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VOL. XVI
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DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA JANUARY 13, 1922
NUMBER 40
>m Our Farm
Agent
jrybodv lake
lice. Please
DR. WHITLEY
PICRIC ACID
\s the writer is not sure that
the former county agent) F. D. |
Jeter, called the attention of lo-,
cal farmers to the sale of picric
for explosive pnnpnses on
fan
This editor may be wrong but
its his understanding that a news
paper is tiie place to publish
things, the opposite of concealir;;.
them..
If any of o»r friends want
l Up to the present the
i announcements for, the
; except I)r, Whitley,
h s candidacy i s " i il
We Welcome \ on Baptist: Bibi
i
To Hold Convention
a no We were glad in our last issue
■ mayoralty , to present to the public through
Apparently! their ad in our paper, the new real
Classesj Methodist Church
Next Sunday.
reived and estate firm
il may be that our good city " ill \V’o have fri
'arm*,I he will discuss briefly the;, “ .“"•V" 1 u “‘ “
merits wf Picric acid. • 2 i legitimate matter published ami
i (•xp’osiv’e, " re Wll,ln f t0 S|gn the "’ names 111
p, i i)! lR ‘ lten) ’ bring it in, and if proper
be Spared the turmoils and strif
of an exciting campaign. Just at I
this time when all
should be centeri
ur ‘thoughts i above its i
on how to ; late drain
of Vi’iun Realty Co.
qminUy said private
ly, and now wish to do so public -
that no city can rise much
ewspuper and real es-
q so if we are correct.
large quantities of j kl ?° ck somebody through
„ warehouses. As ecl,tor ' the , res " .'"'mgdomg
your own knocking.
It is our aim to publish a clean,
open, frank sheet, and we have
plenty of dislikes and prejudices
Picric acid is i
which was used by
Government during the
World War but the signing of th<>
Armistice left
this material in
the War Department no longer
had any use for picric acid, it was
turned over to the U. S. Depart
ment ot Agriculture to be con
verted into usable forms for fann
ers and jf is the cost of this work
that farmers pay for when they
place their orders for picric acid
and not for the explosive.
Picric acid is sold to farmers in
earlots of at least 20,000 lbs. at a
cost of 7 cents per pound and
then pay the freight on it from
the warehouse to its destination,
which will mean that local farm
ers have to pay 11 cents more or
less, per pound for picric acid
when delivered in Doughisville,
Picric acid is put up in G ounce
cartridges, it seems to the writer
now, and is packed 100 pounds to
the case and requires a No. S cap
to explode it. This may be done
by either a torch or a battery.
•Picric acid is 20 per cent stronger
than 20 per cent dynamite and
can be used to shoot stumps.
reciit ma ^ er pabli.sh, we will be ghulj
to handle it. But if you wish to
boost our city nod community and ; lo boost our newspaper and real
how to solve the vexing problems j estate dealers is to boost our city,
of o»r.business men and farmers,! In keeping with this theory we
it is very desirable that we avoid j welcome our competitors, the new
every possibility of a division andTjrm, and wish them success with
pull together. Let’s do that, in
j spite of our feelings; let’s pull te
ar for Doughisville and our
farmers.
a full measure.
Doughisville.
Let’s all-shout for
Organized Bible classes in the
Baptist Sunday Schools of Geor
gia are arranging to send a large
delegation to Mobile, Alabama,
February 7v ,3, 9, for the first
Soutliwide Convention of Bible
Class representatives ever held,
il is announced by the Baptist
Headquarters in Atlanta. The
railroads have granted reduced
rates for the uccasii
\V. Andrews, 320 Palmer Building
10:00 A. M. Sunday School.
11:00 A. M. Subject of Message
‘‘Weighed in God’s Balances.”
6:45 1*. M. Services by Pastor.
Notice Truck Growers
There will he held a meeting of
those who are interested in grow
ing truck in the county this year,
, in the courthouse on Saturday,
»'>'Kmorgo Jan 21at nl . Let 0 „ those
alBeV who are interested in tfiis propo-
of our own to fight back ami ov-j Little Brother hymn
fcicome without undertaking
yours.
So in the future this paper is to j
If every little child could see
The Saviour’s loving face,
be on the square, open and frank, 11 think that each one eagerly
no secrets. If you have any keep| Would run to His embrace.
them we do not want them, wei™, . ,
’ !Though black the band, re
are publishers of the news, not a I , ,
, , , brown, or white,
secret chamber. —Editor. ... , , . ..
