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VOLUME XVI.
JDO'LGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, .GEORGIA* FR1UA\;, December 3 i, 1920.
NUMBER 39.
TAKES CHARGE SAT.
A* stated in our i»sue of last week,
Mr- Ralph Meeks, of Calhoun, has leased
*hc Sentinel for the vtar 1921. and will
r ake charge on SaturdiV of this week.
In taking leave of subscribers anil
Wends we wish to thank one and all for
the many kind words and letters of ap
preciation we have, received during our
May with the paper- And we want to
especially thank the good ladies who have
m» faithfully furnished us news items-
'1'he year just closing has been one of
.he most enjoyable of our lilt- We
bave had a lot of experience that will
pie Ip us in whatever business we under
take. We have tried to be fair to all,
and if we have failed we are truly sor-
Some few of our readers took occasion
*t criticize us because we would take
fart in the recent political campaigns, but
«»e are glad today that we took the sta
we did, because when a country news
paper gets mixed up in politice the editor
sure to make many enemies both
himself and for his paper.
Mr. Meeks is a good young newspa,
•an, who has a 11 interest in two fuller
•ountry weeklies, otic at Calhoun/ and
r.ne at Covington, ami until he took charge
• f the Calhoun Times was editor <>f the
Carroll Free Press at Carrollton, and wc
• re sure the people i f Doug! isvi'ii and
surrounding territorv will gv/e liy m t |, c
lay a I support they should-
H. w- Ij,ALL.
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Mrs. Selman
Chris*"" 0 ' Trees by Million
J II McLarty 2inpr21
N O.
quuntlties oC iSorwuj
spruce for Christ tuns uses—
rather more In the middle West,
where conifers tire not common ^
in the woods, than on the east-
Entertains
the east-
tn anti western coasts, where £5
they fringe every hillside. But yt
the tree most commonly used Is
m
h- 11 short-needle pine found In the
$ woods of Northern Michigan and $
^ Wisconsin. Early In Soptember ? r ;
& the Indians about the lumber ^
$ camps of this region a,re set to o
work cutting the.**' trees for the v
market, and by early November
a little tleet of vessels makes Its ^
jg way down Lake Michigan, a ft
Christmas tree battled to the *
foremast of each ;one, that by §
this sign all may/know that In *
their holds is a/ cargo which
might not tempt a Captain Kidd, ^
4 but is far mono precious than g
fojr which good ships j,
Titled.
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Our Commercialized Christmas.
Chrisj/nas Is the decoration day of
a Cfirfiinierclul age. Then, as on no
o1%‘r day, we face with compassion
hose who have fallen in our battles
or wealth. For a moment we think
Mrs. Ottis Selman very beautifully
tenanted the Matron's Club Friday af
ternoon, December the seventeenth. The
house was converted itlto a Cliri
^ i banner, with garlands in holly, bunches
of mistletoe and bright red bells. Tin
table iu the dining room had a red crop
.over and in the center was an immense,
basket filled with greet* foliage and red
poinetisettas. Mahogany candlestick'
held the unshaded red t apers. Tin
Christnas spirit reigned throughout the
afternoon.
A business mceing being held first,
which Mrs. F- M- Stewart presented a
beautiful broach to Mrs. Joe Abercrombie-
and made a very appropriate speech to
Mrs. Abercrombie in behalf of the Ma
tron's Club, in regards to the love and
best wishes they bad for her and how-
each member regrettd her leaving Doug-
lasville. Mrs. Abercrombie in return
made a talk, thanking the Matrons lor
their gift.
After the business meeting progressive
rook was enjoyed. On each table a dish
Entertains Sun
day School Class
Its. Ralph I i a ml It > very beautifully
rtained her Suinia. School class Tues-
afternoon. I'lte whole house was
uated in the Christmas colors. She
i assisted in entertaining by her
•r, Mis Lucy Malom*, of Villa Rica.
my games delicious re-
P*M
Mr
Maurine I'.nterkin.
Raggett. Dorotli
Hutcheson. (I race
Hamilton’s class
Feely, Louise Clark,
Louise Wright, Julia
Freeman, Carolyn
. Best of All Holidays §
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■j rp AKINO It 111! in nil, It mny $
1 hH sufnly asscHed tlint is
Clii'lstmns Is tin. meri-Jest nnil Hie
Oust of till holidays, tiinl 0110
j£ which Is llhely to be observed for
ages yet to come. Nations may
NOBLE- MOZLEY
rjj rise and fall, new beliefs and re- U
a) llglons inny sweep away tbe old, $
Mai
11a\
SVItl'RISl: I'.IRTY
. ( but that would seem, indeed, n
O, dreary and empty year which fcj
■\ brought no merry Christmas In
■ ■ its annual,round. May old Ku- .’
