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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLZ 0E0K6IA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1820.
THE SENTINEL
Published Every Friday By HALL A KIRBY
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLASVILLE
AND DOUGLAS COUNTY
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Entered in the Poetrffice at DouglaBVille, Ga., as second class matter.
The Presidential Outlook.
EASIER TO FJM) ISSUES THAN MEN
The national political situation is the revuse of what has
usually been the case in the past. Heretofore men of presidential
timber have been more easy to find than campaign issues. Now,
there are issues if the leaders care to put them before the people.
tPicking candidates presents the real problem.
Vvith the republicans we are not concerned except to note
that two generals seem to be uppermost in the republican camps.
Lucky for the democrats is this fact, for it spells defeat for the
republicans.
Of the thirteen presidential possibilities in the ranks of the
democrats, McAdoo and Hoke Smith are, in our opinion, the
best men. And while the party organs have been crying out
that the people want the League of nations, they know better,
so it is not probable that the biggest question ever before
America will be made a campaign issue, if that should happen
it will beat the democratic party.
Gumption.
IHOW LONG BEFORE THE U. S. IFU.E AHOl'T THE
SENSIBLE METRIC SYSTEM/
stead the simple, rational, decimal Meter-Liter-Gram, or metric
standards. Nation after nation has taken the same course until
today 34 use metrics exclusively, and in 212 the metric units
are predominant. Of all civilized nations, U. S. America and
Britannia aloe cling to the antique confusion of measuring
methods forced upon Britain by the Hanseatic League.
World standarization, world unity, world understanding,
cannot beTTrought about until Britannia and U. S. America have
become standarized with the rest of the civilized world through
the exclusive adoption of Meter-Liter-Gram.
As long as the people of U. S. America and Britannia cling
to the archaic Hanseatic scheme, there is little use to boast of
gumption.
That able thinker anti doer, Herbert Newton Casson,
efficiency engineer, once pointed out that the public "has always
held fast to its old-fashioned discomforts” until persuaded to
let go.
“There was ntj demand for the .railroad,” said
Herbert Newton Casson, “and for years many people
believed that 30 miles an hour would Stop circulation
of the blood. There was no demand for the steam
boat, and when Brunei drove the first steamboat on
the Thames he became so unpopular that the London
hotels refused to give him a room. 1 here was no de
mand for the sewing machine, and the first machine
that Howe put on exhibit was smashed to pieces by a
: Boston mob. There was no demand for the telegraph,
and Morse had to plead and beg before 10 Congress
es before he received any attention. There was no be-
, mand for the airbrake, and Westinghouse was called a
’ fool by every railroad expert, because he asserted that
he could stop a train with wind. There was no de
mand for gaslight, and all the candle burners sneered
at Murdoch for trying to have a lamp without a wick.
There was no demand for the reaper, and McCormick
preached his gospel of efficient harvesting for 14
I years before he sold his first 100 machines.
“When Bell first showed his telephone at the
Philadelphia Centennial it was endorsed by the great
est scientists of America and England. It was tested
and proved. But the average man called it a ‘scien
tific toy’ and refused to either use it or finance it. Bell
preached telephony for a year before the public paid
in the first 20-dollar bill—and that was only 36 years
ago—and the telephone business of today represents
1500 millions of capital.
“No, it is not true, as learned theorists have said,
that every great invention springs into life because it
is demanded by the nation. It springs into life and
jiobody wants it. It is the Ugly Duckling. Every
body prefers 10 cents to it, until a few salesmen take it
in hand and explain it.”
Particularly in the British Isles there are many examples of
Unprogressiveness, lack of of gumption. Britain did not adopt
the incubator for popular priced pigeons and poultry until 2000
lyears after it had been commonly used in Egypt. As long as
1700 years before there was one public lamp in London streets,
there were 10 straight miles of publicly-lighted streets in Cor
dova. For 100 years the lives of thousands of Britons were
acrificed in the British Navy because of failure to adopt the
bxdusive ration, the well-known, simple, pleasant preventive of
ea scurvy. And jio it goes.
We are reminded that Britons seem always to have been
grse than conservative in matters that had to do with counting,
the language of quantity expression. It is not generally
|lized perhaps that the Hindu science of positional decimal
netic, which makes use of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7,
9, o, the world-wide notation that to us is a matter of course,
as brought out of India by Mobile Arab merchants and made
jibli^ probably 900 A. D. Yet the Act applying the use of
lese numerals and the decimal system in keeping of accounts of
British Exchequer was not passed until 1782 and did not
into effect until 1826. In other words, it took 926 years
Britannia to apply what was known to be the greatest in-
lition ever made by humankind in accountancy.
Now once more the people of Britain show their lack of
nption by refusing to decilamize their coinage. In this re-
*—as regards coinage—U. S. America is ahead of them 130
Irs. In 1786 LT. S. America adopted the simple decimal dol-
under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson. Beniamin Frank-
1 and Gouverneur Morris. But all are alike unprogressive
it comes to the essential matter of weights and measures.
11871 Germany scrapt, in the interests of efficiency, an an-
lated jumble of weights and measures which had come dowm
the old German Hanseatic League, and adopted in its
WHERE DOES OUR TOWN STAND?
