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VOLUME XVIII
TO DEATH IN
1 BUILDING
Newton County Teacher
Proves Heroine In Res
cuing all Students Ex
cept Two.
Covington Ga., November 28.—
- Two children are known to be dead
at least two more are expected to die,
while twelve additional have broken
bonce and severe burns following a
disastrous fire which late Tucsd.y de
stroyed the High Point community school,
five miles south of here.
In addition to the five for whom no
hope is held out, it is feared that several!
more swallowed flames. and smoke.
More than 35. other children are injured’
four of them seriously, but late tonight
were thought to be out of danger by
Dr.* Luke Robinson, and Dr. S. L.
Waits, Covington physicians, who, still
busy, hav c worked for almost twelve
hour’s to relieve the suffering of the tiny
victims of the lire. Practically all ot
the children most seriously injured were
under 10 years of age-
In the homes of physicians and resi
dences near the scene of the tragedy,
the broken little bodies of more than 2a
are lying twisting themselves in torture
and during moments of reason comes
back to them vision of the horrible night
mare through which they have passed.
Due to the widely scattered homes, in
to which the injured hav c havc been
temporarily placed, and to the serious
ness of their injuries, which in many
cases makes the "identification of the
living impossible, the names of the dead
children, two of whom are thought to
> have been 8-year-old boys, are ultknown-
TheSb two are thought to be the sons of
J. J. Steele, and diaries Bachelor'
Missing Children-
However, both Mr. Steele and Mr.
Bachelor had two other children whom
( they are unable to locat e .tonight. Other
men whose children were in the school
and who were unable to locate or identi
fy them are:
W. H. Johnson two daughters and
son-
John Meadowy daughter.
El wood Lassiter, three boys.
Charles Nick, two sons.
Sam Lloyd, three girls.
Was Condemned Building-
The High Point school house was a
two-story frame (building situated in
one of the most prosperous farming
communities of Newton county. Funds
have already been provided for a new
fire-proff building. It has not been
built because of a dissention among
residents as to its location- The build
ing destroyed today was condemned
more than a year **•-
In th e Atlanta hospital today is the
woman who has forever emblazoned her
boroisrtf'in the hearts of Newton couoty
parents, 99 of - thos e children reported
“present” Tuesday morning when Mrs-
Oscar Grant called the roll at the High
Point school.
H*m she stood, dropping th e children
out of the window into the arms of
other heroes below, is on the lips of
all those at th e scene tonight. She res
cued all but two of them and^with
seared face that will disfigure her for
life,_sh c jumped to her own safety after
■she bad seen the last two children in
her room drop through the collapsing
building befor c she could guide them
into safety.
Thinks Only of Boys-
When she came out of a delirium
for a moment as she was being rushed
*0 Covington and Atlanta it was no' of
her own suffering that she spoke, but
to ask if they had been raved.
Of all the children in her room,
completely cut off by the crumbling of
the stairway almost before knowledge
of the fire was gained, only these two
went''to their death, because of tier
heroism- And given just one ( minute
more of grace, sh e would -have possibly
saved them.
There are 12* pupils registered in
the school. Today 99 of them were
present-
The building had two rooms one
downstairs and the other above- The
younger children, in charge of Mrs-
*£5rant, were in the upper room- None
of them were over ten^ears of age-
\ The fire was discovered about 3 o'
clock, simultaneously by Miss Mary
'Norman, county demonstrator, who was
- driving past, and by a child in Mrs-
V -Grant’s room who remarked:
“/Dh! look at the prttty —V*- du***”
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER x, 1922.
A V
Let 1 All
Rejoice
Vv ET US give thanks—-naifor those gifts alone
0L1 0/ field and garden, tree and fruitful vine,
Bui for those gifts by which our lives have greum
More nearly like the Infinite design.
tel us give thanks, from fervent hearts, for. love;
Pure love toward Qod, unselfish love toward
man;
For tenderness, compassion^ gifts above
What human thought could wish to have, or plan.
let us give thanks for the great gift of prayer
w us awe 1 nanus for me great gift oj prayer
By which we reach the consciousness of peace,
And realize the constant help and care
Of Love divine, that cannot lapse nor cease.
Let us give thanks for true and loyal friends.
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For home, and family lies; for work, for play;
For beauty, and the grace that laughter lends
To toil or trial, on our daily way.
