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Official Or-1
gan Douglas 1
County !
MISS KING NEW EDITOR
OF DOUGLAS SENTINEL
Beginning this week the (Sentinel
will be edited by Miss Eula King,
of Commerce, Ga., who came to
Douglasville Monday to assume
the managemtnt and editorial du
ties of the paper.. R. N. Kirby, who
has been managing editor the past
few months will remain in charge
of the mechanical departmtnt.
It is thought that the new ar
rangement will enable the man
agement to overcome many of the
obstacles .which have impeded the
progress of the paper this year*
and it is hoped that with the co
operation of the public and the
business men a paper may be pro
duced which will be a credit to the
management and the community a
like.
Miss King has just given up a
splendid position with The Com
merce Observer, the editor of that
paper comments upon her leaving
as follows:
''Miss Eula King, for many years
associated with The Observer, gave
up her position last Saturday, and
after a few days’ rest will go to
Douglasville to assume the editor
ial and business management of
the Sentinel, a weekly newspaper
published in that city.
“Mr. Ralph Meeks, of Calhoun, is
publisher of the paper. Sometime
ago he decided to make a change in
the personnel of the Sentinel's man
agement. Knowing that Miss King
had received considerable newspa
per experience he asked The Ob
server if it would be agreeable for
him to make her an offer. We re
plied that if he could make satisfac
tory arrangements with Miss King’
the deal would not receive our dis
approval. After an exchange of
correspondence negotiations were
definitely made.
“It is a compliment to Miss King
that she has been selected to take
charge of a weekly newspaper.,
Since 191(5 she has worked with
The Observer as assistant to the
editor. She can do most anything
around a newspaper plant except
set type by hand, although her
principal duties have been that of
assisting with office work and ed
iting the local news department.
“Commerce has never produced
a more worthy young woman than
Miss Eula King. She is endowed
with a number of very marked tal
ents, traits and qualities that have
enabled her to achieve a signal rep
utation. Modest, refined, abitious,
persevering, friendly, patient, and
unafraid to apply her energies to
any task, she has won her way to
the front. Her work with The Ob
server has been highly pleasing to
the management.
“In going to Douglasville she has
our sincere Hvishes for success. Not
only will we miss her but Commer
ce as a whole will experience a
loss, for Miss King has been a most
active factor in the lite of the
community since becoming associat
ed with The Observer.”
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1921
NO. 8
NOTICE
In assuming the duties as manag
ing editor of the Douglas County
•Sentinel I wish to ask the hearty oc
operaton of the citizens of Douglas-
ville.I am here to help you and your
town and to build up your paper in
every way possible. Your business is
solicited and appreciated.
To the ladies of the town I earnest
ly ask your co-operation in social
affairs. If you have a visitor, if you
are going away, gving a party or
any other social feature, call us or
write it out and send or mail it to
The Sentnel office and I assure you
it will be appreciated.
It is your paper. I am here to serve
you.
Respectfully,
(Miss) Eula King
LARGE SOIL VA^,
PLANT OPHNS^I^ ,MACON
No announcement in sj!j$s has
been received with greater interest
by the farmers of Georgia and oth
er Southern Btales than if the dis-
civery if Nitri-Bacter Soil Vaccine,
and of the subsequent opening of a
large plant in Macon and the other
Georgia cities to manufacture the
product which will revolutionize
farming methods.
The establishment of the Macon
plants makes it possible for the ag
riculturists of this region to obtain
this marvelous .discovery of Dr.
Frank Wood, for it is thus brought
to their very doors and can be ob
tained quickly and at smaall trans
portation expense.
Wbrking along well established
lines, Dr. Wood, regarded as one of
the most remarkable genuises of
the age, spent seven years in re
search work before he finally pro
duced a product that met the high
standard Jie had set.
With this marvelous vaccine it is
posible to regenerate worn out
land—to -tall barren stretches prob
ably abandoned, and to again con
vert them into fertile fields of al
most unlimited productive ability.
It will speed up crops. Fruit
trees and other plant life grow and
produce with marvelous rapidity
when treated with the vaccine. It
also increases the yield until thee
harvest is many times what.it was
in former days.
MAKING MEN AND WOMEN
Purents are never without prob-.
lems. From the cradle to the grave,
children present complications.
There’s much that is theoretical,
yet the solution lies in the practical.
Begin early to bring to the con
science of a child a sense of its own
individual responsibility.
Let it work out its own salvation.
Instead of stifling its personality
and checking its initiative, give it a
chance. When the toddling baby
falls, let it get up again.
