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VOLUME XVI.
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920
NUMBER 27
Fire Department | Concord Associ- i
Saves Cottage ation Clsses
On last Monday afternoon the
alarm was sounded that proved to be
a, cottage on fire in the Tear of the
hosiery mill owned by V. R. Smith.
.Tre fire laddies made Rood time and
saved thee building with the except
ion of the roof,. The supposition is
that the blaze was cause from a spark
from the stove flue. All the house
hold .Roods were saved.
MOTOR CAR THIEVES
The recovery by Chicago detectives
-of autos valued at $50,000 and the lo-
The Coif • ’ J Col.
J. R. Hutcl f H McLarty 24s , d a
three-days *session with County Line
church, commencing on Friday. The
sessions were interesting, many topics
bein ably discussed. Excellent ser
mons were delivered by Dr. Fowler
and Rev. W. M. Suttles Rev. J. M.
Long and Rev. J. S. Edwards. The
attendance was large and a magnifi
es nt basket dinner was served each
day.
H ALL-GRIFFIS
On last Sunlay, at Villa Rica, Mr.
Ertie Griffis and Miss Willie Hall
cation of other stolen cars worth as were united in the holy bonds of
much more in a Michigan town, ought | matrimony, Squire J. C. Hicks officia
te be sufficient to make the owners of ting,
an auto sit jp and take notice. It
gives, however, but a faint idea of
the extent to which automobile thiev
ery has developed in America.
Automobile manufacture, of course,
is a colossal business, and everything
connected with it is on a correspond
ing scale of magnitude*! Yet the ap
parent growth of automobile ntealing
FOR OCTOBER TERM
Douglasville, Ga. t Sept 29, 1920. Militia District.
We, the Grand Jurors, chosen and
sworn for the September Term, 1920,
of the Douglas County Superior Court,
beg leave to submit the following gen
eral presentments:
We have examined through com
mittees, the books of the various
County Officers and are attaching the
reports made by them to this body
and the findings of same, viz:
Report of Pauper Fnrnt
From March the 1st, to May 1st we
had 5 inmates, May “j August 4th,
August to September 3rd. expenses
$148.20, an average of l(ie per day.
H. R. BARROW, Supt.
Kcpo r | 0 f Committee on Public Bmld-
ings
The committee appointed to ex-
Coney Out For j Raise Alfalfa
Commissioner Advises Kemp
Elsewhere in this issue of the Sen
tinel will be found the formal an
nouncement of Mr. W. D. Coney for
commissioner of Roads and Revenues
to fill the vaeency caused by the resig
nation of Mr. Joe S. Abercrombie.
Mr. Coney has been a resident of
Douglas county for 14 years and is
one of her most progressive farmers,
having heretofore won eight ribbon
on exhibits at the Douglas county
fairs. He is a good citizen, living in
the norther part of the county. He
served in both the Spanish-American
and World Wars, coming out of both
with a clean record. He has a host
into an organized industry of vast pro
portions is calculated to excite aston
ishment. For theft of horses repre
senting a far smaller property lo-s
than that suffered by Chicago motor
car owners alone, vigilance committees
were once organized and men hanged.
And if automobile larceny can attain
these dimensions in one locality, what
is the possible sum total of it for the
whole country ?
So far the depredations of motor
car thieves have been viewed
local police problem. But the
of the automobile as a vehicle of inter-1
state transit and thes peculiar fai.il»
ties it affords the thieves to dispose of
a stolen car in a city far distant from
the scene of the theft makes the ques- j
ton of the detection and punishment of j
automobile thieves a national one. No |
doubt it is incumbent on every owner j
to be his own vigilance comm'ttee. j
But certainly with the extraordinary !
growth of the criminal industry justi
fies extraordinary measures and dras
tic penalties to curb it.
