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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINELS
VOLUME XV.
DOUGLAS VILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920.
DOUGLAS KIM GET
' T1
FOR
Forty-two counties applied Saturday
to the state board of education for
the state aid fund of $1,000 to raise
the grade of high school work.
Their applications were taken under
consideration pending inspection of
their high schools to determine wheth
er they have complied with the re
quirements of the state aid fund.
That Douglas county has complied
with all requirements in the matter
was shown by Senator John T. Dun
can and Representative *W. R. Wil
loughby, who have supported the meas.
ure in the interest of the small coun
ties which do not have an A grade
four-year high school under the clas
sification of the Southern Association j
of Schools and Colleges. $1,000
each county high school qualify
for aid will be given from a fund ap
propriated from the rental of the state
railroad.
It was keenly gratifying to the
board that so many counties should
apply, indicating an ambition to give At six o’clock Thursday evening,
better advantages to the boys and | the time for closing the entry list for
girls of these counties. j the primary Saturday, a total of
In distributing the high school fund, twenty-one candidates had paid the en-
PM Entries In For Primary Saturday;
Twenty-one Raies Will Be On Met,
J jsuspec
Rules Adopted
preference will be given first to the
fifty counties in question. Where
deemed advisable by the board, the
fund will be given a high school con
ducted by a municipal board of edu
cation provided the school is opened
trance fee and were therfore placed
upon the ticket for the election.
Fourteen have announced for council
three for marshal, three for clerk and
one for mayor. Judge McLarty, can
didate for mayor, being the only
to boys and girls of the county who ! Jidate who will have no opposition.
reside beyond the municipal limits.
This has been held by the attorney
general to be in compliance with the
act.
Nobody Much,
Says Prowler,
Then Flees
To awake and find a man crouching
■ beside her bed was the harrowing
experience of Miss Frankie Bridwell
at the home of Miss Lilia Freeman,
Monday night.
It seems that Miss Bridwell had
been in the habit of leaving her bed
room window slightly ajar tninking
that its heighth from the ground pre
vented the possibility of anyone at
tempting an entrance without being
heard. Monday night she retired to
the room which joined the one oc
cupied by Miss Lilia Freeman, Miss
Savannah Freeman and Mrs. Mollie
Hudson, the only other occupants of
the house. Sometime in the night she
awoke thinking she had heard someone
moving about in the room.
“Nobody Much”
By this time Miss Bridwell had be
come thoroughly frightened but man
aged to ask, ‘‘who is that?” “Nobody,
much,” replied the intruder. When
she had recovered her b|*eath she
screamed loudly. The strange man
fled through the window and dis
appeared.
The young lady’s screams brought
the other occupants of the house,Miss
Lilia and Miss Savannad Freeman
and Mrs. Hudson into the room. Miss
Lilia Freeman telephoned for help, and
Sheriff Baggett and night policeman,
John Arrington, hastened to the Free
man home,
home.
A search failed to uncover any clues
which might lead to th$ identity of
the guilty person, but there were
many tracks around and under the
house which indicate that the prowler
was very careful and deliberate in his
actions. It is thought that he knew
that only women were in the house.
In the darkness Miss Bridwell did
not see him plainly enought to give
any description of him, but it is
thought more than likely that he was
a white man.
Of the fourteen candidates for coun
cilman, six are at present members
of council. There will be seven coun-
cilmen elected. The ticket is as fol
lows.
For mayor, J. H. McLarty.
For clerk, J. E. Phillips, J. T. Giles,
B. F. Hagin.
For Marshal, V. M. Leathers, J. F.
Freeman, R. M. Cole.
For councilmen, H. T. Cooper, J.
F. Long. Dr. T. R. Whitley, S. A. Grif
fith, J. M. Banks, Dr. R. H. Poole, G.
L. Holloway, J. O. Connally, Dr. J. M.
Boyd, W. D. Styles, T. L. Varner, J.
S. Abercrombie, O. T. Selman, P. H.
McGouirk.
The polls will open Saturday at the
legal hour for elections. A. H. Mat
thews, F. Aderhold and Marion Mor
ris will hold the election. A large
vote is expected.
A young white man giving his name
as Joe Freeman, 22, of Alabamu City,
Ala., is being held in the county jaii
charged with the burglary of the J.
La Selman & Son drug store Saturday
night.
It is said that the prisoner c; nfrsscd
to entering the store and taking a
small amount of cash, when questioned
by sheriff Baggett and Paul 1). Sel
man Monday morning. He was lodged
in jail to await the March term of the
Superior Court.
Entrance to the drug store was ef
fected through a back window.
