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DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1929.
NUMBER 14.
Mrs. Mo| a ******
Gone to Rest
On last Su?' d «y# he h° me 0<> Mr.;
T. Mozlev, near Lithia Springs,j
! H. T. Mozlev near oitnia apriugs, *— • it 4
Walked Away From was saddenedV ft* passing out of Was Enjoyable Altai!.
GEORGIA EDITORS
McAdoo When Pa!*
inner Withdrew
Large Crow ds and
Best Behavior
tional convention at 1:40 o’clock Tiics.
day morning. The nomination came
at the conclusion, of a forty-four bal.
lot struggle in which he had steadily
beaten, down the forces of William G.
McAdoo, former secretary of the j
treasury and President Wilson’s son-
in-law.
When the balloting on the forty-
fourth vote had gotten to a point
where Cox had 702 votes and was
rapidly approaching the necessary
two-thirds, or 729, Sam B. Amidon,
of Kansas, manager of the McAdoo
forces and vice chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, took the
platform and moved that the nomi-.
nation of Governor Gox be made unan
imous. Immediately there was a roar
from the tired and worn delegates,
which lasted for a full four minutes
before Chairman Robinson could put
the question on Amidon’s motion to
suspend the rules and nominate Cox
by acclamation.
James Middleton Cox was three
times governor ty>f • Ohio—an honor
enjoyed by only one other Ohioan,
Rutherford H. Hayes.
Bom on a farm, educated
his helpmate at’t£ r atl Alness °f seceui
weeks' duration 1 £he 69th year oi j
herbage. Mrs. j'Moaaey was a clever |
neighbor, good Christian, and maeva J ^
friJulsoi all with >j whom she came!
in contact, sir 5 is survived by a bus-[There was dancing in the court hdus
was dinner on the lawn,
was speaking in the grove,
hot time sure’s you’re born.
Keys of the Town Will
Be Turned Over to
Pencil Pushers
James M. 'Cox, governor ot Ohio, t-.-v • . • 4s. . , - , 1 ml
, , • - . , , band five bov* as - ul_ l hen
wa3 nominated for president of the: t . y u ,, , f r „.
...... , , ,. tows'f M. L a,ld it. '■ Mozley, of Then
United Suites m the democrat': n.i-. • ... D ... .. , ... , .
i Lithia; Mrs. W. P. >VeLib, of Chapel
Hill; "Sallie’ Lom »“4 Billie, who re
side with ri>eir f «the and Mr. S. W.
land T. N„ Motley, of Douglasville.
The funeral and interment occured
^ 1 at Count v Line, conducted by Rev/ S.
T. CjHaei, pf'Douglasville, and Rev.
Cash of Lithia Springs. Deep sym
pathy i» extended the bereaved ones
in thisi the saddest of all hours.
Child Struck
By Automobile
Gorji)n\ Tyson, 1 year old grandson
of Mri f*nR Mbs. W. ft. Smith, on East
Broad slrVt, was struck by an auto
Sundat and hurt on the
arm and For aV/hjile his injuries
looked' «^rio» i8 » he' was running
around Momday. It seems the little
fellow ret t \to his'father, who was
fixing Li v.‘$K, when >the boy was
; truck by a^othuri* car,unobserved from
his view until h Y .? T. was an unfor-
j tunate affair, the same time
in. the j unavoidable. , , • t
public schools, a printer's devil, a , ,;ijyTT
school teachc?r, a newspaper reporter,! — 1 • \
n privtate secretary to a congressman, | 11
owner, manager and proprietor of two '
We wish to call the attention of
I our pfeopie to the fact that it is only
; two weeks tiU we are to entertain the
, , . , , , j editors of Georgia—-Thursday, July
And a hot time sure’s you re born. I .
The above describes in brief Doug
lasville’s celebration of the glorious | „
fourth, which commenced on Saturday
morning and ended Monday night at
|22nd.
They will
11 '.o’clock. Everybody, with their
mother-in-law, their sisters, their
cousins and their aunts were here, and
all had a great big time.
On Saturday the boys had a ball
game, which was enjoyed by a large
crowd, who were served with a home
made dinner by the ladies of the
Methodist church.
On Sunday there was an all-day
singing (an account of which appears
elsewhere) at which another large
crowd was present.