R| nine the condition of the public
Board of Commissioners of Roads ; hidings, make the following report,
Revenues ! which we incorporate in our General <* Ih >' u1 f >’ iends over lho eount y who
,1. as chairman of said board have I Presentments and ask the consldera- h,lvc alrcad >' P !ed K ed him the,r 3U P‘
collected on the road fund since my t ' nn 11 ^ the proper authorities to sec i P ort and influence,
last report the sum of .$8,040.52. I t-hut these recommendations are car-J At this writing he has only one
have paid out same, to-wit $8,040.52, ra °ut* | opponient, Mr. T. L. Varner.
turning over same to the County All toilets in the court house need j
Treasurer as per vouchers attached as rt *b5‘iring. We recommend that a toi- i BROWN-DA\ ISON
will appear by reference to Exhibit ! provided for the negros attend- .
"A” hereto attached. . big court. Two new benches are On last Sunday Mr. Roy I avison
I. as Chairman, have collected in'weeded in the lobby and other benches an ^ Miss Mary Brown were united in
General Fund the sum of $6 86, and in the court house need repairing infringe by Judge J. H. McLarty, I coun t 0 f t h eir failure to tiro in prompt-
o dozen new cuspadors are needed his resideice. The couple have the j v anf j ow ing to the weeds on such
said building. The radiators needj bcgt wishca of a number of friends ' soils.
Mrs. Griffis is one of Villa Rica’s
cleverest and popular girls, whose
clever ways and sunny disposition has
made her friends wherever she is
known. For several months she has
been linotype operator for the Senti
nel, and for one of her experience, was
an expert along this line. Being swift
on the keyboard, with un almost er- J hBVC pai(| the snmc ‘ to . wit over
rorless proof. The bride-elect is a: to the Treasurer, as will appear by
sister of H. G. Hall, editor of the Sen- j reference to Exhibit “B” hereto ai-
tinel. "j tachcd. Respectfully submitted,
Mr. Griffis, the groom, was until JOE S. ABERCROMBIE,
recently night, policeman for Villa chrnt. Board County Commissioners.
Rica, which position he resigned, and | Ordinary’ Rport
has a host of friends everywhere he I beg leave to submit the following
is known. report as Ordinary, to-wit:
Mrs. Griffis, during her stay in:, > liave not collected any money he-
j longing to Douglas C-ounty since my condition.
Douglusville made many fi len s, w 10 L.,,report and have not paid out any. |, 1” regard to grounds around said
wish for her and her husband long! Respectfully submitted buildings, w<» recommend that they
as ,l years of joy and unalloyed happiness. J. II. MeLARTY, Ordinary. bo put in more sightly condition and
Sheriff’s Report I that the keeper of these grounds be
Icntlumen of the Jury, I beg leave asked to keep them so.
Now is the time to start preparing
for a permenant hay crop for another
year, and alfalfa is probably our best
crop for this section of the State, it
being better adapted to our soil and
climatic conditions than any other.
Alfalfa should be seeded ,by the
middle of October if possible. Select
a deep, fertile, well drained soil, A
deep soil should be chosen if possible,
ns alfalfa is naturally a deep fee ling
plant that usually sends its roots down
several feet to obtain plant food ma
terials and moisture which are out of
reach of the shallow rooted crops.
Alfalfa being a leguminous plant, is
abe through the nodule forming bac
teria within its roots to add nitrogen
to the soil and in this way increase
its fertility to that extent. However
it usually requires about the richest
and best drained soil the farm affords
if it is to be grown successfully.
There is a risk, however, in sciect-
hottom lands for alfalfa, both on ac-
for a long and huppy life.
VILLA RICA, ROUTE TWO
: repairing, the boiler needs a covering
.and two grates for same, the wall on
tile South side of court house needs
repairing.
Wo find that the front porch of the j M] . j A Bivins and fami | y were
jail needs repairing, the walls of the . , . c . +
icells need whitewashing and renovati' 18 ' 1 *"*' rC,ntivCS ” ear Cim '° Uton Sat '
Wo find the jail n good sanitary] urday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bell visited
Alfalfa in common with all the le
gumes. receives much of its nitrogen
from the air, but it must have pro
vided for it other plant foods if n
healthy and vigorous growth is to be
had.
