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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XVI,
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j H McUrtS
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA.,
FR.ID AY, JULY t6, 1920.
ANSWERS TAPS
B. F. Hagan, Civil
War Hero and a
Good Citizen
Tax Receiver
Makes Record
The Tax Dig;st of Tax Receiver J.
W. James shows a gain of S693.G71 in
16 per cent over previous year. This
is a record of which Mr. James should
be proud, and also a pointer for future
candidates. Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.
Birthday Party
Dr. E. L. Murchman, of Bremen, Dr.
M. T. Marcman, of Dallas, and Dr.
T. L. Marchman, of Douglasville, pro
vided themselves with well laden has
keta Sunday and hied themselves to
the home of their mother; at Villa
Rica, where they celebrated her 66th
birthday. It was truly a “Mother's
Day" and all present had a most en
joyable tima
One of the saddest deaths to occur
in our midst recently was that of Mr. VjdVC iYlUlllCl
B. F. Hagan, on Thursday last, at
( the home of his son, Mr. Ed Hagan,
of this city.
Mr. Hagan was in his 75th year and
was a victum of sciatic neuralgia, with
which he suffered quite awhile be
fore death.
He is survived by two sons and two
daughters. They . are Ed and Miss
Adelia Hagan and Mrs. Bertha Moody,
of Dougla8ville, and Raleigh Hagan,
of Atlanta.
Mr. Hagan was an old resident of
this county, having moved here from
Paulding county some twenty odd
•years ago.
He. Jwas assistant postmaster at
Douglasville about eight years, a po
sition he filled with satisfacton to
the patrons of the office and the gov
ernment, and resigned only a few
months ago, owing to declining health
He enjoyed the confidence and friend
ship of all, and he will be missed. He
was an old Confederate veteran, and
Odd Fellow.
The remains were taken to Holly
Springs, Paulding county, for inter
ment.
To the bereaved ones our community
extends sympathies, for a good man
'has gone from amongst us.
THEY’RE STILL HERE
GEORGIA QUIU PUSHERS
HEBE NEXT THURSDAY
Most Representative Body of Distinguished
Visitors to Spend Day Here==Will Come'
From Carrollton in Automobiles
Mrs. Trigalon
Passes Away
Mrs. Annie Lou Trigalon, aged Vo
years, who hqs been ill unite awhile,
died at her home in Lois Mill villagS
Saturday, and was bured Sunday, the
funeral servees being conducted- by
Rev. S. T. Ulttand, with interment if.
Douglasville cemetery. Deceased is
survived by her husband, parents and
other relatives who have the sympathy
of all.
LIKES THE SENTINTL
Editor Sentinel: I notice subscription
to Sentinel is expiring, so I am send
ing check for another year. You are
getting out a first-rate paper, bright,
clean and newsy, and I should dis
like to miss a single copy.
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) tala W. Smith.
Residents of Douglasville recall that
along about the time the auto made
its appearance on the country ruads
of the United States certain of our
pessimistically inclined citizens pre
dicted that they would soon replace
tke horses of this land. Some editors
wrote long articles on the passing of
the horse, and all that kind of stuff.
And the price of a good horse has
been higher since the auto was in
vented than it ever was before.
Then came the traetjor, just a few
years later, and the same condition
was predicted as before. But listen
to these figures given out from Wash
ington City nnd compiled this year.
There are 200,000 tractrs and 134,-
444 motor trucks on the farms of
this country. The tractors displaced
from 1 to 21-2 horses per farm where
the tractors were owned. But in no
case did they displace enough horses
to pay for the cost of the tractor.
Then, too, it is declared that as horses
must he kept to do the many phases
of farm work which cannot be satis
factorily or economically , done by
tractor, they are available to meet
the farm needs for transportation of
agricultural products, and must be
kept in as large number as ever.
There is no question but the auto
solved a lot of problems and the trac
tor is already showing itself to be a
blessing. But the man who figures
they will put'the horse out -of . busi
ness hardly knows what he is talking
about', and hasn’t either counted or
priced the horses in his community
recently.
