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NUMBER 39.
VOLUME XVI.
DOUGH "AS COUNTY SENTINEL
DOUGLASYILLE, DOUGLA3 COUNTY, GEORGIA., pi DAY, October 22, 1920.
Sole Support of Sev
eral Children Meets
Death on Track
Tallapoosa, Ga., October 16.—
Mrs. S. A. Adams was instantly
killed here this morning about
6:30 o’clock, when crossing the
Southern railroad track with a
bucket of wi^er. Southern train
No. 24, accommodation from Hef
lin to Atlanta, hit her, throwing
her some distance from the track.
When she was found her skull
•was broken. Mrs. Adams is a
widow with five children, several
of whom were dependent upon
her for support.
There’ll Be Music
The Air
in
On next Tuesday night, October 26, the
Drum and Bugle Corps, of the Georgia
Industrial School, of Macon, will give an
entertainment at the court house at 7:30
o'clock.
This band of youngsters have visited
us before, and their offering was good
,and it goes without saying they will be
greeted with a full house, no admission
being charged.
‘Trade Wrist Watch
For Alarm Clock”
Upon the Shoulders of these Ten Men
Falls Southern Red Cross Leadership
Notice to Home S. S.
Members.
Those who have not yet con
tributed their dues on the home
literature please hand or send
same to your Visitor tin's week.
We want to have a good report
for the main Sunday school. Let’s
keep up our membership and
enjoy our quarterlies and build
up this important branch of the
Sunday school. About forty-five
are enrolled.
Supt. S. S. HOME.
Cecelia Club Holds
Enjoyable Meet
The Saint Ccclia Musifl^dub held its j
regular meeting Saturday afternoon at j
the home of Miss Blanche Edwards. Miss.
Lucille Duncan was elected president to j
fill the vacant place. ,
On Friday evening, October 2g, at the j
school auditorium, the club will give a
Halloween entertainment, to which the
public is invited. An attractive program
will he given free.
After the business meeting the following
program was rendered:
Piano solo—Winnie Bell House.
Piano Solo—Mary Vansant.
Life pf Schubert—Margret Baggett.
Piano Solo—Nell Giles.
Miss Blanche Edwards was assisted by
Miss Nefl Giles in serving delicious re
freshments. The next meeting of the club
will be held with Miss Nell Giles.
This terse bit of advice was given to a
discharged soldier by a hard-working
farmer. We have already celebrated the
first anniversary of signing the armistice
—but as a Nation we are not yet getting
“down to cases” as we should and must.
We are parading around—shooting out
the wrist watch to see how much more
time we have before “work”—too aimless
for our own ultimate good.
There never was a time in the history
of the world when it was more essential
that we produce—that we produce to the
maximum of our energy!—and there never
was a time in the history of the world
when, as individuals, we produce less than
to-dnv.
The wrist watch symbolizes an abnorm
al era. It is a fad supported by fastidious
people. As a novelty, it did its share
toward diverting overwrought minds from
worse things. But the time has come when
the wrist wntyh must be tucked away and
a faithful alarm clock set on the bureau!
You admit that although everyone gets
so much more money, it costs so much
more to live—or so we suppose—that the
margin between'income and outcome is
less then before. The biggest reason for
this is because we are getting along by 4 ,
working less. Tt can’t be done. Only by
exerting ourselves to an unusual degree
while we work do we merit the “play
time” afterwards.
“All work- and no play makes Jack a
dull hoy”—we’ll grant that, but all play
3mi.k10 .p1rk *Hnkcs for industrial chuos
—and we know it.
Sell the wrist watch, or pack it away
.with other souvenirs of the great war,
and buy a dependable alarm clock with a
kick in its business end—Parchment Prat
kick in its business end—Parchment Prat,
tier.
ADVISORS AND COUNSELLORS FOR THE RED CROSS IN THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. They compose
the membership of the advisory board for the Southern Division of the Red Cross, which supervisee and sup*
fleets the administration of Red Cro3s work. The picture was taken at their first conference In Atlanta,
and shows, besides members of the board, several Red Cross executives. In the picture, left to right, are:
Hon. Eugene R. Black, chairman of the board; Dr. Livingston Farrand, of Washington, D. C., chairman of the
Central Council of the American Red Cross; George E. Bennie, of Nashville, Tenn.; C. B. Bidwell, of Atlanta;
Hon. Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, South Carolina; baok row, C. F. Lambeth, of Thomasvllle, N. C.|
Legare Davis, of Atlanta, assistant manager of the Southern Division of the Red Cross; Colonel Alex R.
Lawton, Jr., of Savannah; J. L. NbMIllln, manager of the Southern Division of the Red Cross; and D. T.
