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A lurriffu: cyclone swept across
the’southern section' of- Dougin
voiinty Sunday I’. M. March Ihth.
The cyclone dropped to earth a-
! Hint oil''mile west of Tyre, and
sapidly traveled east, it soon left a
track of ruins,
A new unoccupied dwelling
house just south of l'yre.was coru-
pletly destroyed. Barns and other
buildings on Mr. Shell's pi net*
were destroyed, only his residence
was untouched.
The verandas and part ol tin*; ijjjslotl on 11*20 crop,
roof were snatched an ay from j Mr. Fortune has made many
the dwelling of Mr. (unties Mol-1personal friend in Douglas Coont.v
land, several minor building, wag- by his conduct and the earnest
ins, and farm tools were scattered ness p, which he present the cause
tar from their places. ! of ‘‘Co-Operative Marketing of
» Mr. Emmitt Daniel's home, near Cotton''
McWhorter, was reduced to a mass j Aft0 ‘ adc |,. essing the faamers of
of ruins. Mr. Daniel and his two Bill Arp f anme rs signed the
aged sisters were found by the con tract.
oand of rescutes buried beneath , He w ill address a farmers meet-
ihe heaps of debris beams, rafters j ng , d Fairplny School House
Tite t -ytihtr March. Te
; Superior Court .. *:r. <
ty morning Mptn dud
Irwin of Cedneto.wn presidin'.*,,
Judge Irwin lh tierr.* ! Ids usual
able charge to 'the Grand dun*.
Laying stress on the financial con
dition of the couniv, adnioni* bin •*.
UU
IVb Fill
The fourth muni
of Lyceum* attractions given under
the auspeces of tin* Douglass il'e
Civic League will lie presented at
t he **eh'"’I auditorium tonight ft
day at c’ight o’clock.
abolish the office of the farm Gem - i The Indies have secured foe this
oust rater in this county. : mini hot* the Patricia Trio, headed them to lm ik carefully into the '
Mr. W. S. Burns who has been by Miss Patricia Gilmore, one of cords of the different county off i
serving as farm dcmonstiator this Chicago's well known musicians.’ cials, see they an* * correctly kept
year moved his faim|\ to Brook, i She is an accomplish artist a.t ,:l "d the law complied with, dud
Ky.. where he expect to I'nrui this,, | u , pjano and the possessor of a1 Irwin also laid etnphu*is on the fact
| lyric soprano voice of intrinsic i that men higher ut» should la
beau tv. Miss Beulah Margolis i taught they. caumjt "commit crime
trait,., and :i"a go uipunislttil. while Uk .. a'Witio»al p.operty.lax will be put
Mr. Benin,# Hchrteder, baritone j poor is being h a ilecH»t» court. pW,ple l,y meanst,t theS *
soloist, are Miss Gilmore’s assist- Several judgments by default
of ini-j have been taken during the work.
Verdicts in the following divorce
| cases rendered, Mrs. Dora Boat
wright \s. Hoy Boatwright, 2nd,
year
We doubt very much if the nut
• i horities acted wi# in lotting Mr. reader and
The above is a good liklU’SS of Burns, go as we'bolieve ho would J al ’.' 1 '*! ' ',, 11 ,"'
Mr. H. B. Fortune, a Gwinnett i have saved the farmers of Douglas
County Farmer who is directing county much more than his salary Aints *ind each is mi artist
the drive in Douglas County for a j amounted to, and we believe t,lu * t I , lsl ,. l t' rtt-iiiimiMilrs
sign-up of 25!ib bales of cotton j the people will demand that a (to-1
ihonstrator be employed next year. ,
datemenl given to the ,:m ss
this week h\ i loir. .1. B. Daniel, of
i.nGrangi*. L* <—idvnt * f the t!eor-
gia <iood Hoad:-, Association, a .4ni*.
ancc is given the voters of the
. state who are interested in • cur-
,l* i ihg good roads for Georgia by
IIH'U'I of the .s75.iino,0'iO state road
bond issue that not one penny's
Eight Counties Go
“Over Top” In
Big Cotton Driv#
Miss Maude Cobh
Sues J. L. Kufees
For False Arrest
Eight counties out of seventy,
eight in which the cotton pool#
campaign is being conducted were
reported “over the top’’ as a result
, , _ - . . . of the Victory Week drivo of tho
and planks were qmckly removed, Saturday, March 25th, at 2 p. M. I sta tu farmers cooperative cotton
and the tllree injured persons | marketing plan.