As the years go by, encourage the
child to make^ decisions; face fapfs
and in the clear light of intellectual
understanding make a choice. Noth
ing conduces more to development.
It makes a thoughtful, self-reliant
individual.
The only child is generally the vic
tim of too much hovering. Every
thing is placed within reach; nothing
is left to be desired. No opportunity
for self-expression, growth or inde
pendence—to be trusted is to be sav
ed.
Individual responsibility means a
larger, stronger and more independ
ent life—and men and women in the
'making. Parents, you owe it to
vour child ren.—Exchange.
BILLY SUNDAY CLUB TO BE
IN DOUGLASVILLE SUNDAY
The Billy Sunday Club of Atlanta
will spend next Sunday in Douglas
ville. Members of the Club will have
charge of the morning service at
both the Baptist and Methdist chur
ches. There will be a union service
at the Methodist church at 3 p. m.
The Sunday Club grew out of the
fully Sunday meeting in Atlanta
some years ago. It is an organization
of laymen and is undenominntii nal
in character. The club is filling a
lage field of usefulness in and about
the city. It furnishes a practical
demonstration of ,\vhat our laymen
caq do where thdres “a mind to
work.”
MILLER ASSERTS HE
WILL PLEAD GUILTY
Muskegon, Mich.—“She will be
known now and shunned as an un
faithful wife should,” declared Frank
Miller, who early yesterday twisted
off his wife’s ears because she had
given her love to Joe Romanhoff. ‘I
will plead guilty,” added Miller. He
will be arraigned tomorrow on a
charge of felonius assault.
Miller explained he was carrying
out a custom of his native land in
marking Mrs. Miller as an unfaith
ful wife.
He pleaded at the county jail to
be allowed to return home and put
his four smal children to bed, while
the children, fearing their! mother,
refused to return home.
“Mama will come home and cause
trouble, M they told Mrs. Miller's
brother who was forced to take them
to neighbors.
Despite the brutal attack, relatives
j and neighbors of the Millers today
i offered to furnish him with counsel.
Officials say Mrs. Miller and Ro-
| manhofF have obtained Miller’s prop
erty, valued at $6,000, since last fall,
when Miller shot Romanhotf four
times for attentions to his wife.
ENTERAINED MATRONS* CLUB
Mrs. B. F. Burton entertained the
Matrons’ Club in a very delightful
manner on May 20th
The house was beautifully decor
ated in sweet peas, cut plants and
other spring plants. There were
quite a number of visitors present
at this meeting. Rook was enjoyed
for sometime, after which Mrs. Bur
ton assisted by Mrs .R. C. Burton,
served a delicious salad course con
sisting of chicken salad, fresh tofa-
toes, olives, sandwiches, wafers and
Tee tea. >
SAYS EARTH IS
SPEEDING TO END
Pastor Outlines Nine Ways by
Which World May Meet
Destruction.
SEES NO NEED FOR ALARM
Man's Ufa On Planat Llkaty ta ta
tOO,000 Yaara, Aeoardina ta Solanos
—No Immediate Caufte for
Alarm. '
Detroit—The waHM la traveling oo
Its way to destruction at tlit rata at
000,000 miles a day, so tbs Bar.
Gaorga T. Gallon of the Want Grand
Boulevard M. E. church ballaves. That
was a sore thing, ha declared, and
further he said there are at Isaac sight
other ways In which the old world may
come to its end before the fatal ending
of the “death Journey.”
First, he declared, the axis of the
earth might decide to shift about a
few degrees; with the result that the
oceans would sweep over the dry Hinds
and destroy ail life before an ark
could be built. If that falls to occur
there might be a failure of Internal
fires anil the crust of the earth would
absorb all the water and the air. The
death of our planet might, on the
ptlier - hand, be brought about by the
jieat of the sun dying out and leaving
tlie enrth n muss of Ice. There was
lust, a possibility that we might all be
asphyxiated by the earth pushing
through the tall of a comet, or this
nlanot might collide with another world
wandering through space.
Another Way.
And the end might bo brought about
the slowing down or the speeding
•ip of the rate of the earth’s rotation
pn Its own axis. The rotation at
present Is Just sutlldent to counter
act the centripetal force of the sun
|md If It. wore slowed down the earth
would fly Into the sun, starting at the
rate of 1,100 miles an hour and be
ronsumed. If the rute of rotation
were accelerated the earth would fly
put into space into a temperature of
A00 degrees below zero and the oceans,
would be frozen to their utmost"
lepths.
Other ways by which Mr. Gullen
could see the world come to Its end
were the closing up of all volcanoes
and other vents for gases, the Inevit
able result of which would he u terrific
explosion that would shatter the world
or bring part of the atmosphere to
mob a heHt that the oxygen and
nitrogen would unite and cause a
combustion of the atmosphere.
