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VOL. I
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA JANUARY 6, 1922
NUMBER I
West Georgia Seine!! t io The Public
As we peep out upon the world K*e have been very much con
fer the first time in the beginning! >-> bed over the run down condi-
of this new year, it is with mixed; tion of the Sentinel the past year,
feelings of fear and hope; but i Conditions that were unavoidable
' hope predominates and it is with | on our part, resulted in a personal
gladness and best wishes that we loss to us and rendered the paper
greet you, believing that as we of less value to the public as a
progress, and get better acquaint-| whole, but conditions, as you
ed, we are sure to be better j know , were unusual,
friends. Our interests are yours We have leased the plant and
and your interests shall be ours, ■ good will to Messrs. Lumpkin and
and upon the Golden Rule of ap- Morris, both competent public
plication of this principle we plant
ourselves for the best interests of
our city, our county and our sec
tion. Many are our needs and
many are yours, and our task is
great, but our opportunities are
also limited only by our ability to
grasp them. With the consjdera-
tioi and co-operation of our con-
stinjants, and the encouragement
or our bretheren ( the press), we
put ourselves to the task with
hope and faith in our ability to
accomplish no mean part in the
development of all that stands for
the interests of our people and
section. To these ends we ask
the sympathy and support of all
classes and .creeds and promise
our best efforts to aid in every
movement in the interest of the
people.
A very cordial invitation is
hereby extended to all who wish
to have a part in the welfare of
our community to lend us their
assistance and influence in ob
taining the news and support of
each and exery person within our
compass,
spirited men, whom you know.
They at once doubled the force
with a determination to make the
paper what it should be—a credit
to Douglac county. They cannot
do this alone but will need the
loyal support of every citizen. If
you want a good county paper,
rally to their support, subscribe
for it, get your neighbors to do
the same and write or telephone
them the news when something
happens that should be in the
paper.
To the business men who know
the value of a good paper to com
munity, we feel that it is unnecssc
sary to urge you to support-tt in
every way. There is nqjfv^iown
without a good newspaper.-
interests and t Irak of a
the same. You Seed an
ing medium andr-the better'
OUR HEW EDITOR
TO DOUGLAS COUNTY
PEOPLE:
-\ ■'Vi'-'is '
Doubtless most of our readers
would like to know something of
the man who is to edit and have
the general oversight over our
County Paper; for this reason we
present to you in the above photo
graph Col. E. S. Lumpkin anc^
his pged mother, taken in their
resiaehce at Lithia Springs, Ga.
•Col. Lumpkin comes of good old
ueorgia pareiitage, of whom many
fcajve filled places of honor and
newspaper is the better Results
you will obtain—and of course
you will give them your job work
and all of it. \Ve feel assured
that if you will rally to their sup
port, you will again soon have
one of the best papers in Geor-
•dtbonsibiliiy; was born in Rome,
Ga-, reared in Atlanta; was ad
mitted to the Georgia Bar in 1896,
and since has practiced Law and
ofVujr section. Me loves his pro
fession and also the art of farm
ing and in adding this new enter
prise to his duties, lie does it fully
believing that his fellow citizens
will {appreciate his efforts along
these lines, and show their appre
ciation by their active support.
Mr. Mason Ash and Mr. Grady
Halt have been secured to assist
in getting out a good paper and
no pains will he spared to publish
a credible and profitable sheet.
Cm. Lumpkin wants it under
stood that the above photograph
With very best wishes to one gia. We commend Messrs. Liinip-
and all, we are, kin and Morris to you and teel
Respectfully, that you will give them that same
E. S. LUMPKIN, loyal support you gave us for ten
J. LYMAN MORRIS, veers. - Wynrseto.,
Farmed. He located at his pres-! doesn’t do him justice. Since his
cut residence in 1905, and has! marriage a few months ago he
been since that time more or less | considers himself a much finer
closely identified with the affairs looking man.
Mass Meeting and County Finances.
