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DOUGLAS
VOLUME XVI.
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY. GEORGIA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1920.
NUMBER 28.
TERRIBLE AFFAIR NEAR
Baby Hits Doff With
Stick and Animal
Bites Nose Off
Closing of
/ear
One of the most horrible, blood
curdling affairs that ever occurred
in Douglas county, or elsewhere for
that matter, happened at the home
of John Cochran, near Factory Shoals,
Monday, when hii little 16-month-old
child was disfigured for life by the
bite of a dog.
As is well known, Mr. Cochran »| the year'have all been met’ni«i
fond of fox hunting anil nlways ki'eps , | d dc , i>t on th
a fine nnck of hounds. It seems that JIV nV| Quite a
Rev. W. H. liaPrade, presiding elder
of the South Atlanta district, preached
a splendid sermon at the Methodist
church on Sunday Oct. 3. He is fin
ishing four years of most efficient
serv.|b© in the district, and under the
law of Methodism will be moved at
the coming session of the North Geor
gia Conference to another field of
labor.
. .Th© quarterly conference following
closed the business year of tin Doug
lasville church. Reports were made,
a’. d all offbinlc clec-dd lor the eonr.i:"
year. The financijl obligations for
In Auto Accident—Car
Skids Into Ditch.
Not Badly Hurt
the c-hi’dren were »t play in the yard, r(1(K . d to , hc ch ,
as was their custum, surrounded by y Lar .
the dnn-s. who hul heretofore been re- The bllildins . 0 »mH*ce reported
prr.7-rt.-J r,. ! rrr!"'-'s "’hrwi one of 'h-vn d( .f] nH te pV ns cokin': to the erection
pot too close to the sivt-en-rnonths-old of thp pr0 , pec tive no v church in 1921.
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 0.—Mrs. A. Q.
Dobbs, of Atlanta, Gn., suffered pain
ful injuries about the head and face
tonight as the. result of an automobile
accident /on itho Me.hik*-Pa.s/ago.a
road, near St. Elmo, when the car she
occupied went into a fifteen foot ditch.
The automobile was driven by A. Q.
Dobbs, husband of the injured woman
Dirsonape de'ared I and tlu '- v ' vcr<> makin tf llu ‘ t ri P from
nuiiihcr have 1>e6rt! -A-hUxnta to Riloxi, Mis° n ” 1 1
11 during the i J >e ^terson, of Mobile, who \Vns pa
I at: the time, gave Mrs. Dobbs
ii 1 ■! -
Mrs. Gower
Entertains Club
child, with the rosuU th * chiM struck
d^^ndth n efInk TvkJ-h
,,-bo In—n,1 nnm, t h0 rMM
1„*t ;*q forr im d a’l ef-
fori* to tv,,, ivi'pcmin« o^nri failed, j
n^q jr^onyyt^y, nnd G-vt-pf* j
in nn.t m’lpifo,) the A pretty puvty was that at which l
ptbn „.bn n--,r. *"i-'m *n Mrs. Justus Gower entertained ihd; '
^fVnfo'fo i wtini-, *he Matron:; Cub in her usual charming'*
p-,.nn*c! bo**-, fo b.,,-n rbn (b ! d*«? div- manner, Friday afternoon, Oct. 8. The
bpin-d <o fbo extent of whole lower fxor wa3 thrown to- '
pn p*a;r;
. .n« nnv^n^q ovr. r
ca! attention.
Mr. Dobbs and hi» wife remnined
with the car last night, although the
Titter was reported to be suffer." ?
very much by persons who reportc 1
the accident.
Dobbs stated at the scene of
iident that he was looking in
• dir.'-Lon whan the ear 1o-\
r end ' idded in*©
u* t’v windshield and
tluTuvh to the i
Mr.
he nc
nol.hu
u ! b'
f’Dch
fbo ninn r><* 4hnJ>* Rttlp One. 0”d
Vi"’ th« empathy of a largo circle
of frionds.
SutiHnv School
Institute Success
n'tr.vo will be r^nd with rog'ot
? community, as Mrs. Dobbs was
I getlier and the house was artistically, formerly Miss Opal Duncan, daughter
decoratd with red and white cosmas, ! of Mr. and Mrs. N, B. Duncan, of thh
hat being her color motif. Mrs.; city, where she was reared and lived
Gower was assisted in entertaining I until »she married Mr. Dobbs and
by her mother, Mrs. J. L. Selman, and moved to Atlanta. Friends of Mrs.
