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jEORGIA sentinel
VOL. XVII
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA JANUARY 20, 1922
NUMBEf J41
Value Of Georgia
Crops 250,000
Loss Prom 1020 of $89,639,000
It is indeed’ interesting even
though it brings n pain, to look
backward by comparison and see
just how it all happened. Cotton,
our biggest crop, with n loss of
$36,850,000 from the crop of 1921,
certainly landed a blow to the
south hard to sustain, and if it
were not for the diversity of <nir
crops, all would l>e to the bad, but
this one saving point, gives hope
and a chance to recover.
With our corn crop 69,975,000
bushels, an excess over 1020 of
4,075,06b bushels and our wheat
crop of 1,240,(XX) bushels for 1021,
our bread and meat supply for the
farmers is pretty safe. Add to
our bread and meat supply, our
vegetable and fruit crops, and
taken as a whole, it doesen’t look
so bad except for the already
heavy encumbrancy caused by
Ihe high prices of fertilizers tmd
low price of cotton.
So it would seem if our farmers
would practically cut out cotton,
the cause of our losses, and adopt
the other crops which are now
supporting the losses on cotton, a
dawn of a better day would be
nigh.
Take the four largest Oeorgiu
crops after cotton and corn, as
they stand relatively for 11*21,
Peaches $10,480,000, Hay $9*638,-
000, Sweet Potatoes $7,818,000
aiid Syrup $4 226,000, figures
that present a formadable array
of power to sustain life and indus
try and to banish debts, and to
think of the ease with which they
can be produced on our soil and
the possibilities of enlarged mark
ets for same, the wonder is that
any one, even the most uninform
ed would continue to grow cot
ton under the present liazurdou
contions.
Miss Griffith
Entertains.
Miss Bessie Pa ye Griflith elite-
tabled the Young Peoples’ Mis
sionary Society Friday evening in
a most charming manner.
After the business meeting was
over, progressive conversation
and a Bible contest was enjoyed,
Quitf/a number of the members
were present and several new
names enrolled. At a late hour
the hostess assisted by Miss Nell
Giles served a salad course and
hot tea.
A Card. ✓
A rumor is on the streets to the
effect that my candidacy for the
marshalls office was launched for
the purpose of aiding one and de
feating another. I wish to say this
is not true. I entered ot my own
will because I wished and needed
the office and I am running for
and in behalf of my own candida
cy only and will very much ap
preciate the votes of any and ull
who agree with my platform of
sobriety and good order.
W. R. SMITH.
Mr. W. P. Muse
Of Temple, Ga.
The name Muse is especially
dear to the writer who had the
pleasure of working for Geo.
Muse, of Atlanta, tor twelve years
and was pleased to class him
as one the best men of his ac
quaintance. Also he is proud of
Ins acquaintance with Mr. \V. P.
Muse, the subject of this article,
although it lias been some years
since we have met. Mr. Muse, it
is understood lias purchased the
stock of Ahiiand & McKay and
will move to Douglasville and
continue the hardware business
at tile same old stand, and while
we miss our friends, Ahiiand &
McKoy, we are proud that their
successor is to be one worthy of
our esteem and confidence and
wish for him the fullest measure
of success. It is a distinct addi
tion to any community to have
such men come among them, and
it is with peculiar pleasure that
we extend the glad hand to Mr.
Muse and welcome him to Doug-
lasville and predict that he will
not only succeed himself here,
but that he will be a live mover
in every enterprise for the good
of our section.
Come on brother Muse, and
may niany more follow.
NEGRO ATTEMPTS ASSAUL1
ON YOUNG WHITE WOMAN
NEAR DOUGLASVILLE
Thursday morning about 8 a short chase, caught the negro
o’clock, two miles north of Doug- about two miles from the scene,
lasville, Mrs. Grover Blair, wife of lie was carried back and identi-
one of our young farmers, waslfiedby Mrs. Blair and is now
Commercial High
Wins 30 to
The Commercial High Five won
from D. H. S., on the local court
Friday in a fast but one sided
game, 80 to 5.
The visitors had decidedly the
best quintet seen on the local
court this year; and for them
Welsh, Pan and Diehl ran the
Harris Fighting; to Re
tain Village Mail
Service
Opposition to the recommenda
tion of Postmaster General Hayes
in his annual report for the aboli
tion of village delivery mail ser-
vice, which has been expressed by
U. S. Senator Harris, of Georgia,
has been highly commended by
prominent citizens of the state.