That such disasters were not luipos-
alble was shown, he said, by the spec-
Iroscope, by meuns of which man
could read the life history of the
planets. Ho added :
“The spectroscope shows that one
planet is in a state of white heat, that
pnother showing yellow Is on the down
frade, that Mars Is dying, that the
moon Is dead, while Jupiter is jusf gel
ling ready for sentient life. This world
|s on Its way to death, for It Is travel
ing straight toward Hercules 000,000
Juries a day, and while l-tre distance la
immense it Is not infinite.”
The Great Danger.
But the greatest danger that Mr.
Oullen thinks confronts Hie earth Is
p collision with a dead star. Such a
Star would he Invisible until it came
within the range of the sun’s ra.vs,
which would he when It was live times
as far away as Neptune. It could then*
he seen in the telescope. In twenty-
five years more It: would he visible tc.
(lie naked eye. In the yesii-s more It
would puss Neptune and in 14*» days
from that time if it kept straight on.
ft would strike the earth. That, would
give us thirty-two years and 14o days
of warning from the linn* tin* dead
world was first picket! up by the tele
scope.
Science tells us the end \< coming,
the preacher went on more reassuring
ly. hut it does not believe the end Is
near. It estimates that God took
ninety million years to make the world
habitable bv man and that man’s life
ou It Is perhaps 100,000 years.
Hi a coin mini lively optimistic com
ment at the finish was:
"Why could God spend nil that time
in making a world if it is to he de
stroyed so soon? God wastes neither
space, material nor time. He Is loo
busy. He Is continually making new
worlds, hut He does not destroy them
almost as soon as they are made.”
SKEPTICISM OUT OF PLACE
No Announcement of Scientific Dis
covery May Today Be Looked
Upon ae Fantastic.
That the butterfly contains within It-
tplf what Huxley would have called
the promise and potency of the cure
of tuberculosis and perhaps of other
malignant plagues might seem fantas
tic proposition were It not for our
memory of Its antecedent, remarks the
North American Review. It is now
about 55 years since Pasteur perceived
in the fermentation of beer and wine
the principle which emboldened him
to declare that we shotid one day learn
to eliminate all communicable diseases
from the world. Blot, Dumas and
other veterans of science were Incredu
lous. But crying “Travalllierl tour-
Jours travaillier 1” the young master of
them all proceeded to cure first the
"sickness” of beer and wine, then the
“silkworm disease,” then a formidable
poultry pestilence, then one of the
deadliest plagues of cattle.
Having thus worked his way up in
the scale of life, he addressed him-
•elf by the same methods to the salva
tion of man from what had been re
garded as the most hopeless and hor
rible of diseases, rabies, and thus
opened the way of Lister, of Koch, of
Finlay and Carrell, and to «U the un
speakably beneficent wonders of the
science of bacterial therapeutics. If
thus Pasteur found in an atom of yeast
the cure for rabies, typhoid, cholera,
malaria, yellow fever, diphtheria and
bubonic plague, there Is no occasion
for .skepticism when his disciple, Metal-
nlkow, suggests that in the larva of
a butterfly may be found the cure
for other pestilences.
TOBACCO USERS NOT IMMUNE
Only Germs of Cholera and Meningitis
Succumb to Smoko or Juice
of Nicotine.
Professor Pun ton i ol' the University
of Rome lias performed a series of ex
periments by way of determining
whether tobacco, smoked or chewed,
would act as a disinfectant against dis
ease germs. For the purpose he used
Tuscany cigars, Macedonian cigar
ettes aud. “very strong chewing to
bacco.” He placed a piece of paper
covered with a salve which contained
the germs of cholera, influenza, diph
theria, typhoid and meningitis Hi u
*flasH Jar and then filled the Jar with
smoke or covered the paper with to
bacco juice, says New York Evening
Post.
He has arrived at. ttie depressing con
clusion that, except in the cose of
cholera ami meningitis, tobacco Is pow
erless in tiie presence of gepms. As to
typhoid and diphtheria, he exposed the
bacilli to tiie strongest o'f smoke froln
Tuscany cigars for one hour, and
they were as robust at the end of the
exi*»riment as at the beginning.
As (o tuberculosis, Professor Pun-
tonl says that the most Inveterate
smoker or chewer cun hope for no pro
tection from his Indulgence. The ele
ments of tobacco that disinfect in the
case of cholera and meningitis are
tar, nicotine and formaldehyde.
