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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINELED
VOLUME XV.
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919.
NUMBER 80i
DECLARATION OD INDEPEN
DENCE
What is to be done with the Decla
ration of Independence,, the historic
document that has been so safely
guarded and preserved in as best con
dition as possible during these many
years? It is locked in a specially
constructed vault built in the walls of
the State Department building, the
idea being that, shut out from light
and air, it would be preserved in
definitely. About every six months
it is brought forth for an examination
the last inspection disclosing the fact
that some special treatment must be
given the parchment to further hold
it together. But just what process is
to be followed officials are at'a loss
to state. They do not want to experi
ment too much for fear of doing more
harm than good. Experts who have
had to do with restoring parchments
recovered {from Egyptian pyramids
and other ancient ruins will be consult
ed, and upon their judgement proper
treatment will be given.
WINSTON NEWS
Messrs. E. O. Sayers and Roy Mc-
Larty were Griffin visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Smith and fami-
Iv visted Mrs. W. H. Cahoon Monday
Mr. W. M. Enterkin was an Atlanta
visitor Monday.
Mrs. C. R. Allen is on the sick list
this week.
Quarterly meeting was held at the
Winston Methodist church Sunday. A
y £e crowd attended.
Mr. W. C. Griggs visited Mr. B. L.
Griggs and family Sunday.
The singing at Mrs. Dobbs’ Sunday
night was enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. A. O. Thompson spent Wed
nesday in Atlanta.
Twenty-five or thirty Odd Fellows
attended the I. O. O. F. meeting at
Douglasville Monday night.
Mr. E. Henderson made abusiness
trip to Atlanta Monday.
Mr. E. M. Wade and family have
moved to Whiteshurg.
Mrs. J. W. Pounds visited Mrs. A.
O. Thompson Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lizzie West spent Sunday with
Miss Lovella Pounds.
CHUMS.
HOBSON
Nearly all the farmers in this sec-
ton are almost done picking cotton
and I think most of them have sold it
almost as fast as they could get it
picked.
Mr. Clay Keif ev . nd family, of near
County Line, in Carrol! county, visited
his mother last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Morris visited
their daughter, Mrs. J. H v H,errod l near
Douglasville, the first of the week.
Mrs. B. A. Bomar, who has been
very sick for some time, we are glad
to report is improving. We hope for
her a speedy recovery.
Rev. J. S. Edwards filled his regu
lar appointment at' Mt. Zion Sunday
preaching t\yo very able sermons. At
the close of, the services the church
organized for the Baptist 75 million
campaign, and. expects to have a rally
on Saturday, Dec. 6th. Will have all-
day serice with dinner on the ground
It is desired that every member be
present to help in this great work. A
cordial invitation is extended to every
body.
Mr. J. N. Morris was elected as a
delegate to the Batist State Conven
tion which meets at Macon the 18-20
of this month
The Sunday School Convention of
the Good Samaritan Association meets
at Ebenezer the 5th Sunday in this
month. L°t every Sunday School
worker he on hand and heln all they
can in the work for the Master.
SEVEN MILLION AUTOS
There are 6.786.550 passenger and
truck automobiles in the United States
according to recent estimates. This
represents a gain of thirteen per cent
over the number owned in January
1010. Evidently, 762,045 cars have
been bought during the intervening
months.
Think of the money involved in
these purchases! Ono person out of
every fifteen in the nation, approxi
mately, has his own car. and if auto
mobile owners were generous the
whole population, almost could go ioy-
' riding at the. same time by crowding
fKe vehicles.
New York has .502.785 cars against
480,000 in Ohio, and these states are
having a neck and neck race for lead
ership. Some other states are in
creasing their automobiles faster than
(the average for the nation. This has
(been 13 per cent, since January, but
3hio, California, Georgia, Virginia
Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky
feouth Carolina, Alabama, West Vir-
SHERIFF GETS CROW
Not the flying, squaking kind, but
one H. A. Crow, of Alabama, accom
panied by W. M. Andrews, of the
same state, traveling in a new style
Ford with self starter and a cargo of
27 gallons of Alabama liquid corn.
