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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL
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DOUOLASVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER io, 1922
NUMBER 31
DOUOLASVILLE
COLLEGE REUNION
The Reunion of former Students,
Teachers, and Board Members of Doug*
lasville College will take place in the
pyblic auditorium, Douglasville Novem
ber nth -nd lath. The days are Sat
urday and Sunday.
The tentative plans for the Reunion
are the following:
x. Saturday, Nov. nth, xo A. M.—
■Organization Meeting,
a. Saturday, Nov. lith. 2 P. M.—
Experience Meeting, with one minute
talks from Students, Teachers and Board
Members.
■3. Saturday, Nov. xith, 7:30 P. M.—
Programme of Music and other exer
cises.
4 Sunday, Nov. 12th, n A. M. —
Sermon in the public school auditorium.
5. Sunday, Nov. 12th. 2 P. M.—Final
Get-together meeting, with address by
Dr, A. I. Branham.
The husbands, wives and children of
those connected with the College during
the presidency of Dr. A. I. Branham
are invited to attend.
Ont Saturday afternoon, from 3 to
4:30 a reception will be given by the
present faculty and, Board of Trustees
ar the auditorium.
All friends of Dr. Branham are espe
cially invited to this. A ride is planned
for the guests coming from a distance.
The luncheon on Saturdny will be serv
ed at noon in the school building. A
box lunch will b c served on the grounds
at noon Sunday.
The guests will be met at the trains
by a committee and will be entertained
in the homes of friends and relatives.
A most cordial welcome swaits them
and the following names have been re
ceived as among thos e coming: Col.
Jos. Long and wife Miss Emma Wes
ley, Miss Lura Simmons, Miss Mildred
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. McNair, Miss
Julia Griggs, Mrs. Alma Baggett Clay,
Dr. Oscar Roberts, Mrs. Nannie Max
well Williams, Dr. Thos. F. Abercrom
bie Mrs. Ruby Edge Strozicr, Miss
Rowena Edge, Miss Maude Herring,
Mr. Wesley Causey, Dr. Claud Key and
wife, Prof. Tom Scoit, Miss Ethel ’Huey
White, Mrs. Atha Jtey Ayers, Miss Mag
gie McClure, Mrs. Myrtle Griggs Cowan
Mis. George Gray Mapp, Mrs. Win
nie Camp Jones. Dr. and Mrs. A. I'
Branham, Mrs. Helen Whitley Turner,
Mrs. Ruby James Slaton, Mrs. Lucy
Branham ReVere, Mrs. Lottie Quillinm
Roberts.
Mrs. W. M. Hays, Publicity Chr.
MORE SIGN POSTS
(Bv Brownlee Frix)
COPYRIGHT, 1922.
When Alexander Hamilton was twelve
years old, he wrote a letter to a boy
friend, in which he said: “To confess
my' weakness, Ned, my* ambition is
pievalent so that I contemn the grov
eling condition of a clerk or the like,
to which my fortune condemns me, and
would willingly risk my life, though
not my character, to exalt my station
....I shall conclude by saying 1 wish
there was a war/’
Thousands of boys in this country to
day wish there was a war. They do
not want to kill anyone, do not want
to make widows and orphans. But they
want to write their names indelibly in
the pages of history. They want to
“read their glory in a nation’s eyes,”
and war seems to be their best route.
The love of glory: is the most impell
ing force in the world. The average
boy does not love money enough to save
it*. The millionaire does net want mere
money with which to buy more to ea/
and wear; he wants to be KNOWN as
the richest man on earth.
There is hardly a city in the United
States that does not contain several
* monuments to the glory of warriors.
Historians vie with one another in wilt
ing of th e glorious deeds of fighting
men. “Here is fame!” “Here is im
mortality!” these- monuments shout io
the passing children as distinctly as if
the words were carved thereon. “The
directions for attaining glory is to wash
your hands in human blood!’’ the over
tones of all history say.
