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DOUGL AS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUMN No. XVIII.
DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1922
NUMBER 4
CLEAN UP WEEK
MAY ,15-
Wo understand the city council
has designated the week begining
May 15th as clean up week for
* Douglasville. We assume that
the Civic League and other or-
\ ganizations will, as usal. work
with the council.
This will be an important week,
not only from the stand point of
beautifying the town, but to as
sure its healthfulness during the
summer as well.
' Every week should bo a clean
up week, but a little observation
of the back yards, both of resi
dences and stores, will prove the
necessity of some innidiate action.
All rubbish that will burn
should be disposed of in that way
and any thing that will not burn
should be hauled off. Don’t have
to wait till the 15th to bogin, but
the city officials say it must be
done by the 20th. Let every one
one back this up aud lets make
.Douglasville the cleanest town in
Georgia.
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Annual Meeting
A. & M. School
Jud&e C. E. Roop, Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the
Fourth District A & M School,
has called the annual meeting of
the Board Thursday morning,
May llth. This county is repre
sented by Hon. W. J. Camp. At
this meeting Gov. Thomas W.
Hardwick will deliver the address
of the occasion.
The school has had a very suc
cessful year. There are 29 splen
did youjng men and young women
iu the graduating class.
The Alumnae are expected to
attend this exercise. j
NEGRO SHOOTING SCRAI’E
Hi=Y Club Commended
Two Douglasville negroes be
came involved in a fracas Sunday
near Brownsville. James Bell is
reported to have shot Claude
Morris in the head with a pistol.
Morris was rushed to Atlanta to
the hospital aud it thought he will
recover, Bell is in jail.
$8,000,000 INVESTED IN FOX
FARMING IN UNITED STATES
More fur farmers are engaged in
raising foxes than any other fur-bear
ing animal, according to reports to
the Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Observations made in the field by
representatives of the Survey indi
cates that at least 500 ranchers are
raising ^silver foxes, and that there
are between 12,000 and 15,000 foxes
in captivity. It is estimated that
about $8,000,000 i g invested in this
industry.
The industry of breeding fur-bearing
animals has grown because of the
rapid development of the modern fur
trade in the last 25 years. The
United States is the largest fur mar
ket and fur-consuming country in the
•world.
. Many inquiriries concerning fox
farming are sent to the Biological
Survey. The problems met by fox
and other fur farmers require, as in
the case of other live stock, a know
ledge of species, temperament, sani
tation, diseases, and parasites. In
addition,' fur farmers ;lrfi handling
wild animals in captivity and not
domestic stock. A knowledge of
pelts, particulary of values and mar
ket requirements, is essential to suc
cess from the business standpoint,
and this ordinarily. means to visit
personally warehouses, manufactur
ing furriers, or sales of furs. As
breeeders can not always do this.
representatives of the Biological
Survey are constantly bringing be
fore them all possible information
relating to the fur industry in all its
phases. ; .$|g
Mr. Z. T. Dake, Editor,
Douglasville, Ga.
-Dear Brother Dake:-
- I had the pleasure of attending
the weekly meeting of the Hi Y
Club at the school building a few
nights ago and I feel that I
must tell of the wonderful force
that this club of High School boys
can be in our community by the
right kind of co-operatiou and
support of our people. The prin
ciples incorporated in the clubs
work are of the highest religious
character, and are just the sort to
rightly shape the lives of boys and
young men. I wish that every
Christian man and woman in
Douglasville could'have heard the
exercises on that occasion'. It
would have made your heart swell
in gratitude to God for the found
ers of this orginazition for the
boys.
I do not want to appear officious
but the Hi-Y Club is an orginizat-
.ion whish the Men’s Progressive
Club and the Ladies Civic League
should get in behind and lend to
it their moral, and if nees|be, their
financial support. It has the most
wonderful possibilities for the
moral and rightbus up-lift of our
town aud dommunity.
Yours truly,
< R. E. Edwards.
