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DOUGLAS
SENTINEL
VOLUME XVI.
DOUGLASVII.LE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER :i.
NUMBER 22.
Good Revival
Baptist Chuich
BILL BLUE WRITES PROIMICM
Every Child Required'
To Be Present on
Opening Day j
If soul-stirring- sermons, good sing
ing, large and .attentive audiences
signify anything, the revival now
going on at the Baalist church should
In Palmetto State and By O. T. Selman With
H McLartv 24apr
.eerti to be awakening:
this
s never hefor
Discusses Matters
in Usual Vein
iagnificent Spread.
Enjoyable Affair
Joy Rider
Gets in Trouble
On next Monday the Douglasville;
'school will open at which time every i
child of school age is expected to be
present, unless prevented by sickness,;
which must be attested by the at-
tending- physician.
The non-attendance school law will |
be rigidly enforced against all parents j
who fail to send their children. And j
it is urged that all he present the j
opening day, that they may be prop- 1
erly enrolled and classified.
Dodson Reunion
In Atlanta
vhich
Well, Mr. Editor I have landed out j The pretty home of Mr. and Mrs.
lore where the 18th amendment is 1 Otis Selman. on Price avenue was
till trying to stay in force, but the j one of gayety on Friday night, the
Perseverance
Always Wins
Mr. J. M. Shadix, a Winston boy,
who graduated with high honors this
spring at the Martha Berry school,
near Rome, was mingling with friends
here this week.
Mr. Shadix, by perservance and
self-reliance has developed into a
valuable citizen, and his friends are
proud of his success, which was ob
tained with no “pull” save his in
domitable will power to succeed. He
is now a valued employee of the post
office at Mt. Berry, and his future
looks as bright as a noonday sun.
The Dodson family rei
was held at Grant Park, Atlanta, is | his old 100 pe
said to have been of the largest and.
most enjoyable ever held by kins-
people in that city. More than 200
Dodsons’ were* present. Rev. Hamp
Dodson, of Red Oak, presided at the
gathering and acted as toastmaster.
Those attending tfrom this county
were, Mr. John P. Dodson, of this
city, and “Aunt Matt” Watson of
Wlinston.
one-half of one per cent is almost
friendless and alone. This is a place I
where the whaugdoodle mourneth for
its beer and the donkey brayeth fori
nt kick.
occasion being a magnificent supper
tendered the Men’s Progressive Club,
the live wire organization that has
done more to put Douglasville on
the publicity map than any other
body of men in the history of the
On last Sunday Deputy Sheriff, j
Walter Mozley, of Lithia Springs, had
his attention attracted by a strap- , ' <wU T rOl I People Pinned
whose actions looked suspicious. He 1
arrested the party who gave his |
name as Lee Burton, of Marietta,!
upon whose ptyson was found a quart 1
of booze. Result: Man jailed, car j
confiscated, booze poured out. A pre- While enroute from Atlanta to
liminary trial was held before Judge > Villa Rica, Saturday, Messrs. Callo-
Kirby Monday, when the plaintiff | W ay Jordan and Lon Hall happened
Under Car==Hurt,
Not Seriouslv
He
waived his case to court, making
$500 bond for his appear;
| is not related to the Burton’s of Doug
lasville.
When 1 landed here and looked in
to the awful conditions of things, l j town.
just heaved one big sigh and sat down j After the excellent menu had been
i n it. disposed of the club held a business
I would have written sooner, but l! meeting. Among the most important
have been so busy sicing my dog on business disposed of was committees
the politicians and knocking mos-1 appointed to look after a hotel site,
quitoes off the fence and dodging location, for a large warehouse, and
candidates, prohibition agents, and so I to assist the Civic League in clean-
Miss McLarty
Has Prom Party
On last Friday evening Miss Inez
McLarty entertained at a Prom party
in honor of Miss Anna Winn, of
Lithia Springs. Punch and cake was
served throughout the evening by
Misses Florence Hutcheson and Ellen
Winn.
ABOUT BEING PROMPT
AUTOMOBILES AND IMMOR- “
TALITY Be prompt in keeping engagements,
The following editorial in a recent and don't cause others to wait lor
issue of the Spartanburg Herald you, no matter how pleasant they may
bearing on a tragedy at Abbeville, | appear when they finally arrive. They
S. C., deserves to be passed along
because it settles every different
kind of warning to the public:
“It is a horrible story that has been
told in the court room at Abbeville
during the past week, but it is one
that should make many mothers and
fathers of boys and girls stop and
think of the danger and temptations
that come in these days of joy rid
ing automobiles and a loose standard
of conduct. The automobile has long
since been recognized as an agency
of immorality among those immor
ally inclined, and the Abbeville case
is but a revolting exposure of how
these joy rides end. Here we have
a story of sorrow, shame, ruined
homes, because two young girls—
neither of them bad—got into a car
with two boys they did not know for
an automobile ride Sunday afternoon
We know that type of girls—all of
us see them these days—on the
streets. They may not be bad but
they dress ‘bad’ and they act ‘bad.