Let us have even more monuments to
commemorate our great warriors. The
teach national preservation. All honor
to them who risked their lives for their
country*. Each and every one of them
fought for principles and we are proud
of them all. But—
Should we not be proud of our great
•dentists and discovers, and music!;
and teachers and philanthropists, proud
of our great men and women in all
C«lds? Are warriors .‘•and 'politicians
the only two classes worthy «f being
W. C. T. U. NOTES
To all who in any way contributed
to the success of the W. C. T. U. Con
vention:—
Please let me, in behalf of the
local W. C, T. U. extend our most
sincere thanks for everything done by
each of you. It would take a much
more Extensive vocabulary than I
possess, to properly express to you how
greatly it is all appreciated.
Deserving of Bpecial mention is every
one who by word or deed contributed
to “putting it over,’’—but lack of space
forbids^
Suffice it to say all, from the homes
committee, the decoration committees, th e
publicity by our most efficient Mrs.
Dake. She, with her husband, our hust
ling editor, published what was called
by the old “war horses” of the State
work, one of th e very greatest Conven
tion' issues ever gotten out *by any
town in the State.
Never could we have had a more ef
ficient corresponding Secretary than Miss
Nell King, who workc l so untiling 1 ./ in
getting out th 0 books lot registration
notifying the deleg tie.? as to their home,
etc.
The reception and transportation
committees, headed by our beloved pas
tors with such unprecedented co-operat
ion from splendid young people, did
most valuable work. I wish to express
most ardent thanks for all who so readily
and effectively participated in any of
tlu* proagrams.
Words fail me utterly when i recall
ttie lovely and bountiful luncheons serv
ed by the loyal and much beloved presi
dents and members of the two missionary
societies, and the men, always so will
ing to help in every great cause, left
nothing undone on the day of the de
lightfully prepared and served barbe
cue, giving to the State W. C. T. *U.
n precedent of serving as well as pre
paring their own luncheon.
We should lender special appreciation
to Mr. Edwards' for the fine condit'on
in which he had the court house, the
place wher e the luncheons were served
To our Baptist friends for the use of
their church as a meeting place. I
Greatlyl are we indebted to the
pages, ushers, music committee, and
every committee figuring in any way to
success of the convention.
To oirr progressive druggists and to
the Douglasville Banking Co., for fav
ors, also to Lithia Springs Water Co
for their generous supply of water for
the comfort of the visitors, we are grate
ful. Also to th e owners of cars donated
to our use for the drive and for gen
eral transportation. And just here
pleas e let me thank the local union for
making me a life ^nember during the
Convention.
Now, that the Convention is over, we
are all cognizant of its benefit and bless
ing to us, may we not all pledge our
selves to keep true to the principles for
which it stands. It would not cost any
of us much to line up and take the total
abstinence pledge, and join the W. C.
t. u. er *wm
Our local union has on at present a
membership campaign, headed by two
of our most efficient members as cap
tains, Mesdames Syd Johnston and C.
' r . Yansant. The campaign ended last
Tuesday Nov. 7th.
“The Lord bless thee and keep thee;
(he Lord make His facr to shine upon
thee; the Lord lift up His coUntenanaiv.e
upon thee, and give thee peace.”
Faithfully Yours,
Mrs. A. W. McLarty,
Prs, Douglasville, W.C.T.U.
remembered in bronze?
This country could not get along now
without the gasoline engine. it has
becoin L . an absolute essential to our
welfare. There is hardly one boy or
girl, man or woman, out of fifty thou
sand who even knows the name of the
inventor of the gasoline engine.
Our surgeons could not get along
without the X-ray machine. Who knows
the name or the nationality of its in
ventor?
Recently a school teacher has separ
ated the oxygen and hydrogen which
compose water and actually “burns
water” in a common fi^.ijice. That in
vention will directly benefit all man
kind. Do you know his name? The
chances are you do not. But you d>
know the name of the Turk who burned
the City of Smyrna and who butchered
the Christian Armenians. The fellow
who knocks a home run actually gets
ten thousand times more publicity than
the man who makes water burn.