LABOR WILL SUPPORT THE
GOOD ROADS BUND ISSUE
(BY JEROME JONES)
Labor can be counted on to support
the proposed $75,000,000 road bond
issue.
We are interested in this measure,
first,, of course, os good citizens,
which naturally mean s that we are
interested in it as a body of working
men, and it is from this point of view
that I want to say a few words about
the bond issue and why it should he
passed.
'JJhis question of the states building
their highways systems is not a new
one to organized labor; it is a question
with’which the American Federation
has concerned itself in national con
ventions and councils for years. It
is a question that has the endorse
ment of that body, and that endorse
ment meang that the whole strength
of the American Federation of Labor
is back of the movement for a natio
nal system of good roads.
As a member of the legislative
committee of the Georgia Federation
of Labor, I had the privilege of pass
ing on a resolution in the recent
Macon convention, endorsing the $75,-
000,000 road bond issue for complet
ion of our states highway system,
and this j resolution was adopted
unanimoiftly. This endorsement car
ried with it the pledge of support of
labor in Georgia, and I want to say
that organized labor may be counted
on to stand solidly by any measure
that is of such benefit to all of our
people as is the good roads move
ment.
There are far-realching economic
reasons why labor will support the
good roads bond measure. We are
told that a constitutional amendment
it necessary before th^ state can have
authority to pass the bond measure.
If so.let's have the constiutional a-
mendment, although I believe a lib
eral interpretation l of • our present
constitution would give the necessary
authority ,for the constitution as it
stands today authorizes a special tax
levy for the relief of famine and
pestilence, and I think present con
ditions of unemployment which a-
mount to a work famine, would justify
exercising fho authority vested in
that clause and the issueanance of the
bonds to provide employment.
Within the past itwenty months
there have been literally thousands of
perfectly honest, perfectly capable,
perfectly willing working men in
Georgia out of jobs. Most of these
men have families dependent upon
them for support, and in many, very
many of these homes there has been
want, even dire distress, actual hunger
and consequent sickness and death.
Had a pestilence or famine stricken
our people to this extent, all the
machinery of government would have
been set in motion to relieve the situ
ation and we would have been
heralded as a big-hearted and mag
nanimous people. No question would
have been raised about the legit-
Missionary Society
Tile Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will entertain all
the Grandmothers of Douglasville
Thursday afternoon, May llth at
the home of Mrs. P. H. McGouii’k
An interesting; program will be
rendered. Mrs. Peterson who is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Jones,
of Flat Rock, will be a guest and
will give a talk on ‘‘Mothers of
Denmark.”
Other uumbers, consisting of
special music and readings will
complete the program, after
which an informal social hour will
be enjoyed.
Every Grand Mother is cordial
ly invited to be present.
imacy of a bond issue; it would have
been regarded as a measure of relief
and consequently legitimate and in
order.
I hold that the present unemploy
ment situation is nothing more nor
less than a famine-a work famine-
which forces upon its victims all the
Bufferings entalied by a food shortage,
and I believe that the fact that con
struction of the reat system of state
roads would give employment to
thousands of these unemployed, not
only in the actual construction of the
highways themselves hut in other lines
of business and indurestry expected by
the expenditure of the money.
The fact that the employment thus
provided would have been a lasting
benefit to society in tne way of better
means ol transportation and communi
cation, would have justified the state,
even in a special tax levy, for the re-
| lief of the suffering caused by this
work famine.
But the special tax lev y is not
necessary under the present plan
We are offered all the benefits and
advantages to be enjoyed by impro
ved road conditions, without any extra
bur lens; then why should we not
have the roads and the work for our
unemployed? The gtnte can create
and I think should create work for
these citizens who are anxious to
make on honest living and only lack a
chance. So, for economic reasons. 1
say, organized labor can be counted
on to support the bond issue.
