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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XVL
f H McLarty 2in pm D0UGLA8VILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA „ FRIDAY, JUNE 18,
NUMBER II.
And Will Write Up the
Town as They See
it—Clean Up
As previously announced in the Sen
t*nei, L>uugia<ivnie will be honored on
July 22 with a visit from the Geor
gia Press Association, and the old
town should be put in spick and spun
shape,. hence we reproduce the fol
'prwtoiff article from “Greater Carroll/’
& magazine published by the Carroll
County. Board of Trade, which we
hope every citizen of Dougtuaville
will read carefully and heed the ad
monition:
‘ 4 CarrolIton,Carroll County—will en
tertain the Editors of the Georgia
Press Association at their annual con
vention to be held m this place on
July 19th, 20th, and 21st
Looking forward to this convention
the Carrollton Civic Club co-operating
with the Trade Board, has offered in
prizes Qne Hundred and Eighty-Five
Dollars ($185.00) to be given in a
clean-up campaign, fostered by each
LrgUiijuuuoii *au individual m CsUtdi
ton prior lu ********* ui me i^aiunn.
“r'lvia uni umvcuuua mono, Car
rollton uuu ou*i uii Goujuy wui geb
b*averuaing UiaL money cannot buy,
since too **u*».wrs win go buck to Uieir
reapoct vi: bowai iiu uiits an ove*
toe bLaw ox iittoigiu, iiiifcd with kind
thoughts a ha lona rvaiiuuDorunce# of
our iittie city, ana me county at large.
“Many ot mesa men have never
visited Carronton prior to this time,
.and many oi mem will never have
the opportunity to return, therefore,
let us make the best showing that we
can possible make in order to leave
.a lasting impression on the minds o£
the leading citizenship of Georgia,
showing them that the good old
Southern hospitality still lives and
thrives in the heart of Carroll.
“The Secretary of the Trade Board
together with other members, met
with the Executive Committee of the
Georgia Press Association in Atlanta,
on April 2nd and 3rd, and assisted in
piOgram for their carvertion. Ybjr
Secretary has been made chairman of
the General Entertainment Committee,
and solicits your eo-opnation. H
Junior Society
Enjoys Picnic
Mrs. Clark. sip* Mrs. Edit* Daks
.chaperoned the junior Misstonery So
ciety, of the MethodUt church on #
picnic at Uthia Springs Tueeday. A
nice lunch was enjoyed and ail had
a pleasant time.
Pavilion V* V 1 "
ron. '
Douglaovu,l.iCivic League, DouqimSville, Ga,
—A2SftT‘.t*SS“ T -
It is the pleasure of the Civic Club to present to the
public the above cut of the Pavilion which is planned fcr the
cemetery.
This pavilion is to be 20x30 feet, and is to be located on
the main drive of the cemetery in center of old part. It is
to be built of Oriental brick and finished in the most
approved style. It will be a credit to Douglasville, empha
sizing the “progressive spirit” Douglasville has adopted.
The Pavilion is to be for the convenience of the public.
and the ladies of the Civic Club feel that these plans will fill
a long want need.
The construction is to be begun at an early date.
Everyone interested in the cemetery is urged to make some
contribution to the building fund. Any member of the Civic
Club is authorized to receive contributious, and it is hoped
all will respond liberally.
Mrs. M. E. GEER,
Chairman Building Committee.
Tom Hardwick
Will Speak Here
Practically Assured by
Committee Who is
Pushing Project
As already mentioned in the Sen
tinel, our people are preparing to
make Monday, July 5, a memorable
one in the history of our county.
Among the noted speakers to be pres
ent, will be Hon. Thomas W. Hard
wick, candidate for governor, and it
is also possible that Messrs. Holder
and Walker, who are also candidates
for the above office will be here, a
strong influence now being brought
to bear upon. Other attractions will
also be engaged, and it will be worth
your time to spend the day in the
best town in Georgia.
0m Bad Sanitary Shape
Thorough Clean-up
Needed at Once
Despite the plead Inge of the Senti
nel and the efforts of the Civic Lea
gue to make Douglasville a clean
town, from a' sanitary standpoint, it
seems that our work is * cane of
casting pearls to swine. Especially
is this true of some of our stores,
in the rear of which may he found
old cans, etc, to breed enough disease
to kill out towns mirch larger th%«
ours. Also combustibles enough to
reduce our town to a pile of ashes in
the twinkling of an eye. This is
serious condition of affairs and are
worthy of more than a passing glance.
