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VOLUME XV.
DOUGLASV1LI*E, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919.
NUMBER 27.
NECESSARY TO ACT
SAYSBARRETT
Charles S. Barrett, National President
. .of the Farmers’ Union, Issued
the Following Call to the Farmers of
the United States to Organize.
To the Farmers of the United States:-
We are facing in our country, which
you have done so much to build up, the
most troublous times that it has ever
known. The forces of capital and of
organized labor after many years of
constant struggle and temporary
agreement seemed to have joined issue
in a much sharper way than ever be
fore.
The President has called a confer
ence of these forces, the purpose of
which is to see if better relations can
be established in our industrial life.
Tliere is today no man alive wise
enough to foresee what is to be the
result of that conference. The possi
bilities for good or evil are beyond
calculation, and the results will affect
either favorably or unfavorably every
human being in this broad land.
From the foundation of our country
up to the present, you have been the
real cnnserving force. Staying- at
home as you do, leading a rather iso
lated life, as you do, you have natural
ly developed a strong individualism
and self-reliance, which makes it hard
for you to co-operate with your fel
lows The conditions which have
arisen and which are not of your mak
ing, are such that it may be necessary
for you to move in a new direction.
In every emergency which our coun
try has ever had to face, you have re
sponded. It was embattled farmers
who won our struggle for indepen
dence. In every war from that day
to this you have shed your blood free
ly. In ever crisis, you have met, with
out stint, every call that ha3 been up
on you. In this last great war, wjben
you were told that food must win the
war, notwithstanding your shortage
of help; notwithstanding the hundreds
of thousands of your soti^ who had
gone'to the frontj .you put on high
pressure and turned loose such an
immense sppjgly of all necessary food
stuffs as enabled otir people not only
to feed themselves, hut to feed Europe,
and this, more than any other one
tihng, led to the triumph of our cause.
You had a right te expect that you
would be allowed to sit down in peace,
to till your fields, to look after your
flocks and herds, and to enjoy such
leisure as your labors would permit,
without having to face, immediately,
another great crisis. Despite your ef
forts to do your part, the conditions
•referred to have brought upon the
country the most dangerous crisis it
has ever known. This means that in
addition to tilling your fields and at
tending to your own affairs you must
take up questions of governmental
and sacial policies more actively and
more unitedly than you have ever
done before.
You represent the largest single
element in our population; you repre
sent the largest invested capital of
any industry, and anything therefore,
which injures the country injurs more
farmers and a larger invested capital
than can be possible to any other
class.
It becomes therefore, necessary for
you to act, not only as a matter of
self-protection to yourselves, but of
saving the whole United States from
the evil results which will follow a
failure of the conference which has
been called.
The purpose of this address is to
call yeur attention to the facts as they
now exist, anfi to ask that you will
organize more thoroughly, more
unanimously and more promptly than
you have ever before done or thought
thought of doing, in order that you
may be in a position by reason of your
numbers and the political power in
these numbers to do those things
•which may become necessary to re
store a condition of health to the coun
try which you have- so faithfully
served, and which it may be truthfully
said is now in danger.
Let us urge you therefore, to
move at once. Forget all your past
experiences in this direction, the
strong man does not stop because of
one failure, or two failures, or three
failures, and the urgency of the situ
ation is such £hat you cannot afford
to let any past experiences or past
prejudices deter you one moment in
getting in elbow toucb with your fel-
t lows in order that your children and
your children’s children may be pre
served from calamity.
CHAS. S. BARRETT.
Union City*, Ga., Sept 27, 1919.
NO VALID REASON GIVEN FOR
SUGAR FAMINE BY OFFICIALS
No valid reason is given by Govern
ment officials as to the acute short
age of sugar over the entire country.
