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DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920.
NUMBER 52.
LOCAL CAPITALISTS BUY
All Connected With
Mill Here and Desire
To Increase Thir
Capacity.
The Mill Will Be Operated In
Connection With the One
In Douglasville.
Three officials of the Douglasville
hosiery mill, Messers. J. T. Duncan,
N. M. Hawley and C. S. Foster have
bought a controlling interest in the
Dallas hosiery mill, to be used as an
adjunct to the mill here, whose present
capacity is inadequate to supply the
demands, the reputation of the goods
being world-wide, and requires no
salesman on the road as most mills
do, every order sent in being volun
tary, and the reason therefore, is that
the material used is the best to be
procured and workmanship unex
celled.
The new officers of the Dallas mill
are J. T. Duncan, president; Judge
*W. E. Spinks, vice-president, and R.
D. Leonard secretary.
Mr. Dnncan needs no introduction
at our hands, being one of our leading
citizens, whose time and check book
are always ready to back up anything
that tends to develop- Douglasville
and better her people.
Judge Spinks is a leading jurist
and financier of Paulding county, and
a booster for everything that tends to
better his people and county.
Mr. R. D. Leonard is cashier of the
Bank of Dallas and a banker of nat
ional reputation, as well as being
recognized as one of the best citizens
and hustlers of his secion..
Messers. Hawley and Foster, who
were elected members of the directo
rate, are among our best citizens and
capitalists.
The present capacity of the Dallas
mill is 800 dozen per day, but this will
be increased as soon as the present
building can be enlarged and new
machinery put in, which will be done
at once.
With two mills * to supply orders,
Douglasville will be able to meet all
orders promptly wth the best brand
of hose ever put on the market.
THIEF IS
CAPTURED BY
D0UCLASV1LLE LADY
While Soliciting 6rders for En
larging Pictures Proceeds To
Ransack Dodson Home.
On last Wednesday morning a
neatly dressed young man with pleas
ant address, giving the name of F. N.
Welborn, of Union Springs, Ala.,
called at the home of Mr. J. P. Dod
son, on Broad street, soliciting pic
tures to enlarge, he was told by
Mrs. Dodson, there were none.
He then asked for a match, and while
Mrs. Dodson went to get it the young
man slipped into her room ond stole
60 cents from a mantel-piece, and
was discovered coming out when Mrs.
Dodson returned with the match. Sus
picion ing something wrong, the lady
hailed the young man who was pro
ceeding on his way up town, when he
returned and with a smile and a “I beg
vour pardon, madam,” handed over
the money. Mrs. Dodson immediately
phoned her husband of the trans
action, with the result that he and
Robert Duncan strrted for the home
instantly at a gait that was a trifle
faster than the city’s speed limit, and
met the young man whom they took
in charge and turned over to the
sheriff, who jailed him, a warrant
having been sworn out. he incident
and the thief jailed. The incident
scared her quite badly but no serious
results are contemplated. The young
man looks anything but a thief, but
looks are sometimes counterfeit, es-
A Good Woman
Passes Away
One of the largest funerals in Doug
lasville recently was that of Mrs. T.
N. Mozley at the Baptist church Sun
day, the large ediface being packed to
the door3, with manjr on the outside
unable to gain admission. Services
at the Methodist church were sus
pended in orderthat the congregation
might pay homage to one of our city’.-
best and papular women.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. T. S. Gilland, in a very im
pressive and touching manner, as
sisted by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Sut-
tles. The remains were interred in the
city cemetery, followed by a large
concourse of weeping friends and
loved ones.
Mrs. Mozley before marriage was
Miss Willie Kate Campbell, daughter
of Mr. A. L. Campbell, one of the
best citizens of ou
LATEST INDUSTRY
SHOP LIFTING
Lois Mill Has Best Equipp
ed Laundry In The
South
One of our city's greatest needs and
Tong wanted enterprises, has at last
been launched. We refer to the laun
dry which has just been put in at
Lois Mill.
To start with, it has been housed
a magnificient concrete building
which would be a credit to much
larger cities than ours. The machin
ery is of the latest make in the laun
dry line, and consists of the following;
National marking booth complete, two
cascade washers and extractors, metal
dry room, Vento dry tumbler, Ameri
can 4-roller extra flat work ironer,
American shirt unit system, collar and
cuff finishing machinery, four ses of
American advanced universal press
machines, electric ironing board com
plete. In fact, everything that goes
to make up a first-class city laundry.
The plant is being installed by the
American Laundry, Machinery Co., of
Cincinnati, the largest concern of its
kind in the world, who assured the
Sentinel man that the Lois miil laun
dry was not only the best in the south,
but compared favorably with the
larger cities of the country.
There is not. a particle of wood in
any of the machinery, the composition
being of copper and brass, and perfect
sanitation is noticeable on all sides.