All hearts are just the same.
Each one is precious in His sight,
Each one lie calls by name.
And those who hear in every land
With loyal hearts and true,
Will grasp some little brother's
hand
And lead him onward, too.
—Selected.
Notice.
To Directors and Stockholders
of Farmers Co-operative Fire In
surance Co.
The directors of The Farmers
Co-operative Fire' Insurance Co., I
are requested to meet on January!
31, 1922 and the Stockholders!
meeting will be held on February i
8, 1922.
All stockholders are requested
Some Of Our Needs.
To Our Friends. ’
It is with sincere hearts that we
wish to express to our many
friends our high appreciation of
their many deeds of love and kind
ness shown to our dear mother
and ourselves during her last ill
ness.
Little deeds ol kindness,
Little words of love TWi
Draw our’hearts together,
In this world below.
S. A. Griffith and family,
Mrs. F. M. Giles and family,
J. II. Griffith and family,
R. S. Estes (inti family.
M. E. Geer For Mayor,
Atlanta, St,iR Sunday St bool Set - s j[j oll) |, e 011 h an( | promptly at
r - ary, has been named transput- tht , aForesaid hour, ns there are
tation manager lor Georgia. IIr,
O.
Bryan, Secretary of Enlist-,
menfc, for the Home Mission
Board, located in Atlanta, will
make one of the principal addres
ses on enlistment.
The immediate aim of the con-i
vention is to more fully enlist all j
the Baptist forces of the South in 1
personal soul winning and all nth- 1
er Christian work in the local
churches. While there were
practically 250,000 baptisms
among southern Baptists last year
this convention will seek to arouse
the local Bible classes in the task
of enrolling 500,000 Baptists in
winning at least one soul to Christ
during 1022.
some important business matters
to attend to in this meeting. Come,
whether you are interested or not.
W. S. BURNS,
County Agent
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
January 2, 1922,
What about a Depot.
to be present, also please see your ^ R ‘ movement,
blow ditches or blast large stones director and pay y0 ur dues before , Wllat ahflllt sewers”
infields. It local farmers place t | u , directors meeting ; hind the movement.
orders for picric acid,' the writn
will be able tf, give them the in
formation desired and may be
able to have an expert come from
the Georgia State Col lege of Agri
culture to the county and conduct
some individual demonstrations
for farmers, and invite their
neighbors to take in the demon
strations and then be able to do
the-work themselves.
The county agent has order
blanks at his disposal for ordering
picric acid-and any farmer in the
county has the opportunity of
buying this explosive but is re
quired to deposit 7 cents per
pound when the order is given,
which is sent to the State College
of Agriculture where the orders
are totalled and then the earlots
art; ordered from the warehouses.
If a carlot should beordered from
this county, the freight would be
payable when the cat arrives,
otherwise the freight would have
to be paid when the car reached
its first destination. For example
some farmers in Paulding county
ortlered some picric acid anti the
car that contained our explosive
was shipped to Macon and then
we paid the freight from the
warehouse to Macon and the
freight from Macon to Dallas will
be local freight. However, if the
farmers in the county placed
enough orders to make a carlot,
then they would pay the freight
when the car reached Douglas-
ville.
The office at inv disposal w:H be
that of the county school commis
sioner in tin* court house and the
parties who are interested in the
Picric acid deal may place their
orders there, and all inquiries
aboat this explosive will be cheer
fully answered.
Picric acid is stored in ware
houses in Wisconsin and Arizona.
Tax Payers '
Oi r efficient and accommodat
ing tax collector, Mr. J. W. Bag
gett, wishes to say through our
columns, that he will be at his of
fice at theeburt house until af
ter the 17th, Inst., where any who
wish to pay their taxes can find
him.
Ming
W. M. MORRIS. President
J. B. G. BANKS,Secretary.I
Mr. Jim Giles.
Friends of Mr. Giles of the town
anti community are anxious to
have this progressive business j cub'll the spirit of success and
man in the city council. This is ai Progress. Never will there be
time when we need such men, and i Better opportunities than now.
it is to be hoped he will be drafted
What about paving our business'
street.s Get behind the move';
ment.
This is a time when cities and !
public enterprises should move
foward and set the pace and make
il possible for our private enter-1
prises to follow
The friends of M.JE. Geer here
by make formal announcement of
his candidacy for Mayor^of Doug-
Got he- I'lasville at Primary to be held Jan-j ||, a t
‘ nary 21st, 15*22.
