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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XVI.
TT McLarty 2inpr2l DOUGLASVILLE, DOUQLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA.,
FRIDAY, JUNE i, 1.920.
NUMBER ».
IN'S PROGRESSIVE
ElIjETlG BUSY
Special Committee to
Look After Long
IN ceded Depot
Sunday. School
Convention
The Georgia State Sunday School
Convention will meet in Atlnta on
June 15-16-17, at the Wesley Memorial
Churih, presided over by Hon. M. L.
Brittian.
Other prominent speakers who will
address the convention are Dr. George
The Men’s Progressive ^Jlub held Betts, Miss Mary E. Moxcey, Rev. E.
very interesting business meeting | Leroy Dlakin, Prof. E. 0. Exeell, Mr.
Friday nignt, ac which several corn-
.jnittees were appointed, one of the
most important being a ‘‘Commercial
Committee,” which is composed of Dr.
Whitley, chairman, J. T. Duncan and
R. E. Edwards. Dr Whitley is a
natural born booster and while hav
ing done much for the development of
his community in the past, has some
larger idea3 to develop which he will
produce later. Mr. Duncan and Mr.
Edwards are both hustlers from away
back, and a better selection for this
branch of the club’s work could not
have been selected. We understand
these gentleman will commence in a
few days on a move for the erection
••f our long promised and badly needed
depot. And we serve on the Southern
Railway now that whatever Dr. Whit
ley, J. T. Duncan, and R. E. Edwards
go after they generally land it, and
promises as collateral are no gdbd.
Fulfilment i3 what they want, and
nothing but that will satisfy them,
and we hope ere long through these
gentlemen’s efforts to be able to an-
nqjince the erection of a depot in one
of the most hustling and best sn\all
towns in Georgia or an..ywhere else.
Watch Douglasville gt*ow.
D. H. Marbury and many others from
different parts of the United States.
The music is to be under the super
vision of Prof. E. 0. Excell, of Chica
go.
Two afternoons of the session will
be used for sectional work, having a
separate section for Administrative,
Childrens, Young People’s and Adult
division Workers.
The railroads of the Stats have
granted a reduced rate of one and
one third fare, and there will be no
cost, for registration.
All teachers, superintendents and
some special delegates are expected
at this meeting.
BOLD HIGHWAYMEN
Ami OFF STUNT
On Douglasville Boy,
Getting,His Cash
and Clothing
To Many Events That
Are Coming in the
Near Future
County Teachers
At Carrollton
Mr
hud
Henly Hutcheson, of this city,! Douga,is g-;.ng to have the op-
n experience Sunday night 1 he portumty of nor ate in tile next few
will not soon forget. He was enroute i "'eehs to add to her already enviable
to Atlanta in an a.uto, and when near j reputation of treating visitors roy-
the river discovered another car up- ally—a reputation which in one of the
parently in trouble, and stopping to town’s best assets,
render assistance, was surprised when () 'i July 4t,h, the usual big singing
two pistols were thrown in his fucb, j with its large number of visitors will
with the command: “Throw up yourjbe here and this always proves one
hands.’’ Mr. Hutcheson took it as a 1 of the big events.
Douglasville Boy
Gets Scholarship
Junior Club
Has Good Time
The Junior Club mot at tfye home
of Miss Sarah. Peace Friday after
noon, at 3 p’clock. Those present
were Mary Vansant, Nell Giles, Mar
garet Baggett, Lucile Dodson, Flo-
rene Boyd, Blanche Edwards, and
Sarah Peace. Other members were
absent on account of illness.
Games were enjoyed very much,
after which an ice course was served.
Then, the club adjourned .to meet again
June 2, 1920 at the home of Florene
Boyd.
GETSHNRD RAP
From John A. Magnet*
Who is Warming
Their Trail
Hon. John A. Magnet, Georgia Fair
Price Commuioner, give.3 the follow
ing information to tenants, especially
at this time, when rents are soaring
heigher every day:
“Rent hog landlords are beginning
to see the signs of the time3, and like
other robbers they have about seen
their day, but instead of loosening
their death-grip on the homele33 and
helpless they are tightening it. The
latest greed demand of the hog3 is to
force you to 3ign a lpase for TWO
YEARS, or give up your apartment or
house. I do not believe that the ten
ants of Georgia are such fools and
cowards as to be thus imposed on. If
you are, you deserve to be robbed by
rent hoge. If you allow the rent hogs
to bulldose you into signing ANY
lea3e effective three or more mouths
off at unfair rates, you are simply
afraid to stand up for your rights.
IJ^vRent. hogs are making these demands
;'ubecause they know that such robbery
must end, and they wish to rob you
[v ; -whil* they may.
“"'"s “Tenants, remember that you* rent
hog landlord cannot force you to va
cate, nor raise your rent without giv
ing you 60 days written notice; .that
is Georgia law.