The capture was made last Thurs
day morning enroute to Atlanta, where
it would have brought a neat sum
when turned over to the blind tiger
gentry. But Sheriff Baggett has a
habit of looking after law breakers
in genera! and the whiskey pedler in
particular, and now has in his posses
sion a substantial cash bond, 27 gal
lons of liquor and a perfectly good
Ford.
H C L. CONFERENCE
OIL FOR FUEL
Coal is not the only fuel. The [A’o-
ple of the country will soon have this
cheerful information placed thorough
ly before them in a campaign of edj-
ucation conducted by your Uncle Sam
uel. While several branches of the
goverment are in operation dealing
with the present conditions of the coal
situation, ono department, fcha* of the
Oil Division of ho Bureau of the In
terior. has the wheels in motion to
bring about as complete a change
from the use of coal as possible. The
East is to profit by the experience of
the West where oil is the chief fuel.
The oil wells of the West and South
west are daily producing hundreds of
thousands of barrels of oil and more
wells are being drilled evry day and
t.h supply is looked upon as unlimited
Oil is used as fuel in the West and
Southwest in locomotives, in factories
and in residences. Oil burning has
never been practiced East of the Mis
sissippi to any great extent because of
steady supply of soft coal. The first
big change to-4>e considered is the
gradual elimination of the coal-burn
ing llocomotives of the railroad ad
ministration. It is to be insisted that
only oil-burning engines be constructed
in the future. Factories, office build
ings, department stores, all large
users of soft coal, are to be shown
how to make the change from coal to
oil as a cleaner and better fuel and at
no greater cost than at present, if as
much. Then the campaign will be
broadened to reach the average house
holder. If th/e department is given the
hearty support of Congress, it is con
vinced* that soft coal can be curtailed
more than half the amount now used.
Attorney General Clifford Walker
has completed arrangements for the
high cost' of living conference re
quested by the United States Depart
ment of Justice. The conference will
be held in Atlanta in the hall of the
house Of representatives of the state
capitol on November 13.
Pursuant to the direction of Govern
or Dorsey and in conformity with the
suggestion of the attorney general of
the United States States, Mr. Walker
urges a meeting of all the mayors
of all the cities, the state fair price
commissioner, chairman and members
of the couhty fair price committees
and solicitor generals, the solicitors
of the city courts, and the United
States district attorneys residing in
the state. A personal representative
of the attorney general of the United
States, possibly the attorney general
himself, will be present at the con
ference, and all officials previously
referred to, and all other citizens in
IMPATIENTLY AWAIT
NEW CIRCUS
GREAT
Ringling Bros, and Barnuin & Bailey
Combined Shows Arouse
Keen Interest Here
‘ Circus Day,” the big holiday for
which young and old impaitently wait
at this particular season promises to
eclipse all other events of the calendar
year at Atlanta Monday, Nov. lQth
It would seem as though everybody
tend. The very name of the great
in this locality were planning to at-
new circus—Ringling Brothers and
Bamum & Bailey Combined—has been
sufficient to arouse far more interest
than has ever before been shown in
the coming of any amusement enter
prise. And word from the Ringling
Brothers, who are the directors of
this gigantic super-circus, is to the
effect that those who attend the per
formances will witness the greatest
program ever presented in America
This is likewise true of the mammoth
terested, are cordially invited to be j street parade, which will postively
in attendance. ; take place showday morning, the
The purpose of the conference, as mammoth menagerie and all else con-
STORAGE ROTS OF SWEET PO
TATOES
SAHARA MAY BE RECLAIMED
stated by Mr. Walker, will be to se
cure more effective and efficient co
operation between state and federal
forces in the campaign against the
high cost of living.
riveted with this biggevst of qll amuse-
mena institution. The famous show
men have made a complete survey of
both ..the great circuses and merged
the finest and best of each into one.