Let us give thanks that in this troubled hour,
With skies bedimmed by doubt, by hate, by fear,
We can rejoice that Good alone has power,
Can prove it true, and thus win heaven here-
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Fort Valley Editor
Thanks Douglas
County Friends
It was the writer’s pleasure to spend
several days prior to the recent election
in your good city and county in the in
terest of the amendment creating Peach
County. Please permit me through your
excellent paper in behalf of the citizefis
of the proposed Peach County to express
to the people of your community and
section our genuine appreciation of their
finq courtesy andf considerate hearing
and for the very generous support given
our Bill-
While a majority of the small number
voting throughout th e State were against
us, and the verdict at the polls was a
bitter disappointment to us. this being
the only measur e \>f the kind ever V
fail of ratification and none having been
put through the legislature by cleaaer
or more honorable methods, we harbor
no resentment or unfriendliness towar»
those who felt constrained to vote a*
gainst us. We are confident that h.»d
w r anticipated that the fight against the
ratification of our measure would he 30
extensive and vigOTDus in time to rally
our forces efficiently and to adequate
ly present to the voters of the State the
need of the new county, the justice and
merits of the proposed division and the
benefit accruing thereform to th e i
tire State, there would have been
much larger vote in favor of rh- nme 1
ment and the division so necessary for
the peace and prosperity of th c entire
section concerned, both old counties and
new, would have been consummated
without further delay-
Thanking you for your kindness, I a m
Cordially yours,
J. M. Martin.
Cotton Goes Still Higher
On Tight Spot
Situation
‘‘Dust” was smoke- It came from
the direction of th e door, the single
egress from the room-
Mrs] Grant rushed to the door, and
opened it- *A burst of smok e drove her
back coughing- The hallway was in
fipmes- Th? stairs had already crumbl.
ed-
Inside were the children, none of them
old enough to exercise calm judgement-
If a moment wer e lost all of them might
be engulfed in the cauldron of flames
that were reaching out foe more of the
long, dead pine timbers of which the
building was constructed-
Locked t)\e Door-
Mrs- Grant locked the door and calmly
walked to v the window and told the
children,- to line up- Th e ground was
about 20 feet below- The drop meant
almost certain injury, but to stay meant
death to them all-
New Orleans—Fluctuations in cotton
were somewhat narrow this week, the
extreme range of prices being 99 10 9
points.
The early part of the week saw more
or less liquidation on the lonj> account,
which accounted for the moderats de
pressions which occured- After tl.e
issurance of the ginning statistics by thc
census bureau, counting th e output to
th ei4th of November at only 8,869,857
bales, the market had a better tone and
there was a hevical of small crop talk,
private estimates that were issued rang
ing from 9400,000 to 9,600,000 bales-
Hold tor 30 Cents.
The better feeling th e Utter part
of the week was due mainly to much
better accounts from the spot depart
ment, claims of a better demand^ smal
ler offering!) and continued firmness cf
holders many of whom still were cred
ited with having the firm/ ponviction
that 30 cents would be on the boards
before the season was over and a
crop on the market-
Full sway of bullish ideas was hardly
possible, even with th e improvement in
the spot situation, until after December
1 notices. These, however, proved
smaller than expected, amounting to
only 500 bales on the first day and i,ooj
on the second-
Considerable liquidation of thc float
ing long interest that returned in D.
cember w~s done following the appear
ance of tenders, although spot interests
with bullish convictions made known
their intentions of taking care of every
thing tendered against December- After
first notices were out of the way the
market noticeably was more easily af
fected by buying orders.
Interest in Ginning-
• Late in the week th e trade commenced
to pay ,a great deal of attention to gin
ning news, mainly becaus e the present
ginning period will end Thursday
evening of this coming week- Impor
tance was given to ginning comment be
cause of advertisements appearing in
many newspapers in the belt, announcing
that gins would, from now on, run only
one or two days a week.
This week the ginning situation -will
b c given more notice, especially in the
latter part when returns from private
bureaus are likely. The general idea
seems to' be that ginning returns must
remain small enough to be a support to
values and the higher trend of prices
toward the end of the week just finished-
She dropped them out of the window
one by oae-
The children ' from the room down
staira hat^ been rushed outside- Other
(On
No Rookie
Mildred—Do you know Frank pro
posed t6 me lafet night?
Flora—Yes. Dosen*t h e do it beauti
Senator George Named
On Three Important
Senate Committees
Senator Walter F. George was as
signed to three important senate com
mittees Monday, as'follows: postoffices
and postroads; immigration and civil
service.