Si tiler Tune long spare Ids boll- $>
t,j5 day to mankind to gladden the l-i
S hearts of all with Us coming, S
p and may . each Christmas be
still merrier than the last. d;
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of stuffed dates '
Mrs. Selman
Quaint New England Expressions.
There are many quaint expressions
peculiar to New England, some of
which are heard only n n Rhode Isulnd
or in places where thjgjc use has been
perpetuated, by foru[ ier residents of
this locality. f
“Won’t you take Lff you ,. things?"
is a common lnv!t^fy on to the caller
in this state, thjrfjjgh j n some parts of
the country /j t would be unusual.
When a IjQsrfsnwife changes her abode,
fche move g her “things," and when go-
-®P on > tt journey, she packs her
-things/ in a jjrip.
* -9orrth»Mtii)ly It frequently
rains “pitchforks” and sometimes
•'eats and (logs.” The most Intensive
expressions of the native, however, are
That it Is “mining like all Sflm II111”
or like “ell possessed.”—Boston
Globe.”
of the thousands of children who have j raining hy Misses S:i
no share in that easy life we give our
children, and must Hud the season’s
joy In the charity dinner. Along with
the\ barter to which we have debased
our giving within our circle of ac
quaintances, wo play at extending the
spirit of the day to those who are
the pawns of our Industrial game. The
Snlvption army lass, standing cold and
numb on the street corner, collecting
funds for Christmas baskets for the
poor, reminds us of the wreckage left
In the wnlce of our prosperity. We
give n trifle to help the poor temper
the bitterness of the year with a
couple of hours’ good eating.
i placed. ,
as assisted in enter-
! Pauline Sel-
sahul course with cof-
ith Mr
A PESSIMI8T
Duck: I’ll bet
I get a raincoat,
or a pair of rub
bers, or some
thing like that
for Christmas.
The Old Red Barn Passes.
Boyhood days without a hayloft are
like a play without a stage. The auto
mobile has vanquished the big red
barn, as the cement bottomed pool has
•the old swimming pool. The center
of boyhood life has diseappeared. Im
agine the gang sneaking off from trust
ing parents on a hot afternoon and
congregating in the shiny new garage.
Where can they conceal the forbidden
weapons, or the thumb-marked yellow
back that mother thinks has long since
fallen Into the ash heap? Where do
they hide to escape the starched shirt
End stiff shoes and the party? Where
are tlte circuses given? The train rob
beries planned? And the hair-raising j a j wnvs con j r
Ftories repeated? The carefree scenes] C i- 0S slng a st
©f boyhood life hns disappeared. Im-
no Held to grow and expand in. Half
the joys of youth have vanished with
the passing of the old red barn.—Sum
mer Session Kansan.
Coffin-Shaped Pie Crusts.
Selden, the antiquary, tells us that
Christmas pies were formerly baked
In a coffin-shaped crust to represent
the cratch or manger In which our
Saviour wus laid.
Cures Wrought by "Slcep-Bnths.
Among the many wonderful cures
which the war has produced is the
“sleep-bath.”
It is to bo had on the thousand-acre
estate at Enlinm, Hampshire, where
many of the disabled men are being
j treated. Practically every kind of bath
! Is available there, but Hie big “seda
tive buill” has worked the most mira
cles.
The patients lie In hammocks, while
water flows over them. The ham
mocks are immersed, and the water is
kept about the temperature of the
body. The gentle flowing motion has
a most soothing effect upon the nerves.
Provided the man has not been pro
nounced incurable, any disabled ex-
soldier may apply for treatment
through his local pension committee.
TOY TREE TABLE DECORATION
Miniature Christmas Emblem May Be
Surrounded With Presents Tied
With Red Ribbon.
On last Thursday afternoon tlte Bible
Studx Class Of the Methodist Sunday
School went to the home of their teacher,
Mrs. (J. T. Mel.any, laden with good
things to On. After a season nP conver
sation they went to- the dining room and
with plenty of hot coffee, were enjoying
the feast when the door heel rang. Up
on going to the door the hostess met Santa
Claus and his wife with a huge red stock-
in, filled with all kinds of beautiful gifts.
