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VOLUME XVI.
DOWGLASVILIiE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1925.
' J H McLarty 24apr2i
Hol Daseua.il
Enjoyable
Game Saturday! Rook Party
FACING CRISIS
Douglasville Wins
Double Header
On Saturday the fast/eildinj, har,i-i On Inst- Monday afternoon Miss I On.last Saturday some of the boys
' hittinjs: ball team from Palmetto, wSli Ellen W.rn, of LltKia Springs; w.v . . I '■‘Van-zed a nme and went to Winston
1 ravel Impeded bv| cross bats with Dougiasville hera I hostess at a rook party givir in honor | Will;! nave tO RefUSC 1 ' vael ' e t; W won 14 to 9; they wont
Loss of Bridges.
Crops Flooded
Our boys haven’t forgotten the recent j 0 ^ the Misses Whitley, guests of Mbs
j drubbing they received, at P&lmetto, Florence Hutcheson. Uttise present I
and have b*>od in their eyes, which! ware Misses Whitley, Hutcheson, Geer,
j promises a fast and furious game,' Brtdweli, Upshaw, McLariy, Hagin,
I and the boys should have a big crowd Cloud,
out to. the game .
New Pypils Unless
Aided at Once
TECH'S COLD BRICK
BUCKHORN VALLEY
One of the hardest rains for qjnfce
i:\Urie fed in-re Monday. continuing
through the night, washing away
bridges, making gulleys out o: roads
and damaging crops. From reports ■ _ , , , . ,
received, much damage has been-donc ! fruests of Mr - a: d Mrs - wiu Brown Texas 0,1 lilnds ’ as was proclai ' r '' d
over the county, which cannot be ac-1 | through the press of Georgia n year
Atlanta, Ga.—Instead of being the' f.,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown werelb'eir to a million dollar fortune in
The Gepri
i-i.vnd be 5 t
Unite* Sfai
School of Technology
echinical school in th.
to Austeii where they won by a stoic
of ti to i ar.d the b"ys say it wasn't
good day for playing bail, eit ic,-.
POWELL'S CHAPEL
To Be Here Thursday.
Sentinel Out Day r
Earlier
fail
curately estimated at this writing.
A'TIMELY HINT
Mrs. Sudie Pierce has been sick the, a £T°* the Georgia School of Techno
past week. j finds itself today in possession oi f pv..- ,
Mr. Peter Brown was a Sunday! 6.000 acres of arid Texas plains w./ .-'n 0 f .
guest of Mrs Alexander. ! even could it be sold, might bring on’v
All the men of our communiyt went an acre, a large portion of which 1-
king the - this mo
Va „ ,, . ... . ^3 are getting out a day earliei*
ltev. Veach filled his regular ap-1
twi m met ... n . “ , thi« week to have Tnursday to mingle
. .. r . . . pomtment at Powells Cnapei Sunday. r% . ...
and one of tne Soutn’c i nr E p N , 1 .. . r i with the Georgia Editors, who will
institutions, will have toi . k .. i ’. v ’ wei . " aa ^ L 0 be hare about 200 strong and Doug-.
, . .. i tne bedside ot his sister, Mrs. Della ... , , . '
"Ui, to many applicants' - n . .a>ville is prepared to give them a
. . . , , 1 oones, ot Dougtasvihe Saturday, he! , ..
uuit-’.s the stace legislature ,. • , . ' royal time.
* . found her very sick. I * . . . .
u emergency appropriation! . , . , _ , Continual rams may interfere with
4 . . . . Messrs. Lewis Wnuams and Boyd ., , - . .