Each one is an important Cpmmitlec,
and as Senator George gains the benefit
of longer service and experience he will
b e given more important places.
Friends of Judge George want to see
him assigned eventually to th e judicial
committee, but there is no vacancy on
that committee this sessession- There
will bc vacancies in the next congress
The late Senator Thomas E. Watson,
had assignments to the post offices, im
migration and. civil service committees,
and Judge George fill, the vacant chair.
Senator Wauon’s place on the clalma
committee was assigned to Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, the new senator
from Delaware.
Printed Stationery For
Farmers
Onctf again we tthould like to say to
our readers, it pays to use printed station
ery- It pays tnc e in the new pride it
gives you in your wink- Jt pays again
in the prestig* and sunding it gives you
in all business correspondence- As a
rule, only progressive people use print
ed letterheads, postcards, and envelopes^
and the fact that a farmer is in thi
class makes a favorable impression 01
the person addressed- We once heard
of a manufacturer who. sdid he had
found it a safe rule to trrfst farmers who
wrote him on their own printed station-
In this connection too, we like to see
farmers adopting a general/policy a-
mong business men—taking their sons
into partnership with them and putting
the son’s name on th e business stationery
Now that crops are being sold, wc
.suggest that each farmer consult his local
editor and get 1,000 sheets of padded
letterheads with envelopes to match^ and
500 postal cards- It pays to get enough
to last several years all at one time
i large part of the expense consists of
setting the type and making ready for
printing- And don’t forget the postal
cards. With a postal card ready print
ed right at hand, you will answer many
a letter more quickly than if you had
to write a letter in reply, address and
stamp it, and you will frequently writ$ t
for valuable literature or information
that you would miss if th e postal cards
were not so convenient—Prog. Fanner.
Worth Remembering.
In choosing between right and
wrone. If In doubt, choose the leant ex-
SHOOTING SCRAPE
We have just received meager reports
of a shooting scrape occuring in th'
Lithia Springs Community Tuesday nigh*,
in which Walter Causey is reported to
hove been shot by Chap Carroll the
diffcculty, or misunderstanding arising
from live stock of the foremr trespas
sing on and being put up by the latter.
Mr. Causey we learn was taken' to
an Atlanta hospital suffering from pain
ful wounds and Mr. Carroll gave him
self uj> to the officers pending further
developcments.
Seriously III From Recent
Injury
Just as we go to press we learn that
the young son of Mr. L. A. White of
the mill vil!ag e is in a serious condition
resulting from a blow on the head re
ceived in September when he and another
young man Leanord Head had a dif
ficulty for which young head was in
dicted and relenscd under bond.
Since the recent serious condition of
young white has developed. Head has
been re-arrested and is now in jail awai/
ing the outcom e of White’s injuries.
Honored Man Passes
Away
A death of unusual sorrow to people
of this county occured Thursday A. M.
Nov. 28th when Mr. E. M. Phillips
of Bill Arp passed away.
A host of friends and relatives mourn
his death. IIo lived to b c 83 years of
age and is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Nannie Phillips , five sons: Messrs A.
B. Phillips of . Mexico; J. B. of, Bill
Arp; H. of, Smithville; H. G. of, Villa
Rica and Frank of^ Bill Arp.
Three daughters: Meadames Willie
Watkins, Winston, Fromie Harwell,
Atlanta; Noah Vansant, Douglasville.
Mr. anil Mrs. V. P. Phillips of Child-
ersburg, Ala.
Th e Sentinel extends sympathy.
Threatened Fire
Excitement reigned for a short time
Wednesday when the fir e alarm soun
ded and it \vas reported that th resi
dence of Mr. D. W. Peace was on fire.
The fire department quickly respon
ded but the blaze was extinguished be
fore their arrival.
A coal had dropped from the range
and burned a hole through th e floor and
would have resulted in a serious fire
hut for its early discovery.
Methodist Church
Sunday was a good day with the
Douglasville Methodist. Despite the
cold ther c were 193 present at Sunday
Schoof. At the close of the lesson period
the officers and teachers were installed
by th e pastor. Vows of fidelety con
secration to their vital task were assumed
at the altar by a splendid corps oi
workers-
At the eleven o’clock hour Rev. M.
B. Stokes, one of our Korean Mission
aries gave a most interesting and ii
spiring talk on the work in the ‘‘Sun
shine Kingdom” Mr. Stokes is at home
on furlough and now studying at Emory
University.