Rev. Sam Small says that the real
cause of prohibition in this country is
th e fact that twenty years ago the
women, members of the Christian Tem
perance Unions, demanded that a boo*
teaching that whiskey undermines the
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ELECTION RESULTS
A very light vote was polled in Doug
las County Tuesday. The continuous
rain caused an exceedingly small vote
in the country districts. Only 339 votes
were polled in the county and 189 of
those were in town* districts.
The regular nominees were all yoted
for alin«t« vr*. wously. Wilftnsky, the
independent, for congress, receiving
eleven votes.
The amendment creating a new Sena
torial district received a tie vote; to2
for and 102 against. Th e other amend
ments all carried Peach County leading
with X54 votes for and 89 against^ giv
ing it a majority of 65.
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# FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH to
to George tV, Light, I'astor '
to to to to to to to to to to to to .;•<
November is. Catch-Up month with
Southern Baptists. It is a time when
all who have made a pledge to the 75
million campaign are asked to make an
effort to Catch-Up. This month will
end the third year of the five-year period.
Hence wc ought to pay three fifths of
the amount.
Only about 1,000,000 Southern Bap
tists have shared in the 75 million cam
paign heretofore, leaving over 2,000,000
of our members who at present have no
.definite share in carrying out Christ’s
commission to send the gospel to the
whole world. At least 500,000 ndw
members have come into the churches
since Victory Week in 1919. All these
should be enlisted now.
A contribution to the 75 Million Cam
paign means food, clothing and shelter
for orphan children, help for sick and
suffering humanity, aid to the young men
and young women who h ve thirst and
ambition for learning, and it further
means that th^ gospel of salvation shall
be preached unto the uttermost parts of
the world.
Mary won eternal fame without seek
ing it when, out of her great love tor
her Lord and Savior she anvisted Him
with th e alaboster oinament and received
her Savior's comendation in those im
mortal words, “She hath done what :,hc
could.”
Have you done what you cou^.-.our
very best for our Lord? If you should
lie summoned soon to cease your earthly
labors and go home to be with God,
what character- of stewardship wouid
you be able to report to Jesus Christ?
He stopped not at difficulties nor dea*h
when He was here upon earth for the
completion of our salvation. Have we
broken any alaboster boxes for Him?
Have we done anything like our best?
God is giving us a chance to redeem
our shortcomings in the past if we havn’t
'already done our best, and to still fur
ther improve our account with Him in
the event we have already beer* faith
ful heretofore.
The training class finishes the Manual
this week. It has been a pleasure to
go through this delightful study with
this class. Thus for an even dozen hav*
taken the work and stood examination
on the first three fourths of it.
'The T.E.L. Bible study class meet
with Mrs. Light Tuesday afternoon. ‘The
book of Deuteronomy was considered
More and mor„ does this band of women
studying God’s word give joy and cn-
courgement to the pastors heart. A
man who gives his entire time, thought
and energy to studying, teaching ami
preaching the Bible hungers for just
fellowship as this class gives.
The B.Y.P.U’s are making progress
in their work. The young people need
only a chance to do something and this
oiganization gives them the needed op
portunity. I can imagine no greater
thing for the future ofour churches
than for all our young neoplp to be in
training for future leaders. Will the
voung people of today be able in ten
or fifteen years hence to b e superinten
dents and teachers of our Sunday Schools?
Will they be able to lead in prayer and
conduct the service in our churches?
Where will the recruits for th- ministry
and the mission fields come from? The
B.V.p.U. answers these questions.
The financial report at the business
meeting last Sunday for the four months
•dnee Tuly 1st was the best the church
has over had for anv four months in
it* historv so it is said. AH bills paid
and a little balanc-. on h?nd with every
body happy.