. was tne statement to.lav; .. . . . r * the mans of our people to some ex-
.• . c - . LsKew, of Hickory Level, were guests . - ,,
‘•nor Nat E r. arris, chair- . .. D ... ’ . * • tent, but Douglasville has never fallen
m,,. . if. c 1 ot Mr. Barney Wallace Sunday. , . , . . ,
1 tech board of trustees. : ... . , down on an entertainment and will
1 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gil and, ot
i- l ing a. n . immediate criss,”I v .”*■ not this tim. We will give a detailed
We don’t believe any better advic*' AU the men of our communiyt went; an acre, a large porcion or wa on, declared Governor Harris, “Without; L 1 ‘ tt spe ” t Saturday night with account fiext week
con’d be given the Douglasville mnn fishing: Saturda - V and ^ ad fine luck - wouId have 10 be s ^ nt ltl makmg tae ! this mo;.; the seh-ol cannot compete\ lr ‘ dtr ^ ‘ Lan ^ on -
with a few dollars in the bank than! Mrs - Beardetl and daughter, of An hale. (with other schools able to pay the) * lr * aa d Mrs * Connie Erg lewere
to take a pan of it and put it in real I lanta> were Siesta of Mrs. Shell This was announced by Ex-governor claries t-i.-hers are forced to , lr . K u csts of lir. and Mrs. W. D. Tyson
state/ W nether the money is invested
jn a farm, an orchard, or even in a
town lot, it is a good investment
Building material will not always be
as high, we are assured, as it has
been for the past 18 months. But the
prospect of a decline in real estate
is very remote. Farmers are holding
up the price of farm lands by offer
ing high prices for the tracts ad
joining them. Home-seekers are fast
learning that congested city living is
uncomfortable, at best, and the num
ber of those seeking little plots of
ground on which they can raise a few
vegetables and chickens is constantly
increasing.
A few feet of old mother earth was
never 90 desirable as now. The very
weed-grown on the unsightly lot ad
joining your home may next week be in
the hands of someone who will make of
it a pretty homesite, increasing the
value of it from the moment the weeds
are cut. And a year from now you
may have cause to regret that you
did not purchase it when you had the
opportunity.
Your money is safe in bank, there
is no argument to the contrary. But
if you can spare a few dollar^ a month
you can’t do a wiser thing than to
begin making payments upon a few
feet of mother earth. And right here
we want to say that this section offers
opportunities equally as great a3 those
to be found anywhere else in America.
Saturday.
sday night.
Appreciates
The Sentinel
Nat L. Harris, chairman of Lech s 1 wand ir. order to live. Already Tech,
board of trustees, who has made a •, . l? j ()st 33 me mbers of its faculty ' ^ Wallace and family and
thorough investigation of the property, }ost them at a ticne when apr )U C atiorsi Mr * J ‘ H * Couch attetlded the reunion
and who states that the original an- from stu dents are double what rhf-y ^ n ‘'"" Ua -
wWhl were this time last year. Th? situ-
Washington, D. C., July 13, 1920.
My Dear Mr. Hall: Obeying an im
pulse that it is unwise to keep all our
flowers for the casket of our friends,
T want to pass along to you now a few
of the good things I have observed and
have heard in regard to the splendid
paper you are giving the good people
of Douglas county.
Some half dozen or more county
papers come to our office every week,
all of them good, but we enjoy none
of them as we do the Sentinel, and
only yesterday I was talking to an old
citizen of Douglasville when he sud
denly remarked that the new Editor
of the Sentinel was certainly doing
himself proud in the paper he was
turning out
Wishing you the greatest success,
I am,
Sincerely yours,
L. C. UPSHAW.
! nouncement of the “fortune”, which!
| was g»t, by the way, authorized by the ! a tion is desaerate. If this line
school authorities, was exaggerated, j emergency appropriation is not fivth-
The property was left the school in ] cominpr, it is feared Tech cannot pos-
the will of the late Mr. Julius Brown,! sibly ho'd Her faulty together for
and friends of the school, over-entuh-i 1 session.”
siastic at the time, painted too rosy
a picture of the prospect.
WINSTON
Mrs. B. G. Griggs lias returned
home after attending the wedding of
her neice, Miss Olivia Evans, of Birm
ingham.
Miss Flossie Daniell, of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with Mrs. A. B.
Stovall.
Mr. Frank Burnett is visiting his
patents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burnett.
Mrs. Arnold Beaird spent Thursday
with Mrs. B. L. Griggs,
Mrs. Collins, of Miami, Fla., spent
the week-end with her mother, Mrs.
Robert Deniell.
Mr. J. D. Enterkin is very sick this
week.
Mr. J. W. Pounds was an Atlanta
visitor Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Griggs, of
Jacksonville, Fla., U visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Richardson.
Mr. Roy McLarty spent Saturday
night with homefolks
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cahoon and
daughter. Miss Edna Mae, spent
Saturday in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Enterkin
(spent last week with relatives at
Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Enterkin, of Villa
THE DEVILS MISTAKE
Our esteemed and highly valued con
temporary, the Hartwell Sun, pulls the
following good one on ye printers
devil:
It wasn’t a Missouri editor, but a
printer’s devil who was going through
his first experience in "making up”
forms. The paper was late and the
boy got the galleys mixed, The first
part of the obituary notice of a pe-
cunious citizen had been dumped in
the forms and the next handful of
type came off a galley describing a
fire. It read like this: “The palll-
bearers lowered the body to the graVe
and as it was consigned to the flames
there were few if any regrets for the
old wreck had been an eyesore to the
town for years. Of coarse tkhre was
individual loss, but that Was fully cov J
ered by insurance.”