Next Thursday, July 22nd should
and doubtless will prove a Red tatter
Day for Douglasville and Douglas
counity. The Georgia Pres3 AsSbcia-
tion after concluding its business
meeting at Carrollton Wednesday
night, will come in a body Thursday
to Douglasville. The press of Georgia,
including both daily and weekly papers
of the state, is the most potent factor
for disseminating information and for
promoting the general welfare of the
state. No other organization has the
facilities possessed by these natural
boosters. No other organization de
votes so much of its time and money
to public spirited propaganda and it
is indeed a rare opportunity for any
town or county to have the privilege
of entertaining such distinguished
visitors.
It behooves us to give them one of
the- most pleasant days of their his
Baptist Ladies
Run Movie
OFFICERS CAPTURE
BE STILL
A beautiful picture in five reels,
adopted from the story by James
Whitcomb Riley, was screened at the; On Pauldding-Douglas
Kozytorium Monday night, under the " ®
auspices of Circle No. 4, of the Bap- Line-**Beer POUTed
ti3t church. A neat sum was realized,
which will be applied to the fund for
remodeling the church, and the ladies
are to be congratulated on their suc
cess.
and. welcome addresses by Mayor J.
EE. Mctarty and others. And re
sponses by the president of the Press
Association and other distinguished
visitors.
Next we want to serve them the
best old time basket dinner ever pre
sented to a hungry editor. And not
only (every family in Douglasville,
but our friends from the country are
urged to come and bring well filled
baskets of the many good things of
which our county abounds.
A committee of five ladies, viz:
Mesdames D. W. Peace, F. M. Stew
art, W. M. Almand, P. D. Seltnan. and
Z. T. Dake have been appointed to
Confer with the other ladies of the
town about the dinner, but ladiea, don't
wait for them to Bee you, call some of
them, up and teil thorn you ars.going
to bring dinner.
Messrs. J. F. Marehman, W. M. Al-
Ladies’ Dinner
Scores Success
In our rush to get to press last
week, the excellent dinner served
by the ladies of the Methodist church
was overlooked, which we regret, but
luffice it to say the menu was varied,
and the cooking the best, at prices
within the reach of all. The receipts
were $106.00, which will be added to
the building fund of the church und
the ladies are to be congratulated on
their success.
KILLING YOUR TOWN
tory, and our hospitable and courteous maodj and C. F. Selman -constitute a
acts us well as our resources and op- committee to see the business men
portunities will be heralded to the about having their promises cleaned
world as no financial advertising cam- and requesting that no business houses
paign could ever do even at a cost of close on this particular Thursday till
thousunds of dollars. after our visitors leave, ns We do not
The entertainment plans for the wish to have the impression that ours
day are as follows: ' ,s a. dead town.
Fifty or more automobiles will as- Messrs. Z. T. Dake, V. R. Smith, J.
semble early Thursday morning and R. Duncan, J. S. Abercrombie and F.
leave promptly at seven o’clock for M Stewart are the committee on ar-
Carrollton to bring our visitors to rangemmts and will see that the
Douglasville. Mr. Ottis Selman and Grove is in proper shape and tables
Mr. J. L. Giles are listing the cars and prepared for the ocension.
if they do not get to see you, look Lee us urge that everybody become
them up ami tell them, you’ll go. We interested. The occasion is in the
would like for several of our citizens interest of our town and county, and
in the surrounding country to bring don’t wait for a personal invitation
the;,- C ars and join us on this trip and to participate in the festivities, but
get acquainted with the Georgia edi- pal; k a basket and come and spend the
tors and their wives. Fifty ears will f 8 w hours in congenial company and
a .doubtless be sufficient, but seventy- heV|fcyu± your community on the map.