Publishers.
Meeting of City Dem=
ocratic Executive
Committee
Z. T. HAKE.
| Besides the bonded debt of
*160,000.00, it is estimated that
Commissioners >fold;the county owes approximately
one hundred thousand dollars.
The one hundred thousand dol-
Monthly Meeting
Jan. .. , 909
Pursuant to a call of the Liiair-'
an, Dr. Whitley the Democratic
executive committee of the town
of Douglasville met for the pur
pose of calling a white primary
for the nomination of town of
ficers for the ensuing year. On
motion primary is hereby order
ed on Sat. Jan. 21st. On motion
all white legal voters are ask to
participate regardless of 1921
taxes. On motion entries for
candidates will close at 6 o clock
P. M. the 19th.' On otion names
of all candidates for town off
icers shall appear on the ticket,?'
Appointed, J. J. Kirby, A, H.
Matthews. O. E. Mason, Mna-
gers of the election.
T. R. WHITLEY, /hr.
J. M. PaNHLS Jlcty,
The County Commissioners
held regular monthly meeting
Tuesday.
Rr
MR. W L. KENNEDY. /
It wsa a great day for Doug
lasville >nd this section when Mr.
W L. Kennedy recently bought
his hole here and moved his
business was
yearly cost for ‘20 mules of *7,800
Depreciation in value, loss
of time from lameness,
and deaths at 10 per ct. 730.00
Upkeep of wagons, wheel
ers, tools, etc. 1500.00
egCn... ,
transacted. 'he old warden, |' T | )e ^standing Gener
Mi. S. A. I'LGeerirk, was re-
elepted at a 'educed salary from
$140 per r>onth and board to
$125 per m jn th and board. The
election of the guards is left up
to the waQen, but it is supposed
no chang( S will be made.
The eection of the new Farm
Demons'vator was passed up by
a vote 0 f 2 to 1. The chairman
not Approving at a salary of
$U00 from the county. It is
.inderstood the Demonstrator is
to get a salary of $1200 from
the State and Federal govern
ments besides the amount paid
by the county.
The passing up of bills or
vouchers and other usual busi
ness was transacted.
THAD McKOY
ANNONNCES
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the
lars of outstanding indebtedness
consists of Road Warrants and |
General County Warrants. Total $9530.00
The outstanding road warrants] There is nothing allowed in this
are approximately $80,000.00 estimate for a hew barn, feed
house, stalls and shelters for
al \varrhrif!rtfi , tP-flMprox- I tools and so forth, which will cost
imately 20,000.00 the county abodt two thousand
dollars.
Total $100,000.001 Making a yearly cost of operat-
Owing to the county’s system of ] ing the chaingang of $19447.50
book keeping it is impossible to Adding to this the cost
Having been assigned to Ibis
county to work in the capacity of
a county agent for 1 he year of
1922. 1 wish to say something to
you in trying to introduce myself
1 wus horn and i cared on a farm
in Kentucky, an, a graduate of
Georgetown College in-the above
state, leeemng an A.ft. degree in
1511, but studied agriculture it!
the Diversity of Kentucky, taught
four yea' s ami served, as principal
of three high schools and farmed
for three years after graduation.
Nearly Four years ago I came to
Georgia and worked in the ca
pacity of a county agent in War
ren and Paulding counties. Geor
gia, and so here I am in Douglas
county.
I will endeavor to walk with
the Douglas County National
Farm Association in promoting its
interest hut not in the capacity of
secretary, because the government
rules and regulations won’t per
mit such. Also, T will work with
the Douglas County Farm Bureau
in helping to develop and promote
all legitimate co-operative enter
prises among the local farmers
and furthermore, I will visit
schools in the county to discuss
agricultural club work and enroll
hoys end girls who are interested
in this work. During the farming
Season, S will visit these boys and
girls to give their work pers .mil
supervision and instruction and
will do ally other work, usually
done by county agents.