On Monday there was a ball game
between Douglasville and Acworth,
the visitors shutting out our home
boys by a score of 6 to 0. There was
oi.Mvi; 1 in tb*j h'us-i all day
Monday and until 11 o’clock at night.
Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick also spoke
to a large crowd in the grove. At.
the close of the speaking Dr. T. R.
Whitley announced to the crowd that
he would be a candidate for repre
sentative.
The crowds for the three days were
here about 200 strong,
the abate and nearly
every town that has a newspaper will
have one or more representatives here,
and the impression they get of our
town will be published to the world.
There is hardly a nook or corner in
the civilized world that will not be
reached by some one or more of these
publications.
First, let us get busy and have a
“dean up” day and we suggest Thurs
day, July 15th as that is the day Our
merchants close. We are sure the
Civic League, which has always taken
the lead in this matter will be glad
to do so again and we suggest that
tfyese good ladies launch the cam
paign and get the business men busy.
Next, it has been decided by the
Progressive Club that we will give
them an old-fasioned basket dinner
with plenty of fried chicken.
All our people should join in this
dinner and show the visitors a good
time and help get our town on the
map as never before.
Wfe hope to publish definite plans in
next week’s issue.
haved
newspapers, member of congress for
three years and three times governor
of his state is record tip date.
Business success paralleled his p°'i.
tical achievements and through bis
own. efforts Cox has amassed a for- j
tune. Mr Cox became the leader of j
the democratic party in Ohio jrv 191*1,
when be was nominated for governor !
As one who had brought radical
changes in the.state constitution, he
took the field in its behalf His first
term as governor wa« Unvoted ohioFy
to forwarding the enactment of laws
to put the new State constitution in
to effect.
Abiding! Places; ^ w "°‘ a £
Hefd for Squire
Paul E. Baxley
Passes Away
Mr. Paul E. Baxly, of>Tallapooaa,
well remembered here as a former
operator for the Southern, and tran3_
ferred to Tallapoosa, died here Friday
at the home, of his brother-in-law,
Dr. R. H. Poole, of heart failure, of
which he was a vie turn quite awhile.
The funeral was conducted on Sunday
at th* Poole home by Rev. Thompson,
of Tallapoosa, assisted by Hon. W. D.
Upshaw, and the interment was in
the city cemetery.
Vacation Halted
By Accident
Mr. Polie Bui Ion move/ to his new
home on Price Avenue Tuesday, while
Rsv. W. M. Suit's;., who lias bear e-
.iding there, moved io'thd Dr. Turner
residence, on the corner' of Bowden
and Church streets, rrec-ntiy purchased
hy the Baptists lor a parsonage.
the
i t orin
... LSr&BE UARBJHTt.
There’s never a tirge Wt to be fore,
warned is to be fare armed. That is
why we never hesitate |-,o point put
to our townsmen of Doujqlucviile the
advisability to staiting early.to guard
against the dangers ol yhot weather.
Fly time is here again/ and. with it
the season of the dea(liy mosquito.
Like wise we have entered upon the
time of fevers and summer epidemics
that annually carry off i|h awful toll
in this country. r .IS ; '• J
It has been provefl -so f.ften and in
so many sections that, tit« healthiest
communities and the oner iu which
the death rate is smallest' af<> those
where residents gve closest attention
to sanitation'. The town where “ ; atey
is allowed to form in cer-s pools and
these go undrained; the. toWn where
slop buckets or barrels jrre left «jn-'
covered for flies to hreejij art# 'multi
ply and carry disease-germs 'directly'
into the homes are the onsjs in which
the death rate in summer ( i greatest.
And there is- far more Visknoks in
towns where alleys and ' scant lots
are permitted to grow up in weedft,
the best breeding ground oT the hiois-
, ... 1 Quito, carrier of a dozen varieties' of
On last Saturday morning Mr. and * can opssibly find ,
Mrs. J. E. Davis want to LaGrange gy startinR early to Wi ti .,, 'the'
to senpd the fourth with their ; ° r -'cess pools, the garbage ,:ln; s',,! ailej's
To them the sun never sore brighter 1 and vacant places'it is an easy: mattCl
| estimated at five thousand, and be j " — ,.