Then, you know it hasen't been so
long since we fought a great world
war to make the world safe for demo
cracy until democracy is safe for the
world, and democracy will not be safe
for the world until we have an en
lightened electorate. We should, then,
concern souselves with the education
of the masses of our citizens, so that
they may be able to wield the great
weapon of democracy- the ballot- in
an intelligent and constructive way
I believe no other form of govern
ment is so dangerous a s a democracy
made up of unelightencd citizens. I
believe good roads to be a prime cle
ment in furthering the liberal edu
cation of our small town and rural as
well as our city folks.
They will stimulate pride in our
country, which w;.l encourugo the
consolidation of our schools and the
deployment of hotter .cachets and
better facilities, nil ,f which will he
reflected in a better citizenship, and
nc price is too groat to pay for that.
J-sbor finds its riches ', rewards always
in that cohntry that is most enlight
ened and most highly developed, there-
foie, any measure looking t" tile
furtherance of enlightenment and de
velopment of our state may count
upon labor's support. The in
creased travel from country to City
and from city to country that good
roads will bring will create better
understanding between thee oity man
and the country man and a mutual
respect for the problems and opinions
of each, all of which I believe will be
to the good of our people.
I regard the opposition to the bond
issue as the usal political capiotai
that is served up for selfish and per
sonal reasons, and, speaking for that
element of our citizens which I repre
sent, the laboring man, I want to say
that we cannot be swayed by their
sophistry. They advance many ex
cuses why the bond issue should not
be floated and the roads built, but as
yet they havee not advanced one
reason for the opposition, and labor
can bee counted on to stand for the
bond issue until some better plan of
completing the state highway system
is advanced.
Mr' Milton Davis
One of Douglas County’s old
est citizens, Mr. Milton Davis,
died in Douglasville Sunday morn
iiig at the aKe of 89.
was the father of Mr. J. E.
Davis, of Douglasville, Mrs. J. H.
Sn!iith of Atlanta, four other sons
and four other daughters whose
names we failed to get.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. W. H. Clark and interment
was ih Douglasville Mouday.
The Sentintinel extends sympa
thy to the bereaved family.
FEDERAL AID STRENGTHENED
STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENTS
Federal aid hag done a great deal
more for the country than simply to
provide funds for road construction,
according to the Bureau of Public
Roads of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. One of the
most far-reaching results has been
its influence in placing the greater
part of the highway work of the
country in the hands of experienced
engineers of State highway depart
ments- *
In 1915, prior to the Federal-aid
act, 70 per cent of the road work was
done by agencies other than State
highway departments, most of it by
county officials. Such a system was
bound be wasteful. Overhead
costs were high, engineers were not
always employed, systems to serve
the best interests of the State a s a
whole were not developed, and the
opportunities for corruption were
greater.
With the passage of the Federal
aid act of 1919 and the insistence of
the Government upon the construction
of Federal-aid roads under the super
vision of State departmeents were
enlarged and strengthened, and in 17
States adequate departments have
been created where there had been
none or the existing one was not
properly equipped to perform neces
sary functions.
' With' adequate departments the
work ha s been shifted to their control
until at the present time they super
vise more than 00 per cent of the
road work. This assures to the tax
payer the services of engineers trained
in road work, a centralized authority
responsible for the expenditure of
funds, and a far-sighted plan of de
velopment and financing.
BRIGHT STAR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Cool cloudy weather but nothing to
keep us from Sunday School if we
want to go. Looking for you next
Sunday, with your family promptly
at 9:30 A. M.
We are going to have our Annual
Children Day, 3rd Sunday in May,
and would be glad to furnish recita
tions etc- for children who will parti
cipate, who have none.
A number of our folks attended
the Baptising at Flat Rock Sunday.
The Flat Rock folks will again help
us in our Children Day exercises,
and while every one is invited, we
hope their friends will attend and
make the day enjoyable.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cowan and
Clara attended services at MtVermon
Sunday.
There will be special services at
Central Baptist Church in the after
noon of Mothers Day-S.S. at3 P.M.