'five wiiV be bettor and make a morej Georgia has some of the moat noted
impressive "convoy.” •■ . . I editors of any state in the union whose
On arriving at, Douglasville they, o iniona are quoted everywhere and
will assemble at the grove near the, >u ^ h0re wiu j* a privi-
depot where a short lrctresting pro-, V them,
wil) be rendered including music lege to you to see and know them.
Children’s Day
Enjoyable One
Out--No Arrests
Revenue officers from Atlanta, as
sisted by Douglas county official^
went on a raid to the Douglas-Pauld.
ir.g county line .Sunday, destroying
a 30-gallon still with 400 gallons of
teer. No arreesjs vere made.
POWELL’S CHAPEL
Misses Lucile and Ruby Headrick,
of near Villa Rica, spent last week
with Misses Erma and Eva Steed.
Miss Bernice Tyson, of Pleasant
Grove, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. E. R. Newell, a few days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Plumer Boyd spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Payne.
Miss Cora Boyd entertained a few
of hernicnd« last Wednesday evening
in honor of Mr. Slay, of Griffin.
Several from here attended the
singing at Prays Sunday and report
a fine singing.
Miss Cleveland Smallwood, of Villa
Rica, one of Mr. R. O. Taylor’s clerks,
is spending her vacation with her
mother at Mr. and Mrs. Calaway
The Children’s Day program
dered at the Methodist church Sun-| guyd'
day mornng was both interesting and.I jj r , an( j Mrs. Fred Tysori, of Villa
insruetive, each child acquitting then:-!Ri ca , spe nt Thursday nighf'with Mr.
selves handsomely. and Mrs. Charlie Langston.
— Misses Eunice and Lizzie Garner
WHERE WOMEN RULE J were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
I Harper Friday night.
All of the officers of Jackson. Wy-j - Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Edge spent Sun-
oming, arc women—every iast one of, day with their grandfather, Mr. Boyd
them, from mayor down. It is prob-| nea[ . villa Rica.
ably the only -town: in the world soj Mr. R. O. Taylor and Miss Leona
governed and naturally it is beingj [{ ar t > 0 f Villa Rica, were guests of
closely watched, although the chances; Miss Cleveland Smallwood last Thurs-
ane there will be no way of telling it■ evening.
is governed by women except fromj Misses Burnice Tyson and Ruby
scanning the first names of the of-1 tvTewell spent Wednesday night writh
ficers—meaning thereby that the wo-] Mr. and Mrs. Grover TysoriV
men will not act differently in office; Mrs. Mary Ann Edge and daughter,
from men. ; Miss Vennie, spent a few days in Villa
At the spring election there were ^ ca ; as t_ week.
Douglasville at
Camp Reunion
You don’t hav to get out and openly
knock Douglasville to injure it. There
are dozens of ways you can discourage
improvements and help to hold back
the wheels of progress besides open
hostility. For instance, if a public
improvement is suggested and your
opinion is asked just hint that you’d
rather not have anything to say. Or
if you are asked to head a committee
or serve on one that is pushing some
improvement for the public good, just
refuse to serve, and make excuses,
if a meeting is called to discuss some
thing in which the entire town is in
terested, just remain away, or use
as an excuse that you was afraid it
might rain.
Any of these are sure ways of
black-eyeing your home town, and will
tend to discourage those who are
really trying to go ahead. It is not
so much what you do to help the
town along as it is what you refuse
to do. Talking in a pessimistic man
ner or proposed improvements before
you have really given them serious
thought is a certain way to throw a
wet blanket over the proposition. And,
whether you have any influence in
the community or not, the fact that]
you appear disinterested is apt to
have an ill effect upon the man who
doesn’t know you as well as those who
have lived neighbor to you for years.
Get up and say something when an
improvement is about to be made, or
when a public movement is launched.
If you have a better way, say so. If
you can improve on the proposition,
say so.. But say something, do some
thing, don’t help to kill your town by
holding back as though you were anx
ious for the movement to fall through
so you can repeat those words of the
born knocker—“I tuid you so.”