The boys said they thought they were
‘crooked’ because they got in a car
-with them without knowing them and
were willing to take a ride. Ihats
the way boys think. And there you
are, young ladies. Girls allowed to
paint their faces, wear extreme
clothes and make friends on the
street may be ever so pure, but they
haven’t a chance to remain so.
And
the trouble is right in the home.
SCHOOL NOTICE
may smile, but the chances are they
have been thinking some hard things
about you while waiting for you to
keep your engagement. All of which
has been said a thousand times, hut
it will bear repetition here. There
are few things more aggravating than
having to stand around or sit around
waiting for one who has promised
to be present at a certain time.
We sfiy it in no sense of harshness,
hut women are usually the. worst of
fenders in this respect. Seldom are
all the guests to a little social affair
present on time. Business men would
not stand for such delays as the
men go through at almost every meet
ing or social affair they hold. Busi
ness men have not only learned the
value of time, but they have learned
that it’s poor business to keep peo
pie waiting. As a rule those who
make it a habit not to be on time are
the ones who have the least excuse
for doing so. The more one has to
do, the more prompt he is, as a gene
ral thing. Notice it right here in
Douglasville and you will find that
it’s the busy man who is punctual and
the one who has plenty of time who
usually turns up late.
Make it a practice to be at the ap
pointed place when you say you will
whether it is an engagement of
business nature or just a social call
You’ll soon see the advantage of it,
and people will commence to place
greater confidence in you, just as they
will in any man who keeps his word,
forth, until my wife hardly knows
which one of the cattle I am.
Any way, there has been a regular
political blizzard out here. One of
my old friends had to shut down his
saw mill because he couldn’t cut trees
without ’em falling on candidates.
The woods is just naturally full of
’em. They are wuss than gad flies
among a drove of bay steers. A
feller don’t stand any more chance of
getting away from ’em than a chest
nut tree does when lightniing strikes
it in the plexus.
Thank the Lord it’s all over now,
but the cussing and weeping and wipe-
ng of a few red noses.
Some of these fellers had two fits
it a time because their man got beat
the election. My old pardner Bob,
s a candidate, and when he got
beat, Bob swallowed his terbacker,
all sorts of summersaults, bit
off one of his ears and went into
hyperdermie contortions for twenty
minutes before he made up his mind
that it was safe to die.
Some of the fellers say they have
been cheated, swindled and sit down
on; and if somebody don’t get mighty
busy and straignten things out, they
are going to commit something worse
than awful.
1 saw one feller who was so mad he
had chewed up his hat and started on
glasses. He said a durn candidate
for sheriff passed a counterfeit drink
of liquor off on him and he was going
to sue him for breech of promise or
mething else.
Now politics mdy be a necessity,
perhaps, and I guess a few are just
as good as more would be.
Nevertheless, moreover, to-wit: I
may make a preacher sometime. I
can’t tell, but I’d rather chunk coal
in a pit, or keep flies out of a butcher
shop, than run for office and get beat
There’s no novelty in it.
There may be some science in get
ting one set of rascals out and another
set in, but I’ll have to study agricul
ture some more before I can see it.
I used to boost my party, but I've
quit it. I wouldn’t praise any of ’em
any quicker than I’d eat corn bread
away from home, for if you was to
hire ’em to be honest they’d want
their wages raised every morning.
Now I guess I had better close,
spank the kids, and go to bed.
ing up the city cemetery.
At a seasonable hour the club ad
journed to woind their way homeward,
and declared Mr. Selman a prince of
good fellows, and his most estimabl
lady the queen of hostesses, and
whose entertaining qualities are un
excelled.
Mrs. Milam
Improving
Enjoyable
House Party
Apiong those enjoying Miss Gladys
Johnston house party last week were,
Misses Mae Hindman, Hazel William
son of Smyrna, Willie Frank Morris
and Blanche McLendon.
to an accident which came near prov
ing fatal.
A rear wheel of the car broke,
causing the car to turn over, pinning
the occupants underneath. Mr.- Hall
had presence of mind to cut off the
gas and with the assistance of par
ties who came to the rescue succeeded
in righting the car.
