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VOLUME XVI.
DOUOIASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA-, FRIDAY. JULY 30, 1920.
NUMBER 17.
ADDRESS
OF
TO GEORGIA EDITORS
Mrs. Epsy Milam 'Second Baptist
Breaks a Thigh Revival Closes
Mrs. Epsy Milam, of Bill Arp, one The meeting at the Second Baptist
of our county’s most loved and aged church, which has been in progress
ladies, had the misfortune to fall and> several days, came to a close Monday
break a thigh Saturday afternoon., night, the result being thirty.
GEORGIA
PRESS BOYS
HAD FINE
MEETING
Speaks oi Work Being Done to Rid State Days in Carrollton Were Both Pleasant
' injuries ave looked upon with fear and soul-stirring sermons were deliv-j
and seriousness by her friends. But ered by the pastor, Rev. S. T. Gilland,
i we are glad to say that Mrs. Milam who was ably assisted by Rev. G. W.j
i is doing nicely, all things considered. Wallace. The converts will be bap-
j The lady has many friends all over. tised Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, 1
1 this section who hope for her ultimate in the lake near the church.
r recovery and a longer lease on life.
Illiteracy==Timely Topic lias Hearty
Endorsement of Thought Molders
And Profitable--Keen Disappointment at
Mot Getting to Douglasville
Miss Nelle Ault, of Telfair county, tho3e examined was the second,
who is State Supervisor of Illiteracy! - ‘ There ■ were many homes all
delivered a most interesting address our cuuntr - v ' n which the absent loved
to the Georgia Editors at Carrollton one waii not heald from during the| fTnrwi
bast week. She is in Douglas county entire time he was away fightingi V-JvJUU.
this week assisting Miss Pearl Price, 3im P l - v ’ because he could not write,
local supervisor. This work is of aru * was t0 ° P rou d to ask someone to j
such vital importance that we take do St for him - If the homes and;
pleasure in publishing the address in 3Ch ° ols had done their part this could
full: not have been true, and of course it
“To address the Press Association of ean never be true a 8 ain for the peo-
Georgia is an honor and privilege I P le are awake at last. Truly a new
had not expected, but the surprise day is dawning for the children They
has increased my pleasure and I am are 8 oin ? to get the advantages their
indeed delighted to have the oppor- Parents and grandparents missed, not
tunity of being with you. I have 1 only do we have the compulsory edu-
enjoyed your discussions so much to* ration law, but women’s clubs are
day that I have decided I’d like to be supporting heaith officers, public
a member of your association and verses, playground^, etc.
meet with you every year. I am sure! “This is all very fine for it i« help-, Pnlrtintj-r, TTcit" T To
no occasion, unless it be the meeting m K to make better citizens and no rdUnCUU 1^0.1 y
of the Teachers’ Association, that one can do more for his country than: T> TVmiO’!C\<5V1 llP
brings together a body of people who■ that, but if something is not done Dy UUU b iaovim.
have done_ as much for their state as 300n For these unfortunate older oeo-j ,
the editors. You have labored under P le !t will be too late. We have waited
all kinds of difficulties to make the entirely too long already,
good in your state and county better “-^1 good citizens would be glad for
and the better—best. I these peopTe to be taught if it were
“You have boosted every good cause possible, but they don t think it can
until now the first thing we think of |> e done. They ? re from Missouri and
when we wish to start any progres- * b ’s up to you editors to help us show
sive movement is to go to the editor : Them. I don’t suppose any of you
of our paper, secure his co-operation 1 ne ®d to be shown, but we can give
and thus insure the success of the you specimens of work done by peo-
movement. j P' e of 65 years of age and older, prov-
“While;. you are here discussing all ' n g what great progress can be made
of the good things of our state and even by those who are quite old. I, « L A „„ rAfn Ljo
each of you are trying to convince do not mean mera copy work, but, /\UclClUU1UIC
the other that you live in the best! original letters written by those who
county and city in the state, with thel cou *d n °t write at all when they be-
exception of Carroll and Carrollton, S an - Our work in Telfair, my home
of course—and while you are taking a' county, was accomplished under great
vacation from the cares and impletis-; difficulties last fall as it was the
«Atnt features of your work it may seem! busiest time of the year. Cane grind-
to you not quite fitting that I should :'"K S were in progress both day and
bring to your attention a subject which n 'ght, but we taught the whites and
is a very great blot on the Empire 1 many negroes.