Night-watchman, John Arrington
made the arrest Sunday morning just
as the suspect was preparing to get
aboard passenger train, No. 12
Sometime before midnight Arring
ton was making his rounds when he
noticed that a door leading to the
ipion department was closed,
suspecting something wrong he went
i to the back door and finding it closed
! preceeded on around to the rear of ,
. ; the building where ho found a window !
By Committee op™^- sheriff Baggett |
Winston News
Interestingly Told
RICHARDSON-GRIGGS
A wedding of interest to the many
friends of the couple was that of, Miss
Ramah Richardson, of this place, and
Mr. Walter Griggs. The marriage was
solemnized at the home of the bride
last Wednesday evening, Rev. J. S.
Edwards, of Buchann, officiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Griggs left Thursdayfor
Jacksonville, Florida; whore they will
reside. They carpy with them our
wishes for joy and greatest success in
life.
Mrs. B. E. Burnett is sick at this
writing. Hope she will soon by well
again.
Mr. Miller of East Po.r.t is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hondo) sen.
Dr. W. K. Burnet: was an Atlanta
visitor Monday
Mrs. B. L. Griggs is visiting hep
mother Mrs Brown, in Atlanta.
Mrs. A. O. Thompson was in Atlanta
Monday.
Mr. A. L. Plunkett will leave for
Floridathis we.-.K t«: make his home.
We wish hi n much success.
Mr. J. L. Plunkct is moving to our
burg from Atlanta. Mr. Plunketthas
been an active railroad man for
several ye-ifs, but he says he wants to
get back to ihe giod old count; y
again
The citizens of our community hav<
HEW APPORTIONMENT
WILL GIVE DOUGLAS
Under the plan of apportioning con
victs to counties according to road
milage, Douglas will get ten or pos
sibly eleven convicts. Complete road
milage returns from the counties of
Georgia made to the prison commis*
sion Wednesday show Douglas county
listed as having 472 miles of road in
cluding the streets of Douglasville.
Total milage in the state is said to
aggregate 100,000 miles. There are
2,300 convicts, which allows 23 con
victs to each 1,000 miles of road.
GOOD ROADS
SPRINGS,
SHOW IN
ARKANSAS
HOT!
| was called and a search failed to locate | me j. an( j agreed to put in an up-to-date
i anyone in tlv building, but the night- , telephone system and will have a
Following are the rules under which j watchman suspected a stranger who j fj rs |- c j ass switchboard in in a few
the city primary will be governed rela- j was hanging around the depot and j days Watch us grow.
Birmingham, Ala., January 26.-—In
recognition of the importance of the
8th annual convention of the United
States Good Roads Association, aB
well as the United States Good Roadfl
Show, that will take place in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, Appil 12th to 17th,
1920, the Bureau of Public Roads,
which is under the Director General
of the Unied States Good Roads As
sociation, that it will be pleased to
send a comprehensive exhibit to Hot
Springs and requested him to set aside
two thousand square feet of space for
this Government Exhibit. They will
send ronresentatives from the Road
tive to qualifications required to be accompanied by the sheriff, went to; Mr.T. A. Thompson is mingling with ! Department at Washington to have
entitled to participate in the election j the depot and questioned the Alabama I hjs f,.j en( ] s again, after being confined j chapge of the exhibit and to explain
of city officials January 24, according I man. j to his room for several weeks. , the same to the visitors. This exhibit
There seemed to be nothing upon
which to convict him, hut the night- j
watchman was convinced that he had T 1\/T Qpl-rnCin IQ
found the guilty person, so kept him J * Oeillldll 1^
under surveillance through the night j
und arrested him next morning. Later
he admitted the burglary.
to a copy of the rules furnished the
Sentinel. It follows
“All legal white voters are en
titled to vote. A legal voter is a
male pbrspim ho is 21 years old, has
lived in U*' ..tate 12 months and in
the to\yi* , month, has paid all taxes
and' ’. registered.
If his name is left off the voters’
list and he can show by the regis- g Q y Suffer
and is otherwist qualified, he can
vote. Also any young man who will
be 21 years old by the time of the
election held on the first Monday in
February will be entitled to vote in
primary election held for town of
ficials Saturday, January 24.
“You see the requirements; if you
want to vote get ready before elec
tion day.”
i will he educational and will be worth
! riding thousands of miles to see and
i will be one of the great attractionfl
„ - ^,j.. . , ' at Hot Springs.
Bank (JitlCiai Not only the Agricultural Depart-
' ment will have an exhibit, but thft
. , .. , . »-» War Department will also have
M. Selman, better known to Doug- , 1 . , .. .
comprehensive exhibit.