Cai
NOW KNOWN TO B£ CLOUDS
TlRST REAL “MONEY WIZARD”
John Law May Well Be Called the
Daddy of All the Get-Rick-Quick
Schemes Floated.
Two centuries ago there "reigned”
in Paris a greater personage than the
young king, Louis XIV., or his regent,
the duke of Orleuns—a money wizard,
whose operations are recalled by the
Ponzi speculative scheme In Boston.
He was John Law. a Scotsman, who j air—that
Up to Year 1900 the Projections on
Mars Had Been Thought to
Be Mountains.
The first observers of projections on
Mars had attributed them to the same
cause that produces* projections on the
moon—that Is, mountains. Such they
were suld to be in France and at Lick.
This view, however, was in 1802 dis
puted by \V. H. Pickering, who consid
ered them to be not mountains, but
clouds. This view was supported by
A. E. Dougluss, who observed them in
1892 ut Flugstutl’, Ariz. The mountain
theory of their generation was shown
to bo untenable and their ascription
to clouds proved to bo t lie correct
theory in December, 1900 Only u sin
gle projection wus visible In 1900, 1903
and 1905. As a mountain does not
change its place, and ns nothing was
seen where something had been vis
ible, the phenomenon was proved to
not be a mountain peak. Now the only
other thing capable of catching the
light before it reached the surface
would be mmethlng suspended in the
cloud. Deductions,
I have collected in taxes since my'and the inm
last report $161.70 and have this The various committees
amount on hand. : the Grand Jury that all hooks exam-
Respectfully submitted, lined by theem were kept in accordi-
A. S. BAGGETT, Sheriff, j nnce to the law.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT ' We find that the law on the db
Gentlemen: In accordiance to law servnnce of the Sabbath is
I herewith submit my annual report orally ignored and recommend
relatives
and Sunday.
/ Mr. J. A. Bell and family and M
Kennel Jacks*
st s of Mr
a guuu sui nary cmiuu ion jy . ,
anil the inmates apparently satisfied. jSatim ay nig
port to Mrs. Hattie Thornton was
j guest of Mrs. J. K. Bivins.
Tt requires large amounts of
)!ant food. Potash and phosphoric
icid must be adder), as every ton of
ilfalfa hay takes from the land 11
ollton, Saturday pounds of phosphoric acid and 40
} ponds of potash.
In the beginning, heavy dressings
ubmit the following report of the j We find the house at the Pauper
offc? of She: iff of said County, to-wit. ] Farm in a good sai itary condition!^
and family
and Mrs. V
the
nday
through his friendship with the duke
of Orleans, established a credit bank
on the theory that money Is the cause,
not the result of wealth. He obtained
for the bank a monopoly of the na
tion’s foreign trade, the nrofits of
which would repay the Investors.
In 1710 Law established a private
bank with a capital of 0.000,900 livres,
with power to Issue notes. It became
therefore, from the rarity of the phe
nomenon alone showed that the pro
jections must be clouds. Furthermore,
the projection was smaller after the
lapse of 24 hours. The something that
caused it was not only not attached to
the soil, but was moving and dissipat
ing as It moved along. Clouds are
the only bodies known to us which ac
count for these metamorphoses.
r .in tin* uij- w..
is bi'inir yen- /Frequently the grunt man Is s
mtmend thatf™"* >> f a hnor ’ ha * U ,a
„ . . . , ,. . , . . .... ... , Daudet exaggerated a trifle who.. ..„ . aiwuys uc ..n««.a4wu -
of the tax receipts and disbussements, our officers and law abiding citizens | wroto , he foUowlnK nf cinnihettu. the > Break your i am ] deep, make a good
arising from collections for the year he more vigilant in its ('enforcement. grBn t French statesman: “I cun still , . . d lrv , 0 „ et j t seeded by
some-
: that
when he
j of Stable manure are very valuable as
j this adds more organic matter to the
soil. When seeding a commercial feri
itilizer high in phosphoric acid and
! potash should be applied to the soii.
