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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1122.
Douglas County
Sentinel
Official Organ Douglas County
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
Z. T. LMKE
Editor and Publisher
Entered at Postoffice at Douglas-
ville, Ga., ai SSecond Class Mail.
j THE AfeKWICAN PR^33 ASSOcIatToN
Easter was not very appropiale
for uiaplaynig new dresses, bonnets,
suits and straw nats.
file advertiser is the one who
really bus nomathlng to oiler you an-i
is tne one win, gets me busmens. And
haven i you noticed mat he is uie one
that usually saves you money'/
Three announced candidaitea for
Solicitor General of the Tallapoosa
Circuit means perhaps an early warm
ing up of the campaign.
DUNCAN'S CROSSING
You can help your fellow men.
You must help your fellow men. Hut
the only way you can help them is by
being the nobliest and the best man
-that it is possible for you to be—Phil
lip Brooks.
- Trifling actions effect a man's
credit. The sound of your hammer
at five in the morning or nine at
night, heard by a creditor, makes
him easy six months longer.—ben
jamin Franklin.
Une thing is very noticable and that
is that the present republican admin
istration is giving us too much ram;
but we huve always observed that
they either overdo or under-do every
thing they undertake next thing it
will be too dry.
"As a mail tnuiKetn, so is he," is
a formidable truth, und applies to
business us wen as morals. lou can
believe your business ueud ana it is
but a you believe in it anu boost it
you wni com uut on top.
Mr. 1' red Giles handed us the fol
lowing stiuib: "Early to bud and
early to rise; Worn like h-l and
Auvertasc.'
Iguite appropiate at present, don't
you trunk!
If Douglas county would organize
a poultry association and get about
twenty-live thousand good hensf do
you realize that it would meun about
one hundred thousand dollurs in real
cash profits per year? Tulk it over
with your neighbor, start in u small
way and gorw into one of the lurgest
in, ustries ot the country.
Tile countryman produces the
weuun of America, yet, wnun ne
We were told this week by a poul-
tryunm that the uveruge income from
; a good luying hen, tor oggs alone, at
I prevailing prices, is about #7.50 per
i year. He also suys he can feed these
, hells for #2.00 thus making each hen
; pay a profit of #5.50. Five hundred
I hens would thus give a net income of
I#2700. this sounds prclly good ill
boll-weevil times.
Bells ms prouuei, Du bus no suy uuout
tnu price lor wnicn it snail sun,
neither uus nu any say auout the
pnee ol waal ne uuys.
Gongress recently created u new
Feuerai uuugcanip lor Georgia and tne
appointment win ue modem the near
future. As' To the victor belongs the
spoils ", the new Juuge win be a re
publican.
Last Weeks’ Letter
ar end Mrs. Horace Hrown, ot
1 Lithia Springs spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brooks.
Mr. M. D. Jourdan spent Sunday
in Atlanta.
Mr. W. H. Brown was in Atlanta
Saturday on business.
'..Mrs.'Fred Gore gave a quilting
last Tuesday, those present were:
Mesd&mes Dudley Harbin, M. G.
Gore. Bush Gore, Clarence Gore and
J. T. Jordan.
Mrs. John Klee of Atlanta and
Mrs. J. L. Durian, of Bill Arp are
spending a few days with their mo
ther, Mrs. W. H. Brown.
Mrs. W. H. Brown is doing very
nicely after undergoing a very ser
ious operation, having her leg am
putated just below her knee. We all
wish her a speedy recovery.
The school at Beulah has stopped
1 am sorry to say, as there is a
number of children that need to be in
sc n ool and could go for six months
yet. it looks ns if our board of trus
tees could get In behind this and
us n teacher, we have our taxes to
pay Just the same whether we have
n teacher or not. and we think and
feel as if"wc — are 'entitled to a school
six or seven months out of the year
the writer has no children to send
but he is inetersted in ms neiguuurs
und in tne community ut large.
file Muuier und Brothers ot Mrs.
W. H. Brown of, rairourn anu Union
Uity visited her last week end.
arts. Mat. Kuthertord is some bet-
ttcr we are glad to say.
aMr. Fuyett Huey has Bio.iu Foison
e wis lihint u speedy re-
The New fork Stock Exchange very
generously offers to allow us to give
their organization free publicity not
only in town but in the rurul districts
and kindly offers to furniHh us with
additional matter as we can use it
It may bo an honor to a country pa
per to publish free advertising for
so prominent a concern, but untilv e
can \usc this honor in setling our
monthly bills, wo beg to be oxcused.
in his c
covery.
fir. J- B. Jordan anj family meter
ed out to Mr. J. T. Jcr.lfi s. Sunday.