The widow thinks the editor wrote
the obituary because the lamented
partner of her joys and sorrows owed
him five years’ subscription.
Matons Club
Have Meeting
We are all mighty sorry that Tech
doesn’t get a ‘fortune’, for it would
have been a boom to the school, always
badly handicapped by lack of finances,
and to industrial Georgia as well,”
said the governor. ‘-‘However, we must
face the truth, and the truth is that
there is only one chance in a thousand
for .these lands ever to be worth a
great deal to Tech. The institution
must look elsewhere for funds to up
hold its standing as the second lead
ing itechinical school in the country.
Tendered Party
At Bremen
“The Spend the Day” party given
Tuesday by Misses Edna and Edith
Boaitri^ht, in honor of Miss Lois Boat-
right, of Douglasville, was one of the
most pleasant events of the sesaon.
Quite a number of the younger set
were present and an enjoyable time
is reported.—Bremen Gatewaj£
HOBSON
Very heavy rains have fallen rec
ently, causing the creeks to overflow
some of the bottom lands and cover
ing up some of the corn. The upland
is looking fine.
Mr. Rufus Neal, of Texas, is visit
ing his uncle, Mr. J. T. Neal. This
is his first visit to this country, hav
ing been reared about 60 mles of the
Mexican border and followed the life
of a cowboy a good many years.
Mrs. Willie Sims visited her uncle,
Mr. J. T. Neal, recently.
Mr3. Willie Sims, Miss Fannie Neal
and Mr. Rufus Neal were guests of
Mts. J. N. Morris a few days ago.
Mr. G. A. Hogan, of Carrollton,
and Mrs. J. A. Buyers, of near Whites-
burg, visited their sister, Mrs. J. N
Morris, recently.
DOUGLAS COUNTY P ARM BU
REAU NOTES
H. N. Kemp, County Agent
BOLL WEEVIL CONDITIONS
At present ffie main conversation
among farmers and other business
men is in regard to the boll weevil.
The weevil has jast made his ap
pearance in the county of any notice
during the past ten days and still
are very' few to be found in the feilds.
However, should the present rains
continue for the remainder of July, we
hiay expect to see the weevil show
up in gt>odly numbers by the 1st of
August.
Now is the time to start fighting
the weevil by picking up the squares,
at will require very little time and
expense to go over your fields once
every week or ten days and pick up
the squares when you first see any
signs of .the weevil. But don’t wait
about starting until you think there
is enough fallen squares worth your
time going over the feild to gather
up, for then you will find that so
many weevils have reached maturity
until your task of picking up squares
will be an endless one and you wall
soon become disgusted and leave it up
to the weevil.
Many are probably planning to try
poisoning the weevil this time by the
use erf Calcium Arsenate and other
spray mixtures on the market. These
I would advise to a very limited ex
tent, only a few acres for experimen
tal purposes sinoe these are something
new and have not proven a success
under any and all conditions.
Since the boll weevil first came into
the United States from Mexico in
1892, farmers, scientists and others
have been trying to work out methods
of control. Innumerable attempts
have been made to control the pest
by the use of chemicals and poisons,
but most of these have not been suc
cessful.
The Department of Agriculure be-
HE MUST OWN FLIVVER
Hon. Z. B. Rogers, representative
id the legislature from Elbert county,
has come to the relief of the “Fliw^r”
owners of the state. He has intro
duced legislation which reduces the
tag license on automobiles under 21J
horse power from $11.25 to $5. It was
e; roneously‘ stated in some of the
slate newspapers that the license War,
$25, but five dollars is the cot*rust
amount in Mr. Rogers’ bill
at Mr. Whit# Smith’s near Douglas
ville Thursday and report a delightful
time.
Mrs. W. H. Tyson spent part fo
last week with her daughter, Mrs.
Homer Payne.
Mr. Ed Mayfield and family spent
the week-end in Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Chrlie Langston
spent Saturday night in Villa Rica.
Master Wyne Tyson spent Saturday
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ___ , .. .. r . .
t» ^ o ,rik d- We call the attention of our readers
Buster Smith near Villa Rica. t ...