I A good formula is 8 percent available
' phosphoric acid, 2 percent ammonia
I and 8 percent potash. From two to
! five tons of of lime per acre should be
I applied before planting ns it will not
I do well in an acid soil. Seed should
always be inoculated before sowing.
an Instant success, and his paper cur- j Clouds, then, and not mountains, are
rency became more valuable than the
minted currency of the government
Then be formed his company of the
west, developing Louisiana territory,
the explanation of the projections of
Mars.-^'Mars and Its Canals,” by Per-
clval Lowell.
1919, viz: i In taking leave of the Court we
Amout charged to me on digest, wish to thank him for the courtesies
$33,395.20; collected not on digest, shown this body and his very able
$1,042.10; Corporation Taxes, $4,819.- J charge. We wish to thank our So-
25; Total amount due, $30,256.64. i Heitor for many favors shown our
Credit by amount paid County Treas- bodyy*nd also thp foreman, for his
uror, $85,49^.90; by amount in liti- 1 very efficient service rendered our
gation, 602.40; by corporation tax in 'body.
litigation, 340.08; by commission,! We commend our Clerk of Grand
$722.67; by amount paid County, Jury and his assistant for very ef-
Treasuper, May 4th, 1919, $2, 191.50. | fioioni; service.
Total settlement,$39,256.64. i bis faithful service to our body.
R. C. MORRIS We wish to thank our County Com
Tax Collector Douglas County, j niissioners for the courtesy shown us t
Treasurer’s Report and the magnificicnt dinner served us
To the Grand Jury, Sept. Term of , the convict camp.
Douglas .County .Superior .Court, j ^y ( , also commend our bailiff for
Gentlemen: As per your request T .
herewith .submit my report of the ^ ”" d '’ a, " ffs hl ' «-°°
amount of Roail Bond money expended We recommend that the per diem
on roads of the county ns shown hy per diem.
vouchers in my office, viz: Total "VVi* further recommend thnt these
amount of voucheis issued on said ^ p r( , s( , n £ mRn i H | u , published in the
funds, $91,884.37. Amount reimburs- ■ , _ „ . ... /.
rlo 1 Douglas County Sentinel and the pull
ed by U. S. Government, S24.549.17.
Net amount expended to date, $67,- '^er he paid the sum of $15.00 for
335.-20. _ ! “me.
In accordance to law I herewith sub- William R. Willoughby, Foreman
I mit my report of the receipts and dis-
rlth a capital of 100.000,900 livres. I inMft IflST USE OF WINGS bursements of all funds passing
; through my hands since last report.
Ground Parrot, Found Only In New i viz: Balance on hand at last report,
Zealand, Interesting to the Stu- i f 1237,67; received on general fund ,
dent of Evolution. j since last report, $4,127.24; received j
ad funds. $8,723.86. Total re-
see him entering the dining room, his
hack bent, his shoulders swaying, his
face aflame and one-eyed also. As soon
as ho appeared all the other equine
heads around the table were raised and
he was greeted with loud neighs of
*Ah, ah. ah; hero’s Oonrbetta!’ He
sat down noisily, spread himself over
the table, or threw himself in his
chair, perorated, struck the table with
his fists, laughed loud enough to break
the windows, pulled all the table cloth
toward him, got drunk without drink
ing, snatched the dishes away from
' you, took the words out of your mouth,
ikfand after talking all the time went
off without having said anything.”
New Orleans was built. Trnde ex
panded. Shares in the company rose
in value until first Paris and then the
whole of Europe went mad. Every
one was growing rich. Luw became
director general of finance for France.
But the height was reached In De
cember of 1719, when his enemies, by
side schemes, began to break him. He
suddenly found himself bankrupt He
escaped from France, became a wan
derer and died In poverty.
