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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL.
DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
RALPH MEEKS, -Pub.
MISS EULA KING, Man. Editor
Published Every Friday
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR
BOND NOTICE
To the qunlitfiod voters of the
Town of Douglasvilie, Georgia:
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to a resolution adopted by the
Mayor and Council of the Town of
Douglasvi/ie, Georgia, at its regular
meeting, held on the 0th day of June,
1921, there will be an election held
in said town on the 11th day of July,
1921, at the court house in said town,
the voting precinct for holding gen
eral elections in the same, for the
purpose of submitting to the quali
fied voters of said town the question
of whether the Town of Douglasville,
Georgia, shall have authority, thru
its proper officers, to issue bonds in
the sum of Three Thousand Dollars
($3,000) for the purpose of improving
,the water works system in said
■ town, now owned and operated by
said town as a municipal plant.
Said bond issue shall be in de
nominations of One Thousand Dol
lars ($1,000.00) each, thereby mak
ing the number of three bonds of
said denomination, and each bond a-
foresaid shall bear interest from date
at the rate of five per cent, per an
num, and be dated and issued on
September 1, 1921, and mature and
become due and payable on Septem
ber 1, 1951, thirty years from date.
The interest aforesaid shall become
due and payable on each bond afore
said semi-annually as follows: Seven
ty-Five Dollars (75) of interest shall
be due and payable on March 1 1922,
and Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) of
interest aforesaid on September 1st,
1922, and semi-annually thereafter
on March 1st and September 1st
•from the year 1923 to the year 1951,
inclusive.
The Mayor and Council of the
Town of Douglasville, Georgia, in
event of the isuanee of said bondfy
shall, by proper ordinance, provide
for the levy and collection of an an
nual tax on the taxable property
withu^dfae Town of Douglasville,
^ritfBHKjAufficicnt to pay the inte-
y ftforjjttid; and shall provide for
levy attij collection of an annual
! upon the taxable property with-
EflSJgilj) tyitffcsul'fieient to raise and
, tVSde anijfflnual Binking fund of
R^piimircd Dollars ($100.00) an-
'frtuiliy for the years 1921 to 1950 in
clusive so that the principal and in
terest on said bonds shall be pat-.l off
and extinguished on September 1st,
1901.
* All of said principal ami interest
shall be payable in gold coin of the
United States of America or its
equivalent.
Those voting at said election for
said bond issue shall have written or
printed on their balots ‘“FOR WAT
ER WORKS BONDS;" and those
voting against said bond issue at said
election shall have written or print
ed on their ballots, “AGAINST WAT
ER WORKS BONDS.”
The above and foregoing notice pub
lished by order, resolution and au
thority of the Mayor and Council of
the Town of Douglasville, Georgia.
Douglasville, Georgia, this June (i,
1921.
J. II. McLARTY, Mayor.
THAI) McKOY, Clerk of Council.
Town of Douglasville, Georgia.
Omaha Bio Butter Maker.
More than $2. r i,(XK),IKK) wortli of but
ter was inamtfaetured in Omaha (lur
ing 1920, according to nn estimate by
the Omaha chamber of eomtnerre,
members of which report that the city
in Nebraska slid retains Its position
as the chief city of this Industry in
the United Stntcs.
The figures on butler production as
given by tiie chamber for recent years
show a steady increase since 1911
when the government census showed
that the production for that year war
$4,S40,840.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
By virtue of an order of tile Court
of Ordinary, regularly granted at the
June, 1921 term, of said court, Will
he sold at public outcry, to the high
est bidder, on the first Tuesday in
•July, 1921, at the court house door,
aid County, between the legal
ANYWAY, PROPELLER IS GONE
Dispute Now Is Whether It Wa6 Tom,
Bitten, or Blown Off, But It
Is Missing.
Whnt happened to the starboard
propeller of the United Fruit liner Cal*
am ares, recently arrived at New York
from Central American ports nnd Ha
vana. puzzled her skipper, officers and
passengers, who discussed the mystery
since the ship threw a fit on the after*
noon of Wednesday, January 19, in
the placid Caribbean and started wab.
j bling, heaving, pitching, tossing, rolling
i and doing other tilings that no healthy
j ship does nil at the same time.
1 Cnpt. Harry Spencer stopped the
! liner and the chief engineer examined
the starboard propeller. He found
I that one of the blades had been torn,
hit fen or blown mlT. Some surmised
I that a sen serpent might have nibbled
| at tin* propeller nnd others said out
was no doubt a steel-eat*
right ther
hours of sale, the following lands in ! j n g Caribbean shark had bitten off tho
the own of Douglasville, Douglas
County, Georgia, to-wlt: A lot ly
ing in block sixty-three, fronting on
Strickland street one hundred feet
and running back in a northerly di
rection two hundred feet; bounded
on North by land of W. J. String-
fellow estate; cast by the dowe of
Mrs. Alice Stringfellow; south by
Strickland street, and west by lot of
Lois Cotton Mills with a four room
dwelling thereon.