Quite a number of our citizenp,
all of whose names v?e could not jpet r
attended a reunion of the. Camp fam
ily at Grant Park, Atlanta, Sunday,
which was said to be the largest,,af.T
fair of its kind ever held in the.(late
City.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL PHONIC
The Sunday-School of Liberty Bap
tist church of Douglas county, had a
picnic and fish fry at the mouth of
Dog River conducted by their pastor,
Rev. J. T. Layton, and officers of the
school. The men caught the fish and
the ladies fried them aftd prepared
dinner, while the children played in
the water. All enjoyed the day. There
was 75 attended 'the picnic. This
school has 65 on roll and 40 regular
attendance.
Mrs. Burton
Entertains Club
gram 1
Odd Fellows
Install Officers
On .Monday night; Dbugiasviltd
Lodge, No. 162 had one of the most
interesting" meetings in its history.
Officers wer* installed for the new
term, the thifd 'dhgree wasconfered,
and. several aoiil-stitting talks were
made, tamdnade and ' cigars were
served, and a geheral enjoyable even
ing spent. The lodge is now taking
on new life and: its future looks as
bright as a noon day sun.
SURPRISE PARTY
The -surprise party given by the
young folks to Miss Frances Aber
crombie this week is reported as one
of the most ‘ enjoyable affairs of
the season.
VIOLET PALMER AS “GINGER"
Instructive
Missionary Meet
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Methodist church held an ex
ceedingly interesting meeting Sun
day night, at which scriptural pas
sages were read and commended on,
and an excellent recitation on mis
sionary work by Mm. A. W. Mctarty.
The music and flinging waa alao good.
NEWSPAPER SERVICE
One of the prettiest parties of the
season was at the home of Mrs. Frank
Burton.
The house was decorated in the
national colors of red, white -and blue.
Minature flags being used in every
way possible. The score cards repre
sented firecrackers. Progressive rook
was enjoyed, after which a delicious
ice course of red and white cream
was served. The hostess was dressed
in white and was assisted in enter
taining by Mesdames Polie and- Clif
ford Burton. The he^$" meeting olf
the club will be with Mrs.. J. Raymqpd,
Duncaa on Friday, Jqly 16, 1920.
The newspaper, like any other en
terprise of a useful character in com
mercial life, is a business proposition
and only in the measure that it is
financially successful is it able to
render the service it should to its
patrons and all of the people in the
field in which it circulates.
It must be impartial. It must give
the news, presenting facts, and edi
torially it must have a policy in con-
Violet Palmer, a charming screen . f orm ity with the highest ideals, set-
actress, appears in. the title role ofj fdri(? forth and giving its approval to
-Ginger,’’ the new World Picture, | tho30 thing3 which are for the ad-
which is scheduled for showing or:, vancemen t 0 f the country in general
Saturday, July 17th, at the Kozy-j^^ t j ls commun ity in which it cir-
torium Theatre. Co-starred with her I , ates in particular,
are Garreth Hughes and Paul Ever-] paper you now hold in your
ton. “Ginger” is the story of a girl hands ieek:; to do this very thing. Its
who had three men in love with her. Ij.^ . g jv, - the people of Douglas-
One of them was the young man who j v {ile and vicinity, and for the institu-
had been her companion during her | tion3 0 f this Bounty, state and nation
childhood on the East Side of Newjj.^ | as t a nd all of the time. It
York, where .she had secured her j a j mg t 0 gi va those who wish to be
training as a. theif. Anothe wa3j heard an opportunity to present the
her foster father, who had adopted her claims they have for the attention of
, ..... . -the public whether in the news col
and brought her up to be a charmmg^^P ^ ^ ^ ;ldv0rtimn(f 3Bction .
young lady, and the third was tne j [t is, of course, impossible that every-
son of the foster father,. The cli-j tody should agree with everything
max of this startling situation comes
as a surprse and occurs under striking
circumstances.