Hundreds upon hundreds of performers
SOMETHING WORTH-WHILE— I"' 11 ^ tHe glp ’ ant ' c main ' tent '
MORRISEY CONCERT' leve w be scores u P on scores of the
, cleverest dumbactors. A gorgeously
costumed pageant, of stunendous size,
will open the program. Great eompa
On Friday night, Nov. 14th, Doug-
lasvill will have the opportunity of
enjoying the greatest musincal treat
that ever appeared here, when Miss
Marie # Morrisey , special representa
tive and rcord singer for the Edison
WHAT WILL GOVERNMENT DO
WITH BONDED LIQUOR?
Now that prohibition is an accom
plished fact, Uncle Sam has a knotty
problem on his hands that is giving
him much concern. He is confronted
with a dilemma that only the United
States Supreme Court can lend a hand
in helping him out, and from this high
tribunal he asks an early decision as
to what he is to do with the 67,000,000
gallons of alcholic beverages stored
in the bonding warehouses throughout
the country. The subject raises a nice
point of law. The bonded liquor was
manufactured with the consent and
under the control of the government
and constitutes legimate private prop
erty. The Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution prohibits the United
States from taking private property
without just compensation. The dis
tilleries demand either the right to
sell their property or compensation
for it from the government.' What
will the Supreme Court say? Will it
authorize the lifting of war-time pro
hibition so that bonded liquor may he
sold to the public? Can the govern
ment destroy the bonded liquor with
out compensation? Or can it take it
over and dispose of it for legitimate
purposes, (through government dis
pensaries. in the years to come? If
the liquor is destroyed, the govern
ment will lose three hundred and fifty-
eight million dollars in taxes. The
equity in the case, as pronounced by an
'/decision the court may make, wil
largely affect the course of Congress
by which the policy of the government
toward this forbidden liquor will be
determined.
(B. B. Higgins. Botanist.) \
With the scarcity and consequent
high price of all food stuffs, it be-j
comes more important that we take
special care in harvesting and storing
the sweet potato crop. With a little
care sweet potatoes can be kept un- j
til spring with almost no loss, but;
carelessness in one essential may
cause the whole lot to decay.
Rots of sweet potatoes in storage
are caused by arious fungi; but the!
most common form in this region is|
the “black rot” or “black spot” caused I
bp a fungus, Spraeronema fimbriatum j
(E. & H.) Sacc. This fungus is pres-!
ent to some extent in nearly all our!
soils and consequently some infected
roots are nearly always found in the!
field.
The decay begins as a small, circu-1
lar, black, sunken spot which enlarges;
until an inch or more in diameter. It,
gives the potato an unsightly appear- j
ance and produces a bitter flavor,
throughout, making the potato unfit I
for market; an<i it also allows the
entrance of other fungi which cause!
a more rapid decay, but which cannot
enter through the sound surface of
the potato. In the black sunken snots j
are produced vast quantities of spores j
which are capable of causing infection!
and decay of many other potatoes. A ‘
single one of these spores may fa!! J
onto another potato; and if the sur-j
face is moist, the spore germinates!
Good Possibility of Its Being Mail#
Into a Reasonably Productive
Agricultural Country.
That the Sahara will some day
“blossom like, the rone," or at any ratft
like a reasonably productive ugrlctll*
tural country, is the gist of an artiClff
by J. Nicholas Brusae in La Nation of
Paris. For more than a quarter of ft
century, Mr. Brusae declares, although
people In general have thought of thft
Sahara as an enormous, permanently
hopeless expanse of sand, those ac
quainted with the results of a geo
graphical survey conducted about 1898
have known also that the Sahara 1ft
not absolutely unfit for either plant or
animal life. Rain falls sometimes ltt
the great desert and there are under
ground streams that could be madft
available for water. The present oases
could be developed and others created,
provided a beginning were made by
establishing strategic roads and Intro
ducing a sense of law and order among
the desert tribes for the security of
those who were trying to develop thft
country. In its entirety the region In
cluded in the Sahara contains already
a good deal of spontaneous vegeta
tion; It grows a number of forafcft
plants and shrubs that serve as pas
turage for caravans, and could doubt
less be Improved and made valuahlft
by cultivation. Fig trees, apricots,
peaches, grapes and various cereals
have been growu in the oases.