The hentriel a fa" from l (ing an
Alarmist, but we venture the asser
tion that unless a borough clean-up
campaign is put on at once, our
population will be greatly decreased
before the dawning of another year.
We hope our people will get busy
now, and see to it t|iat .we have not
only the beat, but also the cleanest
town in Georgia,
The committee recently appointed
by the Men’s Progressive (Jiub to look
after the new depot, reports progress.
The committee, of which Dr. Whitley
is chairman, are right in behind the
railroad officials, and backed up as
they are by the Railroad Commission,
it will not be very long before Doug-
laeville will have a passenger and
freight depot of which we all will be
proud. For years our people have
patiently waited, forebearance ceas
ing, to be a virtue, the Men’s Progres
sive Club, every member of which is
a live wire, took the matter up, and
being a body who recognize no such
word as fail, and who deal with facts
and not fancies, the recent space we
have devoted to this project in the
past will be used for something else,
for the deoot is now a certainity. The
Men’s Progressiva Club have said it. The following from Mi-. W. W.
and what they say goes Heaton. President of the Chamber of
__ Commerce, to Mr. Joe Abercrombie,
-b-v t of this cit y* is £° od newa - The con *
Douglasviilie uins voy iH expected hcre about the latter
¥? m ‘1 i UpH ' the Month, and will take
Lv/JL 'ud.i i iC-vl j ] U n£f ieorl ^re, and it goes without
| s/ying that' our people will give the
... _ . n _ wneannalFitors the best they have in their
Misses Ernestine Geer, Florence .V.
Hutcheson Bessie Burton. Bessie Faej
Griffet.li, Loin Ha gin, Gladys Stewart, j Birmingham, Ala.,
and Inez McLarty w*re guests at a June 9th, 1920.
rook party fast Monday afternoon,'"t Mr. W. W. Heaton, President,
Chamber of Commerce,
FOR LIU SPRINGS
University Trustees
Advocate Project
Of Mr. Duncan
i Sunday Schools
To Hold Picnic
MOP HERE
Bamthead Highway
Selected as Route
for Trip West
Senator John T. Duncan is to be
congratulated for his successful ef
forts in serving the recommendation
of the trustee of the university for the
establishment of a branch school at
Lithia Springs.
The only thing lacking for the final
decision is the action of legislative
which meets a week from next
Wednesday and the fact that the uni-
ersity has approved the project is al
most certain assurance that the legis-
lativ will act favorably.
Mr. Duncan is very popular with
the members of both branches of the
legislative and has the backing of
many other influential members and
we feel assured that the school will
be established.
The Millidgeville school cannot be
gin to accommodate the students who
want to go there and with a similar
institution in this section of the states
it will add greatly to the state’s edu
cational facilities.
Lithia Springs is an ideal location,
noted for its healthful and moral sur..
roundings, and its railroad facilties
and the public spirited citizens are
backing the enterprise with their
money.
All Douglas county will he bene
fited and he institution when estab
lished, will be a monument to the
ability and faithful service of Mr.
Duncan.
On next Thursday, June 24, the
j Baptist and Methodist Sunday-Schools
; will hold their annual picnic at Pow-
i der Springs. It is an ideal place for
such affairs, there bning plenty of the
; purest, of water and shade, tics ides a
: large pailion Every member of the
| schools is expected with well filled
baskets, and a t good time is in store
for all wTio attend.
Revival Services
Come to a Close
The two week’s revival at the Meth
odist chtorch closed Sunday night, Rev.
W. H. Clark, the pastor, delivered some
soul-stirring messages, the result being
several additions to the church roll
and a. reviving up of the members.
Rev. Carmichael, of Bremen, who
assisted at the beginning of th ser
vices, showed himself to be a good
cornetist and song leader. He is al
so an able minister, as shown by his
sermons while here, and the latch
string hangs on the outside whenever
he sees fit to visit us.
Haralson County Has
Worst Tragedy In
Its History
In a fight Monday morning m th«
southwestern portion tSf- Akaralson
county, near the Carroll line, in which
Sol Beenfield, bin wife and one Bon
King were engaged,. Mrs. Bdenfield re
ceived a knife wound which almost
severed her head from her body, kill
ing her instantly, and Mr. Bedanfield
fared almost as bad, receiving wounds
in the neck which may prove fata).
King was arrested and lodged ia Har
alson county jail.