.. , ,, , e T ... , r . to two new announcements this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henslee, of Little Vine, __ _ «r-n lu r -
were guests of Mr. u„d Mrs. Tom ^ of
Tyson Friday night. Representat.ve and Hon. W. D. Up-
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Couch had as 3ha ^' for Congress.
These gentleman are both serving
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
guests Friday evening Messrs. John,
and Sani Roberts, Barnie Wallace,
Carl Mayfield and Ternell Reynolds,
Misses Margie and Mabie Wallace.
Miss Irene Noles, of South Georgia,
who has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Tom Matthews, at Villa Rica, was
the week-end guest of friends here
last week.
Miss Omar Williams, of Hickory
Level, was the guest of Miss Mabie
W Mr aCe and U Mrs.' W. D. Tyson spent Few men ’ if . any ' in con * re33 haV0
Saturday night with Mr. and Mr*.
their first term and as it is customary
to give a man a second time unless ho
does something dreadfully contrary to
the wishes of his constituency, it la
quite likely that both will be given
another term.
Mr. Willoughby is one of Douglas
county’s niost progressive farmers and
a man who is" both safe and sane ill
the consideration of the needs of the
state.
E. R. Newell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Edge spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Hem
bree.
Miss Ruby Tyson returned to her
home at . Villa Rica Sunday after
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Charlie Langstdn
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
The Annual Examination of appli
cants for license to teach will be held
July 30-3L.
All teachers' whose license haye ex
pired or those not haying licence and
expecting to teach the coming year are
due.*to take this test. . .
The reading co.urae a? suggested
by the State Board of Education is.
hound in Manual of Methods.
G. T. ..McLARTY.
County Superintendant,
“THE UNWRITTEN CODE”
Mts. Barton and daughter, Miss
Fair, of Decatur, are visiting Mrs. J.igan in 1915 to conduct experiments
H. Capps. j with different arsenical poisons and
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Herrod, of near, a high grade Calcium Arsenate in a
of Mrs. J. Raymond Duncan, Friday
afternoon, July 16. The color scheme
vifla Rica, spent Sunday with Mrs. j of yellow and green was beautifully
Lizzie Enterkin. • | carried out in artistic decorations
" The rook party given in honor of | throughout the house. Progressive
Miss Flossie Daniell Saturday night \ Rook was enjoyed for quite awhile,
was enjoyed by all present. ! after which a delicious chicken salad,
Mr. Omp Burnett and family, of j sandwiches and ice tea was served.
Griffin, was week-end guests of rela- Little yellow and green baskets filled
tive s here. ■ with bonbons were placed at intervals
j on the tables. Mrs. Duncan was as-
LCIS MILL NOTES sisted by Mrs. A. S. Baggett and Mrs.
! Polie Buron. The meeting adjourned
Mr. E. M. Hagan and family mtved to meet next with Mrs. Otis Selman.
in their new home on Broad street
Mrs. G. W. Sutherland, of Chutti-I
Koochee, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Long, of Greenwood, S. C\, are visit- j
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Long.
Our ball team motored to Austell,
Saturday and beat them 0 to 1. j
The annual protracted masting be
gan Saturday night in the second
Baptist church. The pastor, Rev.
Gilland, is being ably assisted fry
Rev. Wallace, of Winston.
Our Sunday-School is holding up
1ot the hot summer months.
Mr. Guy String-fellow and family,
of Columbus, Ga., are visiting his
mother, Mrs. J. W. Stringfellaw.
Mrs. Joe Abercrombie, Sect.
Mrs. Syd Johnston, Sec.
Mrs. Polie Burton, Treas.
man Upshaw, and. he has been cour
teous and accomodating to every man
in his district, who has had occason to
seek his aid. He has made good and
we believe he will be returned for a
second term.
Fowler for
Commissioner
In this issue #ill be found the an
nouncement of Mr. A. A. Fovrlar, nf i
the Chapel Hill district for road cam*
niisaioner. Mr. Fowler is a. jtt*.
citizen and a successful, farmer, and
stockman of his section, a good busi
ness man and hustler, thorough!/ •
compoteht, to fill any position ta
which' he may be called. He has many
frienss all over the county who will
doubtless give him a warm suppoH
in hi3 race.