A church with all hills met bv a n!sn
that calls for no public appeals and no
embarrassing debts is a thing of beauty
and a ioy forever. Everybody giving
every Sunday according as God prospered
him is pleasing to the Lord as well as
to the people, for itt is .!,» plan.
Next Sunday we will have Sunday
rFATHER AND
SON WEEK’
One of the biggest events in the Sun
day School life of Georgia this fall will
be the observance of “Father and Son
week,” November 12th through the 19th.
“In joining] ,in with this observance,
Georgia Sunday School workers will be
joining hands with thousands pf other
workers throughout , the continent, as
this week is to be nationally observed,’’
9aid R. D. Webb, General Superinten
dent of the Georgid Sunday School Asso
ciation. In giving the aims of the week,
Mr. Webb said: “Father and Son Week
makes a special appeal to all who arc
working with young people and adults,
who realize that it will profit their
communities nothing if they gain the
whole world and lose their own boys.
Likewise, it makes the father^ realize
that the greatest profession in the world
is that of being father. Many fathers
ar e so busy making a living that they
forget their sons are busy making lives,
and so the aim of the week's observance
ifl to bring the father and the son in the
home, in the community, and in the
church, into closer relationship and fel
lowship.”
Programs for the week’s observance
hnv e been sent on request to hundreds
of Sunday School workers in Georgia.
A postal addressed to the Georgia Sun
day School Association, 917 Hurt Build
ing, Atlanta, with the request for the
program will bring a response by re
turn mail. The program may be car
ried out as suggested, or it may be
adapted to the school.
The program provides for a special
commemoration service on Sunday Nov-
12th, for those who were in the world
war and is designated as “Armistice
Sunday.”
The topic suggested for the Wednes
day night prayer meeting is ‘‘Christian
ity and the boy.’’ Hundreds of Sunday
Schools will, on Friday night, Novem
ber 17th, have “Father and Son Day”
in the Sunday School and churches.
Other suggestions are made for the home
affairs for the boy, his father and Ids
chums.
W. S. B., the Atlanta Journal Broad
casting station, will give a special
“Father’s Day” program, ushering in
die week’s observance on Sunday aftc -
noon, November 12th. Many civic clubs
throughout the state are joining in sev
eral towns, and having their annua;
“Father and Son” banquets.
I P GOES SUGAR WHEN IT SHOULD
BE GOING DOWN
Sugar has steadily risen in price
since th c passage of the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber profiteers’ 'tariff 1 act and a
new advance has been announced by thc
refiners. /Already the retail price of
sugar in certain parts of the country has
gone to eight cents a pound. What the
price will be in another month or two
depends entirely on the disposition of
the refiners and the profiteers.
Producers of beet sugar in Europe
have a surplus of 800,000 tons, it is
reported from Paris. There is nor
likely to be any shipments of American
beet sugar to European countries. The
Cuban crop, it is announced from
Havana, is so large that grinding of
thc can e will begin a month earlier
than usual. If the economic laws of
supply and demand were unhampered
by th» prohibitive tariff law enacted by
the Republican Congress six weeks
ago, sugar would be cheaper instead
•/ dearer at. this moment.
The tariff on sugar prevents fair
competition and gives the American
Sugar Trust an opportunity not only
o profit by thc increas e of 43 per cent;
in the sugar tariff hut to grab twice
that much from the pockets of the
American consumers. ,
Women especially will understand
what these higher prices of sugar mean
i.n the expehse of the household. They
will be reminded daily of the Repub
lican tax on the sweetening for little
delicacies of the table. They will bc
convinced of the truth of the New York
Herald’s statement that the American
people will have to pay as a conse
quence of this profiteers’ tariff, som?
$260,000,000 annually to put sugar in
♦heir- teacups.
Shot Making Is Unchanged.