King had been a cropper or tenant
of Bedenfleld and was moving a Way.
The trouble arose over the ownership
of a cow which King had bought from
Bedenfield. King was driving the caw
away.—Carroll Free Press
S. C. Club Has
Pleasant Time
CTDR IF RECENT
at the home )f Mrs. Robert H. Pat
terson, at Lithia Springs, given in
honor of Miss Willie Jay Stephenson.
Tallapoosa, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Have received official notification
that the convoy will not detour via
Rome, Gadsden to Birmingham, but
will come directly over the Bankhead
National Highway from Atlanta to
Birmingham.
I have left the routing of the con-
oy up to General Drake. He has not
yet as to the night
Alanta and Binning;-
organisms a little sewing club. The h “">- . ! a »' “ , ” tiousl y awaiting his
was first in order.; re P' 1 I r ln regard to same. Just us soon
as he notifies me I will let you know.
. I am leaving for Washington to-
after which delicious cake and ice j day a( . „ 0>c | 0ck A M and will be at
cream was served. The nexe meeting j cho RaleiKh Hotel until Monday mom-
wi!l be with ul:o agget*. , ing, Jane 14th. Any communication
The members ire Beosie oe L *, t(> headquarters will be promptly
man, Maurine Enfcerkin,-Julia Baggett, j mtt
Grace Bagge-tt, Majorie Morris, Mo- j With very high personal regards,
selte Wilson, Majorie Morris, Dorothy j | ^
Selman, Dorothy Freeman, Carolyn’ Yours very truly,
Hutcheson. J- A. ROUND TREE, Field Director.
Delegates Leave
For Conference
Little Ladies’
Sewing Club
Ms?. Bessie Joe Selman. entertained: ._
quite x number of her little £rien<Js\ notified me m
Monday afternoon for the purpose of i / t> P s between
•lection of o£ff<
Then a number of games were played;
The S. C. Club met 1 u .aiiay, June
15, at the home of Opai Giles. After
sewing for a while a delicious ice
course was served. Those present
were Mrs. Lonnie Roberts, Misses
Ernestine Geer, Estelle Dodson, Sara
Selman, Eiizabth Holland, Gladys
Downs, Bessie Faye Griffith, Buena
Hagin, Johnnie Smith. The meeting
adjourned to meet again Tuesday,
June 22nd at Mis? Bessie Faye Grif
fith’s.
Shows Little Emprove-
ment--Taken to
Atlanta
At the District Conference of the j
South. Atlantic District, which con-j
vened at Fail-bum Thursday, Doug- j
I lasville church was represented by the :
following delegates:
I Rev. W. II. Clark, N. B. Duncan,'
| Geo. T. McLarty, Dr. T. M. Stewart, j
F. M. Winn, W. 11. Morris, J. T. Dun-1
can, W. Glen Dorris.
Gone on
Fishing Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Dake, Mr. and Mrs.;
G. T. McLarty, Col. and Mrs. Hutche-j
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Causey, of At- j
lanat, are enjoying a fishing and hunt- j
ing trip near Campbellton Ferry this
week.
Lucius Upshaw
Goes to Atlanta
Lucius Upshaw, of Douglasville,
Ga., has joined the sales force of
Mather Brothers, wholesale furniture,
and will represent the firm in the
city of Atlanta and adjacent terri
tory.
Mr. Upshaw is a nephew of United
States Congressman William D. Up
shaw, who represents tbe Fifth dis
trict and was formerly connected
with Upshaw Brothers, general mer
chants in Douglasville, G«.—Atlanta
JournaL
Mrs. DeWitt Fuller, who was dan
gerously injured in an automobile
wreck on the Bankhead Highway, near
Bremen, on Monday of laid, week,
from last accounts was ntill in a pre_
carious condition. Two nurses are in
constant attendance at. her bedside,
and Monday five physicians were,
called in consultation.
One physician who has seen many
years of practice, .stated that the
wound received by Mrs Fuller was
the worst he had ever seen in the
history of hia practice. The scalp
was torn loose for several inches
and when she was picked up was
hanging down over her eyes.
Her husband was placed on. trial
at the mayor’s court at Bremen Fri
day, and wan fined $25.00 far npeed
ing—Haralnon Tribune
REMEMBER THE DEAD
Relatives and friends are requested
to be on band lot Giles cemetery at
the J. H. Giles old Homestead, Tues
day after the 2nd Sunday in August,
for the purpose of cleaning off same.