As this is the day-of woman, Santa Claus
stepped aside and Mrs. Santa Claus
seated the gifts to Mrs. McLarty.
WALKING AND TALKING DOLLS
An Ancient Christmas Dish.
An Indispensable Christmas dish of
ancient times was “frumenty” of
“frunmnte.” Here Is the recipe fot
making the dish according to a faith
ful old chronicler: “Take clean wheat
mu] bray it in a mortar until the hulls
lie nil gone off, and seethe It until It
hurst, and take It up and let it cool;
and lake clean, fresh broth and sweet
milk of almonds or sweet milk of klne
and temper It all; and take the yolks
of eggs. Boll It tt little and set It
down and mess It forth with fat veni
son or fresh mutton.” Frumenty was
often served alone without venison or
mutton. When served hy Itself it was
well sweetened.
On last Sunday night at his home here,
Rev. S. 1\ (i i I la nd preformed the cere
mony which united Mr. William Guy
Mozley and Miss Mary Noble in the holy
bonds of wedlock.
Mr. Mozley is a son of Mr. Will
Mozley, of Lithia Springs, while Mrs*
Mozley is the efficient principal of the
school at Lithia Springs. Roth are very
popular young people, and are receiving
congratulations from their many frinds.
i'hey will make their home in Lithia
Springs.
1 iS'ST.Il.L/l TION SERVICES
All officers in the various organiza
tions of the Methodist church will he in
stalled next Sunday morning, January
2nd. A church conference will also be
held, and all member
•Red
be
ECOKATK (lie table with a
Christmas tree, one of the
q toy ones, and pile «round Its
foot a quantity of presents
tied with red ribbons.
These should ho only wlmt a college
pie claim that animals can’t reason, ! man would call "grinds”—perhaps a
but If they were urQund burros awhile I tiny tin. plnno for a would-be perform-
like he was when he ran n burro train ! or, a lantern for the one the points of
tip in Colorado they’d change their whose Jokes are difficult to see, a
minds. placid paper golf hag for the enlhusl-
O110 of the burros fell down in 1 astlc player, and so <
Burro Saw the Point.
One who knows says, that some poo-
crossing a stream and he was loaded j
with sugar, and It took about fifteen I
minutes to gel him on his feet and Ids
load didn't weigh more than half as '
mu eh when they started out again. ;
months afterward that critter
■ad to full down when
crossing a stream of water.
11 didn’t lighten his load any. for the
driver never trusted him with sugar
any more, hut he still had hopes until
they happened to load him with
sponges one day.
That cured him. — Los Angeles
Times.
Ilh a
rhyme or quotation, says Harper’s
Bazar. If one considers a gooso a
somewhat undignified bird, ducks may
he exchanged for It, either the domes
tic fowl or the more expensive canvas-
hack or redhead. Fried celery is very
good with duck, the crispest, pieces
dropped in halter and then cooked In
deep fat. But the apple sauce cro
quettes* should not be omitted even
with this. For this informal dinner
there is a very good and Innocuous
drink to serve with the heavy course—
sweet cider, spiced and sugared to
taste, cooked ten minutes and served
hot.
Lifelike Forms Gracefully Step
Across the Floor Saying “Mamma”
or “Papa.”
OLLS that walk and talk
and wink and roll tlielr eyes
are Parisian Christinas nov
el lies In toylnnd. These
dolls seem almost human, as
they walk In sprightly style across the
floor saying “mamma” or “pupa” Just
as real children wtuld.
Walking dolls being a new Inven
tion, seem wonderful and bring
screams or delight from little girls and
boys, too, who watch with intense In
terest every step of the lifelike dolls
as they are exhibited In the shops.
The machinery that moves the doll’s
legs Is sol In mptlon hy a key that is
Inserted in the works ut the wulst
line.
The voice Is made active by works
that ur* wound with u key.
The eyes move ns the body sways
from side to side, Just as the real chil
dren’s eyes roll and lillnk, etc.
CHRISTMAS WEEK IN ENGLAND
Time When Scattered Families Are
United and Tender Memories
Are Revived.
M ANY and great are the changes
which have occurred In England
since, Dickens wrote “A Christmas
Carol,” hut they have not affected the
national love for the festival and the
determination to preserve unimpaired
the traditional wunnth and heartiness 1
of Its celebration. Christmas week Is |
si ill the great week of the ye
the English people. It Is the one week
when scattered families ir¥c reunited,
when lender memories and old asso
ciations tire revived, when friend greets
friend with n cheery expansiveness in
striking contrast with the character
istic reserve of the English nature,
so, undemonstrative to those who do
not know It well, apparently so dis
tant and unsympathetic.