and the mycelium, entering the to-1
nies of characters, representing the I tato, causes decay. If however the!
best-loved stories of fable and nursery j surface of the potato is dry, the spore
lore, will appear. There will he splen-! does not germinate,
people, will appear in person and give d,d and , nla " y J Kroups of beautiful j To Prevent loss from black rot it is!
an entire evenings program. horses m jeweled trapping. The army; therefore important to: 1, prevent 1
of clowns exceed all past records for I the spores of the fungus getting onto
fun and numbers. AH contribute to the potatoes; and 2, keep the surface
evening's program,
Miss Morrisey is one of our real
American singrs and makes a'special
ty of songs sung in English. She says
the English language may not be so
soft and melodious as some other
languages but it suits her. Shft^is
a product of strictly American train
ing herself and .has' a right to be
proud of what Americans can do in
the musical world, and predicts that
the time will come when there will be
a great demand for- American songs
on foreign programs.
the biggest circus in history.
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE
of the potato dry so that any spores
which are resent cannot germinate !
Where one has a potato house proper-1
ly constructed for curing, these two!
conditions may easily he obtained byj
observin a few simple principles in re-1
gard to harvesting and storing.
Digging should be done, if possible, ’
The story of real estate is always
interesting when centered around any
growing city, but the marvelous
irrowth of New York has caused some! in bright sun-shiney weather; and the
astonishing fortunes to be made out I potatoes should lie in the field until
of a small plot of dirt. .One lot, in the ; their surface is perfectly dry. Every
Missiiorrisey'comes to.Douglasville-, 3ronx ’, ™ lrt for in_ 1853.^ _ Some[ potato which has the .smallest black
at the expense of the Edison people
and Mr. Joe C. McCarley, the local
dealer, and the concert will be abso
lutely free to music t lovers. Admis
sion will be by card, but free to those
who will go to Mr. McCarley’s store
and ask for them. ,
Appearing with Miss Morrisey will
oe Mr. William Reddick, a noted
pianist.
ginia, Louisanna, Idaho, Utah, Wyom
ing and Delaware have all increased
their number more than 13 per cent
since January 1.
Notice how many southern states
are included in the above. Virginia
North Carolina, Tennessee, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Ken
tucky, and Louisiana all indicate pros
perity and wealth by reason of their
he:rtf purchase of autos. The ratio
for these southern states has been
about 22 per cent, and Tennessee ha*
increased more in proportion than any
other state fn the union. Since 1917
the Sounth has increased its number
fo automobiles by 100 per cent.
BALL ROCK
Mrs. Lilia Harper and daughter,
Vola, spent Sunday evening with Mrs
.Daisy Hollis.
Mr Ben Renfroe and Mr. Will Kil
gore motored over to Atlanta to se'
Mrs. Poole Saturday evening, wlu
was Reported to be dieing, but wa r
thought to be some better late Sunda\
Mr. M. C. Gilland and danghter
Miss Lillie , and Mr. Jeff Harde*
and family made a business trip
A tfanta Saturday.
Messrs. G. TT. Couch. Grover Bfnir.
Frank Couch and Mr. Henson went to
Atlanta Sunday.
Ball Rock was.not verv well repre
sented at the circus Thursdav. on ac
count of so much cotton bing in the
field.
Mr. Jesse Renfroe and wife havn
moved to their new home in Campbell
'bounty.
Mrs. Flora Blair soent Sunday with
her mother. Mrs. Dollie Couch.
Mr. Bud James and wife sn^n<- the
latter part of the week with relatives
in the,Cate Oitv.
Mr. p.iJ] Jqmos and wife soent till
1 bed time with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ren-
j free Suodav night.
What has become of all the corre-
! rnondents? T ooks like thev are tnk-
I jpg a Rip Van Winkle nan. We
i would like so well to read the pews
Trem each corner and we believe thp
i editor would-^bnree?ate it too.