Mr. J. T. Jordan was in Atlunta
Monday, on business.
The furmers in th's community are
getting nnioxus to he in the Held
and some of :!icm put "plow gear'
on theor mules every time tho sun
peeks out, they are getting ready
to raise ’’oil weevils this year.
OLDFIELD 999 TIRES
INNER TUBE FREE
Have you seen the new BARNEY OLDFIELD
Tire that retails for $9.99 in the 30x3 1-2? The
30x3 in this tire retails for $8.99, and both these tires
carry the highest guarantee.
In order to get these tires introduced to our
trade, we will give an inner tube FREE with each
OLDFIFLD CASING purchased
from us in the next ten days.
We also carry a full line of Firestone,
Goodyear, Fisk Red Top, United States,
Goodrich and Kelley Springfield Tires
and can fit you up in any size in these
other makes.
Come in and look over our
Line.
FORD CARS.
J. R. DUNCAN
FORDSON TRACTORS
Will Buy Beef Cattle
And Veal Calves.
Also Trade Mules and Horses
J. T. (Pete) JORDAN
ROUTE 7. AT DUNCAN’S CROSSING
Look at These Prices—
Why Pay More?
Col. S. W. Ragsdale
Annoin:esfor Office
Of Solicitor-General
| Doss 30x3
$7.75
| “ 30x3 1-2
9.75
| Goodrich 30x3
9.80
| “ 30x3 1-2
1
13.75
| Perfection 30x3
i;
8.00
In this week’s paper will he
found tho formal announcement,
of Hon. S. W. Ragsdale for the
office ol Solicitor-Ueneral of the
Tallapoosa Circuit
Mr. Ragsdale needs no intro
duction to the people of this coun
ty, having been prominently be
fore tln-m for a number of years.
He has served this county in the
House of Represenlive, and in
1920 and 1921 represented the
Thirty-eight district in the Senate.
It was through his efforts while a
member of the senate that the
Dallas High School became a free
School.
During his residence in Dallas:
has been actively indentified with
the most progressive movements
of town and county. He is presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce
and chairinun of the Dallas school
board. He is endowed with a
vigorous, aggressiee nature which
would peculiarly fit him for the
duties of the office he seeks. His
ability as a lawyer is attested by
the rapidly growing practice which
he enjoys, and this ability, coupled
with the whole hearted zeal and
unflagging euergy which he gives
to whatever he undertakes, should
assure him a most successful ad
ministration of the affairs of the
office of Solicitor General if he is
elected.--Dallas New Era.
30x31-2
10.00
All Other Tires In Preportion
Slaughter & Barrow
Jook
Four tokens must the bride's cake hold:
A silver ■hilling and a ring of gold,
A ery»tal charm, good luck to aymbol.
And for tho aowor’a hand a thimble.
GOOD FOOD FOR EVERY DAY
A GOOD chowder for a chilly day
Is the following:
Onion Chowdor.
Cook two cupfuls of finely minced
onion in six tablespoonfnls of batter
for thirty minutes, or until the onion
U soft and yellow, not browned. Add
tight potatoes, pared and sliced, one
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful
of sage, marjoram and other herbs, one
quart of water. Cook until the pota
toes are tender; add three cupfuls of
milk and one cupful of cream. Let
come to a boll and serve with pilot
crackers.
DON’T GO
Telephone and save the differ
ence.
Are you getting the benefit of
our reduced toll rates?
All rates based on station-to*
station charge. Federal tax extra.
Evening rates (8.30 P. M. to 12
Midnight) one fourth less than
day rates. Night rates (12 Mid
night to 4.30 A. M.) one half less
than day rates. Minimum charge
25 cents.
^ We will be glad to explain our
different classes of toll service.
You have a telephone for convenience—use it; especially
when ordering anything from us. You will receive the same
courteous service and the same honest treatmennt as if you
were present in person. You will save time, because we main
tain a prompt delivery service to 6ave you the time and pos
sible inconvenience of a journey to the store.
In case of a rush order, always use the telephone. We
will get your purchase to you while you would be getting
ready to come after it.
J. L. Selman <®» Son
“THE SAFE DRUG STORE”
Phone No. 35.
Gainesboro Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Farming Implements
and Garden Tools
We have on hand plenty farming Implements viz:
Tractors, Cultivators, Peg Section Harrow, Corn
Planters, that we can make the price fit yonr pocket
book.
Special
Red L*and Turners that we gurantee to turn Red
Land or your money back.
Don’t forget our profit sharing Cuponds.
Come to see us.
HARDING SUPPLY CO,