were rescued, then* injuries are. VILl A RICA Victory week, with twelve hun-l ted as she was on her way to his
thought not to lie serious. , - . j dred farmers, in addition to the home to secure certain papers and
The track rif the cyclone was Miss (ileeo Wilson of Atlantal *. of (he & letters concerning an allege, I l.rok-
Miss Mantle Cobb, a school tea
cher of Villa Rica, Ga., filed suit
Saturday in the Fulton superior
cort for $25,000.against ,1. L. Kur-
fees, . president , of the Phoenix
Supply company, charging him
with having bail her falsely acres
>nly about forty yards wide, large’spent the
fees uprooted, and small ones folks.
week-end with home
1 regular organizing fori
was drawn to the sky. It was a*
■ t* ue eyeh me. A grand spectacle
to see! The mighty suction whirl
ing high over head, like Ike roar
ing of an army, then the heavy
'block mass of (he conical part o f
he* funnel winding and twisting in
a thousand shapes, and then d
»*,,*.;; madly v< 1 urn'■ i : * * • >•
to work its mission.uf destmei
Site! a power should leael
all that iJtei'c is a God that rub
.a thafcsyan is onlya dost worm
Mr . Itidph < 'happell spent tin
week-end at Pome.
•Mr. Grady Cole of
spent .Sunday with fricii
Mr. and Mis. Tin pies
ing in* (Irceii'V i|le. „
AD . and Mrs. W. L,
speiation, actively taking the field en marriage engagement between
in lieh: If of th'* cotton pool netted j the two.
Iheolrgani/.alion ivsiguup of 51),<> ! She alleges that after being de-
Atlanta
1, here.
Ilia
■)HMcDonough spent Sunday* hen*
‘’V’iValTTe'.nTT.'-ir^-' * *
m. Mrs. W. li
,ls n iiffiuv vi^ii
Miss Miiiy
|u*nt tho woe
Uiw-
i ooU and
ijt in A ilo lUis w ook
White ol Atlanta
end with her pai-
l-llts
fieri al Campaign for SolidtinK Men
lnr* ,, i|> to the Georgia Sweet l*o-
(nto Growers T\ss°ein(ion
Al is. i K. (iilland has roturnod
home after a weeks visit in (iiii'i'in.
Mosers 1 hianl .Austin and Floyd
Akin were (iriffin visitors last
week
Miss Montin Tolhei t and brother
Interest in the Association is \r e al of the A. and M. school at
growing. We eonlith'iitly expect t .urolltiui spent the week-end with
i membership of 3000 with ,10000 their father, Mr. T. \V. Tolbert.
t*> 2bO!X) acres pledged by April 1. Mesdnnn*, Marvin Bryce and
\ Special campaign will begin
Monday. March 2<. and continue
e() bales of cotton.
The entiro. machine will be kept
i intact and will forge steadliy uheml
u*nli| the close of tl*<* I’ampaijjrt
: April first.
i The eight counties -which are
j.uo'v over the top in the oriter of
: their crossing then* (|llot'* line an*
Ihirl, Banks.'Wheeler, ('lay. Dago
j Cherokee Franklin and Bullock.
! The largest sing-tip numerically
* to date is that of Franklin nunity
which has signed 12,000 hales.
For a county to go over tin* lop
taint'd id the policcc station from
8:00 I’. M. September 10. 1010 u»- j
til 2:00 1’. M. September 21J, the;
charge of disorderly conduct a-j
gainst l"T was dismissed by t -
cordi r George E. Johnson.
Miss Ciibli charges tied s lie Was
• Ifni* i bMhttid that i'b<* m*r *■*!
made al the request of Mr. Kur-
fees.
A temporary order restraining
Miss Cobb front ’ bothering" him I
was secured several months ago by j
Mr. Kurfees. The temporary’
Verdict
Mrs. Susie B. Johnson vs. John
H. Johnson 2nd. Verdict.
Mrs. Florine Gantt vs. ^Portress
Lee Gantt 1st. Verdict.
Tilt* criminal docket will he
taken up next Monday and from
all indications will be a busy week
Sol. Gen. J. H. Hutcheson is
looking after the interest of the
State.
Among the visiting Attorneys
at court was seen. Messrs Ed
wards and Griffin of Buchanan,
Mr. Boynton of Carrollton, Messrs.