It is admitted by them, after a careful
survey, that the public is face to face
with a sugar famine. A variety of
excuses are offered. The sugar short
age in Europe is said to have made
serious inroads on the American sup
ply. Information is at hand that
sugar is plentiful in Germany, es
pecially in the form of candies and
for higher prices. The talk of ration
ing the sugar supply is not ofeeting
with public favor. During the war it
was different, as an emergency had to
be met. The views of the people are
the consensus of opinion is to the ef
fect that the needs of the American
people should receive first consider
ation; exports should be measured by
the excess above home needs and that
it is not right for Germany to be
munching American tLr.dy uhd sweet*
sweets. Rumor has it that large quan-! while the hous~wiv of America go
titles of sugar are held in porto Rico' with their much-needed sugar.
TAX COLLECTOR’S ROUNDS
FIRST ROUND
1919
Middle District
Winston f rom 8 to 9, Oct 22
Court House from 9,30 to 10:30, Oct. 22
Daniel’s Store f rom 11:00 to 12:00, Oct. 22
Fair Play
Court House from 12:30 to 1:30, Oct22
McWhorter... from 2:00 to 3:00. Oct. 22
Bill Arp from 3,30 to 4:30, Oct. 22
Chapel Hill District
Court House from 8:00 to 9:00, Oct. 24
Chestnut Log District
Court House , from 8:00 to 9:00, Oct 27
Lithia Springs from 9:30/to 10:30, Oct. 27
LAST ROUND
Tyre from 9:00 to 9:30, Nov. 10
Court House from 9:45 to 10:15, Nov. 10
Hannah fromfrom 10:30 to 11:30, Nov. 10
McWhorter from 12:00 to 1:00, Nov 10
Daniel’s Store from 1:30 to 2:30, Nov 10
Middle Court House from 2:45 to 3:30, Nov. 10
CONN ERS
Suipher Mines from 8:00 to 9:00, Nov. 17
Black Jack from 9:30 to 10:00, Nov. 17
Winston from 10:30 to 11:30, Nov. 17
Bill Arp from 8:30 to 9:30, Nov. 20
Chapel Hll from 8:30 to 9:30, Nov. 21
Chestnut Log District
Fergerson’s Mill from 8:30 to 9:30, Nov. 2*
Bell Cross Roads from 10:00 to 10:30, Nov. 24
Lithia Springs fr,om 11:00 to 1:00, Nov. 24
Court House, Chestnut Log from 8:30 to 9:30, Nov. 27
Bank of Villa Rica .* from 8:00 to 10, Dec. L
Town. fr° m Dec. 7 t<J
My books close December 20, 1919, as the law directs,
jhe new law requires me to collect interest on aLl taxes not
paid by Dec. 20, 1919. Be governed accordingly.
R. C. MORRIS, T. C.
INTERESTING AFFAIR
A FIELD FOR PROFITS
A little learning is reputed to be a j An interesting event of the past
dangerous thing. So with success. wee j c waH the^acky party gien by
Just because you make your life suc
cessful, and acquire money in mass
formations,-don’t lose light of other
things. Because your money is able
to hire other men, to buy them for a
time, and get from them their, labor,
don’t forget that money itself is not
the chief aim of life:
Civilization is not organized for
mpney making, either primarily or ex
clusively. The advancement of hu
manity, if you care about it is not
measured In. interests and profits.
The life you lead, the growth of
spirit within you, andthe service you
render manknd mean morean more
o theworld than your little fortune
In the stress of business you don’t
think much about your duty to your
fellow man. You don’t even stop'
long to think of your duty to your
God. Even on Sunday you forget
Mrs. John H. Almand at the home
of Mrs. Robt. McKoy.
The party included the members
of the Matrons’ Club, and quite a
number of invited guests.
The house was beautifully deco
rated In rabbit tobacco and batchelor
buttons. •
Mrs. Almand received her guests
wearing a hoop dress of black taffe
ta with large black hat trimmed In
ostrich plumes, quills, bird of para
dise and purple ribbon.
Just after the guests arrived they
were served with red stick candy.
A short program was rendered du
ring the afternoon, two of the main
features being an address, “W h y
women should vote,” by Mrs. Joe
Abercrombie , and a song entitled,
“Mary had a littlt la,m”by Mrs. W.
its purpose, and miss an- opportunity • ^ Almand.
to make yourself beter than you
are, because religeon relegates self
to service, if it is religeon.