Painful Accident
TOO MUCH COTTON CHIEF DAN
GER SAYS BROWN
BROKEN BLOSSOMS AT LOCAL
THEATRE SATURDAY
D. W. Griffith’s “Broken Blossoms”
will be exhibited at the Kozytorium
Saturday. The picture has just fin
ished a two-weeks’ run at the Tudor
theatre, Atlanta, where thousands pro
nounced it easily the greatest of the
Griffith productions.
The local thatre has been fortunate
in securing a fir3t-run film so there
will be no delay in showing the great
est 8-reel picture ever brought to
Douglasville.
There will be a matinee at 3 p. m.
Saturday. Night performance at 6
and 8:30 o’clock.
Will Build Three
New Dwellings
Clark Carver has bought three lots
on SawtelFand Grady streets from G.
W. Griffith and will build a 5 or
6-room house upon each lot as soon as
contracts can be made for building
them.
All three houses will be on the mar
ket for sale as soon as completed.
The lots are splendidly located and
will make ideal residence properties.
DOUGLASVILLE BOY MAKES
GOOD AT COLLEGE
Being one of the thirty-four to make
perfect out of four hundred students
taking the examination, was the dis
tinct honor won by Floyd Abercrombie,
son of J. W. Abercrombie, of Douglas,
ville, at the University of Georgia.
Chancellor Barrow, of the universi
ty, voiced the high regard in which
he holds the Douglasville boy, to a
AUCTION SALE FOR PAVILION
Georgia farmers are on the thres
hold of their biggest year, if they will
be careful and plant wisely, is the
opinion of Commissioner of Agricul
ture, J. J. Brown.
The chief danger, in the Commis
sioner’s opinion, lies in the planting
of too much cotton acreage, under the
stimulus of present prices.
“Cottpn planting this year should
be held close." Mr. Brown stated. “I
believe every fanner should hold it
to not more than eight acre? to the
plow, and then plant early and culti
vate intensively. In thU way he will
accomplish two things: He will beat
the boll weevil and he will get a good
price for his product.
"Over-planting is not only bound to
mean greater destruction by the wee
vil, but it will have a tendency to de
press present prices, just as soon as
it is known there is a greater acreage.
And it will affect the price both of
the cotton remaining in the hands of
the producer and the new crop.
“Preparation of the ground is well
under way over practically the entire
State. The farmers everywhere are
getting ready for extremely early
planting in order to beat the boll wee.
vil.
Farm labor conditions have some
what improvfyl and ;with anything
like good seasons and careful atten
tion to cultivation there is no reason
why Georgia should not have the best
agricultural year in her history.”
The little five-year-3(1 son of Mr.
Wilt Wood happened to the painful
misfortune of having his left eye in-
jupied so seriously, Tuesday, that sight
in the eye may be lost.
While playing in the yard a'piece of
a board which he was trying to split
with a hatchet flew into the eye with
the result above stated. Dr. Hamil
ton was called and advised that the
child be sent to a hospitul in Atlanta
for further observation and treatment.
This was done.
lasville people as "Joe Mac," has been
elected assistant cashier of the Fulton
National Bank. Mr. Selman has been
connected with the bank for several
years, and news that his capabilities
have been -officially recognized, is
Director General Rountree has
whitten to the Chief of the Office of
Exhibits assuring him that the re
quests the Government has made of
the United States Good Roads Asso-
i ciation and the eiiizens of Hot Spring!
LEE’S BIRTHDAY
Monday was a legal holiday, Jan
uary 19th, being the birthday of Robt.
E. Lee. Banks were closed as is usual
on legal holidays, but no commemora
tive ceremonies were held.
The Civic League will put on an
auction sale, Saturday, January 31,
to raise funds for the building of a
pavilion at the cemetery. Also a me
morial hall is planned for the Doug
las county boys who lost their lives
in the military service.
The league has already on hand
enough money to make a start toward
the improvements planned and the
cemetery pavilion will be built right
away.
The’ sale will include many articles
HARDING BUYS LOT FROM UP
SHAW BROTHERS
Joe Harding has bought the lot
from Upshaw Brothers between the
city plant and the roller mill. To what
use it will be put was not stated, nor
the price.
EAGLE CAFE CHANGES HANDS
warmly received by his many friends. j “ ^™ ” t an( , ^
I appreciation is extended for this ad
hibit. Besides the Government exhibit)
twenty-five thousand feet of floor
space will be used for an exhibit of
street an road machinery and ma
terial.