Numerous communications from
patrons at various Georgia offices
have been sent to Senator Harris,
and be is replying to their protests
with the assurance that lie will
fight the department’s recommen
dation. Offices like Douglasville,
Abbeville, Manchester, Greensbo
ro, and other Georgia towns would
be affected.
In the lower national house,
Representative Thomas M. Bell,
of Georgia, is a member of the
Postoffice committee which will
consider the Hayes’recommenda
tion.
The report of the Postmaster
General •shows that the village de
livery service was first created as
an “experiment” hi 1913 with an
approporiation of $100,000. The
appropriation has been increased
from year to year until at present
it is $1,500.00, with salaries of $1,-
200 as the present maximum. Vil
lage delivery lias been inaugurated
at 749 offices, with 1,169 carriers
as follows: Second class offices,
265; carriers 227, and 484 third
class offices with 682 carriers.
Village delivery is a service first
designed for the convenience of
patrons without city or rural de
livery, and to relieve congestion in
postoffice lobbies.
attacked by a stray negro by the | Douglas county jail. The negro was ^° or * n kreat style, Welsh also
name of Gene Williams while at armed with a large butcher knife
the spring near her home. Mrs. | which wue taken from him by the
Blair was fortunate, however, to. officers.
outrun him and got to the house
unharmed. News was immediate
ly phoned to the sheriff, who sent
a deputy, assisted by Mr. Joe
Harding and a enable as fine as
the best of bloodhounds, and after
Everybody is quiet and best of
order prevails—Sheriff Baggett
adding, “There’s no whiskey here
now as that is nearly always the
cause of trouble.
Rev. G. H. Waddell
The West Ga. Land Co. is proud
to say that they have had part in
bringing this good man and his
family to live in our midst: we
need him, and believe he will be a
power for good among us.
He is a retired Methodist minis
ter from the North Carolina con
ference, and has bought a large
farm about two miles south of
Douglasville. We give them a
hearty welcome.
The Handmaiden
of Prosperity
( From The Atlanta Constitution *
If this is to be a brisk business
year, as predicted by those who
speak with business authority, it
must l>e an advertising year in all
commercial lines.
Already there are signs, in
every commercial community that
it is going to be such. The mer
chants of the small towns are out
with optimistic announcements of
a business revival, taking more
space in their home papers to ex
ploit what they have to sell-
weeding out Uie old stock and
bringing the new to the front.
“Bankers, linawiers and lead
ing business men generally," says
the Albany (Ga,) Herald, “are
forecasting derided improvements
in business conditions early this
year,” and it adds that—
“In this ago of advertising it is
impossible to reach the -public as
effectively in any other way as
through the columns ol the news
papers. For everybody reads
them. It is to the unremitting use
of printers’ ink that the conspicu
ously successful m e rc h a n t i 1 e
houses of the country owe their
splendid success, for the times
have taught that the public is too
busy fb hunt for what it wants in
places which do not advertise,
when there are so many adver
tised articles, and so many estab
lishments which keep themselves
prominently before the public, to
relieve buyers of the trouble ol
haphazard hunting for anything
! that’s sold in stores or shops.”
A year of persistent, judicious
advertising is what will qpunt for
more and better business, keep
the goods moving and help the
town where the goods are sold.
For right advertising is not on
ly helpful to the firm or individual
but it speaks the best busines-
word for the town itself. It has
been putting towns “on the map"
since it first became iudespensible
iu the life of business.
So, whatever prosperity this
New Year may bring to any town
or section,, the way to keep it up
to the high mark is to tell the
world about it every day in the
year.
That is what Business has
started out to do, and the money
invested in “the printed word” in
a standard newspaper is a paying
Subscription “j™ 1 "''" 1 f, “ mry p '""' °'
Clubing Rates, Business is after results, and
| advertising never fails to bring
Our subsciption price lias been j
put at $1.00
The Progressive Farmer regu-| W. R. Smith for Mar-
lar price is $1.0<*. j shal
We can give you the two foi l
$1-50- j I wish to announce to my friends
Let us have your subscription j and the public, that I am a candi-IS
please. | date for City Marshal, subject to j if,
j the Primary. I stand for sobriety Si
I and good order, and will appreci- |*3
ate the votes of all who stand for
Powells Chapel.
scoring 19 of his teams points.