A delicious salid course was then
served, afterwhich the party paraded
the streets and then bid farewell to
one another.
10,000 Register
At U . C . V .
Reunion
Atlanta, Oct. 15,—Practically 10,-
000 Confederate veterans, 9,784 to be
exact, registered during the twenty-
ninth annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans which has been
in progress here during the past week
and which came to an end on Friday.
Two grand balls were the social fea
tures of the reunion, while minor
events occurred to make the social
program brilliant. The big parade of
Friday proved to be one of the most
spectacular ever staged at any re
union of the veterans. General K. M.
Van Zandt, of Texas, was re-elected
commander-in-chief of the veterans,
while N. B. Forrest, Jr., son of the fa
mous Confederate calvalry leader, was
chosen commander-in-chief of the
SJons of Veterans, succeeding Carl
Hinton, of Denver, Col. Despite the
fact that a heavy rainstorm made con
ditions rather difficult for one night
at Piedmont Park, where the old sol
diers were encamped, no deaths oc
curred among the veterans.
HAZING AT COLLEGES
WOULD ESTABLISH Y. M. C. A.
IN RURAL SECTIONS
The problem of keeping young
people ofthe country districts on the
farm can be solved in a large meas
ure by extension of Y. M. C. A. re
creational facilities in the rural
disstricts, according to Sergoant W.
Seay,Jr., recently returned from ov
er seas. \
In a letter to the Georgia head
quarters of the Y. M. C. A. Ser
geant Seay,who has just been dis
charged and is now a department
store manager i nRichmond, Va.,
says :
“The young peoqle of the country,
like the younger generation of th<
cities, crave and deserve amusements
which will in a measure relieve the
motony of everyday life. Hence
the Y. M. C. A. movement nto the
rural sections. The fact that the coun
try districts lack the means of amu
sing their young people in the proper
way is in a large measure responsi
ble for ther immigration to the
towns and cities.
“I believe that the Y. M. C. A. if
in a sufficient number of centers,will
prove a potent factor in solving
this problem. of keeping the young
people of the country districts at
home. It will be an important fac
tor in the stay on the farm’ and the
‘hack tohe farm movement.’
“There is no set of people under the
3un who need help and encourage
ment more thanthe breadmakers of
our country and the country people
will stand n. their own light if they
do not give allhe assistance possible
to the campaign now being launched
for their benefit.”
The Georgia money for Georgia
boys’ campaign for $70,000.00 for
the coming years program will he
held October 20-30..
Douglas county’s quota is $225.00.
Vets Lost Tickets,
Replaced By R. R.
Several Confederate veterans who
attended the reunion in Atlanta lost
the retuni coupons on their round trip
tickets and were consequently much
worried over their predicament, many
of them having little money and un
able to purchase new tiokets. Their
dilemma was brought to he attention
of the railroad authorities and new
tickets were issued without charge.
They were only obliged ta make a
statement to the effect that they had
purchased round trip tickets and had
lost the return coupon.
PROGRAM OF THE DEDICATION
SERVICE OF EPHESUS CHURCH
Sunday, Oct. 26, 1919.
9:30, A. M.—Song service, led by C.
A. Barefield.
9:45, A. M.—Devotional service, by
Brother Sam Newborn.
10:00, A. M.—History of Ephesus
Church, W. K. Burnett.
10:30, A. M.—The Deacons of Ephesus
Church, by W. G. Sayer and others.
11:00, A. M.—Dedication Sermon, by
Dr. Fowler, of Lanier University.
Dinner
1:30, P. M.—The Mission of the
Church, Rev. S. T. Gilland.
2:00, P. M.—Concord Association—
its Work, Col. J. R. Hutcheson.
2:30, P. M.—The Faithful Pastor,
Rev. .J. S. Edwards.
3:00, P. M.—The Faithful Member,
Hon. J. T. Hixon.