Edwards, of Kinston, N. C. Memb;rs of the board not In the picture are W. B. Wilbur, of Charleston, S. C.J
Howard E. Harklshelmer, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Rev. T. S. McCallle, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
New Books in Library
All Departments
Busy as Bees
J. W. House.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the announcement of Mr.
J. ML House for commissioner of
roads and revenue for Douglas
county-
“Walt” House, as he is familiar
ly known by his friends, and they
about include every man, woman
Present Food Waste.
Federal authorities at Indianap
olis have started an investigation
to determine who was restionsi-
ble for many cars of fruit and
vegetables having been left stand
ing in the railroad yards while
the contents decayed and became
worthless. This is an inquiry in
which everv citizen of the United
States will be interested, an in
quiry which really means as
much to people right here in
Douglasville as it does to citizens
of IndianaoohX
The practice is said to liAve pre
vailed at other points in the coun-
Mrs. Mozley Loses Her
Mother
j Many friends of Mrs F. W. M » ley, of
M/.i* city, sympathize with her in the death
____ J of her mother, Mrs. P. S. Chapman, whose
j Imrial was in the College Park ccmerery
First Baptist Church Sunday. Mrs.’ Chapman was O9 years of
tr* % I i* « a S e « and is survived by a husband, two
Sunday=-Every/body
invited to Colrne
wbo
ihtk
and six daughters.
Moved into New Home
An event of much intercsif and im
portance to Baptists will occur ;at the First
Baptist church here on the 5th Sunday in
October.
At the morning services three deacons
I .After much delay in getting necessary
j building material, Mr. A. S. Hudson has
, moved into his new home on Camphellton
i street, which is one of the prettiest and
most modern homes in the citv.
will be ordained. Rev. W. M. Buttles will
preach ,the sermon; Rev. J. A. Morgan, of
Ac worth p.pd other divines pile -xpecte:i
to assist in these services.
In the afternoon there will iL singing,
to which everybody is invited.
Mr. A. J. Hudson
Douglasville Cafe, ha
firm Villa Rica into t
Mr. Hudson.
proprietor of the
moved his family
house, vacated h
BACK TO NORMAL
There isn't a man or wionian m
Douglasville foolish enough to expqct
the price of cloths ig and foocjjt'
drrp back to 1914 figures O'/A' night.
■V w i; never expoa ti see 1fid butter
and 10c eggs any more. A^q yet it
appears that the decline ol! |a few
cents here and a few doliafs there
which they have,been anticipating has
begun.
The break in the sugar market a
few days ago seems to have fftilirted it,
for potatoes has followed it am' from
$5 and $7 r» bushel last spring they
are now clown tt> as low as $1.50 a
bushel in many communities. De
clines in meat prices of a few cents
on the pound have become general
throughout the country, and packers
state that as a result of the greatest
corn crop in the history of the nation
pork prices are due for a still further
decline. Women buyers have noted
and child in the county, needs no too. ,.Tn fact, fruit and vegetables
introduction at our hands and j have been allowed to rot at such
suffice it to say he is one of our j an alarming rate since the nrices
oldest and best citizens, a success.- j began to decline that (lie United
Ful business man and thoroughly States government has stepped in
competent to fill any position to investigate and, if possible,
with which the people may honor punish those guilty of such acts.
try within the past few months, j a fa ” of a few ccnts ™ the price of
- - cotton goods, while clothing pries have
actually gone off several dollars on
him.
DOUGLASVILLE, R. F. D.
As a rule the railroads have been
slow to assist in ferreting out the
parties really responsible, and it
Mr. Gordon Shurbutt, of Atlanta, spent! *** h( *l) hard to tell whether the
the week-end with his parents, Mr. and j blame should rest on the shippers
Mrs. w. e. O. shurbutt. i or the commission houses to
Miss Rowene Speights, of Atlanta, spent
the week-end with her cousin, Miss Louise
Shtirbutt.
Miss Louise Shurbutt is spending the
week in Atlanta with her Cousin, Miss
Inez Speights, during the fair.
Mr. Boese Yancey, of Atlanta, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Yancey.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Johnston spent
Sunday with Mrs. W. E. D. Shurbutt-
Everybody had a delightful time at the
tacky party Saturday night, given by Miss
Mazell Yancey.
A Perfect Chesterfield.
“I had a little experience this morn
ing with an extremely polite man.”
“Tell me about It.”
“I was standing uear him In a bar- .
*,e r shop while a dark attendant was j guilty, for a penitentiary sentence
briskly applying the whisk broom. The or two would be sufficient to stop
[this practice before it become
which the foodstuff was consign
ed. Bnt now even the railroqd
officials are becoming alarmed,
and promise greater co-operation
in the investigations.