PAINTING UP
Whil e making a note of painting
up activities last week, in 30uth end
of town, we failed to potce. the hqpies
of Pjtp}, D. Selman, Tbad MeKoy, Mrs.
J,.,k.,Salmon,-Clyde. Belgian, Gordon
Banka- and N. B. Dup.can., Ut ,,
two complete tieketoi in -the field—one
composed of men and the other of
women. The women won, and have
entered on their official duties. But
they didn't win because the town has
more women than men. For many
men voted for them, so really they
were elected by the male voters of
the town. .
But bear this in mind—the success
or failure of their administration will
idi nothing to women’s suffrage, nor
will it prove anything regarding it.
No more than the succej.-. or failure
of a ma!j n-niinistratioi. prove any
thing in regard to male suffrage,
there have been failures of adminis
trations where women^had nothing to
do with them. * But the idea of tu
•'.og an entire town over to the women
is novelty will vofth •Aten ng AnJ
it it looks Kko it is going to work we
might take a step in that direciort
here in Douglasville, or at least let
tKe women see if they can’t get the
improvements the men folk seem
capable of securing.
Fishing Party
Have Time
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson spent
Sunday with Mr. Rice Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Callaway Johnson
spant Tuesday night with Mr. and
Mrs. McBurnett.
Rev. Parrish filled his regular ap
pointment at Flat Rock Saturday and
Sunday,
Mr, and Mrs. Tom Tyson wer^
guests of Mr. and Mrs. ^ylie ijillan^""
Sunday. —** wsgmgpw
Mr. E. R. Newell and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ergle,
Prayer services Sunday evening at
Flat Rock was very well attended,
conducted by Rev. ((Clarence Boyd.
Next Sunday evening at 7:30, ser
vices will be conducted by Mr. £lyd*
Johnson, everybody invited.
A fishing party composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Enterkin, Col. and
Mrs. J. B. Hutcheson, Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Baggett, Dr. and Mrs. Stewart,
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Selman, returned
home Saturday. They report fine
luck and a jolty good time.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTE TO MEET
that is said in the paper; that is ex
pecting too much of human nature,
feel that they have accomplished any-
People who start a crusade do not
thing until they meet with opposition.
The newspaper with the right ideals
renders a valuable service to the com
munity in which it operates. It seeks
to secure and maintain the confidence
of its patrons. A newspaper that does
not, in a measure, accomplish this,
has no place in the life *f the conunun-
• ity in which it is published.
A meeting of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee, of Douglas county i3
hereby called to meet at the Court
House at 2 o'clock, P. M., on Satur
day, July 17th, for the purpose of
-iatermining manner of voting on
nomination of members of Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Reveunes
in Primary to be held on AugU3t 4th,
1920.
All member: are especially urged
to attend.
J. H. McLARTY,
Chrm. Dem. Ex. Com.
Linen Shower
For Mrs. James
The D. D. Club held their regular
meeting with Mrs. Julian Arnold
Wednesday afternoon. After routine
business was transacted, the club Com
plimented Mrs. Jesse James with &
linen shower.
INFANT DIES
The ’nfant of Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Shub'ert, residing near the city, died
suddenly and the remains wcr3 car
ried to Friendship in Paulding county*
for interment Sunday.
After spending a short but enjoy
able vacation with his mother near
Augusta, Rev. W. H. Clark will re
turn this week and occupy his pulpit
Sunday.
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Miss Annie Mae Watson, Adairsvi
Dr. J. jt. Smith, Atlanta. -—
R. E. Edwards, City.
C. G. Brown, City.
J. M. Morris, Rt. 2.
J. T. Jordan, Rt. 5.
A. H. Matthews, City.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
C. P. Cobb, Atlanta.
J. E. Henley, Rt. 7.
A. J. Hudson, City.
Miss Mae McKelvey, Rt. 4.
Preston Abbott, Lithia Springs.
J. R. Hudson, City.
G. W. Hembree, Villa Rica.
James Polk, Winston.