I C. C Hnrner made a business trip
to Villa Rica Monday.
Mr. T.inton Harden and wife passed
through our burg Saturday, enroute
to Villa Rica to visit.-relatives.
Mrs. Doll Poue visited Mrs. Dais'*
Hollis Pundav afternoon.
Mrs. Vola TTarr/er gave Mrs. Minnie
Renfroe a call Sundav morning.
POLLY ANNER.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thanks our friends and
neighbors for the many acts of kind
ness during the illness and death of
our son and brother, Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Humphries
years later a part'of it brought $12,-1 spot or sign of'decaV should-then be’
000, then the city paid $26,000 to cut j sorted out and only the sound * ones
a street through the remainder, which
brought at a sale twenty years ago
$70,000. The man who bought ft at
that figure now receives a rental of
$35,000 a year for the use of the lot
by a big department store!
Another lot, purchased fifty years
ago for$l 1,000, now rents for $125,-
000 a year. What it would sell for
is speculative. Another investment of
$4,420 brings ih an annual income
now of $25,000. What have the oil
speculators to say about this land
profits ?
Diamond Sotting.
The following method of setting
diamonds has been found to be the
best: First drill the hole for the dia
mond to the usual depth, a llttte
deeper thau the greatest dimensions
of the stone. The drilling should be
done without lubricant, as oil of any
kind tends to prevent the spelter from
flowing smoothly.
This being done, the hole should be
closed in slightly, just enough to make
It out of round. The spelter Is now
poured Into the hole, filling it com
pletely, and the diamond, held in u
pair of tweezers, Is pushed into (lie
liquid spelter in the hole until it
strikes the bottom. In doing this.ah
amount of spelter equul to the dis
placed in the bins. The 'potatoes 1
should nqver be washed before storing ,
A few days before digging time the I
potato house should be thoroughly
disenfected. For this purpose use
formaldehyde in water at the rate of
1 gallon of formaldehyde to 100 gal
lons of water. This soultion should
be sprayed onto all surfaces of the
bins, as well as onto the floors and
walls of the house, until thoVoughlv
wet. The house should then be closed!
tightly for twelve hours or longer.
After storage curing must be con-1
tinued until all free moisture is driven,
from the bins. j
Some of the other -forms of decay i
often cause greater loss than black!
rot; but they will cause little trouble
where the above mentioned precau
tions are taken.
Without a potato house it is more
difficult to control the moisture after
storage; but the precautions, as to
digging-and sorting, will help very
materially in reducing loss.
TROOPS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE
The anarchists and the reds would j
have a nice time in the United Stat
if the enforcement of laws against |
them was in the hands of the indi-1
vidual states. Some of the common-1
.!"! wealths would be able to handle them j
and their instigated uprisings, but in |
many sections of the country the mi-!
lit’as of the state are practically non
existent, and a rule of mob violence
could be fostered and maintained for |
some -time by radicals if the' States j
fact that the, had to depend entirely upon their own
round prevents U ,
oiganization to suppress outlawry. I
In a speech made at Cleveland Sec- j
( retary Baker declared that the army i
Introduced Lilac to Europe. ! ° f th f + Un ' ted “ was read J’ re-'
There are men who in a leheer k p0nd to the caU of ^vern,
sphere lmve been givers of sltts which j ■' ls ' , ’ lstanca Keeping order, and for
are enjoyed by millions, though their 1 handling of difticlt situations. It j
own names may have slipped out of Ms highly proper, and reassuring toj
the memory of the world, says the j those who are afraid of something like
Boston Transcript. - ‘ ; an attempt at an overthrow of re-
Such a man was Ogler Ghlsclin de , lU blican principles.
PRINCE’S MEMORY WAS GOOD
~ -«rr
Heir to British Throne Had One dual*
ity That 13 Indispensable
to Politician.
On one occasion Mr. Louis Stern#*#
an engineer and iu visitor, uud a
friend of Charles Dickens, showed thft
late Edward VII, then prince of
Wales, his exhibits at South Kensing
ton and the Crystal palace.