The car was badly damaged, and
the occupants escaped with a few
bruises, and the scare of their lives.
Only a few weeks ago we carried an
article of Mr. Jordan having a simi
lar accident between Villa Rica and
Carrollton.
Miss Bettie Milam has returned
from an extended visit with relatives
and friends at Bill Arp.
We are glad to note that her
mother, who was a recent victim of
a serious accident, an account of
which appeared in the Sentinel the
time, iu greatly improved, and friends
are hopeful of her ultimate recovery.
•PHIL FOR SHORT”
Will he shown at the Kozytorium 0
Saturday night, September 4th, pri
seined by a competent company
headed by Evelyn Greely and Hugh
Thompson. There are six reels, dur
ing which many touching as well as
amusing situations are presented, and
is a picture that possesses a soul in-
teiest that appeals to all.
Election Day
Next Wednesday
INTERESTS OF TOWN AND COUN
TRY ARE MERGED
The resources of the country have
built up the trade of the town and the
public improvements resulting from i
this wealth have largely been applied
to the betterment of the town itself.
This being true, many farmers have
come to feel that the townsman is sel
fish, that he seeks the major benefit
from a transaction by fixing the price
both .on what the farmer has to sell
and on what the farmer has to sell
and on what he has to buy.
It has been well said that the solu
tion is to make the country town a
real part of country life and develop
one program for the upbuilding of
both town and country. The life of
the town cannot be separated from
the life of the country. The interests
of town the country merge and cross.
If the farmers are thrifty, the towns
are thrifty. If the farmers are u
thrifty, the towfl are likely to
dead. The prosperity of the farms
the soul of the business life- of the
town. The bus’ipess interests,, the
banker, the merchant, the manufac
turer, and all the rest must become
alert to the necessity for creating
fair and adequate relations with the
farmers in their own trade territory,
in the interests of their own greatest
ultimate gain.—The Progressive Far
mer.
Celebrates
13th Birthday
Owing to the fact that the County | UPSHAW’S OPENING SPEECH
Board of Education has designated; AT CONYERS
the Douglasville High School as the 1 • —
county High School, all pupils attend- j Candidate For Second Term Makes
ing said school from out the school j Complete Answer To Criticism
Victim of
Paralytic Stroke
Next Wednesday, the sovereign
people oi Georgia will decide some
very important questions. A Gover
nor and a United States Senator,
among other state officers are to be
selected.
In the recent preferential primary
the issues were sharply drawn be
tween three candidates, one avowedly
against the League of Nations, an
other avowedly for it, and a third
favoring the League with certain res
ervations. The people voted and were
about equally divided on these plat
forms, thus showing that the League,
either in whole or in part was th-
preference of about two-thirds of the
voters.
On last Monday afternoon Mrs. L.
Ergle entertained a unmber of
little folks in honor of her son, Ches
ter’s tilth birthday.
The beautiful front porch was deco-
ated with different varieties of
flowers.
Those present were: Messrs. Cor-
Selman, Jack Abercrombie, Frank,
Grady and Jack Baggett, Cewey Bur
nett, carold McKelvey, Elmer Ergle,
Billy Selman; Misses Frances and
Laura Selman; Misses Frances and
Mary Ellen Ergle, Elizabeth Baggett,
Louise and Nannie Zelma 'Abercrom
bie.
After many games were played,
delicious ice cream and cake wa3
served. Mrs Ergle was assisted in
entertaining by Mrs. Pierce Met
Kelvey, Misses Joe and Frances Bur
nett.
Church Workers
Entertained
An enjoyable affair of last week
was a watermelon cutting tendered
by Miss Lizzie Mae Smith to the of
ficers and teachers of the Baptist
church, all of whom took advantage
of the occasion to be present, and a
most enjoyable time is reported by
all.
Jonn R. Benson
Dies Suddenly
The Dark Corner neighborhood near
Winston, was all excitement last
Thursday over the sudden demise of
John R. Benson, who died while
sitting at the dinner table. He is
survived by several children, and was
a citizen who held the respect of all.
The funeral and interment occured
at Sweetwater, , conducted by Rev.
S. E. Edwards, of Buchanon.
W. D. Upshaw
Speaks in Atlanta
At this
candidate
Quite a delegation is expected to
go from here to Atlanta Saturday to
hear Hon. W. D. Upshaw speak in
MISTAKE IN DATE
In the advertisement of “Eyes of
Youth,” which will be presented at
the Empire, Villa Rica, the date read
September 7, when it should have
been the 14th. Quite a crowd are
expected to go from Douglasville to
see the screen’s best actress in her
last and best production.
but as | the Tube
to
ehool |
district are entitled to tuition free in j
high school department, that is fori
9-10-11 grades.
