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f DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME XVI.
m^Pl.Ag COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JANUARRY 28,1921.
NO. 48#
COMMITTEE MAY DECIDE
AGAINST WOMEN VOTING
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e time limit for entries into
city primary to be held next
Saturday will be up at 6 o’clock
Wednesday evening, at which
time it is expected that the ex
ecutive committee will meet to
make assessments for the indi
vidual candidates.
Due to the fact that this
week's Sentinel must be set up
in Atlanta, the forms can not be
held open for a report of the
committee’s action, in . regard to
the women voting in the pri
mary.
It is very probable that the
women will not be permitted to
participate in the primary.
Mr. J. M. Banks has received
a telegram from William J. Ve-
reen, chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, to the effect that women
may vote, providing the same
rules in regard to registration
are observed as applied to male
voters. This telegram came in
reply to a letter sent to Mr. Ve-
reen after the committee had
agreed to submit the question to
The state executive committee,
according to Mr. Banks.
Mr. Banlfs took the position
that under the present law a
voter must register six months
prior to the election. He said
that he is in favor of allowing
the women to cast their ballots
if they can do so legally. That
this point was raised at the last
meeting of the committee and
that Messrs. Watson and Mat
thews took the same view that
.he did, which led to the sugges
tion that the matter be referred
1o Chairman Vereen.
■•ft,
Mom Than
Spoclmono on V.
Berlin Balo.
Berlin.—Philatelic expert* from all
parts of the world caiue to Berlin to
attend the greht stamp sale Just held
here, which It Is claimed has a wider
range than any ever before held In
Europe.
The totul number of lota wns fi,88T
and the vnltie at upset price* exceeded
$2110,000 nominally.
During the first dny'a sale there wns
a rash for rare Argentine, Brazilian
and Bolivian Issues.
United States Issues Included the
only known canceled copy of the
Franklin Carriers," brown orange er
ror of 18M, the Livingstone (Alabama)
5-eent blue of 1881, and three blocks
of the new U. S. A. 90-cent and 80-
cent Issues of 1800, with flags Inserted.
The gem of the American collection
was a postal envelope of the Confed
erate States of America hearing on
the right hand a B-cent stamp In black
and on the left a Confederate seaman
nulling the “Sturs Mid Bars" to the
turret.
DELIGHTFUL ROOK PARTY
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EXPERTS MEET
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A CORRECTION.
We take this method of cor
recting an error in the report of
the death of Mrs. Wilson in last
week’s Sentinel. The* lady was
Mr. Fred Wilson’s mother-in-
law. The error in the item re
ferred to is deeply regretted by
the Sentinel and prominence to
this correction is gladly given.
DOLL DATES BACK TO 2001.C. TURKISH MONTH OF FASTING
PATRICK-WILLIAMS.
BUFFALO MILK ON HOOF
Miss Katie Lou Patrick and
Lewis Williams, of Pelham, were
married Saturday^ January 22,
at the home of the bride’s moth
er, Mrs. A. W. Patrick, in East
Douglasville.
The wedding took place at 4
o’clock in the afternoon, imme
diately after which the couple
left for Tifton for a several
days’ visit with friends before
they go to Pelham, where they
will make their home.
Mr. Williams holds a position
as master mechanic in a large
cotton mill in Pelham.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McGouirk
entertained at a delightful rook
party Monday evening. The
spacious lower floor of the beau
tiful home was decorated in pot
flowers. Salted peanuts were
placed in bon-bon dishes on each
table.
After the guests had enjoyed
~Ook for some-time, Mrs. Mc
Gouirk, assisted by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Jesse James, served a
delicious salad course with iced
grape juice.
The guests decided to form a
club to meet every two weeks.
The name of the club will be the
Thursday evening club. The
membership is limited to twen-
tv-eight members.
The next meeting will be with
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Baggett
Thursday evening, February 3.
As'mllk wagons are unknown in In
dia tbe milkman deliver* the dally aup-
ply on the hoof, going from door to
door with Ills buffalo/
MIDWAY.
Mr. W. A. James is still very
ill. His illness has continued
over a period of several months.
Mrs. Olin Couch has been real
sick for several days.
Louise and Loreene James
spent Saturday in Douglasville
with their cousin, Francis
James.
Rev. C. A. Reese filled his reg- j
ular appointment here Sunday
and Sunday night. '
Grady King, of Douglasville, |
spent Saturday night with Vol-,
lie Rainwater.
Mr. Williams made a business |
trip to Bill Arp Saturday.
Marion Couch spent Thursday .
'bight in Carroll County.
ITALY HAS BREAD PROBLEM
Working Clu*a> of tho Country R»-
fuse to Shoulder the Burden of
Increased Cost.