Mt said to their credit a bcl^.v bo- , SpeCkll EleCtlOfl
owd never assembled any-1 i A
arrest nor a “eall
by the police, every.
| body was on Iheir good behavior
| seemed imbued with the spirit oi
! occasion. They were out for a
| good time and they had it:. On
cident worthy of special mention
j the forethought of J. L. Selman & j''
Soil, in providing plenty of ice water | P° s,t10 '
j for the immense Sunday crowd free
i of charge.
j It was one. of the biggest events in I
' the history of Douglasville, and one
that will not soon be forgotten by
those who attended, and the fellow
who failed to come will be kicking
himself the rest of his days for mis
sing the great affair.
: Satur
id to fi
the late
it by wa.
Government
Convoy Here
On last Friday morning the gov
ernment convoy of trucks arrived her 0
from Atlanta, on trip to Los Angeles
over the Bankhead Highway
Quite a crowd fU53«Tnble<i to meet
them, but the contemplated big re
ception could not be pulled off owing
to conflicting reports from- the de
partment an to "he. exact date of their
arrival.
The caravan only made a fifteen
minutes atop, during which time they
were served light refreshments and
made to feel “at home” by our peo
ple, whose hospitality to strangers
within their gates Ln unexcelled and
world-renowned.
To those who hart never seen such
a sight, the caravan wa3 a curiosity,
but to others its appearance caused
heart-aches—especially the mother?!
whose boys lay beneath the poppies in
France, who gave their lives for the
sake Of liberty and the protection of
loved ones back here, who were keep
ing the home fires burning for the
boys return, but have only the smold..
ering ashes to remember themu But
happy thought! Some day, some sweet
day, they will meet again in the land
where war and separations are un
known.
AN AMATEUR WIDOW
ay a special election
out the unexpired
Squire Adurholt. Mr.
cd '.t-;-! without op-
Zena Keefe is the star of the new
World Picture, "An Amateur Wid
ow,” which will be shown on July iOfch
the Kozytorium theatre. She .ap
pears in the role of Rhoda Canby, a
young girl wo is pestered with loo
many relatives and who runs away to
get rid of them and then masquerades
as the widow of a man who is sup
posed to have committed suicide. The
role calls for charm, beauty and real
screen talent. Miss Keefe has all
these qualifications in abundance and
that is why she is able to put over
this part so very successfully.
You will enjoy every minute of “An
Amateur Widow.” Be sure to show
yourself a peach of a time by seeing
this production.
GILLEY-H ANSON
Had Instructive
Sunday Trip
Dr. J. L. Marchman and family,
accompained by his mother from
Villa Ride, spent Sunday in Atlanta,
wh-ere they attended the Tabernacle
^unday-School, the largest in the
sjo.pth. They also visited the Baptist
Orphanage, and report a most en
joyable, as well as a beneficial trip.
SMITH-POPE
-nor the birds sing sweeter—it was a
trip they had looked'forward to with
eagerness and joy, but alas! they
were dissipointed m the twinkling of
an eye. After enjoying the festivities
in the town, the couple started to a
barbecue when Mrs. Davis fell, break,
ing a leg. She was brought home
Saturday night, and many friends will
be glad to learn she is doing nicely,
and hopes to be out soon.
How About
Sunday School?
Last Sunday was an “off day” from
a. Sabbath-School standpoint, owing to
the singing exercises. But the super
intendents and teachers of the local
schools are expecting every pupil to
be in their places next Sunday on
time. Dont be a slacker, but be there
rand bring someone with you.
to keep them in a sanitary cljpditfw
all through the summel OiSce -they
are neglected epdemics' staHl nncl all
our energies’ spent then ih'cleftriibjr up
are in vain. It does not mjean the
death of a single resident, .eaten*esahbtfs
in attending to this matter,it may
mean'the death of a hundredi i.ind on#
out of that hundred may be a I'neTHber'
of ybur own family. Let’s starbeing
careful now—let’s not wait Yor’ a
visit from the undertaker to see- puF
RAINWAtER-HUDSON
Married near Villa Rica, last'Sun
day. Mr. Colbert Hudson and Miss
Bertha Rainwater, Squire Jojui Hfy;ks
officiating. ’ the bride and groom 1 tori
well knrtwn and popular here*’aWti 1
their many friends wisfi* thVfn
They will make their ftlture home ’fib
Birmingham. . # . <t i ../*
NOTICE
All the relatives and'Irientii are r£-
quaeted to meet at the Stewart ceme
tery on Thursday*, August’9th, lor tf&fr
Mr. Ewell G. Pope and Miss Clara
-Sputh, of Rome, were married Tues
day at the home of the bride, and at
once returned to Atlanta, their future
home, where Mr. Pope holds a position
iis. book-keeper for the PaTm Olive
Soap. Co., in that city. The groom
is a son of Mr. E. E. Pope, of Bright
Star.