James, Hopkins ami Barge of At
lanta Messrs. Hagsdnl
of Dallas.
Altllo the prim • i ,
mnnthc off the three
Solicitor Greneral we
illicce aojJ erealeil nn
eomment, Titey are
1 Specific provision is made in the
i proposed constitutional amend- .
meat against this, Mr. Daniel said:
’’The next legislature simply
* must provide a state fund for road"
! building or forfeit participation in
federal aid, There is no way out
of this, and the sensible thing to
do is to provide a fund of suffici
ent size to gunraritee completion*
of the state highway system i „
keeping with the standards re
quired by feedral engineers on all
federal-aid roads, while w*e are at
it."
’’In the Iasi f.ittr years Georgia
has dropped from fourth to sev
enth place in agricultural rating
among the states. Shy* stands
forty-first in education, and only
this week oar local papers carried
•r a Washington
l etieus figures of
uni Spinks ; | news item mu
| d ate line giving
United State:
Go
d Douglas*
if Buchnm
huh.*.,.: It*,*
*' Ally
and ,\t
auiil.tles for
•call ill evi-
ih favorable
’ol. Ale Early
*m*y Griffin
* other
i'limatt
lltll'Mi;
lil that
•meat
impu-
• li wo
is un
is (led
i trees
state,
• Very
Potato Curing
$mith=Stacey
the entire week, for the purpose
uf giving every farmer in the coun
ty an opportunity of joining the
association.
Will'make an effort to see each
i >sto AI; in :
Atlanta.
pcnlthe
with its quota it was explained at order subsequently was dissolve
th e association headquarters,! when il eameup for hearing befoi
mean tluil it has signed one-third Judge George I.. Bell.
of the entire dottim production of,
the county. '
'I In quotas of tin* counties on
wltic h the association is conccnl-
raling tolal TIP,001) hides ami if
the Citmpaign were to move per-
k-. nd in leclly the association would sigu
; nearley that amount. There
doubtless be many countii
U. /Wtittts j will not complete their own quotas
ct, im,us *, ot|uM>s ^ v|lil , h j mer near Douglasville, while Mr
\\ heeler coun
j On Sunday afternoon \Rev.
Waddell ni rformed the ceremony
(that lmiteri Miss A'lmFs Smith and
! Mr, Hubert Stacey in the holy
(bonds of wedlock.
farmer in the county during that I ^ ^ at 2 *:t0 F
week.
W. M. Morris, Dir p ctoi
W. C. I
l>ut there will' hi
The W. <'. T. L. will meet at the j wj || bouDIe the
Home ol Mrs. J. F. Long Monday,
M.
Mrs. J. .1. Ivirby will conduct
the program.
which j Mrs. Stacey |s the daughter* of
Mr. (). C. Smith, a successful I'ar-
FROM FARM TO MILL DIRECT
Stacey is the soil of Mr. and .Mis.
, r , , , , . ,,!•!. W. Stui'ev, of route G„
ty for example has already signe'i ,, ,*. ,..
, 1 he.Sentinel joins their mum'
over two thirds of its entire cotton . . , . . , . — , ,
association ''lends in wishing them a long and
production and the
officials are taking great encourage
rnent from the fact that in hrnnriib
it is the heaviest cotton counties
like Franklin and Hart, that are
today making the strongest show
ing.
S. S. Institute
happy life.
Near East Relief
Society met Friday evening, Mar
ch 10th, at the home of Willie
Did you know that more than j Clark,
two hundred thousand war orp Nannie Kirby, Garret Hayes, and
haus over in Armenia are wholly , Mary Lewis gave us interesting
Next Saturday, March 25. there
will be an all day Sunday School
j Insitutc at Bethel Methodist
church, from 10: a. m- to TOO p.
Miss Marie Parham, of Atlanta,
: and Rev. W. W. Carroll, of Rome,
will lie the principal speakers,
j AH lovers of Sunday School work
| are invited to attend and enjoy
the day. Gome and get much iu-
spration as well ns information on
!Ihe'great forward work of t i> e
Sunday School.
W. A. Woodruff. Pastor,
Ib '!
Surely the cry of a
the simplest „. „ IV .