Roiiip.—The Ituliiui government Is
facing uii almost imsolvnlilt* problem
In tin* question of the c<>Ht of tbe na
tion's bread.
During anil since Ilu* war the price
of bread wua kept down artlllclally,
tbe government paying $1,000,(MX),000,
and even lately $1,250,000,000 yearly
hh the difference between the actual
coat of the flour and the price paid
by tbe consumer.
The price of 2 1-5 pounds of ordi
nary bread used to be equivalent to
nine centH, or of u finer quality 11 or
12 cents; now the price for the same
quantity of Inferior bread Is 21 cents,
and the Italian working classes utter
ly refuse to pay the balance, which
would Increase the cost lo them to
40 cents.
A Ballad of Blatant Ignorance.
(Prom the Cleveland Pluin Dealer.)
don’t know why the grass is green,
I don’t know why the sky is blue;
Why I am fat and you are lean,
Why I am I and you are you.
11 don’t know what the muskrats do
In winter time to get fresh air;
I don't know why a cow says moo
And that ain’t all—I don’t care!
This earth is full of things that mean
A lot to me. A lovely view
I like—but do not care a bean
What gives it that seductive hue.
I don’t believe I ever knew
Why, when it’s cold, the trees go
bare
But dress when all the frosts are
through;
And that ain’t all—I don’t care!
I don’t know why some perfect queen
Picks for her mate some piefaced
stew;
I don't know why a 4-d machine,
When out of gas will run on glue;
I don’t know why old Titian drew
His “Love Profane” so fat and fair
I don’t know why these things arc
true—
And that ain’t all—I don’t care.
Ramadan a Tima of Trial ta Mat-
lama. Who Ara Farcad to Obey
Lawa af tha Koran.
Ramadan la a month of trials tf
all classes of Moslems, especially to
laboring men, who are supposed to
go without food, drluk and tobacco
from sunup to sundown.
Turkish restaurants are watched
carefully by Mohummedun policemen,
who are Instructed to arrest custom-
erg and owners alike If any of the
followers of Allah violate the laws of
the Korun. Consequently Christian
restaurants and especially those which
have private rooms, become very popu-
Inr with the Mohammedans during the
28 days which are supposed to be giv
en over to fasting and prayer.
Big guns are tired lu Constantinople
to indicate sundown, and the rush of
Turks to cofTee houses mid restaurunts
approaches a riot.
During Ramudau the followers of
the great prophet are not supposed
to drluk water during daylight hours.
Pasting makes the Turks so irritable
and impatient thut It Is extremely dif
ficult to transact business with them.
Kamaduu is a less trying period to
Turkish ineu and women who are un
employed, as they merely sleep
through the day and turn night into
a time of feasting.
TO HELP THE STARVING#
‘ It seems ruuier uu oua nobby tor
anyone to devote a goodly portion ot
his duys to the collection of dolls, old,
unique and rure, and gnthered from
all corners of the earth. A Boston
luun, who refuses to he further Identi
fied, lias been following Ills hobby for
many years and probably lias the great-
eat collection In the world. The one
shown In the picture Is an Egyptian
doll from Acldmin, made from papier
mache and wax, and dating back to
the year 200 B. V.
reckless
L’ENVOL.
Prince, why should we,
crew,
Ask questions of the joys we share ?
I don't know why twice one is two,
And that ain’t all—I don't care.
R. A. M. NOTICE.
All members of Douglasville
Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M., are
urged to be present at the next
regular meeting, Tuesday night,
February 1.
J. M. HARDING, H. P.
J. C. MeCARLE v . Sec.
HAPSBURG COACH IN MOVIES
Earning 100,000 Crown* a Performance
for the Government of the Aus
trian Republic.
Vienna.—The imperial glass coach
of (he Ilapsburgs Is now earning Its
keep In the movies at 100,(MM) crowns
a performance.
The royal stables have become a
burden -on the republic and the eight
mugnlflcent white horses and some 400
carriages of every description are
made to partly eurn their keep. They
are used to drive members of the as
sembly to and from their homes, they
transport provisions from the American
relief and certain of the actresses und
singers of the state theater and opera
still hold their contracts, providing
for gratuitous use of the state car
riages.
Many horses and carriages were sold
soon after the downfall of the mon
archy, but many of the gorgeouB ve
hicles and showy horses remain un
salable. This Is particularly true of
tin* great gluss and gold slate coach,
In the style of Louis IV., used only
on great ceremonial occasions, and
suld to he the finest piece of coach
work extant.
DUTY.
Could I but do one worthy deed.
Or write one living line
To nil the meaeure of my need—
Could I but sow one fruitful Heed,
Then were contentment mine.