At the office of the county ordinary,
Sunday evening, Judge J. H. McLarty
officiatin, Mr. S. J. Hanson and Mifcs
Bura Gilley were united in marriage.
The couple are both of the county and
their many friends wish them much
joy and happiness.
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
COMMISSIONER
A WIDOW’S GRATITUDE
, A woman living in the village of
Milford, N. Y., who lost her husband
by death, sent the following communi.
c^tjon to an Otsego county news
paper:
• “Mr. Editor: I desire to thank the
{friends and neighbors most heartily,
;jrt this manner, for the united aid and
cooperation during the illness and
-death of my late husband, who es
caped me by the hand of death on
Friday last while eating breakfast.
To the friends, and all who contributed
so willingly toward making the last
moments and funeral a success, I de_
sjre t to re'memher most kindly, hoping
.thpse.few lines will find them enjoying
the same blessing. I have also a good
milch cow and rean gelding horse, 8
^years old, which I will sell cheap.
1Go<j[ moves irt a mysterious y/dy his
yr\opd$rs to perform. He plants his
footsteps on -the sea and rides upon
tbeAstorrn.’ Also a black and white
.purpose of cleaning off same, v : Tshotia, very low.”
We are pleased to announce to our
readers this week that Mr. J. S. Aber
crombie and Mr. J. E. Henley have
both announced for commissioner.
Mr. Abercrombie is the present
chairman of the board and has labored
tirelessly for the past two years at
a sacrifice to hs own interest, to se
cure good roads for Douglas county.
His efforts are now bearing fruit, the
Bankhead Highway is nearing com
pletion and will not when finished,
cost the county a penny. The United
States Government is paying half th e
cost and keep up the road. Work haa
been commenced on the outlying roads
and will be pushed to completion as
early as possible. We consider Mr.
’Abercrombie one of the most capable
and active commissioners the county
has ever had and believe he will have
no opposition.
Mr. J. E. Henley, who lives in. the
southeastern part of the county is
one of our best farmers and is capable
in every way to serve the people as
commissioner. With Mr." Hembree’s
announcement a few days ago, this
makes three candidates in the field
from different sections of the county,
and in all probability neither of them
will have oppositions.
Card From
Mr. Willoughby
To the people of Douglas County:
I find that to comply with the request
of the last grand jury, that our tax
collector and tax receiver be put on
a salary, will take an amendment to
the Constitution of this state.
Mr. Lindsay, of DeKalb county, has
a bill introduced at this session to so
amend the constitution that the court,
ties may put their collector and re
ceivers on a salary, by local adoption,
if his bill becomes law. If it doea,
then I will introduce such a biJL
.. Respectfully
W. R. Willoughby, Representative,
Was Best in its His-
tory and Great
Musical Treat
WOULD PROTECT NEWSPAPERS
With the idea of affording protect
ion to the newapapers and to the gen
eral public of Georgia, RepreBentative
John Y. Smith, of Fulton, will intro
duce this week in. the legislature a
hill making it a midemeanor for any
person to furnish 'false information t6
a newspaper. The need for such leg
islation has been emphasised on more
than one occasion.
Douglagyille has had BIG Fourth of
'y singings in the years gone, by, but
is the opinion of everybody that
the singing held'at the Baptist church
on last Sunday eclipsed them all. Be
ginning promptly at 9 o’clock, the
singers assembled and proceeded to
business by electing Prof. B. B. Beall
•.’hairman, with full power to appoint
and select the leaders during the day.
From that time until the close of the
song services at 4 P. M., the atmos
phere was surcharged with the sweet
harmony of voices blended in sacred
songs. Song leaders from every
where almost, were in attendance.