Each family washing has a copart-
mcnt of ts own, and when finished,
the machine is thoroughly sterilized
before being used again.-.
The laundry is not for the use of*
the mill village only, but for the gen
eral public, whose patronage is
sollicited. All work will be called for
and delivered. This week will be de
voted to getting the machinery
Boy Has Narrow
Escape from Death
pecially with strangers, who are
abroad in the land seeking whom they | good working order, and next Monday
may devour. j ft will be ready and open for business.
The total cost of building and outfit
; $40,000.00.
.Col. M. E. Geer, the man behind the
gun, js proud of his achievement, and
well he should be, for he has not only
supplied a public necessity but has
accompished a feat which only a man
of his caliber (and they are not made,
but born,) would tackle. And lest we
forget, Col. Geer is a big asset to any
community owing to his progressive
spirt, and Douglasville is fortunate in
having him, and also proud to claim
him as her own. May his shadow
novei* grow less—and his penchant for
the upbuilding of our community con
tinue until time shall be no more.
$/29.00 Silk Dress Stolen
By Negress From
Upshaw Bros.
Another good reason why Douglas
ville will not toleiate carnivals is
shown by the arrest of Helen Jackson,
a negress, and star performer of the
carnival company who was refused ad
mittance here last week, at Rockmart
by Sheriff Baggett, for shoplifting.
During the brief stay of the show
here several members of the party
went on a tour of the town, some of
the women stopping at the store of
Upshaw Bros. It being the noon hour,
all the clerks were at dinner save
one. After making inquires about
various articles, which the clerk pro
ceeded to show them in various parts
of the store, and when his bacjc was
turned, the Jackson woman proceeded
to wait on herself by concealing a
$29.0Q silk dress under her cloak and
tnade a get-away in quick time. The
loss was not discovered until the next
day when a lady called to purchase
the garment. It’s disappearance was
a surprise to the clerk who called in
Sheriff Baggett and told him of the
loss. Douglas county’s “Hawkshaw"
lost no time in forming a clue, and in
company with Mr. L. C. Upshaw, Jr.
took a train for Rockmart with a
search warrant, and found the missing
article in the first trunk examined.
“Mis--'’’ Jackson protested against
her Saratoga being searched, but the
sheriff proceeded to his duty, as he
always does, with the result that the
dress was recovered and the theif
landed in Douglas county jail to await
the next term of court.
FORMER RESIDENT VISITING
HERE
Miss Kate
While playing with a companion
at the depot Tuesday afternoon,
Robert Foster came near losing his
life. It seems that during the play
between the boys young Foster backed
out on the track and at the same itime
No. 89 rolled in and struck the boy
In the back, knocking him to safety,
hut no t seriously injuring him. It was
a close sail, not to be a fatal assident,
and those who witnessed it shuddered
with fear. Boys should remember
that a railroad track is a dangerous
olace to play at all times—especially
when a train is approaching.
ADJOURNJD TERM OF COURT
Judge F. A. Irwin, of the Talla
poosa Circuit, was here this week
holding an adjourned term of court,
at which a numbej* of cases were dis
posed of.
WINSTON NOTES
Guano hauling is the order of the
day in our burg.
Mr. E. Henderson made a business
trip to Atlanta Tuesday.
Mr. W. H. Cahoon has his old job
again as section foreman, at Winston.
Mrs. J. W. Pounds has returned
county, and was i home after a few days visit with her
noted for her nobleness of heart, and
Christian bearing.
She was married to Mr. T. N.
Mozley on December 17, 19 \ 3. To
this union there were bom three
children—Roy, Harold and Catherine.
She leaves besides her hus^°pd and
children, her parents and one orother.
To whom the deepet sympathy is ex
tended in this, the saddest of all hours,
and as a balm for their bleeding
hearts, we commend them to the care
of Him, who doeth all things well.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY
A pleasant event of thi3 week was
a surprise birthday party given to
Mrs. W. A. James, at her home on
Price Ave. A large number of her
friends attended with tokens of love
and rememberance. Old fashioned
games were indulged- in and reminis
cences of the past talked over, and
nil left feeling that it was good to
be there.
mother.
Mrs. L. A. Thompson and sons
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrds. Richardson.
Work on the Bankhead Highway is
moving along nicely in this section.
EASTER EGG HUNT
The teachers of the primary and
beginners’ departments of the First
Baptist church enertained their pupils
at an egg hunt Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Miss Ruth Selman.
There were between fifty-five and
sixty little ones and twenty mothres
present.
After the hunt all returned to the
house where the mothers were enter
tained with a impromptu program,
consisting of recitations, songs and
stories.
DOUGLASVILLE TO SOON
AT 15
Canvas of Town Made
By VV. E. Hewitt
To Promote
Project.
