P. BroWn—Words.
IJ. P. Brqwn—Pointing Gun at
A./ D. Giles—Misdemeanor.
Wednesday, Sept. 24th, 1919.
Otto Collins and Cleve Cole-
Gambling
Elbert Brock, Ben Cain and Otto
Collins—Gambling.
W. A. James—Assault to Murder.
Felt Touchstone—Assault to Mur
der.
John Crook—‘Perjury.
Willie Parks—Seduction.
Walter Favors and George Bridges
—Disturbing Divine Worship.
England Scalps—Misdemeanor.
This term true bills will be sub
ject to call any day during crimi
nal week.
•T. R. HUTCHESON
Sol .Gen. Tallapoosa Circuit. .
CHAPEL HILL
'Mrs. Shepard and daughter,
Miss Evangiline, of Anniston, Ala.,
have returned home after a week’s
visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. A
Winters.
Sorry to rei>ort 'Mr. F. M. Yan-
cy on the sick list.
Borned, to Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
WCbb, a daughter.
IMrs. W. D. Johnson and Mrs.
Tom Butlep visited Mrs. Noah Van.
aant oue day last week.
Mr. C. H. Wood's]! of Atlanta,
was a Chapel Ilill visitor Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Elvoise Old's hag returned
to her home in College Park after
a three weeks’ visit with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Bomar.
Miss Mozelle Yancey visited
'Miss Montrie Yancey Sunday.
'Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Camp vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Winters
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Mozlev and
Mr. and Mrs. L. Campbell visited
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Webb Sunday.
Mrs. J. -H. I/ongino and children
visited Mr. and 1 Mrs. J. E. Foster
Sunday.
Everybody coma oaf to Sunday
School at Chapel Hill Sunday
mornin at 10 o’clock.
countries is a subject of deep in
terest at this time and the visit of
the delegation is expected’to result
in a great increase in the export
trade f rain the smith- ? 5 ! <
The Sunday School workers of
all denominations will meet for an-
ual Convention at the Methodist
church , Lithia Springs, Ga., on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Septem
ber 23rd und 24th. The meeting
is under the auspeeies of tlie Doug
las County Sunday School Associ
ation, which is auxiliary to tlie
Georgia Sunday School Associa
tion.
There will be two sessions of the
Convention each day. '.Morning and
afternoon. From 10:00 to 12:00
and from 1 :45 to 4:00. One of the
features of the Convention will be
the period given over to an “Open
Conference.” at Which time ques
tions will be answered on any
phase of Sunday School work, thus
enabling each person to get help
ful information and suggestions
in regard to their own particular
work.
Two very prominent Sunday
School workers of Georgia have
been secured as speakers for the
tile Convention. These are Miss
Daisy Magee. Superintendent of
Children’s Division. Georgia Sun
day School Association, and 1 Rev.
J. R. Turner, Pastor Collins 'Me
morial Methodist Church, Bolton,
Ga.
In addition to these two Sunday
Sshool experts some of the best
Sunday 'School workers in Doug
las county will take part on the
program, among whom are Rev.
A. Ernest, Douglasville; Rev. L.
W. Neff, Austell; Rev. Mr. Suttle,
Douglasville; Mr. Nesbit Harper.
Lifbjia Springs, land Mr. J. (M.
Peek I/itlua Springs. The County
'President, Mr. G. T. McLatty, and
Mr. J. F. Long, the jQganty Secre
tary, are working jto make this
Convention one of the best ever
held in the county, and it is ex
pected that every Sunday School
in tlie county will be represented.
The program for tAe four ses
sions is as follows:
First .Sesfikin J 1 '
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 23rd.
10:00 Devotion. Led by Rev. A.
Ernest, Douglasville.
10:15 The Purpose and Power of
the Sunlday School. By
Rev. L. W. Neff, Austeil
10:45 Training Workers for the
Sunday Schol. By Rev.
J. R-. Turner, pastor Col
lins Memorial Methodist
Church, Bolton. Ga.
11:1'5 Song.
11:20 The Sunday School Cabi
net and Its Work. By
Miss Daisy Magee, Supt.
Children’s Division Geor
gia Sunday School Asso
ciation.
11:50 Announcements.
12:00 Adjourn for Dinner.
Basket dinner on the ground.
Everybody come and bring a- well-
filled basket. .
Second Session
Tuesday Afternoon
1:45 Devotion. L.-d by Rev. Mr.
'Suttle, DougLasville.
2:00 Ti;i- County Sunday School
Association at Work. By
Miss Daisy Magee.
