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By ROBERT GRIGGS
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On March 10, 1876, a fellow
named Alexander Graham Bell
spoke the first words in his new-
ly developed in
■vention, the
telephone, to an
lassistant. These
words "Mr. Wat
son, come here,
I want you,"
heralded a new
i era in communi-
Ications.
I Ever since that
■fateful day, the
phone has proved to be on one ]
hand a very useful instrument, .
and on the other hand at times it
is one of the most annoying cre-'
ations of human ingenuity.'
We could recite numerous occa-'
sions where the telephone has
been the instrument that proved'
to be a life-saver, and yet we <
could record many other times 1
when the thing has been a per
feet nuisance, such as the times :
we are pulled out of a warm bed 1
at 1 o'clock in the morning on a :
cold night to answer the violent i
ringing of the bell, only to find ।
that someone had a wrong num
ber.
There are many stories and
jokes related to the telephone
and its operations. The one we
like best concerns the new office
boy, who timidly walked up to
the boss and said, 'Please, sir, I
think you are wanted on the
'phone."
The boss somewhat angrily re
plied, "You think What's the
good of thinking?"
"Well sir," the boy said, "the
voice at the other end said, 'Hello,
is that you, you old idiot:"'
This was the same boy that!
spent a whole morning trying to|
.get "Established 1891" on the!
pnone.
Laying jokes aside for the mo
ment, tne telephone business is
one of the largest and most im
portant in the world. It is hard
to imagine what the country
would be like without telephones
and other methods of rapid com
munication. Certainly we could
never have prospered to the
great extent we have in this na
tion.
The Southern Telephone News,
for February, 1950, informs us
that during 1949, up to 180 mil
lion calls a day were recorded
on the lines of the Bell System,
with those calls going through
faster than ever before. To my
way of thinking, that certainly
is a mess of "jaw rattling."
The Bell System added nearly
2,000,000 telephones to its lines'
during 1949, bringing the total
number in service to more than
33,300,000, which it seems should
put a phone within reach of most
everyone.
Rural areas of the country had
350,000 phones added to their fa
cilities, and with the authoriza
tion of telephone co-operatives
for these areas by the nation's
Congress, they should be extend
ed throughout the coming years
so that they will be within
reach of every farm family.
Well can I remember the two
old wall type crank phones that
hung on the walls of the home of
the late Dr. W. K. Burnett, my
boyhood neighbor at Winston.
These phones, by means of a sin
gle strand of wire and a few
flimsy sapling poles connected
the good doctor with the com
munities of Bill Arp and Fair
play, and with the aid of some
one at Bill Arp, on rare occasions
connection could be made with
Douglasville. Many times I have
heard these phones ring summon
ing the doctor to a sick person's
bedside "the other side of Dog
River."
Dr. Burnett is gone now, and
the old phones are gone, but
when we think of those things
as they were then, and as now,
when 50 per cent of the farms of
America have phones, we realize
that we have come a long ways
in telephone progress.
Teelphone research continues
to develop new techniques and
devices, but the thing I want
most is a gadget to be attached
to my phone so I can keep it from
ringing when I try to take my
Saturday afternoon nap. And, if
this column sounds like it was
written by a fugitive from a men
tal institution, just remember that
there ' was a telephone call inter
spersed between every para
graph.
Douglas County Sentinel
VOL. XLVIII
Governors, Educators Hail
$30,000 Scholarship Contest
Sponsored By Colonial Stores
Colonial Stores, Inc., one of the
largest grocery compnaies in the
southeast, will sponsor a $30,000
cash scholarship award contest,
Scott W. Allen, president, an
nounced today.
The unique competition, be
lieved to be the first scholarship
contest for consumers ever held,
has been hailed by governors and
leading educators as an outstand
ing contribution to southern edu
cation and progress. The contest
started February 23. It will close
midnight, March 31. Anyone is
eligible to enter, and entry blanks
may be obtained free at any Co
lonial Store—no purchase re
quired.
A total of 60 cash scholarships
ranging from $2,500 to $250, in
addition to 210 fountain pen and
pencil sets and 30 sets of En
cyclopedia Britannica, valued at
New Industry
For Douglasville
The J. A. Bcze Company, of
Temple, will open a new factory
in Douglasville in the near fu
!ture for the manufacture of fur
niture. The firm has taken an
option to purchase the building
owned by E. M. Huffine and now
occupied by the Annawakee Cot
ton Mill.-
It was learned by The Sentinel
that the company will begin the
manufacture of furniture as soon
as the owners of the machinery
of the cotton mills move it to an
other location. The firm will
work approximately 25 employ
pee
C. 0. Baker Enters
Race For Governor
C. O. (Fat) Baker, Athens at
torney and member of the Geor
gia Legislature, has announced
that he will be a candidate for
governor in the Democratic pri
mary.