The office at my disposal wdl he
that of the county school commis
sioner in the court-house and the
regular office day will he Satur
day. and all those who wish to see
the county agent may call on tin-
aliove day.
W. S. BURNS.
SENATOR WM. J. HARRIS.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a statement trom Mr. w. I.
Dorris, chairman of our county
commissioners, and some resolu
tions deducted therefrom by sev
eral citizens gathered by a call
from Mr. Frank Collins and others
to consider the present unsatis
factory condition of our county
treasury. Also at a subsequent
meeting in the court house
last Saturday the same sub
ject was discussed. But only one
side of the question seems to have
been dealt with. At the first of
these meetings about 50 people
were present and about a hun
dred at the last, as we are in
formed.
Of course there are many other
good citizens in our county that
have the county’s interest on their
hearts, besides those who were
present at those meetings, and to
say that there is another side to
the question besides the one de
veloped at these meetings, goes
without saying. \V e do not ques
tion for a minute the truthfulness
of Mr. Dorris’ statement but we
do question the wisdom of the
figures presented,, and honestly
believe our commissioners, who
are all good men, can so arrange
the expenses of our public work
without cutting the efficiency of
it in the least, to bring it within
the income of the county and then
stiM leave a nice balance to be ap
plied to reduce present indebt
edness.
At this time it will never do for
us to go backward and not keep
up our improvements sloug the
i J --w>n,t, | ,,t u -- general
Surely, if
public. Surely, if there'’
was a time to do your best it is
now, and the town or county that
pushes forward, instead of going
back, is sure to catch the influx
of people that are being drifted
from their present homes because
Requests all who wish a pack- j 0 f the unsettled conditions. So,
age of vegetable seed sent them 0lIr s , , ■ Qo forwBrd cut ex-
through the free distribution . . . ...
seeds by the government, to P enses ' > -Cs ’ bllt not at the ex '
write him and he will be glad to j Pe»se of the needed imprrovo-
send them a package. j ments.
patch work from the estimated] Hopkins Announces
familypermanently to our little 0{fjce of city clerk f or the year
& £S£& VX t Hkill 198* subject to the white primary
that romises to be a great bene- to b«r held on Jan. 21 *9—, to
fit tc our merchants. He has j uominrte officers for the ensuing
orgadzed and pit in operation year , if re elected 1 pledge my-
a Fright Truck Line running Hel j faithfully discharge the
daijy from ^li! duties of theoff.ee to the best of
' my abilty.
1 will appreciate your yote and
get the exact figures on short no
tice, but it is safe to say that the
above figures will not vary but a
few thousand dollars either way.
Estimated cost of operating the
chaingang per year:
Warden’s salary
One guard
One guard
One cook
Gasoline, motor oil and
upkeep of trucks
Coal, heaters, cook stoves
dishes, etc., *-'00.00
Clothes, shoes, bedclothes,
Dr. bills, etc., 600.00
Board for 15 convicts at
50c per day 2737.50
$1860.00
960.00
780.00
780.00
and
of patcli work
overseers 2000.00
and the upkeep and oper
ation of road engine 3000.00
Total $24447.50
The estimated advalorem road
tax for 1921, is $12000.00
Commutation tax about 4000.00
2000.00
lantf and return, hauling
i.vu.s of freight either going or
coming; this is a fine service to
all who partonize his Co., deliv
ering the goods same day receiv
ed and at a saving in cost. This
businesa is calculated to grow
and be of greit service to the
community, and the competition
may, in time, help to get the rail-
' roads to be more reasonable in
their prices.
It is x ;th pleasure we welcome
this good man among us and hope
for more like him still to come.
Tanlac, the celebrated medi-
influeucc.
THAD McKOY
MARRIED.
Total $9917.50
According to this estimate it
will cost the county $661.16 to
work one convict 12 months.
Allowing that a convict works
200 days during the year, it will
cost the county $3.30 and a frac
tion of a cent a day for each con
vict.