Benediction
Based upon the cowardly superiority
of the group against one lone frqph,
man the practice of hazing is pre
valent at nearly every male college.
Just as in ordinary life the act of a
mob is a cowardly procedure, so in
collegiate circles, a body of men who
would hesitate and fear to act indi
vidually become lawless and desperate-
in the mass.
In Virginia a trial is occupying the
courts because of an episode of hazing
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The
cruelty of the system is apparent in
this case, where a small lad was be
labored severely with a bed slat.
Hazing could be conducted as a
pleasantry, as a good-natured joke,
but it never has been. The possibility
of harmless amusement is always re
moved by the reality of certain pun
ishment and bullyism which accom
panies the action. It is a relict of the
cruelty loving element in mankind
which once burned Christian martyrs
as oil torches, or threw them into an
arena to be devoured by lions.
It is a custom which should go. It
seems to be a practice which few facul
ties control.
DOUGLASVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Douglasville Public Sshools
have an enrollment of over five hun
dred pupils. The work is being well
organized. The pupils see what is to
be done and many, of them are giving
close attention to their work.
Both pupils and teachers of the
High School will be more han pleased
when their n«w desks are placed.
The music- department is very full,
and after a week's rest the pupils are
ready for their work again.
The girls of the domestic science
department, aifter a month’s study of
their first experiments in cooking;. The:
kitchen, when;completed, will be well
equipped and! will be a credit ta> the
school.
On last Fkidfcy two literary- so
cieties, “The? Bob Toombs” and “The
Sidney Lanier,” were organized^. The
girles beingj. in charge of one. and the
boys being 1 ? in charge of the- other.
We are exacting splendid works from
these societies, and we hope bjr'Ghrist-
mas to have a joint meeting,. to< which
the patrons- and 1 friends of the* school
will be invited;
The school library is now open.
New books are coming in daily and the
library is growing rapidly*. We have
a number of good reference books
already, among which a Webster’s
Unabridged Dictionary is the latest
addition. The pupils find these most
helpftal in their work. Willie Frank
Morris, Grace* Irvin ami Bimest Thomp.
sonson have been irk charge since it
opened, and they think from the num
ber of applications fhr books, that the
pupils feel proud of the opportunities
which it affords. Any contributions
te the school library will be highly ap
predated,, as we hope by the end of the
term to have at least two thousand
volumns.
The school grounds are still in the
rough, but we hope in afew days to
get something definate done. The
grounds ane great possibilities and we
expect yet to get much pleasure and
profit from them. We hope to make
it the most attractive place in town.
A number of the pupils expect to
attend the Southeastern Fair in Atlan
ta this week and * holliday is being
discussed for the benefit of those Who
wish to attend.
Miss Polly Brittain, our first grade
teacher, was called by a telegram to
.the funeral of her neice in Andrews,
N. C. Miss Edith Data* has charge of
her department for the
American' Legion
State Convention
This. Week
The Georgia state convention of the
American Logion will occur in Atlanta
this week, October. 15-16 and an in
teresting program has been arranged
by the local members .of the organiza
tion,. who are he hosts to the Georgia
Legionnaires. A permanent organi
zation will be perfected, officers
elected and plans made to extend the
membership to every section of the
state.
HISTORICAL PLACES MARKED
Markers are being erected at various
spots in Atlanta and vicinity to desig
nate places where events of historic
interest occurred. Two were unveiled
during the past week to mark epi
sodes in the battle of Atlanta. Others
will be erected at intervals by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
who- are in charge of the work.
SARA SELMAN
ELLEN WINN
HANKINS-GOODE
TAKE NEXT CENSUS
ARE WAITED
The director of the census, Hon.