An offering of fifty dollars was made
in the morning service for Near East
Releif-
A very good congregation was present
at Young Peoples Devotional and even
ing sermon-
Our fiv e Bible Circles are meetiag
regularly, studying the scriptures earnest
ly and prayerfully.
Our workers co-operated with those
from the Baptist church in taking the
religious census on Sunday. Facts
acertained in their canvass will be of
great valu e in reaching the unchurched
part of our town.
Last Friday .afternoon and evening the
pastor and his family were “pounded”
unmercifully- Good things from every
direction landed in the parsonag e un
til our pantry was well provided fot
clays to come. We are appreciative ind
grateful-
W e can make our return only in labor?
of love and as best we can we shall be
on the job all the time- “Come Thou
with us” and we’ll work together fo
our common good-
W. H. CLARK.
Hlgheet-Prieed Tobacco*
The higheat-priced tobacco grown in
the world is produced In a certain area
near the western coast of Cuba which
la more than twenty-five miles square.
The fine aromatic tobacco grown there
can ho prwljjcpd pn\vl^r<«
NUMBER 3^
PROGGm CLUB’S
Business Men Enjoy Good
Speeches and Endorse
Plan to Secure
County Agent
The Men’s Progressive Club was en
tertained last Friday night by ^[r. E.
M. Huffines at the Kirby House.
The host and Mrs. Kirby wer e both
given a unauimous vote of thanks for tjte
delightful entertainment and good eats.
We wish however, to stress the busi
ness session of the meeting. Mr. J.
W. Vaughn, of Cartersville President
of the Bank of Cartersville, and a
booster of agricultural interests, made
one of the most helpful and practical
speeches to which it has been our
pleasure to listen.
The membership being almost wholly
business men, Mr. Vaughn discussed the
situation from th e stand point of a busi
ness man and urged the bankers and
merchants to become vitally interested
in the better development of farming and
marketing from thc standpoint of ser
vice they could render rather than for
the financial gain to themselves, stating
that money making should always be
secondary to service but is sure to follow
faithful service rendered.,
He stressed the importance of diversi
fication in/farming* marketing and soil
building, and explained the value of a
farm demonstrator to help in this work-
Mr. Milton Fleetwood Editor of the
Cartersville Tribune, one of Georgia’s
best weekly papers, mad e a mo9t ex
cellent speech emphasizing the necessity
of a demonstrator, not only as an in
structor, ini. scientific methods, but in
organization and intellegent marketing
that is so necessary to diversified 1 arming-
Mr- W. M. Morris, one of Douglas
County’s most progressive farmers re
lated several instances in which the far
mers this year had lost money sufficent
to pay a demonstrator several times.
A single instance was that befor e the
demonstrators work was abolished this
year, plans were then being made for
Potato Curing houses to help the farmers
handle this crop profitably- Without
th c demonstrator this fell through and the
loss to the potato grower^ will be heavy
and selling on an over crowded market
means low prices.
The club vpted an indorsement of a
movement to secure a good demonstrator
for another year and appointed a Com
mittee to t-k c the matter up with the
proper authorities.
The Sentinel has been emphasizing
these same things for several weeks and
is gratified that this splendid body of
business men haver taken an active in
terest in the matter.
Wise Asks Report
On Calcium Cost
Georgia Congressman Seeks Basic Cost
Figures on Calcium Nitrate-
Washington, D .C—Following the
receipt of several complaints from the
state^ Representative J. W. Wise, of
Georgia, today introduced a resolution
directing the federal tr-’de commission
to report to th e house the cost of manu
facturing and producing calcium ar
senate, an important element in fighting
the boll weevil, and whether the product
is-controlled by any unlawful combina
tion. The recent rise in price of calcium
arsenate has resulted in a flood of pro
tests from cotton growers of the south-
John S. Williams
Transferred to Gang
In Colquitt County
Moultrie, Ga-,—John S. Williams,
owner of the so-called “murder farm”
in Jasper county, and* convicted for
murder in connection with the killing
of several negro farm hands over a
year ago, has been transferred from th«
state farm to the Colquitt county chain-
gang.
Williams was a trusty at the state
farm and was mad e one on his arrival
here. The trip to Moultrie from Mill-
edgeville was made in an automobile,
and en Toute at nearly every stop he
was viewed by crowds of curious per
sons whenever his identity became known-
Waterproof So lee.
If the eoles of walking efeoea are
dipped In melted wax once in three or 1
four weA’-Q thov ««•*!! Irst ms- 1,?
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