They have no bread nor clothe* ,e : l ‘ x| eans.
except as these are furnished py l country ill such need of mission-
voluntary contribution tiom those j to spread the doctrine of
who are more fortunate. Otlieri Uhristiaility "oukl appeal to the
suffering ones of the world are aid- heart al some boy or girl, and in-
ed by government apjiropraitiou i spire hitni ogoto a foreign field
these persecuted people ol ;1 | 1( | there engage in the greatest
rccei
such
the
Which si
Intion tu
boast a *
surpassed. Georgia’s unde
agricultural and mineral,r<
are a crying shame upon the
and vet we In sit.de to do the
tll A ia Lint :- _ id remedy 'i ki.se '
i'ohditions--l'iiiid good roads all
over the slate;" >
' I’ermekte our ino.untains a nd
House Assured plains with highways ami Ft t'h e
people here get a vision of what
we really have, and then watch
Georgia grow "
"Any fear that the road bonds
will bring additional tax burden
mai Li't l| P r,n t ' IL ‘ P 1M, i >| e is simply a mis-
take, ’’said Mr Daniel. "Why we
arc paving far heaver toll to o u ^
hud mails toiltiv than the good
roads would cost us even if u di
rect tax levy were made to build
: them. And when you take into
'consideration that the state High
way Department proposes to build
this great network of roads within
ten years, if given the funds with
which to do it, and that t lies 6
funds can be provided by (lie bond
With Willie Clark issue which cun be retired in tbit*-
; V years with the automobile 11*
I cense fees and gasoline tax, with-
The Young People’s Missionary ul| t any additinol tax levy, it is in
conceivable that there could be
found anyone in the state who
would really oppose the bond
issue.
-Mr Daniel said it had never
been proposed hy the Good Roads
Association to issue $75,000^000 in
bonds all at once, bill their effor
is to secure authorization for the
issut'ancc within ten years of that
amount or such amount as could
he retired by the automobile lic
ense fees and gasoline tax. He
tid there never would lie otic day
A sweet potato curing house ir
1 j sured iu I loiiglusvilie if we get ci
: j otigli’aeragi* signed by April 1st. .*■
S we can affiliate through theStiri
js.veel potato growers association
; We arc also assured
for all tin* potatoes we can grow,
in Douglas ('inin’ty, If wc inula* on
ougli to interest the wholesale and
commercial people, so lots mala* at
our business as individuals to get
tin* acreage signed up.
\V. M. MORRIS
Y. P. M. S. Meets
JULXiE McLARTY
FAVORS SALARY FOR
work on earth, servic
master.
After the business me
many interesting games and
for li
"’hen interest would bo accmnlat-
ing on tlie entire issue, as *11,quo
ting. DUO of the first issues would lie re
coil- tired before the final issue is put
but
Christian faith
monies.
I*'ii tin* nil ore tin* I'nitcil States
is in better conditipii to do the
every trill*, act for “then tilth
ones’’ than any other nation ,,,* tests were enjoyed. Misses Helen <>n the market,
all. You and I*may not have all; i ' n ^ Louise Clark then served de-’ Mr. Daniel urged that women
we need lmt mimy if not Jill of ns lidous tvfroshments. j register and be prepared to vote
can spare sometliiiig'for these des. I ht* next meeting ol t' i * * \. P. jthis most important matter,
titntc* ones. M. S. will In* a socicl at Edwin
Five dollars will feed one of Baggett’s Ipitne on Faiduy P. M.
these children one month. Ten! Match 2Uh. it 7 ::io. Newilli'iil-
SOLICIT OR QENERALj dollars will supply alt of his need tier.*, are * < “il iol! * ttiG***J
'he People Of Douglas County: for one month. L* t’s ,*.*.* th* p •:.*• , i>*
lilla* 'I.;.* till*'!*;,’ ' if von arc moved to give am |., s vjdi* tin *.;,;. v.inug p.r.ip! • t
1 i -. * I* * * “' v '■*•'* phvii are ,i live* •.viuj and are
" •■* •■•*" ’' *■ I ' .*•-'• In the
.JUDGE Met.ARIA I OR SOLICITOR
GENERAL
till* re
• ’ - I to say * Ir: t i t
hai ls, Jucli'v J. H,
' , l * i* . ill ' '• a eaiciitla i* I'm* So
licitor Gencni! of the Tallnpuesa Cir
cuit, in the primary to he held rev*
.L
v It .*•■
D. M* 1
Pi,
■A'.
I 1 l
A formal
'**f.y