Misses ,Ruth and Paulino Selman. | Dobbs regret her accident and wish
Progressive rook was enjoyed, each j for her a speedy recovery,
table having a dish of red and white j Relatives here have received notice
mints. A delicious salad course was [that Mrs. Dobbs, while painfully in-
served’ after which the club adjourned j iuried, is not seriously hurt, and will
in meet next with Mrs. Ralph Hamil- soon be well, which which we are de-
TO THE PARENT
Regarding School===It
Should Have Your
Co-operation
Another session of school, or an
other term, as the pupils prefer to
•speak of it, much as though they
were talking about a penitentiary
sentence, has opened. And yet it
appears to have created no special in
terest. in Douglasville. Citizens gen
erally are going right ahead, satisfied
to know that school is open and per
fectly content to let the pupils and tho
tetcachers make it either a successful
year or a failure.
Rh it here is a good tiqic to start
changing that old way of looking up
on bur schools. Now is a good time
to ! : n that each man and each wo
rm : -i 'his community owes it to
t: v.iv've . the ptr.iils. the teachers
a ad 'he wc v M into which the children
• v ' .in to live, to take a ners mal
iidw t In - 'hocl affairs. There is
i.,> i • *:i.why cwy man and wmrn
: n ’bis 1 wn n’t find a ittl-3 time.
; t Toast once a month, to visit the
iv-b-’nl room and see the scbo'ars at
’ •one. It lends inspiration to them,
Willing to Help
Cotton Groweis
Owing to the low price of cotton,
and there being many farmers who
are not willing to sell at present prices
Lois Mills offers to take a limited
amount and advance HO per (jent of
the market value aa rate of 8 per
cent pr annum.
This, coming at the pinch of the
game, will doubtless cause many farm
ers to take advantage of the offer.
Beautifying
Public Highway
Mt ’V. \ Turner, sunerin!-oml rt -»*
l-f th B-n' I’.-tl ITiuhv-v far T*on-»a,
I count.’. !r htelsin- tl-> tliwon-faw
’r-rk 1’rHf'i- prr 1 n'-riv- : ..viti.ijr bv
i wbBownpbimr nil twi, noV«' etc-
^topo- tbp V'U (- pf bis l..ri.8i«M..n
T r -i exn—nle .c. . rl I.p -.1! l
..'I v , ■ Oru- Iri'ivilit' witk teliini- ef-
' fort.
Missi^narv Tmcbes
Hold Meeting
CIVIC LEAGUE
In Lyceum Course-
First Number Best
One Ever Here
ails'! ibov are encouraged
v know o : dor peoule a»* • irt
them. It pro
eh era. for U sh
/hen
» a** • interested
helnful to the
them »h-v h*»v«
Tu°sdav. Oct H found ouite a num-
\)t»y of worVnrcj nnd d rt,0f ^ n teq gn*hered
©t fbp Mefhod’st. ch’iroh for the South
Aftonta District. Smukiv Sehool Tn-
Rtitnte. Rev. M. R Dillard, field son.
retorv of the North Goore-ia confer-
etrer^ had the TreetiWg in
Ro V . \v H LaPrede. Rev. B. F. Pmn,
Miss Parkhnm, elementary sunerin-
■nart in the Tvrotrrnm. About thirtv
tendent. and others from At.nntn took
delegates from other churches were
In attendance. The dnv was vnjoy-
aby and profitably spent.
Enjoyable Dance
At Austel
On of the brightest affairs of the
season was .an informal dancing nurtv
given by thp young ladies of A> «lell.
at the borne of Miss Txndse West
moreland on the evening of October
fitb. The snacious home was beauti-
fuly decorated for the occasion in v«l-
low daises and saln’glosis. A unioue
feature of the evening was the serv
ing of “hot-dogs” and coffee at twelve
hells.
Am. .omr those dancing were, Miss
es Helen Westmoreland. Frances Ma c-
well. Francf?s Westmoreland. LRa
Smith. Louise Westmoreland. Marie
Shelverton. Lottie Mozloy Mary Ir
win, and Messrs. Thomas Stewart.