I have not included in this esti
mate any thing for the upkeep of
the camp, cages, washing pow
ders, soap, disenfectants, rewards
Miss Clara Clonts and Mr. J.
W. New were recently happily
married by Rev. S. T. Gilland. i e tc., which if included under the
The happy couple nitend making , presen f status of the camp would
5S2JS5* 1 tS* £SS«-!—
tends its best wishes and hopes . lars. In shoit we have got to
to see the good dwork make fur-, have a new one if we keep the
ther progress. You know the convicts.
editor recently got married and [ est j mate the feed, harness,
; knows what a tine thing it is. | , • . , for yn mules
cine, is now sold by Whitley si He surely recommends it to the; b ^ .
other boys. -|at twent y dollars per day or a
$16000.00
Leaving a deficit for the year
1921 of $8447.50.
Under the present system of
management the county is grad
ually drifting in debt at the rate
of eight thousand four hundred
forty seven dollars and fifty cents
per annum.
This should be stopped and
some plan be adopted that will
keep the expenditures safely with
in the county’s income, and the
quicker it is done the better it
will be for the county’s creditors
and the tax payers.
By doing away with the chain
gang, all except 12 mules and two
annual road tax would leave
$6020.00 to go on back debts, and
to pay interest on outstanding
warrants. \ wnjJ
The following reflations were
offered and unanimously adopted:
Resolve; That we the citizens
and tax payers of Douglas County
recommend that the County
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of said county, dis
pose of the chaingang and the
chaingang epuipment to the best
advantage of the county, except
two road machines, twelve mules
and harness for same, and that
said road machines be operated
by free labor, until the outstand
ing road warrants are paid or un
til some provision can be made to
maintain a county chaingang on a
cash basis.
Resolve Further, that we ree
ommend that the County Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue of Douglas County, do
not employ a county agent or
Farm Demonstraor for the year
1922. And should two of the
commissioners vote to employ a
County Demonstrator, we recom-
UiTr”iv\arshai
* At the solicitation of friends, I
hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
Marshal, subject to the white pri
mary, to be heU'Jan. 21, 1922 t«
nominate tov/n officers.
I pledge myself if re-eiected to
faithful discharge of the duties of
my office as I have in the past.
I will appreciate the support of
all who believe in a clean govern
ment. Very truly youis,
E. L. HOPKINS
MR. GEER FOR MAYOR.
road machines, I behave that we j mend that the chairman of said
can keep the roads in reasonably : board refuse to sign any warrants
good condition until we can do j to pay the salary of said County
better at the following cost: j Demonstrator until there is a tax
Two road machines and ! levy made for that purpose.
12 mules at $12 per day $4380.00] On motion, W. I. Dorris was
Five men at $60 per month ; requested to give a summary of
Elsewhere in this issue is aa
article from friends of Mr. Geer,
urging him to run for the May
oralty. As we have already said,
there are quite a number of
strong and suitable men in
Douglasville for the Mayor's
chair, among whom, of course,
Mr. Geer stands prominent. It
will be our pleasure to see any
of these capable and good men
elected, and we urge our people
to quietly select and elect such
men as will be an honor to out
city, and see that our interests
are properly cared for. There
is a difference of course in men,
some stand for forward move
ments and others are backward,
be sure we get .the forward man
at this critical time, when we
must either go backward or for
ward, there is no middle ground.
Pharmacy.
to operate machines 3600.00 1 the meeting and have it published I firstfiaidfifi 6 the thne & ' <lSV '*- 6
Patch work etc. at ■ 2000.00 j m the Douglas County Sentinel. | '
i On motion the meeting was ad-: The friends of Mrs. J. E. Foster,
Total $9980.00 journed to meet again on Satur-! of Chapel Hill, will be pleased to
Subtracting the cost of operat-i day December 31st, 1921. I learn that she is improving in
ing the ruud Machines and the j W. I. DORRIS. I health.