Get be-1 t Signed)
HIS FRIENDS.
The stockholders of the Doug.-
lnsville Banking Company met on
last Monday, January 2, 1922, at
the office of the batik. There' were
present fifty-eight stockholders
and a very enthusiastic meeting
was held.
The officers reports showed
that they had a very successful
. year under the existing circum-
At present there are thousands; s t nnecs . The stockholders de-
of unenlisted Baptists in (lie south flared a dividend of fi per cent, to
anti there will be projected at the be paid at once and left a nice
convention a movement to con- ! amount in undivided-profits. The
duct during the fall a' complete l ' ollov '' 1Ilg <,h ' ,,ctovs
His Will
Our City Government
SCHOOL NOTES
Very interesting to the patrons
of tlie Douglasyille school is the
election by the board of Mrs, P
T. Randolph, of Jefferson, as
teacher of Latin anil French, and
Mrs. H. C. Dorris as touched - in
the high school, and Miss Vesta
Merritt sister of Cob Astor Mer
ritt, teacher of Gth grade..
We are glad to welcome these
new teachers to have a part in
already one of the finest schools
in Georgia, but destined to eyen
greater things.
Rev. Floyd E Wright, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Morristown, Tenn., preached a
splendid sermon at the Methodist
churcli last Sunday morning. Mr.
Wright js the father of Mrs. Dr.
Vansant, and was at one time
cashier of the Douglasville Bank
ing Co.
For Marshal
To The Voters Of The Town Of
Douglasville:
At the solicifhtion of my friends! now is Ills time for Douglasville
Outside of the race for Mayor
City Clerk and City Marshal,
seemingly nothing is doing in
city politics. Better sit up and
take notice boys; the time has
come when people like to know
who ami what they vote for; if
you are thinking of running for
the Council and keeping it a sec
ret until the day-of closing an
nouncements hoping to slip in
without giving the people a
chance to know yon anti for what
you stand, you may find your
self disappointed and even should
you succeed in getting in and
should find yourself out of line
with the wishes of the majority
of our progressive citizens, you
doubtless would find your term
in office would be very unsatis-|
factory to you, and without re
sults for good to our little city.
This is a critical time and it takes
men of decision, backbone and
nerve to cope with the problems
and do the things necessary to
push forward and make the city
grow. Perhaps never before
such opportunities as the present
presents for proving the real
grit and worth of a people and
mow not what He has in store
Of earth’s reward, or good, or ill;
promptly and I But this I know, revealed before,
j No thing can he without His will.
! And well His hand doth guide the
j wheel
i Through all the storm across
j the deep;
And not a blast but He doth feel,
However cutting be its sweep.
No night hath been without a
morn,
In which a clearer vision saw,
That through the darkness all
forlorn
There reigned the universal law.
That law has wrought, is "forking
still,
For man the highest good in
love,
And does the earth with good
ness fill
In glory like to that above.
Fret not my soul then for thy lot,
Accept witli joy what He be
stows;
Jeliova’s purpose changetli not,
The grief must be before the
crown.
survey m every community in the
reveal the un-
j churched Baptists and the possi-
! bilities for evangelism among the
I unsaved, this survey to be con-
j ducted by the members of the or
ganized Bible '.'lasses.
The most experienced and suc
cessful Sunday School workers of
the south have been engaged to
address the convention and dis
cuss class me'hods, while some of
the special speakers are William , j
Jennings Bryan, Roger W. Bab-
soii, tlie noted statistician, and
John D. Sage, president of the
Union Central Life Insurance Co.,
Secretary of Labor John J. Davis
has tentatively accepted an invi
tation to deliver an address.
for the
year
1922:
A.
. w.
MeLar-
tv, M.
E. Ot
•er, N
. B.
Durniin, P.
IL- Wi
in),
W. 1.
I).
;i ris
. J. M.
. llatelie
tt, E.
M. Iluffine, J.
T. Dun-
can, I’.
I). Si
•lman
mid
•F. 1
F. Lee.
The
Wins
to nl’.i
rune
it 1 h
uik also
made a
i nice
show
ill",
this
branch
having
been
in o[
>enit
ion
for just
ir lit 1 l.c
more
than
a yc
*ar.
The di-
rectors
and
offie.iii
.Is 0
r tin
.> nmrent
hank v>
•ere v
cry m:
n eh
pleased with
the slit
>\ving
they
mm
le.