Shot making is one of the few In
dustries Hint have hardly changed In
more than 100 years. Molten leud Is
•till poured from the top of n shot
tower. Small sizes require a drop of
TOO feet, the larger require a longer
fall of neurbr double thm baiffht-
School as usual, but will worship in th e
school auditorium at ix:oo,o'clock along
with all our fellow townsmen,
Sunday night subject: “The Call of
Abraham. 0
FELL DEAD THURSDAY BEATING THE BOLL
A man named Heran, apparently 60
or 65 years old, dropped dead Thurs
day mofning at J6e Morris’ store. He
lived a few miles north of Winston on
the farm of Fletcher Enterkin and had
come to town on business.
He was a comparative stranger herej
and we were Unable to get atiy details
6f his family or even his initials.
Col. J. R. Hutcheson carried his bpdy
home.
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BIG WINTER GRAIN CROPS BEING
SOWN ON SUMTER FARMS
Americus, Ga.—Sumter county’s cotton
and corn crops have both been completely
harvested, and farmers here are now
putting in the largest acreage known in
recent years to winter grain cover crops.
In some instances, where velvet beans
were planted among corn, these are be
ing “hogged off,” but farmers are busily
plowing under cotton stalks and other
wise preparing their grain lands. A
tremendous crop of peavine hay has
also been made here this year. As a
result of a generous yield and unusuallv
favorable curing weather, there is a
considerable surplus of hay now for sale.
Large quantities of Porto Rico sweet
potatoes also were raised in the county.
WHAT IT {WOULD MEAN, LETS
WAKE UP AND SEE
It is said that while figures don't
lie, sometimes liars will figure, but wc
want to do some figuring with no in
tentions of lying, but with a hope of
arousing a little local interest in soni2
things that will help the general con
ditions of the farming sections of Doug
las County.
Douglas, as we all know, has alvvays
been almost wholly dependent on its
cotton crop for money. This year it is
generally counted there will not be over
2coo bales^ which at an average price
of 2cc will bring a total of $2oo,oo.
It will doubtless take from six to
eight acres for each hale produced this
year. Lets begin now and prepare
for next year’s cotton crop—plant just
half the acreage, fertilize heavily, culti
vate thoroughly and often and fight the
weevil, make more cotton at less ex
pense. With the extra tim e grow more
corn, wheat and feed s(uff. *
But you say there is no market for
these things. Lets see suppose there are
500 farmers that will each grow 5 extra
hogs for sale to consume the corn make
these five hogs weigh only 2 5 a lbs each
and sell them at 10c per lb. and wc havq
$62500 for our surplus corn.
Then suppose 300 ^families wouid
keep five good cows from which you
could sell 2 gallons of milk each per
day for 30c per gallon. That would
be I500 cows, 60c each day or $900
per day; $328,500 per year. Then 500
families each' keep loo good hens would
make 50,000 hens, and if one-third of
them lay every day would be 1338
dozen eggs per day at 25c per dozen
would be approximately $340 per day
or $134,100 per year.
This is a less amount of live stock
and poultry than should be kept, and
the estimated sales less besides the in
creased values in lands hy diversified
methods and live stock to say nothing
of beef and poultry
Figuring the same income from your
smaller acreage of cot»on as this year
$200,000 and adding your $62.1:00 for
hogs, your $328,500 for milk and $134.-
100 for eggs would make a total of
$725,100, or nearly four times the pres
ent cotton crop at the high prevailing
prices.
Any farm in the county should bc
placed on above basis, and many of
could produce several times as
much'. }^ ;
Think this over and see if you don't
think it would pay you to try it. Doug
las county can sell a million dollar-
worth of farm products just as easily
as she can sell $250,000 worth.
Patagonia.
Patagonia consists of the territories
•f Rio Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz
In Argentina Formerly Patagonia was
applied to the whffle southern portion
of South America. The name may be
derived from the Spanish word pata-
*on, meaning a large foot, alluding to
the footprints found by eu.ri.v explorers,
or It may come from the Qtildnia word
patacuna meaning terraces.