Boh Duncan. Tuck Uoshaw. Abe Irwin.
Kelly Mozley, Edward Smith and
others.
Tbe chaneron= wore Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Westmoreland.
St. Cecelia Club
Hold Meeting
ton.
Death of
lighted to announce.
FORD’S NEW STUNT
An Infant
On the 8th of OctolH»r, 1920, the
death angel suw fit to decent! and visit
the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Brown
near. G1I03' bridge, and take away lit
tle Joseph Fred Brown, a one-month-
old bright little jewel; and carry him
and transplant him in a realm of
glorry beyond the stars.
No one misses him more than moth
er, hut the swlfet consolation comes
again clasp him in her arms and call
that in the sweet by and by she shall
him her own.
A RELATIVE.
WHEN THINGS SEEM WRONG
It is one of the misfortunes of the
times that the great forces for good
in the world are not as noisy and do
not attract as much attention as the
‘forces for evil. The average Doug-
lasvile man, if he does not dig below
the surface of the current news a
little, is apt to get an imperfect im
pression of facts. Those who stir up
class hatred and array nation against
nation are making a lot of noise these
day8, but the large number who meet
to promote better relations among all
people get little attention.
Jt begins to look a.4 though Henry
Ford’s recent cut in price of $200 in
his autos, without reducing the wages
of a single working man in his em
ploy has “started something.” Big
business, which is another name for
Wall street, throw up its hands and
rhudd^redi to think wlrnt might hap
pen to Henry. And then the con
cerns in which they have money in
vested commenced to follow his ex
ample. The tire people paid little
heed—until Mr Ford threatened to
start manufacturing tires. And now
they’ve decided -to cut off a few dol
lars on the retail prices of their pro
ducts.
The example set by Henry Ford, in
trying to get back to pre-war prices,
will doubtless he followed by manu
facturers of many other articles, be
cause it is very evident that if Ford
can cut the price of his product and
still pay good wages—and no factory
in the world pays more—there is no
reason why other products made of
iron and steel and leather and rubber
can’t also he trimmed considerably.
We do not expect a reduction in the
price of farm products, that is, not
to any great extent, because Europe
needs food and the market for grain
is not. confined to the United States,
as is the market for autos and many
other manufactured products. Every
man in Doughisville who has given it
thought, knows that. Henry Ford
■*■!.© St. Ue * Music Club held 5 *?
regular meeting with Miss Lucilte
Duncan on Saturday afternoon of last' Without harm to anybody. A few
Under the wickedness and woe
this country there i s the great smooth j j SI1 *t cutting prices to the point where
current of goodness nnd gladness, j w jn ] osc money. For that reason
This includes a great, majority of our kg argues, and rightly, that if Ford
people, too, and probably of most other! can cu t and still make a profit, thous-
countries at the present time. Those | on( j s 0 f others can do the same thing,
who rave and would destroy humanity i y\ n( j they are prennred to join with
and brotherhood are as powerless as j thoir neighbors all over the land in
the waves to control the ocean’s j thankmg the Detroit auto king for
depths. There are a few traffic ae- « e ttj„ir an example that has done more
cidents, but the great stream of travel j .than anything yet t.o start prices bock
gos on daily and nightly, most of it to w j, ere they # really ought to be.
the co-operation of the people they
serve. It wi’l help you, too, if it does
nothing more than show you how
great arc the improvements along
educational lines over the days when
yon were in school.
I You are a stockholder in this, one
of the greatest of all our institutions.
You are responsib’e in a large way for
the success or the failure of our
schools. They are going to prosper,
and .the children are going to succeed,
just in proportion to the interest and
eo-operation you disnlav. Remember
that, take an hour off this week, visit
the school nnd let the punils and
teachers both see that, your heart is
in, the right place nnd that you’ve a
sensible head on your shoulders.
IN Nil KM OK I AM
week. The club was called to order, p 0rflong violate the law and are pur
the president presiding. After dis
easing plans for a benefit Halloween
par*y, the following program was car
ried out:
Piano Solo—Beuna Hagia
Piano Solo—Sarah Peace
Paper on American Music—Lucille
Duncan
Piano Solo—Nell House
The hostess, assisted by her mother.
Mrs. F. K. Duncan, served delightful
refreshments.
The club meets next with Miss
Blanche Edwards.