The fol
lowing
dim
•tors ’
were
• ele
ded for
j the Wi
nst on
Branch I
illllk
for the
The Mayor’s Race
Since writing up wjmt
year 1922: R. M. Johnston, W.
M. Eiitcrkiii. J. T. Miles. W. W.
Winn and T. A. Thompson.
The following violation was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, All lines of staple
products I hat make up the mar-
ket of the world are in Some way
controlled by the producer or dis
tributor except cotton, which
keeps a favorable trade balance
I with the foreign countries, and
| Whereas, In order to stabilize
j the cotton market whereby the
j producer may gain some of the
profits of his labor by systematic
maWictmg, and ,
Whereas, The Sapiro plan of
ought was going to be a pen ! U: , rketin? m>t!on has already been
■ - * ' adorned by oj f ile cottoft- grow-
fid Mayor’s race, we have
ceived the announcement
re-1
by I
states and appear;-, to be the
most fi n Able and business like
friends of tlie candidacy of Mr.! plan pre.. need in the mitt
I hereby announce my candidacy. t 0 arise and move forward. The
for marshal ot the town of Doug- j opportunity is here; are you aide
lasville, subject to the democratic , to see it and grasp it? If not, by
white primary, to be held on Jan. all means for tlie good of the
21st. If elected, I promise to town, step aside and let some
serve the town to the best of my
ability, not only in the enforce
ment of the various ordinances of
other man or woman with more
fore-sight and decision and nerve
than yourself, have a chance to
the town, but in keeping tlie town do &>r our city the things, neces
clean and streets in best possible | sary to push it forward at this
condition. Your vote anti infill-j critical time
ence will be highly appreciated.
Respectfully,
J. E. DAVIS
Mr. B. S, Barker
M. Earnest Geer for this honor
able office.
We can only say as we ditl last
week, that we believe Mr. Geer
to be a fine man for the place,
but as there is another already in
! the race whom we deem equally
as well qualified for the high and
responsible office, we must stand
aside and let the people select
the man of their choice, leaving
us to present tne claims of each
as they may be brought to us.
These are times of opportunity
and our people should lay aside
every reason except the gootl of
the town and select the man
Friends of Mr. Barker are
pleased to see that lie is honored
by receiving an appointment as
Secrteary of the Atlanta Cham- that can best organize all the
her of Commerce. He is a former
Douglas Comity man having mar
ried Miss Reynolds of Lithia
Springs, he and Ids family resid
ed there for many years. Mrs.
Barker is also a very public spir- j present time.
ited woman and it is with pride i
that we read of their success.
The only kick we have coming
is, we do not see how
Barker says he was
from Atlanta, unless it is that he
considers Atlanta a part of Lithia I
Springs.
people to hack up the advanced
movements that are so neces
sary for our city. Let us all be
for Douglasville. Vote your con
victions for the best man at this
If you are having eye troubles
friend don’t hesitate to have your eyes
formerly examined bv our expert optome
trist from tae Chns. A. Green Op
tical Company, Atlanta, (ia., who
is to be here again oil Aloliday,
Jan 23. He will gladly tell You
! Should we be allowed to make' woman on the council; and if we
! a suggestion, we ' would say it is 1 ar«t in order we would like to j w hether or not you need glasses.
1 needed to have at lease one good 1 nominate Mrs. A. W. McLarty. i j. l. SELMAN & SON
the cotton industry under whiejt
plan the producer may obtain
money for pressin gneeils and al
low for the gradual distribution of
cotton 1o manufacturers, and
Whereas, The State of Georgian
is now in the process of being or -1
ganized under this plan,
Therefore, Be It He solved: That
the stockholders of the Douglas
ville Banking Company tlo hereby
commend the efforts of those en
deavoring to complete said organ
ization and do heartily approve of_
the method of organization and'
lend our aid in securing sufficient
members fur the State of Georgia
to lie. included in tlie allied or
ganizations of . the Co-operative
Cotton Marketing Association for
the crop of 1922.
A unanimous vote of thanks was
extended by the stockholders to
both the parent hank and the
branch hank at Winston for the
splendid showing they had made
for the past year.
After the stockholders meeting
adjourned the directors met and
elected J. T. Duncan, president;
A. WL McLarty and M. E. Geer,
vice-presidents, anil G. T. MeLar-
ty, cashier; J. O. Saver, assistant
cashier, and (’. C. Johnston, cash
ier at the Winston hank.
Dr. D. W. Key, of Atlanta, will
preach morning and evening at
the Baptist church Sunday. Let
a goml congregation he present
to hear this great man.