Unless someone is punished
there is a danger that the law of
supply and demand will be worth
less, for food sharks will be able
to regulate the supply, and there
by fix prices to suit themselves,
at the expense of the producer at
one end of the line and the con
sumer at the other. The strong
arm of the federal government is
now raised. Let us hope it de
scends, and quickly, upon the
the suit over the same time lasll jyea
Various reasons are given f0the
declines, nd any of them appe: j-
they did not need seems to be the
Methodist Rally Day
Rally Day was a red letter day for
Douglasville Methodists. Two excellent
sermons were delivered by Dr. W. J.
Young, head of the theological depart
ment of Fmnrv University, and the new
church fund was increased $23,500.00. A
bale of cotton was also contributed by Mr.
J. P. Cannon.
AMERICA’S FOES
The theory that anarchists caused
the recent explosion in Wall street,
and that they are the same gang that
caused earlier explosions and seTlt in
fernal machines through the mails to
prominent men, is finding favor with
those who are conducting the investi
gations.
It is not pleasant to sit here in
OF ODD FELLOWS
To Meet in Douglas*
ville November 17.
Crowd Expected
Douglas countv Odd, Fellows are look
ing forward with much interest to the
forthcoming meeting of the Twelfth Di
vision of Odd Fellows, which assembles
here on November 17th.
Several hundred visitors and delegates
arc expected, and it goes without saying
that Douglasville will give them .a good \ Pl^VPIi
time and royal reception, he
for entertaining conventions, etc., being
of national repute. And this occosion
will be no exception to the rule.
It has been suggested that our business
houses decornte for the occasion, and show
the visitors that their presence is appre
ciated. in our midst, and also demonstrate
to them in every way that our oft made
claim that Douglasville is the best town
for its size on the map. h true. Welcome,
brothers, welcome. We welcome you In
the bonds of fraternity, and if your stay
amongst us is not a pleasant one, it will
he through no fault of the citizens of
Douglasville, whose homes are always
open to th stranger within her gates.
A number of books have been
added to our library which now
contains twelve hundred volumes.
Also a number of magazines, in 4 *
eluding The Scientific American,
Youth's Companion, Literary
Digest. American Cookery, Men
ton, Vocational Mpnnzine and
others have been added. mt
We have beautified our grounds
by grading and sodding. This
bovs have cleaned off their basket
ball grounds and will soon have a
team that will be the equal of
any high school team. The girls
also are laving off their grounds
and expect to be a match for the
bovs.
The boys are equipping a work
shoo at a cost of one hnddred
dollars raised- bv subscriptions
and societv dues. Thev are very
much interested in their work.
The girls.are adding seventy-
five dollars worth of apparatus:
to the biology Inbnratorv with';
their society dues. They are
anxious to be accredited At for
the South. Now. Trustees, we
are doing our part, and if you ‘
will give us an extra teacher in
high school, according to Mr.
Brit tain’s statement, we stand a
good chance to become accredited
for the South.
The children have contributed \
hundred dollars in the
POWELLS CHAPEL
The Good Samaritan Missionary Bap
tist Association was held at Hat Rock
church Friday , Saturday and Sunday.
Douglasville and think that in some} We appreciated the good preaching and
section brother Americans are forced gom i i a ||<s from everyone. Rev. George
Jones preached the introductory sermon,
to mingle with a class that hates and
detests our system of free govern
ment and a class which cares not
whether innocent or guilty suffer.
It is even dffcult to believe that such
base creatures exist in the image of
man. But when one remembers the j
Rev. Cole followed. Rev. Edwards filled
the stand Saturday, Rev D. W. Carted fol
lowing; Missionary sermon hv Rev. John
Layton Sunday.
Rev. Veatch filled his appointment at
fountain of poison established in Rus-
"sia and which is overflowing into
ceptable. But the fact that (Nipple every land, it is easy to understand,
are laying away their money nor •! and , Of course, these foes of government
have quit buying foolishly that Much (must be checked. They can never be
tnost adequately ’punished if caught. There
plausible reason of all. Manuff <?tur-
ers are heavily stocked, and in most
instances with poods they must! dis
pose of at a reasonable profit. |They
know that the orgy of money-spending
is about over, and to realize on their
investment thy must meet the liver
half way in the matter of fair pices.
There is less tendency to hoard,!too,
than during the war, and thatlhas
helped to lower prices. It is the swing
of the pendulum back in the other di
rection, and still further drops may be
expected if everyone will buy care
fully and only what they actually have
to have.
is nothing in the category of humane
punishments to which our government
is committed that would fit the crime.