HICKSON LEAVES WITH MANY
TESTIFYING
Atlanta,January 22.—James Moore
Hickson, layman, spiritual healer,
leaves behind him many thousands
who testify to benefits derived
through his healing missions at St.
Luke’s Episcopal church the past week.
Hundreds came from different sec-
tiosns of the south; many on beds
stood the tortures of long railway
journeys, strong in the belief that
their faith would make them well.
There is no doubt that some perma
nent cures were effected.
METHODISTS, NORTH AND SOUTH
RE-UNITE
R. J. Aiken, who moved to Doug
lasville recently from Lithia Springs,
has bought the restaurant known as
the Eagle Cafe, from J. C. Thomas.
Mr. Thomas, it is said, will farm
another year.
A. H. MATTHEWS SELLS McEL-
REATH PLACE
M. B. & Hugh Watson have sold
for A. H. Matthews, the J. M. McEl-
reath place, to R. C. Ferrel, colored,
for $7,500.
NEXT MEETING .OF .MATRONS’
WITH MRS. WINN
The Matrons’ Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Frank Winn, Friday,
January 23. The last meeting of the
club was with Mrs. W. M. Suttles. A
very enjoyable evening was spent,
during (which a s|»lad course was
served.
GOMPERS
OPPOSES
BILLS
SEDITION
MARRIED SUNDAY
Wasington, January 18.—Samuel
Gompers, president the american Fed-
erationof Labor, has issued a state—
ment in which he declares the labor
Louisville, Ky., January 20.—That
the two branches of the Methodist
Episcopal church, north and south, re
unite under the name of Methodist
church, was recommended by the con.
vention here today of 100 or more
delegates from both churches. The
recommendation of the ..commission
will be submitted to the general con
ference for final decision.
Thad McKoy
Retires From
Livestock Firm
Thad McKoy, who until recently wat
a member of the firm of Morris, Aber
crombie & McKoy, dealers in horaat
and mules, has retired from the firm
and will devote his time to the iA*
surance business conducted by McKoy
& Winn.
OYSTER SUPPER FOR BAPTIST
CHURCH
BRIGHT STAR
Mr. J. T. Price was here from Grif
fin, Monday.
Friends of Mrsi Byrd Pope are glad
to know she has recovered /rom her
recent illness.
Mr. Howard Hamby, of Atlanta, was
the guest for the week-end, of his
grandmother, Mrs. M. G. Butler.
Mr. Jot Sayer and family, of Doug
lasville, were the guests of Mr. John
Daniel Sunday.
Mrs. M. G. Butler 13 visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Alford, in At
lanta, this week.
Mr. W. H. Alford and family, oi
Atlanta, were the guests of Mrs. M.
G. Butler Sunday.
Mr. Wilbur Pope was out from At
lanta Sunday.
Mr. W. F. Hamby, of Atlanta, was
the guest of home-folks Saturday.
Circle No. 4, of the Baptist church,
will give an oyster supper Saturday
night, January 24th, at the Selmaa
drug store, the proceeds to go for
fixing the interior of the Baptiat
church.
It is expected that everybody will
come out and help the ladies in thii
good cause.
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
J. T. GILES ANNOUNCES
CLERK
FOR
Attention i3 called to the announce
ment of J. T. Giles for city clerk. Mr.
t Miss Ethel Hill and Mr. Comer I oorganization will oppose with“what-
of value some thoroughbred chickens ; Morris were married Sunday by Judge j everpower they may possess’ the en-1 Giles announcement appeared last
prominant business man of this town I for one thing—and will be interesting- ; !Aderhold. The couple will make Doug- j actment of tthe anti-sedition bills now | week, but mention in the news columns
Saturday. to a h who attend. , | lasville their home.
I pending in congress.
was inadvertently omitted.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Dr. G. H. Turner, City.
Wm. Yarbrough, Carrollton.
J. T. Price, Griffin. if
W. J. Herrod, Rt 1.
J. E. Este3, Rt 2.
S. A. Carver, Lithia Springs.
R. R. Spear, City.
Mrs. Ruby Jay, Social Circle,
R. S. Estes, City.
H. E. Davis, City.
W. J. Bonds Rt 1. ^
RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Mrs. Dollie Pope, Rt 1.
H. T. Wright, Winston.
J. E. Morris, Columbia, S. C.
W. L. Morris, Rt 4.
T. W. Chambers, Rt 2.
Flora Clark, Atlanta.
O. T. Selman, City.
R. 51. Johnston, Winston.
G. L. Roberts. Winston.
Mrs. S. H. McGouirk, Cedar Hill, T