In making his announcement,
he said if elected governor, he
will finance the Minimum Foun
dation Program for Education,
provide vocational training for
children who do not go to col
lege, and provide equal but sep
arate schools for Negroes rather
than be forced to have them at
tend white schools.
Baker said he would recom
mend a program of complete tax
revision to the General Assem
bly by:
1. Reducing the gasoline tax to
4 cents per gallon.
2. Reducing the corporation
tax to 5% per cent.
3. Reducing the cigarette tax
to 3 cents per package.
4. Reducing whiskey tax to
$2.50 per wine gallon.
5. Withdrawing from the ad
valorem field and repealing the
"nuisance" taxes.
6. Enacting a 3 per cent sales
tax with no exemptions.
7. Raising the rate on personal
income tax to 3 per cent on the
first $5,000.
He further advocated equaliza
tion of all old age pensions and
providing a home for old people
o take all old people out of the
Milledgeville State Hospital ex
cept those suffering mental dis
orders.
He premised that he would
practice strict economy and hon
es y in carrying on the state's
business. He said he can reduce
the number of state employees
by at least 1,500 persons.
Baker also promised to build
highways assording to the need
and build highways that will
stand the traffic. He said some
Georgia highways have needed
repair at one end before the oth
er end was completed. He advo
cates an express highway along
Route 41 from Chattanooga to
Florida.
"THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD FOR DOUGLAS COUNTIANS"
OFFICIAL ORGAN
TOWN AND COUNTY
SIO,OOO, will be distributed in
Georgia, Virginia, North Caro
lina and South Carolina and in
Randolph, Barbour and Houston
Counties in Alabama and Leon
County in Florida—Colonial's ter
ritory.
The awards will be made on
the basis of a letter written on
one of two subjects: 1. "Why a
young man or woman should
have a college education," or 2.
"What Colonial Stores can do to
make your shopping more enjoy
able."
Designed to afford a number
of young men and women the
opportunity to continue or ad
vance their present education, the
contest is open to everyone, and
officials of the company empha
sized that anyone can enter with
out charge simply by obtaining
an en'ry blank from any Colonial
Store.
Although there is no limit to
the number of entries each per
son may submit, each entry must
be on the official contest blank
and must be submitted to Co
lonial Stores, Scholarship Contest
Editor, on or before midnight,
March 31, 1960.
"Parents can win for their chil
dren, older people can win for
younger friends or 'relatives, or
they can use the scholarship mon
ey to further their own educa
tion," Mr. Allen said in announc
nig the contest.
"This section will prosper and
succeed in direct proportion as
its peoples increase their skills
and knowledge through higher
education," he continued; "and it
is with this idea in mind that we
have designed our scholarship
plan to benefit the area in which
Colonial Stores operate."
Mr. Allen pointed out that fac
ulty members of a well-known
college or university in each state
have been appointed to judge the
entries submitted in that state.
He also emphasized that neither
expert writing nor grammatical
correctness is necessary to win,
since judges will be searching for
letters that are concise, original
and sincere.
Announcement of winners will
be made on or about April 13,
1950, and scholarships and prizes
awarded immediately therefater.
The Governors of Georgia, Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina
]and leading educators in those
s'ates will give their opinions of
states will give their opinions of
Iradio program to be broadcast
over more than 35 radio stations
throughout the southeast on Feb
ruary 24.
Cheese And Condensed Milk
Offer Georgia Good Opportunity
ATLANTA—(GPS)—The State
Department of Commerce thinks|
Georgia can and should become I
"the Wisconsin of the South" in'
processing dairy products, such'
as condensed milk, cheese and
the like.
In its current Industrial News
letter, just released by Secretary,
Southern Bell Company Declares
Strike Now Would Be Illegal
A spokesman for the Southern
Bell Telephone Company declar
ed today that a strike on wages
by Southern Bell employees
while the present contract is in
force would be wholly illegal.