The amount spent by Americans
for school books is only half the
amount the spend for chewing gum.
In one of our states the total annual
expenditure for education amounts on.
ly to six dollars per child, while the
amunt each year for tobacco in the
United States is fifteen dollars per
capita. A secretary of the Illinois
State Teachers’ Association recently
called attention to a town where the
average monthly wage of fifteen
miners was $217.78, while the average
paid to fifteen teachers was $55. The
^annual wage paid to teachers through
out the United States is about $500,
while street sweepers in New York
City receive an average of $1095, and
garbage men of that city are paid an
average of $1277,50.
And as to ministers: On the aver
age each man receives less than $8(10
per annum as against, $663 twelve
years ago. Actually about 85,000 do
not receive more than $600 nr $700;
120,000 are paid fcss. than $1,000; ap
proximately 10.000 get between $1,000
and $2,000; not more than 8.000 re
ceive from $2,000 to $3,000; and only
16,770 above $3,000.—Ex.
*‘!t is leap year, ladies, but that is
no reason why so many should make
application at the same time,’’ com
plains Jack Patterson, bachelor editor
of the Covington News.
HANNAH
They are putting the telephone line
in first class order. Every body will
soon be where they can talk to their
kin-people
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Green were the
guests of Belah Hudson and wife Sun
day.
The party at Mr. Dave Taylors was
enjoyed by all present
The city of Skinner is coming to the
front.
Miss Sudie Green was the guest of
I Misses Melvie and Willie Bearden
! Saturday night and Sunday.
| Mr. E. A. Riley made a business trip
! to Carrollton Monday.
Mr. Dave Eskew and wife were the
week-end guests o' his father in Camp
bell county.
i Mr. Reuben Daniel, of Americus,
spent Friday night with his father,
Mr. H. J. Daniel.
Mr. Jim Watkins spent Sunday with
1 Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, near Liberty.
! Mr. Claud Daniel and mother spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mi's. A. J. Dnn-
. iel.
Miss Willie Watkins spent Sunday
jwith Miss Willie Mae Watkins.
Mr. David Kite and Mr. Grady
Daniel spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
David Reynolds.
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The United States, which should
have been a leader for righteousness
in the world’s war, is losing respect,
friends and money by her unexpected
attitude of aloofness—thanks to the
Wilson-haters in the United States
Senate.—Cedar town Standard.
From the above you’d think the
senators had nothing to consider ex
cept personal like or dislike of the
president.
BUILD MENTAL HIGHWAYS
Endorsement of the movement to
“Keep the World War Won” by re
taining the metric weights and meas
ures which were internationally used
in France is exDccfced by J. E. Thomp
son. Stockton, Calif., manager of the
International Mack Corporation, mo-
tor-truck-manufacturers.
“The building of our magnificent
system of highways to permit pas
sage from city to city, state to state,
cost- to coast, readily, with the least
possible effort, leads my train of
thought to the establishment of the
universal metric system,” Mr. Thomp
son asserts.
“Let’s build a few mental highways
and cut out the detours and rough
spots by adopting the meter-liter-
gram method.”
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WRITES ABOUT SCHOOL
To the Editor of the Sentinel: The
trustees of district No. 20 had made
a satisfactory agreement with patrons
of the school for Willie Hall to teach
school No. 2. The board passed upon
it and said she was duly and truly
elected as teacher of the school, and
on the fifth day of the month the
school met for the purpose of begin
ning the term.
Mr. Henslee was there and said
that he had made a contract with one
of the trustees, and that he intended
that his little girl should teach the
school. He ripped and snorted for
awhile and then said that if the other
two trustees would say that he had not
made a firm contract with them he
would come down and out.
One trustee said that he did not con
sider that he had made a firm contract
with Mr. Henslee, but that if he (Mr.
Henslee) thought that he had he
wouldn’t dispute it. The other one
said that he did not “O. K.” it. Then
they began to throw ugly words at
each other until there was a regular
“bear fight.”
The big bear thought he had won
the victory and next morning sought
to resume school, but the little bear
had authority from the honorable
Board of Education. The big bear
wanted th little one to call the board
together, but Little Bear said, “No.
I’rn satisfied: you go Mr. Big Bear,
and call them together.” and lit out
and got them to suspend the school
until they could meet
They met, and the big bear looked
so angry and his eyes shined so bright,
the board sank and give up the ghost,
and cut the little one down and he
faded away. Resp., W. H. Bell.
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for keeping funds, for handling
checks, for collecting drafts, etc.
A bank should be regarded as
the intimate helper, advisor and
friend of the customer, ever ready
to cooperate in every proper way; to
extend necessary accommodation as
required, and to protect his interest
in every way that lies within its
poweji.
This is the kind of service that
we endeavor to render; and wc in
vite you to make your connection
with us with such service in view.
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John T. Duncan, President, A. W. McClarty, Vice-President
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REAL ESTATE
If you want to buy or sell farm
Tan dsor city property see
D. S. STRICKLAND & CO*
Office Hutcheson Building
Phone 138 and 139