Tbe wingless birds of New Zealand
are particularly Interesting to the na-
l ture student as illustrating the process
of evolution. Nowhere but in their
j native land could these birds have
| survived, and, therefore, nowhere else
I would they have become wingless.
1 New Zealand is the only region on
FLOWERS HIDE GREAT GUNS j eartli where there are no destructive
animals. Being unable to fly, the birds
Monster Weapons of War at Gibraltar :
Covered by Beautiful Clusters
of Acacia Blossoms.
While the rock of Gibraltar, viewed
from the ocean, is impressive, strong,
gloomy and forbidding, flowers grow
about the steep walls, and the great
Victorian batteries, occasionally fired,
are screened and sheltered by acacia
blossoms. Here ore concealed 100-
ton guns, sinister and threatening,
marking the highest achievement in
gun development hy British entr'neers.
The north and northwest sides of
the rock are honeycombed"by fortifi
cations. There Is a town and harbor
on the west protected by batteries and i
forts rising from the ba-xj to the sum
mit of the rocks. Modern guns of the j
most formidable pattern frown from |
the heights. The town Is inhabited |
by a British colony of about 25,000
persons, according to the 1911 census, j
Everything is uf.der strict military j
regulations.
ceipts, $17,088.77.
Paid out on general funds,$9,884.92
Paid out on road funds $2,323.69
Total paid out $12,208.61
Balance on hand. $4,880.16
Outstanding warrants $75,221.39
Respectfuluv submitted,
W. S. RAGAN,
Treasurer Douglas County
Tax Receiver’s Report
The committee appointed to exam
ine the books of the Tax Receiver re-
oort that they find his books kept in
accordance to law and also they find
that the increase in returns of taxable
property of 1920 over 1919 is $698,-
071..00.
H. M. BAGGETT, Chairman...
Clerk's Report
I. T. L. Pittman. Clerk Superior
ntly luck its head un- Court in and for said State and Coun-
11,1,1 sleep. The t y t ,i 0 hereby certify that I have not
Jars ’ j received any money belonging to the. Ordered that the within
8 State or otherwse since my last re-.going General Presentment
could .not, .of course, have escaped
from any swift hunting unirauls such
as abound in all oilier lands. It is in
teresting to note that the kaknpo, or
ground parrot, once had the use of its
wings, but being a grass seed feeder
and finding no enemies on the ground
gradually ceased to fly and eventually
lost llie use of Its wings entirely,
though It can run very swiftly. These
birds nre so gentle and so unconscious
I of having any enemies thnt if n per
son sits down near one und keeps qui
I et It will pr
der its winj
j leukupo breeds but once In two
I and the mother bird carefully hide
•st from her mate, though why
William H. Brown, Clerk
John M. Hatchett, Jr.
Linton S. Smith
John M. Willoughby
David D. Fargarson
Sam J. James
Milton H. Baggett
John M. Hatchett, Sr.
William M. Morris
Thomas E. Pharr
William D. Rutherford
Cordon Nnlley
Armstead R. Bomar
John P. Pan-
William A. King
John H. Todd
William D. Coney
Fitzugh H. Souter
Howard A. Winters
Ilershel M. Upshaw
Patrick II. McGouirk
Henry S. Hudson.
Douglas Superior Court, September
Term, 1920.
Student’s Bookcase.
An excellent bookcase for students
Is made in the following way: Pro
cure for shelves four smooth hoards,
20 Inches long and 10 Inches wide,
and about two-thirds inch thick.
Screw n slat on to the extreme ends
of the sides of the shelves to accom
modate the text-books. Screw the
other slats to the shelves one and
one-half inches apart. This will leave
nu open space of seven Inches In the
middle of each shelf. There are no
slats on the ends of the shelves. Take
the long screw from I he top of a dis
carded piano stool and fasten it to
the center of the under side of the
lowest shelf. Screw Hie bookcase into
the piano stool. The revolving book
case may be stained to match the stu
dent’s furniture.