Could I but alng one living song
To banlah mortal pain;
Could I but right one crying wrong
Or help one weaker soul along,
1 had not lived In vain.
So vast the universe, so cold
The peaks to which we climb.
So gray the skied, the stare as old l
So many sheep strayed from the fold
And eo swift fleeting Time I
Strive ss X may, somehow It seems
That each succeeding sun
Finds me yet distant from my dream*
On paths rock strewn, with swells*
sti'bams
And no day’e Journey done!
Yet must I carry on the flght.
Still I must do my best.
So, when I pass from out the night
Into the day, Into the .light.
My weary soul may rest!
—Richmond Times-Dlspateh.
(Contributed.)
Both the Baptist and Method
dist churches will receive offer
ings next Sunday for the hun
gry men, women and children of
the Near East.
There are 200,000 orphans in .
Bible lands alone to be cared for.
Thousands of others in Armenia
land scattered throughout Asia
Minor must be helped if they
are to survive. In the war zone
there are hundreds of thousands
■who need help. In China there
are millions who will die for lack
of food. World cctoditions are
appalling! To America these
people look. We are in position
and condition to be of more as
sistance than any other country
on earth.
Because money is not so plen
tiful with us as formerly, shall
we excuse ourselves and let
these people die? No, the op
portunity is still ours to play the
part of the good Samaritan to
these people.
Five dollars will feed one of
these people a month; ten dol
lars will feed and clothe one for
a month. The Master said: “In
asmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these, ye have
done it unto me.” If you can’t
be at church or Sunday School
Sunday, send an offerihg. It
will do you good and be a Christ-
like ministry for those for whom
He died.
BEULAH NOTES.
spent
Sign Painting Pays Best;
Lawyer Only “on Side”
New York.—When Hurry .1.
Shield., wus culled as a pros
pective Juror before Judge Mitch
ell May of Brooklyn, he was
naked If he had ever served lu the
case of a man charged with cou-
cealfug tile assets. Shields sold
he bad been a trustee In bank
ruptcy.
"Why, such a person bus to
he a lawyer, and your card says
you are a sign painter," re
marked one of the attorneys.
"Oh, yes, I'm a lawyer, too,"
Shields replied, “hut 1 cuu make
more money painting signs, so I
practice law on the side."
Shields was excused from Jury
BRICKS FROM STRAW, CLAIM
Miss Celeste Thomas
Sunday with home folks.
A good time was reported by
those who attended the party
given by Mr. Grady Roberts
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Thomas of
Atlanta spent Sunday with Mrs.
Thomas. _
Mr. John White and family of French T«xtn« Expert’a invention
Temple spent Sunday with Mr. y^m R # n eV e the Houeing Crisie,
and Mrs. J. W. Kendrix. i He Say*.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake Souter 1 -—•
spent the week end with Mr. I Paris.—A French textile expert
Sylvester Rutherford. . claims that he has invented a process
Mr. and Mrs. James McIntosh j *>r making bricks from compressed
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. j j B searching for funds to prove
A. Meadows. 1 tllut | S „„ age dreamer ami can
Mr. Lester Roberts of Atlan- , re n eve the present housing crisis by
ta spent the week end with rela- 1 building houses.
tives. I He says, owing to the slight weight
Mrs. John Kendrix is on the \ «t the material, there Is no need for
sick list this week. deep foundations, and.the whole build-
The singing given by Miss
WORDS OF WISE MEN
It’s the easy Job that Is hard
to get.
Today's decisions may deter
mine your destiny.
It Ib easy to find remedies for
other people’s troubles.
A broken friendship may be
soldered but will never be
sound.
Platonic friendship is like car
rying mutches In an explosive
works.
Our ideals are not worth
much If we aurrender them at
the first attack.
The ignorunce that Is bllsa
generally leads to the knowl
edge that Is expensive.
POLISH CONSTITUTION UNIQUE
Provides That State Shall Care for
Children If Neglected by
Their Parents.
London.—Poland’s new constitution
probably will contain u provision for
care of children by the state which
will make it unique, ill the opinion of
officials here who huve seen the draft.
The article reads:
"Each child deprived of parental
care or who Is neglected morally or
materially, has thfe right to secure
cure and aid from the state. Tbe
sphere of the slate's duties In this ca
pacity will he defined separately by
laws, which will foresee as well
the protection of mothers who may
rrqulre aid. before tho birth of tho
KEPT GProeSINO
"It's mil right to talk aboat hitch
ing your wagon to a star."
"Wellf"
"But the question now la—where
can a fellow park an automobile."