Temperature Goes Down to 34
Degrees Which is the Lowest
In 20 Years.
MACON, Ga., April 6.—Damage to
thel poach crop in the peach belt
around Byron and Fort Valley is be
tween 15 and 25 per cent. Accord
ing to reports from peach growers,
the damage in Bibb county can not
be estimated today.
Officials of the state board of ento
mology here state the lowest temper
ature last night was 34 degrees, which
is the lowest in twenty years, accord
ing to weather records. In some of
the large peach orchards around Ma
con large fires were kept burning all
night. It iB believed by some grow
ers that the peach erop here suffered
damage to the extent of 20 per cent,
but considering the good condition of
rhe crop up to ths time a good crop
will be realized.
Lights Used Will Ee the Same As
Those of Macon Which Are
The Best in The South.
Mr. W. E. Hewitt, superintendent
of our local electric plant, recently
conceived the idea of a white way for
the business section of our city.
Being a man who does things, he put
his contemplated project into operation
Monday by a canvass of the business
section, with the result that he met a
hearty approval and promise of co
operation at the hands of everyone
whom he approached.
Thea*e will be about twenty-five-
posts with five lights to the post. Tho
white way will run from J. R.
Duncan's new garage on Broad street
to N. B. & J. T. Duncan's store, and
some of the streets intersecting with
business section will also have one
of the lights.
Mr. Hewitt informs us that the
lights used will be the same as those
of Macon, which are said to he tho
At the March term of Newton best in the south. The cost of the
County superior court the grand jury > u , plohe5> etc _ wi|! amount „
created a furore by recommending | a&out $1500.00 and is ore of'the best
tments ever made by our citizens
standpoint o-f • public con-
Newton County
Com. “Canned”
Have You
Got Yours Yet?
COMING ENTERTAINMENT
The D. D. Club are rehearsing a
play entitled “D. D. Follies,” from the
pen of a local playwright, which will
be presented at an early date. Watch
the Seninel for particulars.
PRTPPARING TO BUILD
Mr. Floyd House is razing the frame
residence on his lot on Church street,
preparatory to building a modern
bungalow, on which work will be com
menced at once.
In Honor of Mrs.
W.C. Abercrombie
Mrs. P. H. McGouirk was hostess at
a pretty party Tuesday afternoon at
her handsome home on Broad street,
in compliment to her sister, Mrs. W.
C. Abercrombie, of Phoenix, Arizona,
Mrs. Ezma Linley, of Powder Springs,
and Mrs. Dr. Moore, of Villa Rica.
The parlors were bright with spring
w?re happy to spend the afternoon
hours with this popular hostess and
her honor guests. After playing Rook
an ice course was enjoyed, in which
the color scheme of pink and white
was carried out in the brick cream,
cake and mints.
Those enjoying this delightful af
fair were:
Mesdames J. R. Hutcheson, A. W.
McLarty, F. M. Stewart, J. A. Enter-
kin, P. D. Selman, Z. T. Dake, T. R.
Whitley, D. H. Peace, W. A. Aber
crombie, N. B. Duncan, G. T. McLarty,
G. H. Turner, O. T. Selman, M. N.
Hawley, R. C. Morris. W. T. Ah»r-
The Sentinel is sending out this
week a hundred or more statements
to those who are in arrears on sub
scription, taking them as they come on
our mailing list. We mean no of
fense in sending them out, but this
is our only means of reaching our
readers direct. We hope to get a
prompt and substantial reply from all
who have been addressed. At a meet,
ing of the Georgia Press Association
in Atlanta, Friday it was shown that
2,600 newspapers had gone dead in
the United States during 1919, owing
to slow collections, and the high price
of material, labor, etc. In order to
not be numbered with these un
fortunates, the Sentinel has deemed it
advisable to send statements to all in
arrears, in order to bring our mailing
list up to date. We take this pre
caution as a protection to ourselves,
and also to comply with the postal
law, which are very strict along this
line. So if you want the Sentinel
to continue coming, send us your
check, oherwise we will have to
stop it, which we dislike to do. But
newspapers, like everything else, must
be run on business principles in order
to succeed.
In sending out these statements
we perhaps have sent them to some
who have already paid their subscrip
tion in advance. If they will call at
our office we will be glad to rectify
any mistakes we might have made.
that the office of I. W. Meadows
county commisioner, be declared! f rom
vacant, claiming incompetency, un- j Vt » n j f? .- iCe
necessary waste of county funds, etc. j r^y, e
Mr. Meadows comes back with
the grand jury still hold to their de
mands, and declare the office to be
vacant.
ey, of Atlanta, is
visiting friends here. The lady is
remembered by o,ur older citizens,
where she was born and raised,
being a da&ghter of the late Dr. R. J.