Even /far away Birmingham, Ala.>
sent over Prof. Casey. Others at
tending were, Prof. Styles, Davis, Har
per, and Bagwell, of Villa Rica, Dos-
ter, of Bremen, Moore and LalLa, of
Powder Springs, Gunnell, of Hiram,
McBrayer, of Paulding County, Will
iams, and James, of Atlanta, Bar-
field, Lee and others of Doufclas, Beall
and King of Brownsville, and last,
but not least, our own, Gordon Banks.
The above are a few of the leaders
taking part through the day, and
probably there were others whom we
fail ho remember pust now, and then
there were hundreds of singers tak
ing part in every song. IT WAS
SOM.E SINGING, ani another on
the same order will be held, next
Fourth of Ju*.y. It was noticed that
Prof. Chester Brown was not present,
nnd he wdl be excused thi-f time with
the solemn promise that he will not
he guilty being a .-lacker again.
At 1.1 Rev Buttles preached
wa excellent arid appropriate sermon,
and we h.;ive herd, many favorable
cwiupiimp.nts regarding his address
from those who heard him.
How many people were in D-nglas-
vitle last-Sunday? ft is Hard to es
timate, some c'liming that as many
four thousand people were in our
ity. We hoard ons very conserva
tive citizen say that J;hsre were at
least one thousand .automobiles 1 narked
3ur streets Sunday oftemrfon, and
if that be true, there must have been
at leant five thousand people in town.
It sure was some singing!
Fake Boll Weevil
Killer Warning
Warning to the farmers of Georgia
to beware of buying any so-called boll
weevil destroyers until it has been
proven to the satisfaction of the State
Board of Entomology that such claims
are meritorious and they endorse
same, has been issued by the Board
m a meeting just held.
Therms are so many of these prepa
rations on the market now which are
pure fakes, that the Board of Ento
mology has deemed it both necessary
to give th-is timely warning and to
request the Legislature to enact a
law requiring all parties offering for
sale implements and chemicals for
the destruction of the boll weevil, to
submit them to the Board for invest!,
gation; and approval, in order that the
general public may be protected.
Under the advice of the Board, no
preparation of this sort should be
purchased unless it has the Board’s
approval and indorsement The Board
also endorsed the bill of Representa
tive Pope, calling for an appropriation
of $20/100.00 for the control and eradi_
cation of the Mosaic disease of sugar
cane. The Legislature was urged to
pass this bill at the present session.
Miss Abercromie
Tendered Party
THe D. D. Clul) grave Miss Evelyn
Abercrombie a surprise party this
week, which waa enjoyed by both the
honoree and thoee who grave it.
WILLI AKS-8M1TH
Connelly’s shoe shop was <he scene
of a wedding .Saturday, the contract
ing parties being Miss Tempi* Will
iams and Mr. Oscar Smith, Rev.
.liner officiating.
Price Avenue
Painting Up
The home of JVTt. Otis Selmaii oil
Price Avenue ii'now a thing tif beauty,
being recently painted inside and out-
aide. Dr. Hamilton and Mr. P^ley 1
Burton are preparing to do the sam&'
stunt. If other citizens over toWn
would follow the move of these gentle
men, Douglasville would soon look aa
cute aa a cross-eyed old maid, in a
yellow hobble and white shoes.
CROSSING ACCIDENTS
About 1,500 persons were killed at
railroad crossings in the United
States last year Most of them were
in automobiles. Some didn’t look;
other?? didn’t listen, and very many
tried to beat the train across the
tracks.
A fellow will loaf all day and
then risk bis life in his hurry to cross
a congested street, or race across a
track ahead of a train, to save a min
ute. Its a poor sort of thrift.
What’s the hurry? It’3 better to
get there late than not at all. Every
body knows this, of course! But the
head line that tells of a family wiped
out at a railroad crossing hs become
a commonplace of the day’s news.
“Stop, Look, Listen!” is the classic
among snappy slogans. Everybody
knows it by heart, but nearly every
body forgets it when he needs it most.
—'Asheville (N. C.) Times. ,
First Bloom
* Brought In
The first cotton bloom to be handed
the Sentinel was grown on the farm
of Mr. F. K. Duncan, which was a
Paulding product. But the-first one
from Douglas- county was brought in
by Mr. H. W. James, of Chestnut
Log district, Tuesday. .
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