_jd bed and try to get
the 15th of October, as this will allow
the small plants plenty of time to he
well rooted before we have any bard
freezing weather.
“Try growing an acre of alfalfa
and quit buying hay.”
NOTED LECTURER COMING
Douglasville people will be afforded
a rare treat at the Second Baptist
church, when D. Lewis Fowler, of
Lanier University, will give threo
lectures, beginning on Tuesday, Oct.
19th, to which the public is cordially
invited.
CORNETT-LAND
On last Sunday, at the Methodist
parsonage, Rev. W. H. Clark per
formed the ceremony that made Mr.
W. S. ’Land and Miss Mattie Coraett
husband and wife.
The couple are both well known and
popular, and their many friends join
in extendng hearty congratulations
Ifor a long life of unalloyed bliss.
DINNERS’ REPORT
Kissing to Cure.
“Come to ihotlier, dear, she’ll kiss It
and make It better.”
Isn’t this the regular thing when a
child sustulns un Injury, real or
Imagined?
Little do they realize, these indulg-
moiliers and husbands, that In this
There were 21 bales of cotton gin-
I nod in Douglas county from the 192#
[crop, prior to September 25, as com-
I pared with 718 bales ginned to Sept.
25th, t919.
JOHN E. LOWE
Friends here sympathize with Mrs.
W. C. Dorris in the death of her
k ministration they are hut Iml- brother, John E. Lowe, which occurred
Intiniz the practice of old time aorcer- Confederate Soldiers’ Home in
ers who pretended to cure diseases by u
slicking the affected part. In their Atlanta Friday of last. week,
superstitious, myth-tenanted age they Lowe is survived by one daugV
found the people easy prey to their im* w _ m T c
tor, Mrs. J. T. Lowe, of Mableton, ana
two sons, John A., of Mableton, and
! positions, but today even the baby Is
skeptical of the curative powers of a
kiss
bruised kneel
Robert E., of Atlanta, and one sister,
Mrs. W. C. Dorris, of Douglasville.
The funeral occurred at Mableton
I Grand J
T. L. PITTMAN
on Justice of the las
nd
she does so is unknown, the male port,
showing no desire to harm the eggs or
young birds. In this Infrequent breed
ing is demonstrated nature's thought- The committe
fulness—having no destructive ene- Peace and Notary Publics find their therein c<-nt: i
inies the kaknpo would multiply to too , , 0{ ! . ncJl f} y an d corroc'-y 1. >t. and feu b' ti r
great numbers if the breeding season ’ _
occurred as frequently us with other recommend the appointment of H. . Sept. -9, 1920.
birds. j Dorris, Notary Public for the 784th
Quaint Industries.
Observation of the world’s Industri
als reveals some very quaint callings, Saturday, and the esteem in which the
for there are queer hahlls and strum- | deceased was held was attested by the
desires on the part of various races,
and fore-1 on( l Always there nre those who eater ! ‘*rowd present.
to those customs or undertake to sup-
ply the wants. As queer a trnde or FINE STALK OF CORN
it this term of Court be profession as any Is that of “tooth-
• ....srniner,” wide
spread upon the minutes of this Court j XsV."T where the natives regard black
vhieh flourishes In part
On Monday, Mr. S. A. Norton, of the
The tooth- j Factory Shoals neighborhood, sent in
the Recommendations ^ ^u, ns n crowning hr
’ be carried into ^if- stalner, equipped with little brushes j the first spe-inan of corn to reach
until Ii-it'r . '■«*-* " r ; n " , I '« p - “l, 1 " °" ' the Sentinel this season. The stalk is
his i nsiiuniu's at regular Intervals. In
!'. A. iitWi.V, _ the operiniun is not unlike inn ordinary one and had “even well
J. S. C. T. C. Unit ut blacking a “hue. ' developed cars and two “shoots.”