Massey, who established Douglasvile’s
first drug store in 1878. For the past D n Uljp CJfYPQ ki tl O’
twenty years Miss Massey has been x UUI1 ^ upcaJVlll^
in • lbs'll-school of Atlanta, where
she is held’ in the highest efjteem by
both pupils and the board of education,
being one of their most valuable as
sets. Her many old friends are glad
to see her, and are showing their ap
preciation of her presence by making
her stay more than pleasant.
11* furnish electricity
free, and will also keen the lights in
strong card refuting the charges, but | wor ^ ir - lg . or(ier
"With the white way in operation,
Here Saturday
it is to he hoped that ths town ordi
nance against parking cars in front
of business houses will be rigidly en
forced, and also that a rigid ordinance
be passed for the protection of tho
lights, against the missiles of mis
chievous boys.
Mr. Hewitt is proud of the success
of his (Plan, and he should well be,
for he has not ohly provided us with
an excellent lighting system, but
shown himseLf to be a booster of the
Elsewhere in thisfissue will be found
an announcement of public speaking
at the court house Saturday at 2 p. m.
by Hon. R. A. Broyles, of Atlanta, one {, . , lL . , . - _
. ., . . . . .. . . . I kind that makes towns merge from
of the best orators in the ntate, who .
will speak on the political issues of the
day, a subject on which he ia well
posted. There is a treat in store for
all who come. Remember the date,
and not only come yourself, but bring
somebody with you.
INJURED AT SAWMILL
hamlets into cities.
RUNAWAY CAUSES EXCTIEMENT
A team of country mules, unused to
town ways, owned and driven by a
negro known as “Big Six," took fright
at an automobile at the corner of
Price Ave. and Church street Wednes-
T ,, , . dav and rar. dow-i the latter street,
Joe Nalls, who operates a sawmill * tr T
r, . . .. m to the home of Mr. A. H. McLarty*
tin Dog river, while at the saw ^ t
wr j j i. u • 4-u u . j i whrre they tore away some front
Wednesday was struck m the head . * . ...
... - . , . . .. . , fencing before being halted. In©
with a piece of lumber, and is thought; / ^
'driver had a narrow escape from
to be seriously injured. Futher de
tails than the above were unobtain- j 8er,ous ln J ur y*
able.
MARRIAGE LICENSES FOR
MARCH
AUTOMOBILE GOES ON RAM-
PAGN <*
* iffYj m. r . • . I A maxwell car, left by someone m
A perusal of Judge McLarty s court „ „ t ’ . ^
j , .. * n u . . . front of Selman drug store Tuesday
record shows the following “trouble . , .. * .. .
evening, started off of its own accorl
toward the railroad, and narrowly
papers” issued for March. Whether
for better or worse time alone can tell.
R. L. Sibley and Sallie Mae Rice.
S. B. Estes and Lessie Mae Enter-
kin.
Hershal Palmer and Nannie Camp.
L. O. Smith and Oma Belle Brown.
Swatford.
Clem Morris aad Alice Mae
TTos. J. Bet-*en and Ruth Myrtice
Pinnell.
C. M. Hudson and James Evie
Demonia.
Miss Ruth Sel=
man Entertains
escaped being smashed by a passing
freight.
One expression that is entirely too nvo 1
familiar in Done?a?vibe is “I can’t D-
afford it, but I’m going to.” Lor
’a Ri
nd Miss Louis
NO TOWN FOR “JOHNNIES"
On Thursday night of this week,
Mayor Odum, presiding over a special
sensation of polcie court, fined two oil
stock salesmen $150.00 and $200.00
respectivly for addressing two well
known Covington lodi^s ’ ,r > nT--»cHonate
c pubic square.—Covington
The D. D. Club met at the home of
Miss Ruth Selman Wednesday after
noon.
While the girb were engaged in
sewing they discussed the program
which they are to give on the night of
April 19 for the benefit of the Ceme-
tary Pavilion Fund.
A salad course was served by the .
assisted hv her sifter, Mrs. I
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Ertie Griffis, Villa Rica.
W. A. Camp, Rt. 6.
Rev. J. T. Dameron, Rt. 7.
L. A. Yancey, City.
A. D. Giles, Winston.
H. G. Green, Winston.
W. M. Townsend, City.
RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Rev. D. W. Carter, Rt. 6.
Miss Yydia McCollors, Rt. 5.
W. M. Leigh, Rt 4. ,
W. D. Styles, City.
J. H. Hudgins, Villa Rica.
Miss Ira McKelvey, Atlanta.
Thad McKoy, City.
J. L. Morris, Rt. 1.
7. B. Morris, Rt. 2.
C. T. Hancock, Villa Rica.
E. Foster
•th Mrs. N. V>.
art ::i next Wednesday.
Rt. 4.
"n. Spring
ions, City.