A CARD OF TRANKS
We take this method to thank the
people who so faithfully assisted us
through the sickness and death of our
dear old father and pray the Lord to
bless them as he sees fit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith.
Notice
All who are interested in Sweet
water Church Cemetery are re
quested to meet on Saturday May
13th for the purpose of cleaning
oil' cemetery and working graves.
Any one who has relatives bu-
ried here and can.t come, let me
know and I will be glad to look
after it.
W. H. Meadows,
Douglasville, Ga., Rt 3.
PROTRACTED SERVICES
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
On the 3rd Sunday in May, pro
tracted services will begin at the
Second Baptist church.
Rev. C. C Kiser, of Ft. Payne,
Alabama, who did such line
preaching last here year, will be
with the pastor, Rdv. S. *T. Gii-
land, again. Every body invited
to attend these services.
W. C. T. u.
The Worlds Womans Christian
Temperance Union, founded in 1873
by Frances E. Willard, now organ
ized in more than forty countries, with
a membership of over one half million
women, was, and is, the burden cry
cf the womenhood of the world, a-
gainst the legalization of sin, in any
form.
Cordial interest centers in the
Semi-Monthly meetings of the W. C.
T. U. held here Monday after the 2nd
and 4th Sunday's of Each month.
Of unusual interest was the meet
ing Monday, the, 24th, at the home of
Mrs. R. C. Morris, on East Church St.
A thought producing Devotional
from the 23rd Psalm by Mrs. Upshaw
an earnest prayer by Mrs. W. H.
Clark, preceded an inspirational
talk by Mrs. A. W. McLarty, touch
ing n the History of W. C. T. U.and
the liquor traffic, by Francis Willard
in 1884, to the last proclamation for
world prohibition by 1925 made Nov.
llth 1918, ly Misa Anna A. Gordon,
President of our nationa 1 and the
world's W. C. T. U., showing the wond
erful growth of the little band of earn
est women organization in Illinois
more ,than halph million Unembers
represented in every state in the U.
S. A. and other countries, until the
“White Ribbon” circles the Globe.
Mrs. Glen Dorris read in a very
effective way', ijhe famous “Polly
Clot petition,” written Lby .Francis
Willard in 1884, and addressed to
all rulers and all nations of the world,
in an appeal for world prohibition,
world purity, world betterment and
freedom from the opium trade, this
polyglot petition stands out histo
rical as the first world wide pro
clamation against liquor, marks an
epoch in the annals of temperance
reform,, has been endorsed by more
than seven and one half million of
people. Catholic, Protestent, Gen
tile, Jews, Hindoo and Mohammedan,
has been presented to more thun
f.fty countries.
<j{ her, whose faith and vision made
possible this world wide movement
and vision made possible this world
wi«V in, vernont.
Whitter truly said,
ohc knew the power of bar.ded ill,
Bi>t felt that love was stronger still
And organized for doing good
The world's united womanhood.
Next on the program, Miss Edith Dake
whose beautiful voice in any song is
an inspire "o n to* all who hear it, gave
a vocal solo.
Miss Brown gave a splendid paper
on the wide spread, determined and
well financed campaign the “Wet”
interests are carrying on throughout
the U.S.A. The Liquor interests have
never given up hope nor dispensed
with their “War Chest” and ^*e seek
ing/to drive the “entering wedge
through their Wine and Beer ammend-
ment to the Volstead Act. It be
hooves every man and woman who
would not like to see a return to open
Bar rdom conditions to be on their
guard, be prepared to vote against
any candidate who is not out spokenly
opposed to any modification of the
Volstead Act.
After the program Mesdames Ste
wart and Glen Dor rig joint hostesses
with Mrs. Morris served a delicious
ice cource.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Z. T. Dake on
Chicago Ave. May the 8th.