G. T. Mel.ARTY, \
Mi
shifty old jade, nl-. quart.
County
ntendent.
Of Opponents
mgrossman W. D. Upshaw’s
speech in his campaign for
Hi
! cit'/
Entertained
Matrons’
dub
ing .
ond term was made in Conyers lastjparaly:
Saturday under the auspices of the | jg sur
ROCKDALE UPSHAW CLUB. Th
crowd could not get into th
House, many ladies being
Mrs. Polie Burton was hostess t«:
the Matron’s Club Friday afternoon
August 27th.
The spaciou:
with many garden flowers in grace
ful profusion, their bright colors
lending a note of late summer. The
entire lower floor v/as thrown to
gether. Progressive rook was en
joyed. each table having
:e. At the
which was
•nthusiasm, Mi
Glea'ton came forwa
behalf of the ladies
treat
onclusion of his;
received with
Sal lie Fannie'
and said in
‘These ladies;
who
Thrasher, a well-known . ^
residing, about a mile from
ied Monday from a stroke of '
is. lie leaves no ^family, hut 1 10
ived by several brothers and
relatives. The funeral and Tin
Court! burial occured Tuesday at PrayVwis
i the 1 Chapel. j dor
tele. Reports fr
dicate that on
st political gatherings
ity will be p
TIMELY SUGGESTION
elect ; the fellow
hands Thi
COUPLE SENT TO
PRISON
From Town Marshal
Which if Heeded
Mav Save Life
other
MARVIN WILLIAMS WILL SPEAK
HERE SATURDAY
NEAR RUNAWAY
are present in honor of the ma
home was adorned has honored the state of Geoigia, in
Congress.”
Congressman Upshaw made a com-
nlete and convincing reply to his
“complaining opponents,” ns he called
them, on their charge of “ineffici-
little | ency/’ saying: “My files show over Both
Rev. Marvin Williams, whom almost
every man, woman and child in Doug
las county knows and loves, will
speak at James’ Grove near the depot,
Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mr.
John P. Haun;
- twe<
A negro, with two scared mules, j help
created I thrill in the alley hack of; H
the Sentinel office Saturday. The j 10 ^
only damnge done was to a
platform scales, when the
Atlanta.—A girlish
ntly not more than
i Judge Andy Calho>
riminal court. SJu*
“I want tc
best ft)
bride, appar-
H. wept today j
n’s division of
explained be-
go to prison—
a, hut l cannot
The parki:
n t.he drive
public nub
id di
side by side
ugiasvme is
ngerous pro
cedure also. Town Marshal Arring
ton issues the following suggestion,
which is not only timely hut should
be heeded before someone is seri
ously hurt, and alll due to lack of
forethought on the part of car
dll also speak. j umpc . ( i into his wagon and got th
the interest of, would-be runaways under control.
basket of the different colored mints. 1 a thousand persons, several hundred’ their friend, Congressman' W. D. Up-
The ices and cakes carried out the j soldiers and sailors among them,
color motif of the mid-summer. j have come to me for official service,
‘The club will meet next with Mrs. j by letter, telegram and in person, and
Claud Mozley.
Mrs. Joe Abercrombie, Pres.
Mrs. Syd Johnston, Sect.
Mirs. Polie Burton, Trea.s
T challenge my opponents to find
single one who will say I have not
given prompt, afficient service.
What more could a new man do.?” j depend on
shaw. Hear these men who are notj
politicians, discuss men and measures. 1
No better platform entertainer can ho j
found in Georgia than Marvin Will- .
iams, and what he tells you. you can !
COLORED BAPTISING
Qu
in to
by t
rts, a
rowd of color
n Friday, being drawn
. baptism of thirty-six
a result of a recent re
hand, who appeared to be
not. more than 20, spoke up: “Judge,
1 feel that you have saved the lives
of my wife and myself by sending
us up.” The young couple gave their
names as Frank Culpepper and Mrs.
Crank Culpepper, of Nashville, had
been arraigned on char#: of vagran
cy at their own request. Both admit
ted they were addicted to the drug
,1 people j habit and asked that Ibey be c,v-
fined in the hope that they might he
01 Judge Calhoun sentenced them to I Flocking the street if you will park
serve twelve months each on the state ; c 'l° se and straight,
prison farm at Mil ledge villfe. J. C. ARRINGTON, Marshal.
Please park your cars straight and
close on the side of the street. Don’t
park one car beside of another out
in the street. Don’t park too close to
street corners. There’s • plenty of
room for everybody to park without