Also a lot in block sixty-three in
the town of Douglasville Georgia,
fronting on Strickland street one
hundred feet and running back in
a northerly direction two hundred
feet; hounded on north by lands of
W. J. Stringfellow estate; east by
Odessa street; south by Strickland
street, and west by dower of Mrs.
Alice Stringfellow, with a two room
dwelling thereon.
Also about ten acres of land, more
or less, lying north of the two above
described lots, and of the dower of
Mrs. Alice Stringfellow, in the Town
of Douglasville, in Douglas County,
Georgia, and bounded on the north
by the lands of M. H. Dorris, east
by Odessa street, on west by Camp
street, on the south commencing at
the northwest corner of the lot form*
ly owned by J. T. Duncan, now Lois
Cotton Mills, nnd running east and
along said lot to the northeast corn
er of same, thence south along the
east side of same Lois Cotton Mills
lot to a point two hundred feet north
of Strickland street, and thence east
>ind parallel with Strickland street
to a point on Odcssu street two hun
dred feet north of Strickland street.
Also a tract of lund in J times b\ock
of Factory Town, lying and being in
the Town of Douglasvile, in Douglas
County, Georgia, and being in block
number 2 of said town; bounded as
follows: Commencing at a point 20
feet from the center of the Southern
Railway Company’s spur track, run
ning south of the Lois Cotton Mills,
and fifteen feet west of the east
side of former J. S. James’ land, and
thence south same distance from
east line of former James' land sev
enty-five feet, more or less, to n
point even witth the south end of
where the commissary building occu
pied by J. M. Baggett formerly stood,
thence running west even with the
south end of said building as then
situated eighty-five feet, and thence
north along the dividing line of lots
two and three in said James’ block
of Factory Town to a point twenty
feet from the center of said spur
track, and thence east twenty feet
from the center of sai dspur track to
the point of beginning, and the store
blade.
Captain Spencer derided these the
nrios, declaring the blade hud been
blown off by the force of a subaque
ous earthquake, as the Calamaros be.
xan rocking violently a moment after
the mysterious force was first felt
And there the matter rests.
APPLICATION FOR DISMISSION
FROM GUARDIANSHIP
Georgia, Douglas County.,
Pat H.; -Winn, guardian of
Ger-
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA—Doug’as County
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in said county, on the 29th day
of June, 1921, between the legal
hours for public sheriff’s sales, to the
v highest bidder for cash, the follow-
tmde Gary has applied to me for a described property, to-wlt: A
discharge from hisGuardianshipof
of Gertrude Gary this is therefore
to notify all person^ concerned, to
file their objections, if any they
have, on or before the first Mon
day in July, 1921, next, else Pat H.
Winn will be discharged from his
Guardianship as applied for.
This June 0, 1921.
J. H. McLARTY
Ordinary.
First Elephant Shown.
Tito first elcpltnnt ever exhibited In !
America was shown nt Philadelphia In
1790. Grown people were charged a
dollar a look and children a quarter.
Georgia, Dougins County.
To All Whom it May Concern.
J. H. ilogtte having in proper form
applied to me for Permanent Letters
, gi. Administration to he issued to T.
gits A.. Pittman Clerk of,the Superior
V&- - <Vuit of Douglas County, Georgia,
’ • o n tk, estate of Jim Tate late of
SUM County, (iecensed, this is to cite
singular the creditors and
kin of Jim Tate to be and np-|
jvsJPfitrny office \yithin the time
allowed hy law, and show cause, if
any they can, why permanent admin
istration should not be granted to T.
L. Pittman Clerk of the Superior
Court on Jim Tate's estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 2nd day of May, 1921.
J. II. McLARTY,
Ordinary.
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
Thedford’s Black-Draught Highly
Recommended hy a Tennessee
Grocer for Troubles Re
sulting from Torpid
Liver.
East Nashville, Tenn.— The effle
t^pey of Thedford’s Black-Draught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine, Is
vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a
grocer of this city. "It Is without
doubt the hest liver medicine, and I
don't believe I could get along without
It I take It for sour Btomach, head
ache, bad liver, Indigestion, and all
other troubles that are the reBUlt ol
a torpid liver.