“If your rent hog landlord fails to
make repairs needed and you are dam
aged in any wuy thereby, enter suit
-a.gftxiSst him—I will pay the court
If you lose, and would like to see
>*•’ thousand damage suits filed imme-
At a meeting of the Georgia State
Committe of the Y. M. C. A. Educa-
ional Service for Ex-Service Men, held
at the Ansley Hotel, Atlanta, on
Thursday, May 27, an honorary
scholarship was granted to Mr. H. G.
Winter of Douglasville, Georgia.
This work is part of a nation-wide
service being rendered* by the Y. M.
C. A. to former soldiers, sailors and
marines. The schloarships are grant,
ed orjy in high-grade, standard in
stitutions. They range in value from
$25.00 to $500.00. Study may be car
ried pn pither by correspondence or by
resident' attendance upon some school
or college. * '
In Georgia to date, about $20,000.00
has been granted in these scholar- 1
ships to slightly Under. 200- tyien scat-,
tered all over the state. #he scholar-,
ships are for courses in institutions
all the way from Harvard University,
in Cambridge, Massaachusetts,, to Tu.
lane University ih New Orleans. Tlv e y
represent studies in aboqt 7& different
subjects. Men of both^races. pre. being
aided. Any ex-service., wfoo,
wishes tO"*ap | p | ly. for one of these
honorary scholarships should write to
Mr. William' A. 'Lee, 1602 Candler
Building, Atlanta. The committee in
charge'iof these funds in' Gefifrgia v ‘l&
particulary anxious !to be ttf ’Service
to country boys, by making"pos'ribH*'
joke and did not readily comply, when
he was given a tap on the head, which
damaged only the straw lid he was
wearing, when he realized he was “up
against it.’’ He immediately turned
his pockets and was also relieved of
a suit case containing wearing ap
parel.
Mr. Hutcheson at once went to a
“chicken *h<jise” nearby where he se
cured the assistance of county police
men who made diligent. search for the
robbers, but failed to locate them.
The robbers are supposed to have
been escaped ,convicts or footpads,
who having benn run out of the city
concluded to ply their vacation on the
nublic high wav, which ic always
crowded with cars, whose passengers
are not. nrpng»*pd for s”eh Ifbld acts
as the on** mentioned above.
Old Veteran
Answers Call
: ” u 7 ^ ' A i Mat Aderhold,
for ■ one of (jh*£y, M derho>d, j ay ,
district agricultural ’dchtols of thfe
state, -where it is ^itomn<!d“t<y'
men studying undr these dcHdlaridVrJto'
from every one of the' 152- co'tifttHes
of Georgia during thfe* riext kchttdl
year.
Lodge Delegates
Return H6rrt£
Grand Secretry R. E. ..Edwards,
Messrs. J. O. Connelly, T. P. Hpckaby,
E. L. Hopkins, and J. W. House re
turned from the grand lodge of.Odd
Fellows at Macon, Saturday, Mr. Ed
wards tendered his resignation.;
grand treasurer, his successor,,being
Post Grand Master J. E. Bodynhamer,
Griffin was selected for the home...to,
be established by .the -order, ..and
■Athens was selected as-the neat.meet.,
ing place. The rboys neporti a, good
time- and' interesting Aession. . ,•
Oklahomij^. fin^ Ernest Aderhold, of
Birramgharp- Two brothers. Pone,
of Collcge'Pai-li, and Jbhn, of Atlanta,
'lo ail of'whom the deepest sympathy
is'Extended in'their beraavment.’
Mr. Xtlcrhold was an old Confede
rate Veteran and 1 Mason, hnd the lat
ter ^‘■'orddf’* conducted the services at
jthe feravfe" The ftin’entfl was preached
by Rev. T. S" GBland, and the re-
mains* interred in the city cemetery.
Peace, to ihis ashes, for a good mn
has' gone from our midst.
Baptist Supper ;
Realized $110
The chicken supper given by the
ladies of the Baptist church, Saturday
was a fine spread and financial suc
cess, $110.00 being realized after pay
ing all expenses. - The money will; be
added 'to the fund set asidq for .the.
remodeling of the Baptist church. The
ladies are to be congratulated on
their success. ' They a)so desire,.to
thank all. who assisted them • in:
'bringing the affair to a siilcce&kful
Climax. ' '* 1 I 1 ”**
A pang of regret and surprise as
well, pervaded Douglasville Wednes
day morning when it was announced
that Mr. Fred Aderhold was dead.
Only on Monday be was .mingling
witji friehds and was in his usual
joviiil vvay; and none seemed farther
from the grip of the grim monster
Death, thfrn he. He-’ was 74 years
old and while*feeble at times, was at
no. time considered near* the danger
Tjne, • . •*-,».