Sam L. Rogers anounces that 80,-
000 enumerators will be needed to take
the next census. The work beginfl
on January 2 and wil last about two
weks in cities, and a month or more
in rural districts. Ratesof pay will
vary depending upon the locality and
character of the district to be edn-
vased. The average pay per enumer
ator at the census of 1910 was
about $70.00. At this census it will
probabl be not les han $100,000
Aciive, inteligent, and reliable
men and women not less than 18 are
neded for this task,” said Director
Rogers, and n a sense this is a call
forvoiunters. The importance of a
complete and reliable census, especi
ally in these critical imes when more
than ever before perhaps, we ned com
plete data regarding population, con-
diions, endencies and resources,can
hardly be over emphasized. The re-
organizaion of the social and econ
omic struccure and the readjustment
of international relations necesitated
by the war must be based on acurato
knowledge if we are to act wisely
and deal justly with all classes and
all interest.*. It is hoped therefore,
that public spirited, energetic people
through the country will volunteer
to act as census enumerators, even
though they may not care for the
positions so far as the pay is con
cerned. I should be sory to think
and I do not believe that all our pa
triotism was used up by the war and
none left over.for public service in
times of peace.”
Walter O. Marshburn.Supervisor of
the Census, for the fifth district of
Georjgia, which includes the counties
of Fulton, Dekalb, Campbell, Douglas
and Rocklale, states that he will
need about 200 enumerators for this
district Applicaions or requests for
application forms will be sent to him
on or before October 15. His ad
dress is 27 1-2 Exchange Place, At
lanta, Ga. As a test for their fitnrss
for he work, applicants will be re
quired to fill out a sample sched
ule and will be duly notified of the
time and place for this test. So far
as practicable the place selected wll
be one which is euily acessible.
THE WAITRESS’ REVENGE
An interesting event of the past
week was the wedding of Miss Tina
Mae Goode and Mr. Tom Hankns,
on Saturday evening, October 11th,
at the home of the bride’s uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Almand.
The bride was lovely in a smart suit
of 8ilvertone with hat to match.
Only a few intimate friends were
present.
The ring ceremony was used, the
nupttial vows being pronounced by
Rev. A. Ernest.
Southeastern Fair
Opens
The Sioux Falls Press tells of a
waitress, who had occasion to call up
a party at another town. She did not
get the party with whom she wished
to talk. Nevertheless she had to pay
for the message under the Burlesonian
station-to-station, person-to-person
system. She protested vigorously
against the charge, but was informed
that she must pay for the “report”
that the party she wanted was not
available for conversation.
A day or wo later the manager of
the telephone company was waited
on by the waitress. Among othed
things he ordered a piece of cherry
pie. He was advised that the larder
was innocent of cherry pie at that
time. When he went to pay his bill he
noted that he was charged for a piece
of cherry pie! He protested, but was
met by the waitress, who told him
that the charge was for the “report”
tha there was no cherry pie to be had.
The Southeastern Fair opened on
Saturday to continue until October 21,
while the Grand Circuit races, which
will be one of the most important
features of the exposition,opened on
Monday. The exhibits of farm pro
ducts, machinery, automobiles, live
stock and handicraft goods are far
more elaborate than ever before.
Tilly Ellis Shoots
“Dutch” Elliott
Tilley Ellis, 30 years old, a-decora
tor, shot and instantly killed a mah
known as “Dutch” Elliott on White
hall street Saturday, firing three
times when he met Elliott walking
down, the street with Mrs. Ellis. The
couple had been seperated for sipma
time.
REVIEWING THE SITUATION
“The ideals for which men died have
apparently gone stale and sour for the
governments that professed them are
grabbing at shadows of empire.” Who
said it? Not a German, nor a bolshe
vik, but the editor of the Saturday
Evening Post. He continues:
“Half the world has been sulking
and slacking, and the other half has
been slacking and jazzing. Labor has
been on a new joy-strike every morn
ing. The railroad brotherhoods have
been raising their wages and incident,
ally he carenters’ and bricklayers’ cost /
of living. The carpenters and brick
layers have been boosting their own
pay and incidentally the brotherhood’s
rent Capital has been tacking the
new cost on to prices and sometimes a
thrifle bit more for luck. Bootblacks
are making more than clerks, waiters
more than professors, and cooks more
than . teachers. Everybody has been
letting down a litle, wasting a little,
and saving mighty little.”