Silk Chemises for Dusky Belies.
Lurid purple silk ehemi.ws, size. 52,
are becoming popular with the dusky
hollos along the African Congo, ac
cording to an announcement by a Chi
cago mall order house.
The firm’s foreign department an
nounced flic notification of safe ar
rival from Chief Angogo In the Bel
gian Congo of a recent order for such
undergarments for 12 of the chief's
favorite wives. Because of the color
an*2 size, It was necessary to have
them made to order.
“The results are quite satisfactory,
however,” the chief wrote.
With the chemise order came fund‘d;
for “shoes with watches In their toes,”
rubber boots with copper toes, pink
silk stockings and several hundred
pounds of beads and brightly-colored
cotton goods.
COMMENCEMENT
The Douglasville High School came
to a close on May 20th after a most
succesful year.
On Wednesday evening, Miss Ad
am’s pupils presented a musical op
eretta. Miss Adams has done splen
did work and won many friends dur
ing her stay in Douglasville, all of
whom are glad to know that she has
been elected for another year.
On Thursday evening the high,
school students presented the play,
“The Village School Marm,” to a
large and appreciative audience.
On Friday evening, friends and
patrons of the school viewed exhib
its of work done by the students,
which was displayed in the various
class rooms.
On Friday evening, diplomas were
awarded to eleven young men and
young women. The class roll was as
follows. Florence Hutcheson, Dillard
Boyd, Ernestine Geer, Bessie Fay
Griffeth, Bessie Irwin, John Moore
Taylor, Gladice Banks, Annie Sew
ell, Clyde King, Ellen Winn, Blanche
Feeley.
‘The literary address was delivered
by Col. Robt. Strickland, Jr., of At
lanta.
On Saturday evening, Miss Adams
presented the little people of her, mu
sic class in a recital.
ELEVEN BUSINESS MAXIMS
The president of the London cham
ber of commerce gives the following
eleven rules which he has tested thru
years of buusiness experince:
1. Have a definite aim .
2. Go straight to it.
3. Master all details.
4. Always know more than you
are expected to know.
5. Remember that difficulties are
made only to be overcome.
6. Treat failures as stepping,
stones to further effort.
7. Never put your hand out far
ther than you can draw it back.
8. At times be bold; always be
prudent.
9. Make good use of other men’s
brains.
. 10. Listen well; apsjyer cautious
ly; decide promptly.
11. Preserve by all means in your
power a “sound mind in a sound
body.”—Exchange.
PREDICTS SLUMP IN SHIPPING
New Chief of Japanese Steamship Firm
Is Michigan University
Graduate.
Tokyo.—Japan’s greatest steamship
company, the Nippon Yusen Kalshn,
has selected as its president YoneJIro
I to, who Is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Michigan.
Mr. Tto. who has been serving as
vice president of the company, takes
the place of Baron Rempei Kondo,
wty> died recent.lv.
Twenty Yeara in Forestry.
r 17ie Yale forest school bus Just
celebrated its second decennial re
union and the twentieth anniversary
of Its founding, says the American
Forestry Magazine. Over one hun
dred alumni and students, or approx
imately 20 per cent of those who have
received professional instruction at the
school attended the reunion, of the
twelve leading forest schools ten are
under the direction of Yale men, and
eleven have Yah? graduates In their
faculties. In addition, forestry Is
taught as a subject at four other In
stitutions by Y’ale graduates. In all,
43 men from this institution are en
gaged In training professional for
esters In America.
Motion Pictures In Java.
The motion picture business in Java
appears to be expanding rapidly, ac
cording to the American consul at Ba
tavia. American pictures are Increas
ingly popular; the types best liked are
big features, comedy, news and travel
films. No film of less than live reels
makes* a great success. The pictures
which attract the native audiences are
those of the action and adventure
type, while the European and Ameri
can audiences usually prefer well-
ucted drama of the type most popular
in America.
MY HERITAGE
The right to live, to love, to give
The best T have for man,
To grow, to serve the cause,
To sympathize—to understand,
To love the sunset’s mellow gold
Along the pathway that I trod t
This my heritage from God.
Mine the right to love a song
That only touches just one soul;
,But who knows? the song may live
Some time where Masteranthems
rol':
My hericige t) nect the dawn
With sometn' u- deep within my
breast,
That lures me on tc-* «'* the hiils,
And whispers every moment: Do
your best!
Oh, I cannot fully comprehend
The depths of His gre-i’er plan,
I only know that I'm to love
And serve the Brotherhood of
Man!
And mine the heritage to strive, to
toil,
To love the wanderer who plods,
And, loving him, unconsciously,,
perhaps,
Love the Brotherhood of God. v !