ELLEN WINN, Reporter.
Whatever we may revive for the
cotton crop this year, it ^ias cost the
farmer not less than 40 cents to make
it. He to have his money hack
and fair interest, at least.—Marietta
Journal.
ished, but what comfort there is in the
thought that the greatest majority of
our peopE are law abiding and that
they mingle every day without viola 1
ing any of the right:: of otAei ■
These are the things to think of
when you read or hear news that is
dark or depressing. Just remember
that the vast majority of people livinp
in this country are One-Ifundrcd-Pcr-
C e nt Americans.
Singing at
Villa Rica
We are requested to announce that
there will be a singing at the Baptist
church at Vila Rica, on next Sunday
afternoon, October 17. All singers
are cordially invited.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
KNOTT-SMITII
On last Sunna”, in Atlanta, Mr. V
R. Smith, of Douglasville, and Miss
Carolyn Knot*, of Chattahoochee,
were united in matrimony.
. .The above wl 1 doubtless come as a
surprise to the friends of the irrooin
in this section, all o r whom extend
congratulations.
All candidates for Road Commis
sioner from Road District No. 1, are
requested to file notice and pay as
sessment of $5.00 on or before Oct.
20, 1920. The names of all who
qualify will be placed on the tickets
for genera election to be held on Nov.
”, 1920.
, J. H. McLARTY, Chrm.
Douglas Co. Dem. Ex. Com.
To the Worshipful Master, Wardens
nnd Members of Douglasville Lodge
No. 289. F. & A. M:
A a your committee appointed to
draft suitabe resolutions on the death
of Brother T. A. Jackson, beg to re
port. a« follows:
WHEREAS, death has entered our
ranks and taken from us one of our
faithful brothers, who departed this
life on the 8t.h day of April, 1920, at
his home in Douglasvile, Ga. Brother
Jackson was born in Douglas county
on the 14th day of January, 1800.
Brother Jackson was united with the
Baptist church when at the age of 15
years, nnd was made a Master Mason
in 1891. He was a member of the
Baptist church until about eighteen
years ago, when he united with the
Methodist church, of which he whs a
consecrated member until his death.
He was a steward in the Methodist
church of Douglasville for ten years.
He served as Master of Douglasville
Lodge during the year 1910. In 1902
brother Jackson was married to Miss
Pres ilia Duncan, and is survived by
a wife and three, brothers, Mrs. T. A.
Jacksonville, of Douglasville, Ga.;R.
A. Jackson and J. A. Jackson, of
Texas, ami W. J. Jackson, of Alabama.
Brother Jackson lived among us for
the greater part of his life, and a
truir man and Mason never walked
among us. He loved his church and
his lodge. Truly one of our best men
has fallen, and his place in this com
munity will be hard to fill. He al
ways pacticed the principal taught by
boil his church and his lodge. He
wa? a man of a quiet disposition, ever
remembering his obligations to his
felbw man. and in all questions of
mo'ality and righteousness he was
found on the right side.
THEREFORE, Be it resolved, that
we wish to extend to his wife, broth
ers. and relatives our sympathy in
thij sad hour and assure them that
oui tears are shed with theirs in the
dei/th of this good brother.
XESOLVED further, that we set
aside, a page of our records to the
memory of Brother Jackson, and a
copy of these resolutions be furnished
th< family and printed in the county
paper.
Respectfully submitted.
'ct-j \ n y«Tmy.
F. M. STEWART
W. M A TAT AND
The Methodist ^Isurniiry
jrynt wDh Mrs. 7,. T. Poke Tuesday
afternoon. It was decided that the
meet,?np*s should he he’d in t.h° homes
during the winter months and each
menilvr taking if alnhahcticnBy. A
beautiful solo was rendered by Miss
Edith Dake. After the business meet
ing Mrs. Dake. assisted bv Mrs. Julian
Arnold and Miss Edith Dake, served
delicious grape juice an Nabiscos.
Rally Day
Next Sunday
With a special sermon and appro
priate music for the occasion, next
Sunday promises to be an interesting
event at the Methodist church, when
rally day will be observed. Every
citizen of “DouglASviHe, regardless ot
religeous creed, and Methodists es
pecially, are* invited to lend their
presence to the occasion.