CHAPMAN REUNION
“The Unwritten Code” is the title
of an unusual and wholly delightflu
film starring Shirley Mason which is
released by World-Pictures and which
will be shown on Saturday, July 24,
at the Kozytorium theatre. It is a The annual Chapman reunion will
story of Japan and ii is one of the | a t th e home of Mrs. Mary
on Friday, July 30th.
most artistic and entertaining pic-1 £h apma
tures of the season. In fact it i*l _ , . . . . „
, , . . rii.v. Everybody come and bring well filled
doubtful if any more beautiful film, J
has Oeen produced in a long time than; baskets.
The Matron’s Club met at the home ; Douglasville spent the week-end here, j dust form, has proven to be the most
‘‘Uncle” J5iUie Brock, who was 1 effective to date, but it is still in an
Btricken with iparalysis some time! experimental stage.
ago, we regret to report, is no better, Watch your cotton fields and start .
but seem3 to be growing weaker. i picking up the squares with the first; this love story of a Japan in w »c
Mr3. W. J. Lasseter, who was liv- j appearance of the weevil, this is one, an American traveler an a japane^.
ing with her ’-daughter, Mrs. Carl | of our cheapest and most effective girl are the principal c aracters. i .ss
Hilley, at Whitesburg, Rt. 3, passed ways of combating the weevil at Mason, of course, plays the role ot
away a few days ago and was interred present. i*J a P anese w ’ e * at * oore »
in Mt. Zion cemetery. She had been, , ! °f th '^“‘The^A^stingi ing and Douglas, will be held at PoW-
sick for some time. She leaves sev- . the lole cf he Amer -i,n. Assisting
oral children and a host of other rela-, ROLL WEEVILS MORE NUMEROUS these players in the inteepertation of dor Spnngs Sunday, Jul, 21. com-
TRI-COUNTY SINGING
The annual tri-county singing, com
posed of the counties of Cobb, Pauld-
SUNDAY FISHING
NAUGHTY FURNITURE MAN
tives and friends to mourn her depart-1
ure. Her husband preceeded her to! Boll weevils are more numerous in
the grave several years ago. The, 'j'errell county than at this season
| bereaved have our deepest sympathies, j d previou5 year .
1 Messrs. Henry and Huck Wilson, .. _ .. -...4.
Rufus Neal, Misses Fannie Ndal and! The P ests are eatln,? ” After preaching a sermon recently
Pauline Morris went to Stone Moun- of the young and tender cotton plants, a minister in Arkansas said to his
tain Saturday, stopping over in At- in many sections of the country, it congregation: “Go out this afternoon|
lanta Saturday night with relatives.
the picture are some prominent film
favorites.
mencing at 9 A. M. Everybody com*.
A bride and groom were buying
their furniture. “Is this a good,
strong bed?” Asked the groom. “Yes,
sir,” responded the clerk, “we stand
behind every bed we sell.” “ Oh, my,”
whispered the bride to the groom,
“we doh’t want to buy a bed here.”
—Tishomingo* (Okla.) Capital-Demo
crat. -•
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
SOME CITIZEN
A man in speaking to us about one
of his neighbors the other day said:
“Why he is a good citizen; he claims
to be a Christian, is a deacon in the
Baptist church and a splendid hand to
make blockade liquor.” We claim this
is some qualification for a good citi
zen.—Dahlonega Echo.
is reported. Some of the farmers and rest and fish, there is no harm,
.... i Hi* wppvil in it” Thousands of people who think:
are fighting the advance of the weevU, » & ^ ^ ^ { .J Sunday will
by picking them with hand before the ^ big d i nnerSi e at enough to give
squares form. Others are using the; an e i e p ban t dyspepsia, ride all over
calcium arsenate solution which is | t he country in automobiles, work like
sprayed in powdered form by a pump
into the plant. It is imperative that
all cotton raisers in the county exert
themselves to prevent the increase and
spread of the pest.—Dawson News.
real mechanics fixing blowouts, etc.
But, sit do#n quietly and put a fish
hook in the water. Oh no,, holy
smokes, they could see the flames of
hell all around. Strange people on
this old globe.—Homer (Ga.) Journal.
RENEWAL SUBSCRH*TION9
Dr. G. S. Selman, Nashville, Ga.
Jamie Selman, Atlanta
J. M. Selman, Atlanta.
E. M. Hagin, City.
E. Thompson, Winston.
Mrs. Lula Tucker, Lithia Spring!!
Sherman Styles, Birmingham.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Earnesh. Coursey, Sanfrancisca, Ca