The spokesman was comment
ing on an announcement by the
CWA-CIO, the union which rep
resents Southern Bell employees,
that a strike vote was being tak
en among the employees.
"According to the terms cf the
contract, under no circumstances
may the contract be terminated
earlier than June 5, 1950," the
telephone official said. "The con
tract may be terminated June 5
only if no agreement is reached
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA," FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950
People, Spots In The News
TAX DAY is every d_y at Schenley's Lawrenceburg, Ind.
plant as federal whiskey .ax stamps go "on the barrelhead."
Plant has accounted for about $75 million annual revenue for
government during time much-mooted excise tax has been held
at war-boosted $9 per gallon.
Local VFW Post Seekt
Funds For Schoolboy
Patrol Training Camp
Commander James L. Walton
of the local Henry Grady Lee
Post No. 4570 V. F. W., an
nounced this week that the post
was co-operating with the V. F.
W. posts of Georgia in seeking
funds to help establish a school
boy patrol camp at Lake Black
shear in Crisp County.
Distribution of envelopes for
the collections are being made
by the various schools of the
county and will be returned to
the county superintendents of
fice, which is co-operating in the
drive. Dr. E. O. Connell, Doug-
Clark Gaines, the Commerce De
partment points out that some
I communities over the state al-
Iready are interesting themselves
in cheese-making, and added this
program "definitely should be en
couraged."
Explaining that such processors
, would use Grade B milk, which
>in the present 30 days of wage
bargaining and provided further
that at least 60 days advance no
tice is given of intention to ter
minate on June 5. If agreement
is reached in the present bar
gaining sessions with the union
on February 6.
"Threat of a strike by South
ern Bell Employees just doesn't
make sense, and balloting on a
strike while bargaining is in
progress obviously is a further
attempt to stampede the com
pany into granting exorbitant de
mands.
"Although bargaining which
was opened at the union's re
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lasville druggist, is acting as
treasurer for the group.
The three county veterans farm
training classes got the drive off
to a good start by donating an
average of sls apiece. A box
will be placed in the Alpha The
ater for other collections. The
quota for Douglas County has
been set at $230.
Commander Walton said "this
drive is for the best cause we
have ever sponsored. All the
veterans feel the same way about
it and we solicit the aid of the
public in attaining our goal."
does not require such elaborate
barns and expensive equipment
for production as those needed
for turning out Grade A milk,
the Newsletter said Grade B milk
is rendered sterile by heating and
evaporation; is well suited to
manufacturing purposes.
"At present," the publication
said, 'cheese and condensed milk
are being shipped into Georgia
from Wisconsin and other distant
states, although this state offers
an excellent market for such
products. There exists here to
day a definite need for the pro
duction of manufacturing-type
milk.
"Especially qualified for this
new marketing outlet would be
the smaller farmers who do not
Ihave the more expensive facili
ties necessary for producing
Grade A milk. Now that we have
year-round pastures, there seems
to be no reason why we cannot
produce this type of milk in large
enough quantity to supply man
ufacturers of cheese, canned milk
and related products. This defi
nitely would be an incentive for
national milk processors to locate
in Georgia."
'Emphasizing that this state
possesses the land and climate
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ADVERTISING RATES
ON REQUEST
Housing Authority
Appointed By Mayor
Mayor R. D. Pounds appointed
Messrs. J. M. Haddle, B. R. Kirk
ley, Bomar Watkins, Lamar R.
Smith and W. W. Suggs to a
Douglasville Housing Authority
Tuesday morning, as the first
step in efforts to obtain federal
funds to remedy Douglasville's
sub-standard housing.
The Housing Authority was au
thorized in a resolution intro
duced in the Ciy Council at its
regular meeting Monday night.
Members of the authority met
shortly after being appointed
and made the first application for
government assistance. The ap
plication will be approved or dis
approved within the next few
weeks, and if approved further
steps can be taken.
Revenue Department
Urges Georgians To
File Tax Returns
In a series of advertisements
running in this newspaper, the
State Revenue Department is
urging Georgians to file their
state tax returns as soon as pos
sible, and reminding taxpayers
that the law requires a penalty
and interest on late returns.
Commissioner Charles D. Red
wine urges all persons who
should make returns to do so at
once. According to Mr. Redwine,
prompt returns helps the state as
well as the individual taxpayer.
The recent session of the Gen
eral Assembly increased the ap
propriation :he Revenue De
partment lux ^e purpose of hir
ing additional field men and au
ditors to enforce the tax laws
more stringently.