, ,He ,held. many offices ,of .trust at
.the hands of, the people^ all ;of which
he; hap^led.jn, an .honest, businesslike
manner. He was a juptlqe; of pfepce at
<the time of his death!., a position he
Hid held for twenty-five years or
more.
•4 He is. •survived'by a widow and sev-
,<reh; children, Mrs* J. L. Giles and
$1*8^ JerQpjC ». «Wilson, Douglasville;
A GOOD MEETING
One of the most interesting meet
ings held recently by the local odge
of-Odd Fellows was on Monday night,
when the initiatary degree was con
ferred and -several 1 new applications
presented. ««»•*•?»•«? • <
Also early in July, we arc to have
a convoy of government trucks with
army officers and highway officials
numbering about 150, who will spend
a few hours here. We must show
them our progressiveness.
On July 22nd, the editors of Geor
gia, about 200 strong, will be with
us for a day, and it behooves us to
make this *a red letter day. Our suc
cess on this occasion will be published
to the world—whereever Georgia, pub
lications go, and that is everywhere.
We are to go to Carrollton on cars, on
the morning of the 22nd, bring the
press party through the country, give
them a royal entertainment with a
typical Douglasville dinner and take
them to Austell to catch the afternoon
train for Rome. y
The Fifth District Masonic Com
mittee will also meet here early in.
August, and this brings in a large del
egation of distinguished visitors.
The Douglasville Progressive Club,
composed, of thirty of the leading
business men of the town, has recently
been organized, and will be in the fore
front of every laudable enterprise.
Various committee’s lookjrrj to the
generul welfare of the to 1 ’ if .’n*a.ve been
named and the club has already taken
steps for 4he p xjper entertainment of
the visiting parties, and the ladies of
the town through their various organ,
i rations, without whose co-operation
no entertainment can sueceeed, can be
counted on to help spread Douglas-
ville’s fame.
AUTOISTS HAVE CLOSE
CALL NEAR BREMEN
DeWitt Fuller and His
Wife Badly Hurt.
Car WrecKed
Qjuitc a number of Dougkis county
progressive teacners are attending the
Summer Normal at Carrollton thia
week.
Supt. G. T. McLarty and Dr. W. K.
Burnett attended the meeting on Mon
day, and are expecting to return by
the middle of the weak.
Some of the teachers we are
formed are planning to Uk® Normal
work, at University at Georgia, G. N.
& L C., one at Kinoxville and one at
Columbia.
It does rreem that a teacher who
expects to rise in the profession should,
take a few weeks each year in brush
ing up on methods—especially when
the County Board of Education pro
poses to bear the expenses o«f board
for such work.
Good Woman
Goes to Reward
Mrs. Winnie Baker, one of our
oldest and beet women, died at her
home near Lathi* Springs, Monday
afternoon, of paralysis, aged 80 years.
She leaves seijena.1 children and rela
tives to mourn her loss. She was a
sister of the late J. B. and W. A.
Dorris and is the last member o»f one
of the oldest o*id beet families of our
county. , The funeral occurred ot
Sweetwater, Tuesday, and the oonu-
larity of the deceased wan shown by
the large crowd present.
Douglasville
Wins Ball Game
DeWitt Fuller and wife, of Villa
Rica, came near meeting death near
Bremen Monday morning when a big
Studebaker they were driving at
high rate, was reduced to kindling
wood.
The couple were returning from a
visit to Tallapoosa relatives, when the
accident occurred.
Mr. Fuller sustained a broken arm,
while his wife sustained severe scalp
wounds, a crushed shoulder, besides
numerous other hurts and bruises of
more or less severity.
Both are getting along as well as
could be expected, and the recovery
of both is looked for.
ARM BROKEN BY AUTO
A f car drivChby' Mr.' Will Furrow,
of, Paulding county, got, beyond his
co^rp^.Supdp.y .near Lithia Springs
.when the. steering gear broke, causing
thfe* car*ttf ruif ihto a bank. Mrs; Fur
row' 'was'' thrown through the wind
sliiei<i! breaking an arm.
Important to
: sOdd Fellows
All members of Douglasville Lodge
Nq,. 162. I. Q. .0. F. are expected at
the hall ;next Monday night, at 7:30
'’{lock,.when offers will be elected
ip; the .sapling, team.
‘ , .<!• |W,..JipU{3Ej, fl. G."
t .TkWWW. Rec.-Sec,.
No Services
During Revival
During the revival at the Metho
dist church, there will be no ser
vices at the Baptist church, except
ing Sunday School.
PUBLICITY PAYS
* From another newspaper wd clip
the following: The editor who was a
believer in “yellow” journalism ran
this as a leading editorial, says an
exchange: “The business men of this
city who is in the habit of hugging his
stenographer had better quit, or we
will publish his name.” The next day
thirty-seven business men called at
his office, paid their subscrintions a
year in advance, left thirty-seven
columns of advertising to run indefin
itely, and told the editor not to pay
any attention to fqol stories.’