2:3G Reports of County Officers ■
President—Mr. G. T. Mc-
Larty, Douglasville.
Secretary—Mr. J. F. Long
Douglasville.
Children’s Superinten
dent—Mrs. F. M. Stewart
Douglasville.
President Division No l
—(Mr. Z. T. Dake, Doug
lasville.
President Division No. 2
—'Mr. G. S. King, Doug
lasville, R. F. D.
President Division No. 3
—-Mr. J. B. Cowan, Wins
ton.
(President Division No. 4
—Mr. J. N. Morris, Rt 1,
Winston.
The Workers’ Meeting. By
Rev. J. R. Turner.
Bong.
The Huh of the Wheel. By
Miss Daisy Magee.
The -One Best Thing Our
Sunday School is Doing.
(Three minute messages
by some representative of
each Sunday School.
Adjourn,
Third Session
Wednesday 'Morning, £opt. 34th.
10:00' Devotion. Lad by Mr
NedhR Rfcrpor,'
NO SECTION WHITE AS SNOW
Much comment is appearing in
Northern newspapers about the
trouble at Knoxville, and in some
of it between the lines appears to
be a note of what- is at least relief
and might almost be called satis
faction that a Southern city has
suffered in kind with Washington
and Chicago. However, it may be
said that whereas Chicago and
IVasliington’s trouble continue day
after day with a constantly grow
ing list of casualties, the trouble
in Knoxville was over in twenty-
four hours. Maybe they know how
to deal with trouble makers in the
.South better than in the North
and this is not because tlie South
has more trouble-makers. New
York’s own newspapers, read day
by clay, offer sufficient evidence
of how New York people misbe
have at times. It was only a few
days ago that a mob of hundreds
tried to lynch a negro in Broad-
way.
gotten. What we should all keep
But recrimination should be for-
iu mind is that no one section, no
one State, has a monopoly of the
trouble or of tjie trouble-makers.
In no State is there such an un
biased and orderly enforcement of
tl(p law as should permit tlr-it
State to assume file lioliei’-tlian-
1 !'ou attitude toward any other.
When there is criticism it shouldi
be constructive; bv no means
should there be an indication of
gloating over the troubles of
others. Tlie whole country haa
Ivad its trouble, and all Americans
should rather sympathize with,
rather than rejoice over any citj|
in Almerica that is the scene, nt the
moment, of lawlessness.—Savan
nah News. _ _ 1 j ,1 , J
2:45
3:15
3:20
3:50
4:00
STRICKEN CITY APPEALS FOX
AID^ mrim'ia'ia'"
telegram was res
sday night. ,
^ake. ■ ,*jfi
e following tels-
Tliousanjs destitute and loss of
life large and property loss ex
ceeds ten million; financial assist
ance imperative., Signed by Gor
don Boone, mayor of Corpus
Christi. Will you not present this
matter at once to the people of
your city, holding, fund collected
and wire me total amount ? On re
ceipt of this information, will
advise you to whom money should
he paid. Sending similar tele
grams to all mayors of Georgia.
HUGH DORSEY, Gov.”
Friends, every little helps in a
crisis. Let’s raise a hundred dol
lars for these homeless people at
once. Send check or leave money
at Sentinel office and we’ll see
it goes to right place. The Senti
nel will contribute $2.00, Whin
will be n^tf?
• Z. T. DAKE, Mayor. v
Springs.
10:15 Looking After Absentees.
By Mr. J. F. Long, Doug
lasville.
The Organized Adult Clean
By Rev. J. R. Turner.
11 :15 Song
11:20Presentation of Attendanca
Banner.
11:30 Bigger anidl Better. By
‘Miss Daisy Magee.
12:00 Offering for Support of
the Work.
12:10 Annouimements and ap
pointment of Committees.
12:15 Adjourn.
Basket dinner on the ground.
Fourth Session 1
Wednesday Afternoon
Devotion. Led by Mr. J. VC,
Peek, Lithia Springs.
Getting Men and Women in
the Sunday School. By
Mr. P. H. Winn, Lithia
‘Springs^
Missionary Instruction in
the Sunday School. By
R*?v. J. R. Turner.
Song.
Four Gates. By Miss Daisy
Magee.
Question and Answer Pe
riod. (Everybody is re
quested' to ask their hard
est question on Sunday
School work.)’
4:05Reports of Committees land
Election of Officers.
4-.10 Tim* and Plaee of Next '
Meeting.
B0:45
1 :'45
2:00
2:30
3.-00
3:05
3:35
Iti5 Adjfrnrn,