The department is now check
ing all Federal returns, plus hav
ing other sources of information
not heretofore available, so it is
unlikely that any citizen who
should file a state return will be
able to avoid doing so.
Local Soldier Trains
For Participation In
Exercise Portrex
First Lieut. Doyle Merritt is
receiving amphibious training at
the Naval Amphibious Base, Lit
tle Creek, Va., in preparation for
participation in Exercise Portrex,
joint air-sea-ground maneuver
to be held in the Caribbean dur
ing late February and early
March.
Portrex is planned to test new
amphibious and airborne tech
niques and equipment, to cacu
mulate knowledge and data con
cerning the principles governing
a joint operation, and to indoc
trinate Army, Navy, Airforce
and Marine personnel in joint
training of all services for in
creased efficiency of the armed
forces as afightingteam.
Lieut. Merritt is a member of
the 9th Filed Artillery Battalion,
Fort Benning, Ga. He is the son
of Mrs. Astor Merritt, of Doug
lasville. His wife is the former
Miss Betty Dodson.
SINGING AT LIBERTY
There will be a singing at Lib
erty Baptist Church every sec
ond and fourth Sundays. A num
ber of visiting singers are ex
pected this Sunday. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
Missionary Society
Wants Waste Paper
The Women's Missionary Soci
ety of the First Baptist Church
is collecting and selling old news
papers and magazines for funds
to equip a room at the new Geor
gia Baptist Hospital. Anyone
having newspapers and maga
zines are requested to leave them
at the church. If, unable to car
ry them to the church, any mem
ber of this organization will
pick them up if called. It is re
quested that the newspapers be
separated from the magazines.
Under the government's slum
clearance plan, municipalities
can set up housing authorities,
which with government aid can
undertake to demolish sub-stan
dard dwellings and construct
new housing units to replace
them.
American Legion
To Meet Tuesday
At Courthouse
The Frank P. Dorris Post of
the American Legion will hold
its regular monthly meeting
Tuesday night in the auditorium
of the Courthouse at 7:30 o'clock.
Featured at the meeting will
be the Armed Forces picture
"Operation Crossroads," filmed
on the scene at Bikini Island in
the Pacific when the atomic bond
tests were being made last year.
Legionaires and their wives are
invited to see this picture as it
is in eresting and educational and
particularly timely since bombs
are in the news these days.
Attention is called to the fact
that the meeting will be held in
the auditorium of the Courthouse
since the noise of the skating
rink in the Veterans Clubhouse
makes hearing difficult at the
meeting..
Legionaires and their wives are
asked to be at the Courthouse
promptly at 7:30 o'clock since a
full program has been arragned.
Periodic Examination
Proposed For Georgia
Automobile Drivers
AT-ANTA. —(GPS) —All Geor
gians holding driver licenses may
in future have to stand periodic
re-examinations. At least, that is
one of many recommendations to
be made to the Governor's High
way Safety Conference, to be
held in Atlanta March 16 and 17.
This was one of several sug
gestions made by the conference's
committee on driver licensing,
which held its initial meeting re
cently in Macon. Among the oth
er recommendations made by the
commi.tee were the following:
Use of warning letters from the
State Patrol to traffic violators.
Permanent withdrawal of the
driving privileges of persons un
qualified to drive and beyond the
hope of improvement.
Special effort on the part of
the sheriffs and city police de
partmen s to check drivers for
possession of licenses and arrest
of those found to be without
current valid licenses.
Judge Roy B. Rhodenshiser, of
Macon Recorder's Court, chair
man of the committee, in out
lining the aims of the committee,
said: "Driver licensing has the
greatest potential for saving lives
of any part of our traffic safety
program."
Seven other committees on va
rious phases of traffic safety are
currently meeting over the state
and likewise will make recom
mendations to tne full confer
ence. A permanent Georgia Safe
ty Council is expected to grow
out of the two-day session, which
will be attended by hundreds of
civic and business leaders repre
senting all sections of the state.
METHODIST CHURCHES TO
OBSERVE LAYMEN'S DAY
Rev. W. D. Gray, minister of
the Lithia Springs and Clarkdale
Methodist Churches, announced
this week that those churches
would observe Layman's Day
next Sunday, February 26, at 11
o'clock.
Billy Strickland will be in
charge of the service at Lithia
Springs and James McPherson
will be in charge of the service
at Clarkdale.
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