MRS. ARMOUR IN DOUGLAS
VILLE.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour,
the noted and talented temper
ance speaker, will spend next
Sunday in Douglasville. She
will speak at the Methodist
Church at 11 o’clock in the
morning and at the Baptist ,
Church in the evening. There
will be no service at the Metho
dist Church in the evening so
that all of our people may get
all the benefit possible froip her
visit.
Mrs. Armour has unusuaU
speaking ability and her theme
is of local as well as national in
terest.
Let Douglasville give her two
full houses!
THE MAN WORTH WHILE.
Opal Rutherford Sunday after
noon was enjoyed by a large
crowd.
Ing can he completed In n month, it
Is affirmed that the straw preparation
la not Inflammable. The first house
has already been built In Montargls.
Ingredients Required for
Home-Made Apple Butter
Apple butter is generally made with
cider, but this can be left out If de
sired. Four quarts of sterilized sweet
cider should be boiled down to two
quarts. To this add four quarts of
apples peeled and cut Into small
pieces. If the texture of the ap
ples Is coarse they should be boiled
and put through a strainer before be
ing added to the cider. Boll this mix
ture until the cider doeB not separate
from the pulp. When two-thirds done
add one pound of sugar. Onr-half tea
spoonful of cinnamon, allspice and
cloves may be added. Pour Into steril
ized jars and steam for five minutes.
“I say old top, why don’t you
pot one of lho.se hornless model talk
ing; machlne»?”
Immense Cake.
Eight hundred egy*, eighty pounds
of flour ami sixty-five pounds of sugar
were among the ingredients used to
make a mammoth cake which was pre?
sunled to the founder of the San
Francisco local of the United Com
mercial Travelers at the recent sliver
jubilee celebration of that organiza
tion. The cake wns thirteen feet in
child, and the protection of the child j circumference and weighed 854 pounds.
In Infancy.”
far
tutlon In the
h provision.
known here tio oonstl-
orld Includes such
First Elephant Shown.
The first elephant ever exhibited In
America was shown at Philadelphia In
1790. Grown people were charged a
dollar a look unu children a quarter.
SEEK DIVISION IN ARGENTINA
Provinces Aro Trying to Form Combi
nation to Lessen Power of
Capital.
Buenos Aires—The Argentine pro
vinces are trying ro form a combina
tion against Buenos Aires, the capital
city.
Overtures are being conducted be
tween political leaders of some of the
provinces for the formation of a
“league of governors" for the purpose
of uniting the northern agricultural
districts of the country against
Buenos Aires and other coastal dis
tricts.
Some political observers see In this
an attempt to netum to the former
politics! division of the country Into
opposing sections, while others main
tain Hint It merely Is an economic
measure having as Its purpose the
protection of the productive arena.
Device That Saves Gas.
A woman's Invention lo save gas
at the gas range makes the weight
of pot or kettle on the burlier throw
open a valve which permits the gas
to burn full force, while with the re
moval of that weight Ihe valve doses
to a point where It culs off all the
gas except un amount barely sufficient
to support a pilot light.
“Help the fellow who is trying
to put something across. It may
not be entirely what you think
best to be done, hut his inten
tions are good, and the very fact
that he has initiative enough to
‘start something’ entitles him
to your consideration and sup
port. We have far too few men
and women taking the initiative.
One reason we have so few of
them is that we kill them off
with indifference and discour
agements. Co-operate with your
friend in putting over his idea
and you will then have his help
when you go to put something
across.”—Moultrie Observer, -
“ ‘Dead men tell no tales.’
Neither do they make mistakes,
but all others do. The fellow
who tries is the man worth
while in a community.”—Atlan
ta Journal, j
The man who persistently
tries, though he works alone,
may not “set the woods afire”
to begin with, but he is certain
to make a showing which will
he that much gained when oth
ers do begin to realize that ef
fort is needed more when trade
is slack than when it is good.
Chinks Changing Their Footwear.'
The Chinese are gradually adopting
the European style of footwear. At
the present time almost 40 per cent of
the footwear In China Is reported to
be of European make.
JUNIOR MISSIONARY
MEETS.
Owl Showed Wisdom.
Hick Ky.—A scream stopped I
the saw lu the Mongel mills here. lu- !
vestlgntlim revealed a large owl In the J
hollow of the log. Its feathers lmd
been Clipped, but otherwise It wns un-
fhirt.. The sawyer recalled that a ten-
pound cattish was ripped with anoth
er log that hud been pulled In from
Uie river.
The members of the Junior
Missionary, Society of the Meth
odist Church met at the home of
Mrs. R. E. Hamilton Monday
afternoon and organized a mis
sion study class. Mary Hayes
was elected president.
“Lamp Lighters Across the
Sea” was selected as the book
for study.
The society now has twenty-
five members and hopes to get
more. The meetings will be
held twice a month at Mrs.
Hamilton’s home.