MISS EVELYN ABERCROMBIE
To say that Douglasville was shock*
cd Sunday afternoon, when it became
known that Miss Evelyn Abercrombie
was dead, doe s not fully express the
feeling of awe that came over the
town. • ,
Earlier in the week she had under
gone an operation and was reported
to be doing exceedingly well.
It is beyond the comprehension
of mortals to know why one just
entering upon a life of promise,should
be called so early, but we are taught
to believe a 8 she believed, that God
doeth all things for the best, and
can ouly submit to his will-
Miss Evelyn was the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Abercrombie
and the idol of the home and no one
but the bereaved family can realize
the sorrow that comes to the parents
and brothers.
She was a talented young lady and
was at the time of her death a teacher
in the Douglasville public school and
will be mourned by her pupils and
associate teachers-
She possessed a loviable character
and a genial disposition and was
loved by all who knew her.
She was a loyal and devoted mem
ber of the Baptist Church and an
active worker in the Sunday School.
She was only 22 year s of age and
leaves besides her parents, four broth
ers, Marion, Ralph, Roy and Walter
Joe and a host of other relatives and
friends to mourn her death.
The funeral wa s held at ton O'clock
Tuesday at the Baptist Church and
was attended by one of the largest
gatherings of friends ever assembled
for a like occasion in Douglasville.
The floral tributes were many and
beautiful, expressing the high esteem
in which she was held.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by her pastor, Rev. G. W. Light,
with prayer by Rov. S. T. Gilland and
the sermon by Rev. W. M. Suttles,
her former pastor.
The remains were interred in Doug
lasville Cemetery, the Sentinel join3
the entire community in sympathy
to the bereaved family.
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BIBLE STUDY GLASS MEETS
WITH MRS. HARDING
The Bible Study Class Circle No.5.
mot with Mrs. Matthew Harding
Wednesday P. M.
A number cf the members Ft.ie
present, also s.veral new member.*
were enrolled.
After an entqresting and benificial
study, dainty refreshments tea and
sandwiches were served.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Fred Duncan.
LOW R. R. RATES TO STATE S. S-
CONVENTION
Low railroad rates have been set
7 red for the Georgia State Sunda
School Convention, which will be hel
in Columbus, June 13-14-15, accordin
to R. D. Webb, General Superentende
of the Georgia Sunday School As
sociation. Certificates are to he sen
to all deegates in advance, signed !>;
Mr. Webb, and round trip tickets wi
be sold from the starting point t
Columbus. It is expect^ that ever;
section of Georgia will be represente
at thi s convention, bringing togethe
the largest gathering of Sunda;
School workers held in the state an
nually.
DONT PRUNE THE SCUPPERNON
VINE IN THE EARLY SPRING
A fundamental principle which
holds true with most of our horti
cultural crops is that any fruit which
is consumed almost entirely by the
producer never reaches a high stage
of development. Thus far this has
been true of the scuppernong, and
other muscadine gjrapes^ Conse
quently for a long time this species
of grapes, native to- the south, was
given no particular study, and it was
generally supposed the vines could
not be pruned for the reason that they
would bleed severly if cut in the late
winter or early spring.
During the past ten or twelve
years, careful studies of these grapes,
at the Georgia Experiment Station,
have shown that they can be pruned
if the pruning is done in the fall of
the year about the time of the first
light frost. If the vines are pruned
much earlier than this, they are liable
to be injured from “sun scald” duo
to the unnatural defoliation before
cold weather. If the pruining is
delayed 1 until mid-winter or early
spring the vines will be injured by
excessive bleeding as soon a3 the
weather begins to turn warm. This
is especially evident where il becomes
necessary to cut large canes.
For best results the vines Should
he planted in rows from 10 to 12
feet apart and set 20 feet apart in the
row They should be tra'.mj on
trellises similarly to the wa * the
common hunch grape r trained and
primed regularly so that the cutting
of large vines will seldom be neces
sary. The renewal system is not
so applicable to the scuppernong as
to the Concord grape.