From Wednesday nil business will
he suspended, not lo he resumed till !
Monday morning. Tlte whole nation
will .give Itself up lo good cheer and
good fellowship, and for u brief season,
nil strife and controversy are hushed,
md peace, charily and concord refgn J
supreme.
t Substitute for a Tree.
are not going to have a Christ
mas tree, writes a correspondent. To
make them brilliant many pretty little
ornaments are needed and they cost a
good deal. My plan Is for a barrel
In place of u tree. I have the barrel
now In a closet. It Is covered with old
dark green cambric and the day before
the grent holiday I am going to pin
sprigs of evergreen and holly over It.
It will look pretty gay, 1 think, when
It is filled with the gifts that it re go
ing into It now, all prettily tissued
and tied, •ltd my son as Jolly Old
Santa Claus stands over It to delve in
to Its mysteries and to proclaim the
names of those who are to solve them.
I am sure we will enjoy our barrel as
much as we would a tree.
Good Year for Violets.
Sweet peas have been forced for the
Christinas market only for many years
past. They must he started blooming
before the cold weather begins. Then
they will bloom nil winter. Daffodils
do not get in until February, but al
most Jill the rest of the spring flowers,
hyacinths, narcissuses, bavar^in, and
so on, are on the Christmas counters.
Easter lilies, loo, though rather cold
and white for Christmas, are sold. Vi
olets, are fine this winter, deeply,
darkly, beautifully blue. Some mi
gnonette now comes In enorraoua
sprays. There ore emulations but the
bright red Christinas carnation Is the
favorite. Holly comes from the hills
of Maryland and the south. The wild
holly supplies the market and there
has never seemed to be any percepti
ble diminution of the supply. Great
quantities of it are purchased by ull
sorts of dealers, who decorate their
stores with it ami send out a sprig at
tached to every Christmas parcel.
YULETIDE THORN TREE SAVED
New Blacksmith Shop!
I have opened a Blacksmith
Shop next to N. B. & J. T. Dun=
can’s store, and am now ready
to do all kinds of work. I make
a specialty of horseshoeing.
Let me put new rubber tires
on your buggy.
I am prepared to grind your
axe or other tool, in fact I do
any kind of work done in a
Blacksmith Shop.
A. ML Moody
Blooming Gla&tonbury, Subject of
Beautiful Legends of Christmas,
Was Doomed to Destruction.
,N’E of the most beautiful legends
In gratitude for your patronage and faiendship, for the
satisfactory growth which we have enjoyed, our best
wishes for the New Your go out to you.
As a Bank and your friend we promise you during the
coming year the most accommodating Banking Servsce in
our power to render.
We hope to co operate with yon
to make this New Year the best
wo,, mutually, have ever enjoyed.
7 UNITED 5TATE5&STATE DEPOSITORY c-
Capital and Surplus over#100,000.22
°Dmcflamlle 3(a.
O
tonbury thorn. Tho thorn tret* grow
nt Glastonbury Abbey, In Sofherset-
Bhire, and was supposed lo have de
veloped from the staff of Joseph of
Arlmathea. According to the legend,
Joseph came to Glastonbury and while
1 he was resting on a hill, afterward
known as Weary All hill, he stuck his
staff in the earth. Tlte staff immedi
ately grew green and budded, and nt
Christmas time it blossomed Into
! beautiful flowers.
! One chronicler states that during
Queen Elizabeth’s reign the thorn had
a double trunk, but that a somewhat
bigoted Puritan, who disliked the tree
because to his mind It smacked of
popery, started to cut it down, and (
succeeded In demolishing one of the 1
trunks. A miracle rescued the re- ]
maining trunk of the tree by causing
a chip of wood to fly up and hit tho |
Puritan In the eye. vvhlle at the same |
time lie slipped uj»d cut his leg. j
Later tiie tree wm^' grubbed up, but •
a number of smaller'trees raised from 1
slips of tlte origins ! are said to be j
owned by persons Jin the neighbor- 1
hood.
All kinds of fresh meats, Fancy Groceries, Pro
duce ot all Kinds. We pay good price
for Chickens
Steak
25
to 30c
Pk. Middling
25c
Beef roast
15
to 20c
Pk. Roast
25c
Sausage
30c
Weiners 25c-Bologna 25c
Pork Chops
35c
Dried Ham
40c
Pork Ham
•
35c
Salt Meat
25c
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