State of the South. I rofor to adult!' “Mr. 'Simmons, your president, can
illiteracy. This is a problem that I y »u about this work. He is surely
every county has to solve if it has' an example of what an editor can do
Drowned Boy’s
Passes Out Body Recovered
v/
The body of Otis Bowman, of East
The death of this good man oc- ; Point, who was drowned in Chatta-
cured at his home ne&r Bill Arp, on j hoochee river Monday at Aderholt’s
Thursday night of paralysis. J Ferry, was found Wednesday about
He leaves a wife, several children ^ two miles below the ferry by Lanius
and a number of friends and r<sla-. Oakt? and Henley Hutchinson, who
tives to mourn his loss. j turned the body over to the father
The funeral and burial was held at 0 f the boy, who was near the scene
Prays Chapel Friday, conducted by searching for the body
Rev. McLeod.
Grand Work by
Noble Woman
A large crowd saw Douglasville
win two pretty games of ball from
Palmetto Saturday, the score being
3 and 1 and 2 and 0. The feature of
both games was the pitching .of Hard
ing and Peace for the home team, who
held the chesty Palmetto boys at all I ... . . . ,
. .. every citizen of our county, who ha3
stages, and taught the visitors that; , • ,
* ’ , , _ the upbuilding of his county at heart,
when it comes to playing sure enough J
Miss Pearl Price, "county super
visor for illiterates, has entered upon
her duties and her work is already
showing good results. Miss Price is
receiving valuable assictance from
Miss Nelle Ault, of Atlanta.
Thife work is one that should interest
baseball our boys were strictly “it.”
not alrady done so. The advantage
of Carroll county and your thriving
little city of Carrollton, I do not need
to dwell upon. As I have traveled
over Georgia I have heard your
praises sung often. Your splendid
board of trade and two most excellent
editors have told us about some
of the good things here and we have
found that what they said is true.
“Suffice it to say that you think
Carrollton is* the center of the uni
verse, or that Carroll county is tn
deed the garden spot of the world.
We who live in other sections are
glad to be’ with you if only for a
short time.
“Rarely, however,, do we find any
place no matter how excellent, but
that there is some condition might be
in this cauie. When we put on our
campaign he encouraged us with his
time, his paper, and his automobile
and was quite an inspiration to us.
“When those people learn the first
thing they wish to read, beside the
Bible, is their county paper. So in
helping this good work, along you will
increase the circulation of your pa
per and add immeasurably to the
pleasures of these people by enabling
them to know something of their
home affairs and be really one of the
people among whom they live. It
will open up a new world to them.
In onr county I found several sub
scribers to the Telfair Enterprise
who could not read a word.
“I can see how one might be happy
who doesn't know much about mathe-
bettered and there is a dark spot on ’ matics and some other subject, but
this beautiful picture, which the peo- how anyone who has never known the
ple of this section do not seem to j joys of reading can be really happy
have seen clearly and it is time we is more than I can imagine. Some of
awake to facts as they really are. I these people went to school some when
The number of adult illiterates in they were young and learned to read
our midst is appalling.
i a little, but as they had no books,
“Much work has been done along'they had no use for the little knowl-
this line, hue much mote remains to edge they had gained and so forgot
be done. In 1910 there were 80,000 it. That is one of -the pitiable things
white illiterates over ten years of about our rural communities—so many
age in Georgia, and 300,000 negroes, homes have no books,
since last August 2,323 classes have “When we teach people we try to
been organized, 31,545 people have see that they are supplied with pa-
been enrolled and 15,065 have been pers, magazines and other reading
actually taught. Georgia has done matters in order to keep up their
more in the same length of time and interest.
with probably less money than any I “If you could go with me one time
other state. We are proud of the and see how eagerly the people grasp
’ record that has been made. Mr.. this opportunity and how grateful
Brittian is hoping to get an appro- they are for what is done for them,
priation of $15,000 to carry on this I am sure you would say as I do,
work another year. It should be ‘What a pity we didn’t begin long
continued by all means. ! since.’ It is said that when the next
“It took the war to make us realize; dictionary is publised the words
just how badly the homes and schools' gratitude and appreciation will be
had failed in the past in both the omitted or marked obsolete and it
physical and mental training of child- 1 really does seem sometimes as if
Ten Out of the first 18,000 men there were very little of it left in
examined in Georgia for the army the world, but among these people
8,000 were turned down on account, we find genuine gratitude,
of physical disabilities, most of which I “It is commonly believed that they
were preventable and the number who ( Will resent being asked to learn, but
could not read and write was de-;in all my experience, I havs never
plorable. In one progressive county . had one to refuse or to tike offense.'
there were fifty white men in the Naturally much depends on. the way
draft age who could not. sign thier j you approach them. It requires more
names and in another county noted'tact-than anything I know of... I hays __
tfor its’ gxceilqiyt yhool^nAcoi^heen, ,to some when 11uc^Tin “Sr bouglaavijl.. . Kn-
* .verag£e»* > aehooT pw* (Cqitinp* tast'-pig^ . 'twwaid.. «
Farm Sold
The Joe S. Abercrombie farm west
of town, was put up for sale in parcel
lots Tuesday, the 400 acres bring
ing a total of $37,727.50.