Mine the privilege to trust .
The unseen presence of a friend,
To trust, and then go onward,
Trusting still until the end?.
The right to master fear, and fates
No matter where the path I trod,
To master Self, and teach it Truth
This my heritage from God!
—Selected
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
FOR DOUGLASVILLE SCHOOtr
Prof. E. Gate Hall, of Fitzgerald*
Ga., has been elected as superintend
ent of the Douglasville High School
for next year.Mr.Hall is a native Of
Tennessee, but has taught school in
South i Georgia for a number of years,
i^e is a graduate of Holbrook Col
lege, Lincoln Memorial University,
Harrogate, Tenn., special summed
work at Lincoln Memorial UnniveV-
sity, and has had twenty-five years
experience as a teacher. For ten
years, he was superintendent of the
Norman Park High School.
Mr. Hall comes highly recommend
ed and the Board of Education is to
be congratulated on securing the ser
vices of so capable a man.
MASS MEETING
On nxt Friday morning, June 10,
at 10 o’clock at the courthouse a
mass meeting of the citizens of
vDouglasviJle wil be held. The object
of the meeting lis to give informa
tion and create sentiment in favor
of the bond election to be held on
June 20 for the purpose of improv
ing the waterworks system of this
city. All the citizens of Douglas
ville and especially the ladies are^
requested to attend the meeting.
SCHOOL BUILDING
Douuglasville has every reason to
be proud of her school facilities.She
has one of the most up-to-date and
modern school buildings in the state
During the past year the total enroll*
ment has reached the highest mark
in the history of the school.Sixteen
teachers were employed to take
care of the increased atendance. This
is one of the standard high schools of
the state.
VICTORY MEDAL OFFICE
MOVES HEADQUARTERS
The Victory Medal office has mov
ed from the city hall, Atlanta, to
Room 204, Journal Bldg., Atlanta, on
Forsyth street, in the next block
south of- the city hall. The Victory
Medal officer, Col. Win. A. Kent, says
that he can now handle any number
of applications that are sent to him.
ISSUES DIVIDED
On June 1 the Douglasville Bank
ing Company isuued the usual six
per cent semi-annual dividened to its
stockholders, his bank has just re
cently been made a member of the
Federal Reserve Banking System.
CAMPING FEVER
It will not be long before the cam
lng fever anil fishing fever will get
strong hold on the people, it is
danger period; camps have no sunlt
tion as a rule, so look for typhoi
diarrhea and dysentery. Where fishc
men fish mosquitoes usually d
plentiful and you may get malaria
an infected mosquito bites you.
THOUSANDS SAVED
Thousands of dollars and many lives
have been saved our people by the
Venereal Diseuse Control Division of
the State Board of Health. This work
should uot be allowed to ceuse or even
lag.
Thousands upon thousands have
been treated and made nou-lnfectious.
Thousands of Wussermanu tests have
been made free of cosl to the people.
TYPHOID FEVER
The season of the year for typhoid
lever is soon to begin. Why not
avoid this dreadful disease by clean
ing up, excluding the flies aud vac*
dilation. The State Board of Health
furnishes typhoid vaccine free of
charge. Vou should take this precau
tion now. The immunity is supposed
to last two or three years.
RADCLIFFE CHAUTAUQUA TO
BE HERE JUNE .14-15-16
On June 14-15-16 the Radcliffe;
Chautauqua will furnish entertain
ment to citizens of Douglasville arid
surrounding communities.. The Cha-
utauqua is a ntaional institution
; ’id its purpose is community build- .
■ng and education. The three days’ j
entertainment will consist of lee- i
tures by famous speakers, piano- i
logues, concerts and various other j
features
Raise plenty of food stuff for man
and beast. Keep the farm clean,
ditches aud ponds drained, tilth clean
ed up. well or cistern in good shape
and laugh at the low price of cotton
and the *boll weevil; if you stay well
it will all work out right. Health Is
the main thing; spend money to keep
well and see that your city, couuly
and state do their share. Public health
is a public problem; the state should
foot the bill.
ALL DAY SINGING
There will be an all-day song j
service at Sweetwater church the i
second Sunday in June. Preaching
at 11 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. S. i
A .Gilland. All singers and music
leaders are cordially invited.
I
The high cost of living followed by
the depression that now exists, with
the South's money crop a drug on the
market ut one third the cost of pro
duction is likely to cause people tor
do without proper food and clothing.
This in turn will lower the resistance
power of the individual to disease.
Public health is purchasable and
money should not he considered when
it is used for the prevention of
disease.