“I have known and used It for years,
and can and do highly recommend It
to every one. I won’t go to bed with
out It In the house. It will do all It
claims to do. I can't say enough for
It”
Many other men and women through
out the country have found Black-
Draught juet as Mr Parsons describes
.—valuable In regulating the liver to
Its normal functions, and In cleansing
the bowels of Impurities.
Thedford’s Black-Draught liver medi
cine Is the original and only genuine.
Accept no Imitations or substitutes.
Always aek for ThodfOrd'a. gg
house Ujereon.
Said land to be sold in parcels as
APPl ICATION FOR LETTERS UJF sb °ve described. Said property to
ADMINISTRATION .be acid ns the property of W. J.
Stringfellow, late of -said county, de
ceased, fot theipurpose of paying
the debts of the estate and of mak
ing distribution among the heirs at
law of W. J. Stringfellow, deceased.
fWrrns will be cash.
This fith day of June, 1921.
MRS. ALICE STRINGFELLOW,
Administratrix of the Estate of W.
J. Stringfelow deceased.
NOTICE.
GEORGIA, DOUGLAS COUNTY.
This is to give notice that under th«
recommendations of the gVand jury of
Douglas county that I will introduce a
bill at the next session ot* the general
SHERIFFS SALE
GEORGIA—Douglas County
Will be sold before the court house
door in said County of Douglas,
on the 29th day of June, 1921, be
tween the legal hours for public
sheriff’s sales, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described
property, to-wit: A Ford automo
bile, two passenger roadster, color
black, license number 81313.
Said property to be sold under and
by virtue of an order of the Hon. F.
A. Irwin, Judge of the Superior
Court of the Tallapoosa circuit, pass-
el on the 3rd day of June, 1921, con
demning said property on the
ground that it was illegally used in
I conveying intoxicating liquors, the
sale of or the poscssion of which is
| prohibited by law.
This, the 1th day of June, 1921.
A. S. BAGGETT, Sheriff
SALE OF BANKRUPT STOCK.
BANKRUPTCY
In the District Court of the United
States, for the Northern Division of |
Georgia, in Bankruptcy.
Pursuant to an order granted by
| Hon. Eugene Spradlin, one of the ref
erees in bankruptcy, I will offer for
, ., .. * r» • • n n sale, on the premises at Douglasville,
In the matter of Benjamin F. Bur-- , 0 .... , in
T> . Georgia, on June 21st, 1921, at 10
n, No. 12b., . tMCi’iq... j o’clock A. M., subject to confirmation
| by Bankrupt Court, the property of
tho estate of Robert C. Burton, bank-
1 rupt, consisting of: Stock of Gro
ceries; Soda Fountain and fixtures;
| Carhonator; Shannon lvi’rigerator;
| McCa^key system for bookkeeping;
| adding machine; safe and all other
ton
To the creditors
of Douglasville, Geo.-.
ty of Douglas, distri
Notice is hereby g
first meeting of the
sai l bankrupt,
a, i*. tho eouu-
t aforesaid:
ven that the
•red i to vs of the
said bankrupt will be held before
the referee at the court house ir
Douglasville, Georgia, nt 9:00 a. m. j f lxtur
on Monday, June 20, 1921, at which
time the creditors of said bankrupt
may attend prove their claims, 'ex
amine the bankrupt
^sembly of Georgia repealing the bill 'md transact /
creating* the board of county commit- may properly
Bioners of Douglas county, and enact j mcetiyg.
■ a law making one commissioner foj
* Douglas county, Georgia, defining: bis
duties and powers ami for other pur
poses. •
T. R. WHITLEY,
Representative,
this fith day ’
Carrollton, Gee
of Jjinty. f921.
EUGENE SPRADLIN,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
ounters, show cases, etc.:
and all accounts of said bankrupt.
Also one Ford truck.
Terms of sale cash. Sucessful
lect a trustee, bidder or bidders to make deposit of
10G of amount of bid pending' con
firmation by Court.
Inspection of the stock together
with inventory of same may be made
by fading upon trustee at Douglas
ville, Georgia.
THAD McKOY,
ich other business
come before such
Jluick roadster automobile, two’ pas
senger. color black, and license num
ber 102051.
Said property to be sold under and
by virtue o fan order o^ the Hon. F.
A. Irwin, Judge of the Superior
Court of the Tallapoosa Circuit,
passed on the 3rd day of June, 1921,
condemning said property on the
ground that it was used illegally in
conveying intoxicating liquors, the
sale or the posession of which is
prohibited by law.
This, the ith day of June, 1921.
A. S. BAGGETT, Sheriff.
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And—If you will It ring in this ad. we will allow you One Dollar
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Only during the month of June.
Write for Catalog.
JOE C. McCARLEY
“Kodak as You Go"
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