STATE PRESS
TO
■n
a
J*
in Giving Publishers
Needed Help Now
Unobtainable
Help the ladies all you can, and there
by assist in polishing bright minds
that otherwise could not show their
lustre, not being financially able to
develop it themselves.
VANSANT REUNION
The Annual Vansant Reunion will
be held at the old home place of
John Vansant, Thursday, August 5th.
All relatives, friends and candidates
Timm***!
boj^i^wUl be with us as’usual, so we
will not be short on music.
Special progrram i£ arranged for
the afternoon.
Hudson’s Final
Appeal to Voters
The Georgia Editors and their would write a letter expressing the dis-
! wives were in Carrollton last week appointment of the association, which
in larger numbers than have ever be- we will publish as soon as received.
] fore attended a meeting of the associa- Messrs. Hall and Dake left Thur.i-
\ tion. j day afternoon and rejoined the pleas •
That Carrollton is a great city can ure bent members of the association
be vouched by every visitor who had at Rome, where they were delight-
the privilege of attending this meet- fully entertained with an automobile
ing. It is a progressive business trip to the Berry school. This was
center as its splendid buildings, thriv- a revelation to most of the party,
ing factories, and larger stocks of They had, of course, heard of the
merchandise will show. It is an edu- Berry school and knew that it was
cational and religious center as evi- doing good work, but had no real con-
denced by its splendid schools and ception of its greatness and the scope
churches It is great in its citiden- of work done by Miss Berry. Space
ship, for the Georgia Editors could for this article will not permit all we
be heard on every hand to speak of would like to say about this institu-
the courtesy and hospitality of the tion and its founder, but some other
people of Carrollton. Their homes time we wiil be glad to tell more of
were thrown wide open to the visi- it. Suffice it to say, that Miss
tors, so many of them in fact that Martha Berry, one of Georgia’s moat
it was hard to find enough visitors favored daughter’s, reared in luxury,
to go round. ■ educated and refined, saw the pos-
The writer during his short stay sibilities and heard the call of tka
was most royally entertained by Dr. mountain boys and giris. She sac-
and Mrs. R. W. Jones, while Mr. Hall rificed her fortune, gave up her lifa
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and of comfort and is doing for Georgia
Mrs. T. M. Hamrick. what few other institutions are doing.
The old time barbecue tendered the She is making it possible for poor
visitors by Hon. J. J. Thomoson, will boys and girls to fit themselves for
remain a bright spot in the memory usefullne3s and some of the highest
of all present. i minds of the state are being developed
Douglasville was greatly dissi- here,
pointed as all preperations had been Tuesday morning the press party
made to serve the quill pushers a left Rome over the Central of Georgia
bounteous repast on Thursday and Railroad to Chickamauga Park, wher e
thopgh the weather had been bad, our they spent several hours in sight see-
citizens were ready and willing to ing i n this greatest military park in
brave the elements with their cars .the world. At noon they were enter ■
and went to bed Wednesday night ex- tained most royally ait the home of
pecting to leave early Thursday morn- : Congressman and Mrs. Gordon Lee,
ing to bring our honored guests here, the popular representative of the 7th
but a telephone message from the congressional district. Congressman
president stated that on account of and Mrs. Lee are ideal hosts and the
the bad roads they had decided to editors left feeling that some day it
abandon thd tHp, and the news when will be an honor to Georgia to have
tnokeij to obr peoDle Thursday morn- this grept constructive statesman to
ing was a sore disappointment. ‘to preside Over her houseturitt an
It' was also a great disappointment 'governor,
to a large majority of the editors ,as Next year we go to Washington, at
we were told by many of them later the invitation of that city, presented
in the week that they had been looking by Editor Brown,
forward to their visit to Douglas-, All this year’s outing lacked being
ville as one of the cheif events. | perfect was the weather permitting
Mr. Simmons, the president, said he the visit to Douglasville, '•[1'-*'jf
Atlanta, Ga.—Hie long-felt need of
Georgia newspapers for enough ade
quately trained printers, may be
solved by the establishment of a de
partment for training printers al
Georgia Tech’s evening school.
As yet, the school is only a sug
gestion, but Dr. K. G. Matheson, pres
ident of Tech, has offered his co
operation in making it a reality, and
the Georgia Press Association has
been so impressed by his offer that
representatives of the Association
have been appointed to confer with
him, with a view to starting the
school as soon as possible should the
newspapers be willing to share tne
responsibility with Tech.
Dr. Matheson’s offer was made at
the recent Carrollton convention of
the Press Association before the as
sociation’s .committee on vocational
training, appointed to consider the
vital problem of labor shortage in
the printing trade. Hal. M. Stanley,
chairman of the committee, appointed
a subcommittee to confer with Dr.
Matheson in regard to the proposition.