Bird* f Weather Prophets.
At least some birds- are good
weather prophets. The green wood
pecker la known In some parts of this
country as the “rain bird” because hla
laughing cry so often precedes u down
pour. The miseuithrush, again, has
gained the name of “storm cock,” be
cause he sings before wind and rain.
WEEVIL
The question has again bobbed up with
our people, Will the farmer or the wee
vil win in next year’s fight? Thie
question has been asked and answered
by farmers of various sections for the
last twenty-five years. In every case
in th e past the farmer has lost the first
fight and then come back and wen the
victory. Will Franklin County lose the
first fight?
.. It was our great hope last year that
our people owuld arouse themselves to
the menace that was on us and by a
great effort stay the ravages of this
great enemy to the cotton crop. A
few farmers made the fight and won.
A few others attempted to make the
fight and lost on account of the short
age of Calcium Arsenate. Alarge per
cent didn’t make the right kind of fight
and lost to the enemy.
The enemy was just getting his bear
ing last year. Next year he will come
M show us just what he really can do if
let alone. In cases gone by th e weevil
has won the first real fight. Next year
is th e year to determine whether the
farmer or 1 the weevil will.
Some say and act as if they thought
it true “that the weevil will get us next
year regardless of what we may do.”
We say that the weevil will get us if
we lie down and fold our hands, in con
tentment and allow this pest to devour
our crop but if w e get up and fight with
the vim th-*t we are capable of the wee
vil will not win the fight.
Franklin County should mak> fifteen
thousand bales of cotton next year. That
is almost five thousand hales more than
we are making this year. We should
have made fifteen thousand this year.
Enough land was planted and enough
work was done for a fifteen thousand
hale crop in Franklin County this year.
A great fight next year will put us
ahead of the weevil. To win next year
will take greater skill. It takes skill
to heat riie weevil.
This paper is going to make the same
kind of a fight next year on thq weevil
that we made this year. Those who
read the paper and followed th e infor
mation carried made better crops. In
fact it is generally known that wherever
there was the most calcium arsenate
used in the countythe ginning receipts
are heaviest.
We are going to fight this battl,. with ‘
you farmers next year with the full con
fidence that w e will win the fight next
year—Lavonia Times.
The same conditions as outlined by
Brother Burton in Franklin County, is
applicahl c ,n Douglas County.
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Rev. McGarhey preaehed two ve
inspiring sermons at this place Sattlrd
and Sunday.
Mrs.‘Tom Butler, of Atlanta, is spen
ing several days with relatives 41
friends at this place.
Miss Eula Evans, of Beaulah spe
few days last week with Miss Eth
Camp and her sister, Mrs. V. B. Cam
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Brock at
family, Mr. and Mrs. jW. J. Can
and son, Jay, and Mr. and Mrs. B. 1
Johnston attended the anneversary
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brock Sunday.
Miss Lois Turner spent Sunday wi
iss Ethel Camp.
Miss Beatrice Johnston spent Sund;
with Miss Pauline Carey.
The singing given Sunday night 1
Miss Etliel Turner was enjoyed by
large crowd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Abercrombie of A
lanta, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bom;
Sunday.
Miss Ethel Camp has returned hon
after spending two weeks with her sis:
Mrs. G. C. Gable near Sweetwater.
Misses Mary Lou Foster and Op;
Carey spent Sunday with Miss Bel
Jackson.
Miss Ethel Turner visited Miss Fra
ces Tidwell Sunday.
When the Heart Stops.
By Injecting one cubic centimeter of
A 1 In 1,000 solution of either adrena
lin or pitultrln Into the heart when
it has stopped beating, many persons
who seemed to be dead have been
brought back to life. The Injection
must he made qutckly into the left
Intercostal space one or two finger
breadths to the ifeft of the sternal
border.
No Such Luck.
Many a thing would go without say*
Ing if people had win'* m enough to