The much tooted. “All Star” baseball
aggregation of baseball artists from
our neighbor town Atlanta, blew into
Douglasville Saturday for . .a game
with our boys. The result being that
the glimmer was knocked out of the
“All .Star" by * scots of 9 to 3, and
it wasn’t a good day for bptting
either, with our boys. Douglasville
batted like fiends and ran like rein
deers. Being the first game of the
season the boys did well. But oh,
boy! wait until they get on their bat
ting clothes and there’s not an ama
teur team that can head them off.
But it is Feared That
Douglasville Figures
Will Disappoint
Douglas County’s 1920 population'
was reported this week at 10,447, an
increase of 1524 or 17 per cent. This
is substantial increase but we would
like to* have seen it much larger. Th©
figures for Douglasville people have
not been made known yet, and will
perhaps be to some extent a disfii-
pointment.* The 1910 censls gave
DougkLsvilte 1462 and while we have
expected the new census to be prac
tically double it will probaby fall be
low 2000, presumably between 2000
and 2500. We are confident the in
crease will not be less than 50 per
c^nt.
Pleasant Evening
For Matrons Club
Mrs. W. A. Abercrombie ws hostess
to the Matron’s. Club Friday after
noon.. Quite a number of visitors
ware present.
The flhouse wa3- beautifully deco
rated with pink roses, the color scheme
of pink and white being carried out
n the refreshments. Progressive rook
was enjoyed, after which the meet- %
ing adjourned to meet next with Mrs.
S. Baggett.
Boy Injured
By Cartridge
JOY RIDERS
The season’s toll of joy riders has
begun to be collected. The mixturtf
of alcohol and gasoline, midnight
speeding ^rKen the blopd ia hot, the
carelessness and disregard that comes
to him who violates the precedent set
by his elders—these things have be^-
gun to figure in the columns of the
newspapers as the weather grows
warmer and more suited bo such
things.
Then, too, the railroad crossings
are claiming their own, in increasing
numbers, just in proportion to the in
crease in the number of those who go
riding. So many people out of every
hundred thousand who cross a track
fail to heed the warnings, and pay
the penalty. A certain number out of
those who dyivc along the country
roadways neglect the usual precau
tions and bring disaster to themselves
or others. So it is true that the sea
son is collecting its toll of joy riders,
for as a rule it is the joy rider and not
the person who is engaged in legiti
mate business thafc meets disaster.
Where one is. attending to business h«e
isn’t nearly 30 apt to be careless or
reckless as when the mission is one
of joy. At least, he isn’t so apt to
mix gasoline and alcohol.
We 4° n °t intend it as a sermon, nor
an argument to be used by the “dry”
exhocter. We merely point out the
fact that the dangerous season for
autoipts who jqay be inclined toward
carelessness. will take heed before it
is too late.
Good Baseball
Game Saturday
On next Saturday the home team
will take another club from Atlanta,
and it goes without saying that our
boys will rwake It warm for the visi
tors, as they always do. Game will
wi LI bo catted at 3 o’clock.
Thad, the little 3even-year-old son
of Mr. kind Mrs. Geo. Ci. Smith, found
a cartridge Wednesday, and Like all
chaps* his size, proceeded to investi
gate th,e make-up. Taking off the.
cap he poured out t^e shot, he therii
put a match to the powder to see if
it would burn—and .it did—wi£h the
result that his face wias badly .bur
and he had a close call'for his
sight. The little fellow was other
wise unhurt.
By Douglasville July 5
Big Time Ahead.
Don’t Miss It
As previously announced in the Sen
tinel, an all-day singing will be held
in Dougiasyille on Sunday, July 4.
But from a holiday standpoint the
day is generally observed on Monday
by banks, etc. That being the case
it has been suggested that our pub-
lis-sirited citizens get bu3y and get
in touch with the aspirants for the
govornship and have them 3peak here
on Monday, July, 5. Let all business
cease and let’s invite all our country
friends to join with us and have
“Independence Day” celebrtion in the
best little town in Georgia, and let
the outside world see that we are pa
triotic-as well as progressive. If Wb
get busy right now we .can secure thb
speakers referred- to, but delay \i
dangerous, and will spoil our chanc44
for one of tfce biggest celebrations'
ever .held in .this section. Get bu&y!
Get busy! 1 .. . .
SUBSCRIPTION-.
HONOR ROLL
NEW SUBSCRIBERS >
W. A. James, City.
A. S. Ba/rgett, City. . ,..
H. P. Haney, Lithia Springs.
J. T. Lee, Winston.
RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
C. F. Burton, City.
J. G. Rainwaters, Rt. 6.
J. R. Matthew::, Villa RLia.
M. B. White, JjTjn^tpn.