Besides Mr. Stanley, the subcom
mittee consists of Otis Brumby, Mari
etta; John H. Jones, LaGrange; Mil-
ton Fleetwood, Cartersville; P. T.
Franklin; and Ralph
McCutcheon,
Meeks, Calhoun.
The vocational training committee,
besides considering the matter of a
printing school at Tech, expressed its
hearty indorsement of the movement
for "a greater Georgia Tech and a
greater industrial Georgia,” and mem
bers of the committee pledged their
help toward fostering anything that
will help Tech end at the same time
win tend to the upbuilding of Geor
gia’s industrial growth and -proa-
pprity.
U08T—Monday, pair gold-rim apec-
To The Voters of Douglas County:
As I cannot see alt the voters of
Douglas county, I will ask them all
to consider me when making out their
ticket to Vote the fourth of August.
And if you can leave my name on the
tickets for County Treasurer it will
be very much appreciated and much
more than if I were to go to see you.
I haven’t any conveyance and to hire
a car and someone to run it, it would
cost me $12 to $15 per day. And as
the office only pays $200 per year,
you see that it would take all the
salary for canvassing. And if I have
to buy my way in, I would have to
sell out to get anything out of it, and
it is all left to the voters of good old
Douglas to s.iy by their vote who it
shall be. I want every man to vote
as he pleases, but I rather they would
please to vote for me and if they see
fit to give it to me and I will promise
to do my very best, to do my duty, and
I think I am competent to fill it, and
the people having business with the
treasurer will not have to ride two
miles to find me. I will be here in
Douglasville to serve the people at
any and all times. I have always
been willing to abide a majority of
the people unbiased and unsolicited.
I have alwys favored candidates an
nouncing and stay at home and
let the people vote their sentiments
unmolested and unsolicited. I have
lived in-Douglas and paid taxes ever
since it has been a county, and this
is the only tme I have asked for an
office, and perhaps the last ime, as
I am getting too old to run any more
and would not have been In this time
if it had not been for my friends urg
ing me to make the race. So I will
let the voters’ of Douglas settle it
and I will abide their decision and I
believe they will give the treasurer’s
place to me when they consider their
interests they will leave my name on
the ticket for treasure*. t ’ ;
. -■* With many thanks I *iv ’’
Yours t® serve. ? ' “ : ‘
J. «. HODdON.
By President of Asso
ciation in Behalf
Pencil Pushers
IMG BOOR
STILL GOING Oil
New Buildings Going
Up With Amazing
Rapidity
:— £-
As fast as material and workmen
can be obtained, our people are get
ting the improvement fever, and many
signs are visible already, and the work
hasn’t fairly begun, owing to the
nected with the recent convention of above causes, Mr. Sam Harding, who
the Georgia Press Association, was; has one among the prettiest homes
our disappointment in not getting to in the city, located on Price Ave., ha3
go to Douglasville, which w^is caused, further added to its beauty with a
by the incessant heavy rains. I CO at of paint.
For weeks and weeks, the entire | The pretty home of Mr. A. W. Mc-
member-ship of the Georgia Press; Larty on the corner of Church street
Association had looked forward with! an d Price Ave., is being further beau-
much pleasurable anticipation to the! tifui by the addition of a pretty wire
McRae Ga. July 27th, 1920.
Mr. Z. T. Dake and Citizens of Doug
lasville: *
D^ar Freinds:
The only unpleasant feature con-
time when they would go to your city
and be your guests at the basket
picnic you had planned for us. We
wanted to meet you and know you,
and we wanted you to know us. How
ever, Providence interfered and we had
to forego that pleasure.
This letter is merely to express on
behalf of the Georgia Press Associa
tion our keen disappointment. And
we shall ever hold the citizens of
Douglasville in the highest esteem
for the splendid efforts they made on
our behalf, and trust that we may find
it convenient to be your guests in
the future.
With very best regards, I 4m,
Sincerely yours,
J. K. SIMMONS, Pres.
People are coming to America from
Europe to get something to eat, and. .stop:
Americans ire. gpw£ to.
K«t something: t« drink. It’fjitht new
balance' olf'trade,~Miiwi»wkee Journal. 1 the ejre.«f. 8
fence.
The new residence of Mr. Jerome
Wilson on Bowden street is assuming
shape and will soon be ready for
occupancy.
The magnificent brick bungalow of
Mr. J. M. Harding on West Broad
street is one of the prettiest arid best
arranged of the new homes goning up.
The cottage of Mr. J. Groodzinsky
on Bowden street has been commenced
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
The saw of the carpenter is heard
on all sides and the brush of the
painter is also visible. We Haven’t
time nor space to mention the than?
buildings going up and contemplated;
* But yop can paste this ip your Hat
Douglasville is growing and at** rate
are inflicted with a few) cannot
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