The Douglasville team fought
hard, passed well’, but lacked team
work and ability to t>nd the bask
et. D. H. S., is in its first year of
high school basket ball and
is playing some of the fastest lives
in North Georgia. Her object at
present is to learn basket ball re
gardless of scores, and if she can
have the support of the town as
well as the student body in a short
time you will tind her on the win
ning side.
For Douglasville the playing of
Mathews, Stephens and H. Aber
crombie featured.
Rev. Silvey filled his regular
appointment at Chapel last Sun
day.
Misses Erma anil Eva Steed
spent Thursday afternoon with
Miss Mnble Wallace.
Mrs. Henslee, of Little Vine,
spent last week at the bedside of
iter daughter Mrs. Tom Tyson. I
am very glad to report she is do
ng nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Clauder Hembree
announce the birth of a son, Jau.
8th. Grandpa Will looks very old,
he was walking with a stick last
week.
Mrs. I). B. Langston, spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs.
Lula Gillaud of near Villa Rica.
I am glad to report 1 hut our sick
ones are improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edge, of Hu-
lett spent Saturday here visiting
the sick ones.
Misses Vidue and Belle Lang
ston spent Saturday afternoon
with Miss Mnble Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Henslee, of
Little Vine, were the guests of his
sister Mrs. Tom Tyson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Newell spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Solomon
Tyson at Pleasant Grove,
Prof, and Mrs. Owen Gillaud
spent Saturday night in Villa Rica,
Miss Florence Swofford spent
Friday night with her sister Mrs.
Mary Thompson. Reports from tiie bedside of Dr
Mr. Barnie Wallace, Mr. Carl j Garrett are to the effect lie is do-
Mayfield, Misses Erma and Eva! *"K very nicely. Doctor has been
Steed spent Sunday with Mr. and k*i< 1 up with rheumatism for a
Mrs. Newborn Moore, at White j time. He is greatly missed, and
(jjty j we hope for his speedy recovery
Mr. Glenn Selman.
Friends will be grieved to learn
»f the very serious illness with
phneumonia of Mr. Selman. At
this writing he is passing through
asinkiug spell and his family and
friends feel very much concerned
about his condition.
It goes without saying they
have our deepest sympathy, and
and lies! wishes.
Correspondents
We want to express our appre
ciation of each and every one of
those who are trying to help us
make our paper interesting by
sending us the items of news
from their various communities.
We should have many more and
we hope others will become in
terested.
Dr. Luke Garrett.
All West Ga.Benefited
by Opening of 13. S.
N. & I. C.
Bowdon is the happy location
but all this section is much inter
ested in the opening a few days
ago of Bowdon State Normal &
Industrial College. It is a state
institution and a branch of the
University. It supplies the two
latter courses of a high school and
and carries two classes into a
college course, or in other words,
is a high class Preparatory school.
The opening services were largely
attended and were interesting.
Judge Geo. F. Gober, of the board
of Trustees of the University and
Chancellor David Crenshaw Bar-
row, were the principal speakers,
and pictured in their speeches,
the unlimited opportunites for good
and the great worth of education
and Christian character.
Dr. G. W. Camp, a native of the
Free State of Carroll is at the
head of the institution, which is a
matter of pride to the whole sec
tion.
Prof. Ben B. Beall
By the opinion of the writer no
finer man or more lovable charac
ter ever moved to Douglasville
than the subject of this article,
who is building for himself and
family a splendid home on West
Broad St. Such a man is indeed
a distinct added blessing to any
community and we extend to him
in behalf of our good people, the
hand of a hearty welcome.
There are many beautiful char
acters in the history of the past
well as in our day a"d time,
but perhaps as lovely as the love
liest of them all, was our own Sid
ney Lanier, whose beautiful musi
cal poems and especialv hiy V " 1 72
and loving letters stir our hearts
to higher and better emotions.
Such is the character of the sub
ject of this article, and we are
never i,n his presence long without
thinking of the resemblence of the
two characters- His beautiful in
spiring music and loving and ten
der verse adped to his kind and
expressive iieari, rounds out
such a character that gives to us
that promise of God to Abraham,
that for one righteous man he
would spare the city. Surely with
this good man in our midst we
can claim this promise and are
safe under his protecting charac
ter. We are glad to welcome
him.
LOST.—Gold Eversharp Pen
cil. Finder return and receive | these prineiples ,
reward from, Dr. R. E. Hamilton. |
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