“The next time I met I he prince,"
said Mr. Sterne, “I was crossing
Pleadllly, at the top of St. Jam oft
street. In trying to escape being run
dowdi T ran directly Into the armft
of tfis royal highness. He at oneft
recognised me and said: ‘Mr. Sterne,
you should give this traflic time and
never cross the bows.’ I expressed
surprise that he should recognize tuft#
to which he replied that ho never for
got either face or name if associated
with any matter of interest.”
Mr. Sterne met the prince again
at a picture exhibition where a por
trait of th* late W. H. Smith waft
hung. Turning to the princess, kill
royal highness said:
“Hallo, there’s Smith!"
At once a man standing uear turtlftd
around and acknowledged the recojfr*
nftlon, offering his hand, which tltft
prince unhesitatingly accepted. Whftft
this man, whose name happened to
he Smith, recognized the prince, h®
became embarrassed and. with the lady
who accompanied him,, made his eftit
as soon as possible.
Sheila Help Oil Geologist.
The little jellylike animals wfclcil
the scientist calls Forarainlfera swarm
so abundantly in the sea that their
tiny cast-off shells In some placed
make up a considerable part of thft
sediments which are laid down Oft
the sea bottom and which in tlrilft
may become beds of rock In a land
area. The small siae and thft com*
paCtness of these shells protect thftift
from some of the accidents that toft**
fall the remains of larger animals, sft
that In many samples of well horingft
the Foratninifera are the only shftilft
that have survived In recognizable!
form the vicissitudes of drilliug. In
the hands of the specialist trained tft
Identify fossils, the Foraminiferft
may furnish the only available clue
to the age of rock Inclosing them
and consequently to the existence of
strata or structure favorable or un
favorable to the accumulation of oil,
gas or water, according to the United
States geological survey.
out of Hie hole, and when this drop of
spelter makes its appearance it is cer
tain that there are no Vacant spots
under the stone.
After the spelter has cooled the end
of the roil in which the diamond is
located cun be shaped up In the cus
tomary manner. The
hole is slightly out of
the core of spelter train working out 1
of the end of the rod.
Busbecq. He was born in the pleasant
town of Coniines, in Flanders, now
half French, .half Belgian, with the
IUver Lys between, almost four hun
dred years ago and educated In that
university at Louvain which now, alas,
IS laid low. Busbecq was a collector,
and, when he was sent by the Emperor
Ferdinand as ambassador to the Sul
tan Suleiman the Magnificent, on his
return brought manuscript and coins
and plants home to Vienna. And
among these plants was the lilac.
In thp word of Secretary Baker the
people of this country "have seen too
much disorder in the world to under
value law and order in their own
country.” The anarchists and the ad-
vocates of force have a straight tip
from the Secretary of War. The mili
tary commanders of the various de
partments have been instructed to re
spond instantly to requests for troops
without referring the matter to the
Washington government.
Largest of Inland Seas.
Tlie Caspian sea is the largest In
land spa in the world. It has an area
exceeding 170,000 square miles, and
it is situated between Europe and
Asia to the southeast of Russia. It
lies In a deep depression, and, In a
past age. geologists tell 11s, probably
formed, with the Black and Aral seas,
an Inland sea of vast extent. Salmon
and sturgeon are abundant and thft
seal fishery is important. The Rivers
Ural and Volga flow into it. Astrabad,
Baku and Astrakhan are its chief
ports. Waterways, consisting of riv
ers and canals, connect It with the
Black and Baltic seas. Of Its area,
865 square miles belong to its islands.
At the present time its surface lie®
80 feet below the level of the ocean*
Materials for Buttons.
For no other human purpose are eo
many different kinds of materials used
as for button-making. Products of the
tilled field,’ the forest, the stream and
the sea—vegetable, animal and min
eral—are turned to this account.
Buttons are common, middle-class
and aristocratic—from the bone button
of the laboring man to the jeweled one
in the turban of an Indian rajah or
the symbol of rank on a Chinese man
darin's cap.