SKY GAZERS
The Rubberneck club was out in
fitll force Wednesday afternoon, owing
to the passing over the city of two
airplanes, persumably going to the
Soufcheafeteim Fair which opens: in
Atlanta Saturday.
HOOPLA! CIRCUS
DAY ALMOST HERE
(tingling Bros, nnd B.irnum & Bailey
Great Double Shows are Im-
paitently Awaited
The world’s two most famous cir
cuses now merged into one and headed
this way and will exhibit at Atlanta
Monday, Oct 18th. «
It would seem ns though everybody
in this locality were planning to at
tend. The very name of the great new
circus—Ringling Brothers and Bar-
num & Bailey Combined—has been
sufficient to arouse far more interest
than has ever before* been shown in the
coming of any amusemenc enterprise.
And word from the Ringling Brothers,
who are the directors of this gigan
tic circus, is to the effect that those
>v!ho attend thte performances will
witness the greatest program ever
presented in America. This is like
wise true of the mammoth street pa
rade, which will postively take piece
Monday morning, the mammoth mena
gerie and all else connected with this
biggest of all amusement institutions.
The famous showmen have made a
complete survey of both the great
circuses and merged the finest and
best of each into one. Hundreds of
performers will appear in the gigan
tic main-tent. There will be score of
dumb actors. There will be splendid
and many groups of beautiful horses
iu jeweled trappings The army of
clowns exceed all past records for fun
nnd numbers. All contribute to the
! biggest circus in history.
The first number of a series of
Lyceum entertainments, given under
the auspecies of the Civic Club, waa
presented at the school auditorium
Monday night.
The Warwick Quartette was the at-
traldtioq, and 'as ent - nine ns they
were par excellence, liot. a dull num
ber on their program, and for an hour
and a half the audience was either
convulsed with laughter or still as a
mouse, as each difficuil number was
sweetly and artistically rendered.
Both music and voices blended nicely,
and to make the entertainment more
interesting, each offering was the
latest productions of the greatest mu
sical masters,who recognize neither
jazz or rag time melodics—but music
that touches the heart and inspires th«
soul.
.If the first entertainment is a fore
runner of what is to come, our people
can rest assurd that Douglasville will
have some of the best entertainments,
from a lyceum standpoint, that has
ever visited our city.
A large and cultured audience was
present, who showed their appreci
ation of the quartette by liberal and
spontaneous applause, many curtain
calls being (noticeable almost with
every number.
The ladies of the Civic Club deserve*
and are receiving much commenda
tion for affording our people tha op
portunity of hearing the Warwick
Quartette, an attraction rarely seen
outside the larger cities, and should
show their appreciation of th. efforts
of the ladies with an unstinted patron
age of the other coming attractions,
the surplus derived from them going
to the improvement of our town.
The ladies of the club w'ish to
thank the members of the D. D. club
for the excellent way in which they
handled the sale of the tickets and in
others ways helping to make the en
tertainment a success.
Miss Enterkin
Entertains
Miss Maurine Enterkin entertained
the A. K. sewing club Saturday af
ternoon. After sewing and chatting
a while, hot chocalate and cheest
sandwiches were served. The club
wall imeet next with 'Mids Vert^A
Eskew.
Society to
Present Play
The Methodist Missionary Society
is preparing to put on a play soon
entitled ‘ ‘Trimming the Minister’s
Wife’s Hat.” It is a very funny play*
and the proceeds will go toward help
ing build the new church. Everybody
I will be cordially invited,
i The society will also give a towel
| shower at the home of Mrs. Join
. Duncan at the next meeting for the
Vashti home for girls.
THE GRIM REAPER
! Mr. K. I. Keaton died at his honm
I near Midway Monday, aged 79 years,
j The funeral occurred at New Hope
! Tuesday. He was a grandfather of
Mr. 0. II. Hallman, of Douglasville.
Mrs. J. F. Wright, of this city, was
buried Saturday at Bright Star. Sh*
was 43 years old and is survived by a
husband and several children.
Mr. W. J. Hardin died at his homo
in the Kings Highway section Monday
and was buried at Chapel Hill with
Masonic honors. He was 73 years oVf
and is survived by several children.
Mrs. Will Martin died at her homa
near Chestnut Log Sunday. Tha
funeral occurred at Pisgah Tuesday.
She is survived by a husband and three
sons.