But they can be rounded up and re
strained for the protection of the pub
lic. And that is the task to which the
secret service and all of the police
forces of the nation, in fact every of
ficer of the law, large or small, must
devote their best energies until it is
actually accomplished.
Herald.
general.
Virtues of Bare Feet. fc
Eve was reputedly barefoot, and
Nausicaa played hall all the better be-
/cause she went unshod.
Helen of Troy at the most wore 4n*
dais, and the sandal Is the comproimse
between the shoeless und the shod. It
Is easier to make sandals than to innke
boots.
In Ireland and Scot'and the children
have run barefoot for many u day,
the wit of the one and the enterprise
of the other show thut there Is uothiitiw
really demoralizing in golug witboi^
shoes and stockings.—Loudon Cliroa.H
Chapel Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Boyd, of near Villa
Rica, spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Edge.
Mrs. Florence Swofford is on the sick
list, we are sorry to report.
Mr. Newborn Moore, of Villa Rica,
spent Saturday night with his cousin, Mr.
Barnie Wallace.
A large crowd attended the singing at
Mr. and Mrs. Langston’s Sunday night.
Mr. Rice Johnson had the misfortune
to fall from his Wagon last Wednesday,
when his mule ran away with him. We
arc glad to report that he is doing nicely.
Mrs. Ida Rcney is visiting her husband,
who is at work in Atlanta.
Mrs. Tom Demooney, from Alabama,
is spending a few days with her uncle,
M* G. W. Hembree.
The twins of Mr. and Mrs. W* W. Wa]_
lace,Mr. Barnie and Miss Marjie, cele
brated their 19th birthday last Monday.
Their friends made them two quilts each,
and they were twin quilts. 'They were in
vited to come and quilt the quilts and
were served with a fine dinner. The
was a large crowd present and eVeryone
had an enjoyable time, and at a late hour
we all bade them good bye, wishing them
many more brtltdays like that one.
pumtion'j school within iltp past ventvin- !
eluding work on the grounds.
The Flevenih and Ninlh grades
took a ‘‘Field Trip” last week to \
get a bettpr idea of the "Plant
Life.” They are working hard
on their note books to have them j
completed by Christmas.
Louise Wright, of the Seventh
grade, is back in school after i
being out two weeks on account
of her mother’s sickness and !
ddnth.
Some of the pupils in high S
school are beginning to realize
what it means to lose a day from
school. We hope that both
both parents and teachers will,
realize more fully that it is im
possible for a pupil to do good
school work without being regu
lar in attendance.
We read Hie article relative to
school in last week’s Sentinel and ,
appreciated it. This is the coun.-
ty’s school and the pupils and
teachers welcome visitors and
be pleased, at any time, to
show them what we are trying to
accomplish.
By the Eleventh Grade.
British Warship's Great Guna
At first sight It may ssetn strange
that the Hood should carry o.vly the
same armament as the Queen Eliza
beth. built somij eight years before I lie
Hood. As a matter of fact, the Queen
Elizabeth's guns are forty-two calibers
In length; hut the guns of the Hood
are forty-live caliber long and have
greatly increased muzzle velocity. It
Is believed that the gun weighs a lit
tle under one hundred tons and fires
a l.floO-pound shell with tt muzzle vel-
oepv of 2 son font-seconds. Another
tiuiinivemei l liver ttie Queen EUZS- j
hell, is Unit the new guns have an i
elevnii.di of fill degrees for » maximum |
range of fis.dtio yards. T’jie loading |
gear lias been so Improved that the , “What Is your Idea of a
Hood Is credited with being able to Joke?” . - •
fire a salvo of eight guns Jtvery thirty- | “One i enn sell fur a dollar and buy
five seconds.—Scientific ^American. a pork c^.ip,"—(’nrtoons Magazine
W. I. Dorris.
In this week’s Sentinel will be
found the announcement of Mr.
W. I. Dorris for the office of
commissioner of roads and
revenue of Douglas connty,
Mr. Dorris is a well known citi
zen and successful merchant and
farmer, who enjoys the esteem
and confidence of all who know
him, and his numerous friends
will doubtless give him a warm
support for the office which he
seeks which is one of responsi
bility and a position Mr. Dorris
thinks himself thoroughly com
petent to fill, hence his race for
file position.
Definitely So.
practical
A Slight Omlaalon.
Bertie—Good heavens 1 What a sight
you are I
Reggie—Just as I was leaving Jhe
house to come to the club my wife
pelted me with flowers.
“But that doesn’t account for your
brulaed and battered appearance."
“No, yon see, she forgot to take them
out of the pots 1”—From the Fdlnhnrffh